Fielding Alumni Network


   

FANmail Newsletter
December 2006



Greetings Fielding Alumni,

We received wonderful feedback on the new and updated Alumni Network Web pages; thank you. We hope that you will come to see the Alumni Home Page as the primary resource for alumni-related activities, news, and opportunities. We are constantly adding and updating, so be sure to check back often. If you have not yet taken the tour, please do so and feel free to share your thoughts on how we can expand the site further. Please keep in mind that these pages are dedicated to you, the Fielding alumni. Information related to programs, faculty or clusters will continue to reside in those segments of Fielding’s Web site. Hyperlinks to relevant portions of these sections will be created as needed.

Some of you mentioned that the last issue of FANmail clogged your computer, so I think it’s only fair to warn you that this will most likely be the size and format for future issues. Please consider using mail filters to post large files into a Bulk Folder or select the option that will allow you to view FANmail without the graphics. For quick and easy access, the most recent issue is always posted on the Web site, along with archival copies.

Once we have successfully navigated the multiple activities scheduled for January 2007, I shall begin contacting alumni in various geographic regions in order to start building and strengthening the Fielding Alumni Network across the United States. If you lead or participate in an informal alumni cluster, please share your group’s information with me so that it may be posted on the web, with the newly-identified affiliate groups. Your meeting dates may also be included in the quarterly issues of FANmail. I’m recruiting enthusiastic volunteers to assist me in this effort; if you are interested, please complete the form on our Web site and email it to alumnirelations@fielding.edu. Thank you for your continuing interest in all things Fielding.

Warmest wishes to you and yours for a wonderful holiday season and prosperous New Year!

Dilys
Dilys Jones
Director of Alumni Relations

Our Newest OMD Grads!


 Back: Boris Pinnow, David Steinhart, Gary Talley, Kent Lockart

Middle: Deepika Nath, Carol Calvert, Carol Preston Brown, Janice Altman, Lizbeth Yacovone, Patricia Weiland, Gwen Pettit

Front: Christine Engel, Marissa Martin, Robin Hysick, Naomi Lippin, Julia Geisman


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Spotlight on our Fielding Alumni

Valerie Gamble, ELC 05, was notified that her dissertation, “The Effectiveness of Blended Learning for the Employee,” has been selected as one of the finalists for the 2006 American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) Dissertation Award.

Freda Garnanez, ELC 02, was appointed division director of Education at the Ute Mountain Tribe. She will oversee a variety of educational programs including the Higher Education Scholarship Program, Workforce Enactment Program, Public School and Boarding School enrollment, truancy, and library as well as programs in Child Development, Adult Education and Ute Language.

Kris Mayer, ELC 01, received a gubernatorial appointment to the Washington State Board of Education.

Barry J. Vroeginday, ELC 05, has accepted an appointment as the director of Distance Learning at Charter Oak State College in New Britain, Connecticut.

William White, ELC 06, has accepted the position of Dean of the School of Leadership at Mountain State University in West Virginia. Dr. White was also instrumental in creating this new school at the university.


Oprah meets Joseph Chee, ELC 03.
While driving across the country to meet people in small towns, talk show host, Oprah Winfrey met up with Joe (pictured right). Joe, a Navajo language teacher at a nearby school, lives near the New Mexico/Colorado border with his wife and two daughters, Autumn Rain and Winter Blossom.

Anya T. Griffin, PSY 05, has been hired as a clinical faculty member/pediatric psychologist at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, affiliated with Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She is willing to serve as a resource for Fielding students/alumni interested in health psychology in the Dallas, Texas area.

Rebecca I. Porter, PSY 96, received her Diplomate in Health Psychology in September from the American Board of Professional Psychology. Becky is currently a lieutenant colonel in the Medical Service Corps and director of the Center for Personal Development at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Next July she will become the deputy chief of the Psychology Department at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.


Professor Emeritus, Frank Friedlander, PhD (pictured left), meets with Fielding graduate at the alumni reception held at OD Net 2006 Conference in October.

John L. Bennett, HOD 06, was recently appointed chair of the Communication Department and director of Graduate Studies in Organizational Communication at Queens University of Charlotte where he is an assistant professor.


Rich Colfax, HOD 93, writes from Guam that he has just come off a year’s sabbatical, during which he and his partner embarked on an “extensive exploration of the US mainland.” Rich was also very productive during this time as he co-authored and published a paper, “Karoshi: The Result of Japanese Management,” with a student; presented at the Symposium on Technology, Knowledge and Society in Montreal last June, and completed his re-certification as a Global Professional in Human Resources.

William J. Husson, HOD 92, vice president for Professional Studies/Strategic Alliances at Regis University, Colorado held a live Web chat hosted by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Bill, who started the distance learning programs at Regis, answered questions on how traditional colleges can successfully compete with for-profit institutions in trying to reach adult students online.

Charlie Seashore, PhD (pictured left), and OMD alumni enjoyed reconnecting at the FAN gathering during OD Net Conference in San Francisco.

Shoshana Simmons, HOD 98, has accepted the post of associate professor in the Transformative Studies Department at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She’ll be teaching Transformative Leadership in the MA program and chairing doctoral committees.

Helen Turnbull, HOD 05, presented a professional workshop on diversity training and the repertory grid at the annual conference of the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology in San Jose, California.

Celebrating Fielding Scholar-Practitioners

On Saturday, November 11th, almost 70 Los Angeles-based alumni, students, and friends gathered for a social evening at the beautiful home of Trustee, Pat Palleschi and her husband, Garry Hart. Guests drifted easily between the patio with an ocean view and the delicious spread located indoors, reconnecting with each other and visiting with President Judy Kuipers. Small social groups lingered in comfortable rooms, sharing Fielding experiences, exchanging business cards, and expanding their networks. Our guests expressed appreciation of the graciousness with which the Fielding community was made welcome; we are fortunate indeed, to count Pat and Garry among our close friends and strong supporters. (Pictured right: President Judy Kuipers, and hosts Pat Palleschi and Garry Hart.)

 

Author! Author!

Beginning with this issue, profiling alumni authors will be a regular feature in Fielding’s year-end FANmail. Please share your great news with us by sending an e-note to alumnirelations@fielding.edu; we would like to publicize your achievement and add your name to the online list of Alumni Authors.

The following books/papers have been published or were accepted for publishing during the past year.

Judy Core, HOD 02
Good Music is Better Than Sex: My Search for the Old Blue Chair , published by BookSurge Publishing

Lurinda Harman, HOD 04
Ehtical Challenges in the Management of Health Information (2nd edition), published by AHIMA and Jones & Bartlett

Victoria Kaplan, HOD 04
Structural Inequality: Black Architects in the United States,  Rowman & Littlefield, will be available in June 2007.

Janja Lalick, HOD 00
Take Back your Life, published by Bay Tree Publishing

Marion Somers, HOD 88
Elder Care Made Easier, published by Addicus Books

Carol Parker Terhune, HOD 05
Coping in Isolation: the Experiences of Black Women in White Communities, a paper based on her dissertation, accepted for publishing by the Journal of Black Studies.


Getting to Know the Fielding Alumni Council

Irvin R. Clark , ELC 03

Incoming Chair, Fielding Alumni Council

In 2004 Irvin was selected to represent the School of Educational Leadership & Change (ELC) on the Fielding Alumni Council (FAC) and will assume the position of Council Chair at the annual meeting in March 2007. He credits Fielding for the opportunity to maintain his identity while evolving with his educational program, rather than attempting to fit him into a cookie-cutter mold. “So much about what I am, is due to the unique perspectives and life experiences that the Fielding process exposed me too,” he says, “and serving on the council is one way I can show my support.”

Irvin wisely completed his undergraduate degree in political science before signing on as a defensive lineman with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A severe knee injury brought his professional football career to an abrupt end. He joined the student affairs administrative team at Savannah State University and coached football, while studying for his Master’s in Public Administration.

Over the next ten years, Irvin held increasingly responsible positions, and attained his doctorate in education in 2003.  In November 2006, Irvin was promoted to the position of Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at Savannah State University. Congratulations on this appointment!

Irvin sits on the Savannah Impact Program Citizen Board and the Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center Advisory Board among others, and constantly applies the philosophies and insights learned at Fielding to address the challenges facing youth in today’s society. He is the proud father of Edmund, 9, and Isabel, 6, and serves as president of their elementary school’s P.T.A.

Glory Fox Dierker, PSY 01

Outgoing FAC Member, Chair of the Fielding Alumni Summit Planning Committee

In March 2001 Glory graduated from Fielding’s Clinical Psychology program, and just a few months later had to call upon all the knowledge and skills acquired in her 15-year career as a psychotherapist to address the terrorizing events of 9/11, anthrax poisoning and sniper attacks faced by her community. Glory is the executive director and owner of The Family Center, her private practice in Washington, D.C. and the re-evaluation of life and its priorities brought on by these traumatic events, prompted her to accept a position on the FAC in 2004. As she puts it, “I missed the direct connection with Fielding, and wanted to renew my relationship with its core values of social activism, justice and peace.”

Since 2005, Glory has been collaborating with FAC colleagues Thelma Jackson, ELC 02, and Dan Distelhorst
HOD 95, to conceptualize, design and deliver a signature event that would bring together alumni from all three schools in the continued lifelong learning environment that embodies the spirit of Fielding. The purpose of the Fielding Alumni Summit, scheduled for June 2008, is to support the alumni body in connecting and reconnecting; networking across disciplines; and creating professional development and multi-discipline collaboration toward actions on common causes. Even though Glory’s term of office on the Fielding Alumni Council ends in March 2007, she will continue to volunteer her time and effort to the successful execution of Alumni Summit.

Glory and Bob, her husband of 39 years, live in McLean, Virginia. They have three children, Annie, who was married in an English, 14th Century church at the beginning of December; Maggie, who recently followed in her father’s footsteps and took the Bar examination; and Bo, a successful musician and entrepreneur.

Ellen B. Urell, ELC 05

Joins Alumni Council

In October 2006 Ellen was appointed to fill the vacant Educational Leadership & Change position on the Alumni Council. Ellen recently completed a two-year term as president of the Emma Willard School Alumnae Association Council, representing that body to the Board of Trustees. We look forward to her sharing the knowledge gained from this endeavor with the FAC. She is a volunteer team leader for New York Cares, and mobilizes and leads teams on nonprofit service projects in the city. Since 1995, Ellen has worked at Geller & Company in New York City, a financial outsourcing solutions provider, and currently holds the positions of project manager and business manager, Family Office Services division.

SAVE THE DATE!
FAC member, Denise Humphrey, PSY 03 will host a reception with President Kuipers in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, March 10, 2007.

Strategic Direction 4.0: Alumni Engagement and Development

By Thelma A. Jackson, Ed.D. ELC 02


My fellow alumni:

As many of you know I was selected to represent the Alumni Council on the Strategic Planning Steering Committee, and was honored when President Kuipers requested that I serve as the committee’s Chairperson. It therefore gives me great pleasure to report to you that the issues identified by the Fielding Alumni Council as top priorities, are reflected in the 5-Year Strategic Plan recently adopted by the Board of Trustees at their meeting in October.  The key actions include development of FAN, the alumni organization, greater recognition and inclusion of alumni, the addition of the Datatel Active Alumni program, and increase participation through the unique Alumni Summit Event, which will bring together graduates from all schools and programs.

It is significant that the board acknowledges the importance of alumni to the future of Fielding, and has elevated the section related to alumni issues to a specific strategic direction with its own goal: Alumni Engagement and Development. Strategic Direction 4.0 aims to expand, nurture and support professional growth and career-development of the alumni and develop and expand the Fielding Alumni Network organization. The complete Plan may be accessed on FELIX, along with other action steps related to the alumni community.

I have been invited to be part of the work group charged with further developing Goal 4.0 for implementation, and the Alumni Council shall continue to work with Fielding’s administration in monitoring the progress for the duration of the
5-year Plan.  I greatly appreciated the opportunity to give back to the university in this manner. The experience has resulted in me becoming a better-informed alumna and a more responsible representative of the alumni community.
R. John Hoover, PhD, HOD 97- Elected to Fielding Council

In October 2006, John was elected to represent the School of Human & Organization Development on the Fielding Council. Following 13 years executive experience with Walt Disney Productions and McGraw-Hill, John has enjoyed a successful career as a bestselling business author and an organizational behavior and communications specialist. John is the author of How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive without Killing Your Boss (2003) and his latest book Bullwinkle on Business: Motivational Secrets of a Chief Executive Moose will be available in March 2007.

John lives in Milburn, New Jersey and was recently hired as an HOD adjunct faculty member to design and teach an online lifelong learning course in publishing; it commences in April 2007.

The Fielding Council is a vital part of shared governance for the Fielding Graduate University and plays an important role in the development and maintenance of the alignment among faculty, students, alumni, staff, administration and the Board of Trustees. It works to assist the president and the Leadership Teams by engaging in dialogue and making recommendations to the president with regard to the strategic directions of the institution.

To learn more about the Fielding Council and the Fielding Alumni Council and the difference between their respective roles, please visit the Fielding Alumni Network’s home pages.

New Program
How to Write a Book Proposal that Sells

This is the new program developed by Lifelong Learning for the School of Human & Organization Development. Designed with Fielding alumni in mind, this eight-week online course will be offered for the first time beginning April 30, 2007. Registrants in the course will learn how to identify the secrets to approaching the ideal publisher, sponsoring editor, and/or agent to champion their idea for a commercially published book. Learners come away with the ability to create a document that will make a compelling case for why a commercial publisher should offer them a publishing contract.

John Hoover, a Fielding alumnus, is teaching the course. John has published over a dozen books with Career Press, Harper Collins, John Wiley and Sons, McGraw-Hill, and St. Martin’s Press. His books, including a New York Times bestseller, have been translated into 15 languages. All of Hoover’s commercially published books were sold on a book proposal and contracted before they were written.

As an added bonus, all book proposals developed in the course will be read by a major New York literary agency. We expect the course to fill up quickly, so register now online.

Internships
The Institue for Social Innovation (ISI) Seeks Research Interns

ISI is recruiting research interns who are willing to work up to 5 hours a week on various research projects, enjoy reading, and are willing to synthesize materials into short written synopses. Projects include research on ecology, conservation, climate change and other topics. Applicants need to have their own computer, Internet access, and office space for the work. The work hours are flexible and can be short or long-term. Please see the ISI Application form for more details, or contact Dr. Katrina Rogers via email at krogers@fielding.edu.


Scholarships
Creative Longevity & Wisdom Initiative Fellowship Opportunities!

Creative Longevity & Wisdom Initiative (CLWI) seeks alumni fellows to help gather resources internally and externally through collaborative projects and whose own scholarship and practice will help build the portfolio of the initiative. Alumni contributions to the CLWI will be reflected in their dissertation research, in published post-graduate research, in professional conference presentations, in article and/or book development, and in post-graduate practices that reflect the initiative’s goals. There are no deadlines; applications may be submitted at any time. Please see the CLWI application form for details; should you have any questions prior to submission, please contact Suzanne Baer, HOD 04, via email shbaer@verizon.net.

A Note of Appreciation to our Generous Alumni Community



This is the time of year when I feel particularly grateful for the wonderful support we receive all year from our alumni. So many of you are participating in the life of Fielding or have made generous gifts to the 30th Anniversary Campaign—or both! It’s clear that you care about Fielding and its future. Your involvement, commitment, and support help make a Fielding experience possible for future students, and help Fielding continue to offer a needed alternative in graduate education. Thank you, from
all of us.  

Fielding is special and so are its graduates. Getting to know you, through sessions and Fielding events, is a highlight of my work here. I’m already looking forward to seeing those of you who will be traveling to Santa Barbara for Winter Session.

With thanks to our dedicated alumni community and best wishes for the holidays and New Year.

Anne
Anne Kratz, CFRE
Chief Development Officer

P.S. If you would still like to contribute to Fielding before the end of 2006, it’s quick and easy to make a secure donation online at www.fielding.edu/giving.

 

Santa Barbara is Calling You!

We are looking forward to welcoming you at Winter Session in January 2007. Don’t forget to bring your FAN t-shirts to wear when the weather turns balmy. Many thanks to our alumni presenters; we appreciate the time and effort you put forth in bringing back to Fielding the wealth of experience you have gained since you graduated.

If you plan to attend the PSY alumni luncheon or the HOD dinner, be sure to confirm your reservation with Violet Hatipoglu at (805) 898-2920 or via alumnirelations@fielding.edu

Mark Your Calendars

If you will be in the vicinity of any of these events, we invite you to join a Fielding Community Gathering. Please contact alumnirelations@fielding.edu if you plan to attend or need more information.

DECEMBER

17th: Tri-State Alums (NJ, NY, and CT) are invited to the annual Christmas party 2 - 6pm at Suzanne Baer’s home on W. 57th NYC. Please contact Elaine Winslow, Tri-State Cluster Connect via ewinslow@eiu.edu for more information.

Fielding will be closed from Friday, December 22, 2006 to Tuesday, January 2, 2007

JANUARY

9th - 13th: HOD Winter Session, Santa Barbara CA
12th: Alumni dinner at Harry’s Plaza Café : RSVP requested
14th - 20th: PSY Winter Session, Santa Barbara, CA
19th: Alumni luncheon with President Kuipers: RSVP requested
26th - 27th: MA-CEL and ELC graduation, Long Beach, CA

FEBRUARY

Request for proposals from HOD and PSY alumni to present at Summer Session in Kansas City, MO

MARCH

10th: Save the Date! Fielding Alumni Network gathering with the President
in Dallas, Texas

APRIL

16th: Bernie Luskin will give the keynote address at Learning Impact 2007: Summit on Global Learning Industry Challenges in Vancouver, British Columbia http://www.imsglobal.org/learningimpact/agenda.html

 

 

How to Reach Fielding's Office of Alumni Relations

OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS
alumnirelations@fielding.edu

DILYS J. JONES, DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS
djjones@fielding.edu
805.898.2915

VIOLET HATIPOGLU, DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
vhatipoglu@fielding.edu
805.898.2920

ANNE KRATZ, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
akratz@fielding.edu
805.898.2926

FELIX ACCOUNTS
helpdesk@fielding.edu
805.898.4040

Last Updated by VH 12/20/06