Letter from Anne Kratz, Chief Development Officer

I always look forward with great anticipation to face-to-face alumni events to enjoy the warm comradeship, work on good ideas for how Fielding can improve service and relevance for our alumni, and to welcome the new graduates to the alumni ranks. The activity throughout the '06 winter sessions and graduation ceremonies did not disappoint.

The search for a new director of alumni relations has narrowed to a few impressive candidates. Expect to meet the new director at summer session events - perhaps prior to then.

I am delighted to report on the status and success of the 30th Anniversary Campaign. With a year-and-a-half until the close of the campaign in June 2007, we have reached our $3-million mark and have the opportunity to exceed our overall monetary goal. Thanks to so many of you who have generously contributed thus far.

However, there remains much work to do to bolster our underfunded endowment and scholarship funds, so important to insuring the future of our great university.

As you read this FANmail, please remember that your voice is important to help us provide the best possible alumni services and programs. To that end, we urge you to respond to two surveys: one on the strategic plan, and another on planning for an all-alumni event

Congratulations and Welcome New Alumni

School of Educational Leadership and Change Winter Session 2006 graduates.

School of Human and Organzation Development Winter Session 2006 graduates.

School of Psychology Winter Session 2006 graduates.

Mark Your Calendars!

Saturday, March 25, 2006: Luncheon with President Kuipers at the Hilton Vancouver, 301 West 6th Street, Vancouver, WA 98660. Tel: (360) 993-4500.

Sunday, March 26, 2006: Luncheon with President Kuipers at the Waterfront Seafood Grill, 2801 Alaskan Way, Pier 70, Seattle, WA 98121. Tel: (206) 956-9171.

Psychology Summer Session, July 9 - 15, 2006: Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, 5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22311. Tel: (703) 845-1010. Registration opens April 3, 2006 and closes May 5, 2006.

Human and Organization Development Summer Session, July 11 - 15, 2006: Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, 5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22311. Tel: (703) 845-1010. Registration opens April 3, 2006 and closes May 5, 2006.

Educational Leadership and Change Summer Session, July 24 - 29, 2006: Westward Look Resort, 245 East Ina Road, Tucson, AZ 85704. Tel: (800) 722-2500. Registration opens April 28, 2006 and closes June 4, 2006.

For further any questions or comments, please contact Violet Hatipoglu, Development Associate, at 805.898.2920 or via email at vhatipoglu@fielding.edu.

Strategic Planning Message to Alumni

From Thelma A. Jackson, EdD (ELC 02)
Alumni Council Representative & Chair, Strategic Planning Steering Committee

Dear Alumni,

Your university has embarked upon a new strategic planning process that will define its direction for the next three years. The process is proceeding under a premise of openness and constituent group involvement. I am privileged to be your alumni representative as well as chairing the work of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee.

Alumni comprise an important constituent group at Fielding, and we want to ensure that graduate input and feedback are part of the process. An initial draft of the strategic plan is available for your comment. Members of the Alumni Council have provided input and feedback, but we need to hear from you in order to provide good representation as this process moves forward. The draft document is posted on FELIX on the Alumni Forum. Please access this document and provide feedback to me on the form provided. If you do not have access to FELIX, feel free to email me at thelmajackson@comcast.netand I will see that it is sent to you. Subsequent drafts will be developed over the next few months and additional input will be sought. A draft plan will be presented to the Board of Trustees
at their May meeting for feedback and input, and the final plan presented for consideration at the October Board meeting.

Your Alumni Council wants to ensure that graduates of the university are included in thefuture of Fielding in significant ways. We are working very hard to remain a vital part of the Fielding community after graduation and want to ensure that the strategic plan reflects our role in helping Fielding to fulfill its mission, vision, and future directions. Thank you for taking the time to respond and be involved.

Best regards,

Thelma

From Your Alumni Council

ALL-ALUMNI EVENT

Dear Fellow Alumni:

Under discussion by the Alumni Council is the concept of instituting a cross-university, multidisciplinary conference for all alumni. We are starting by seeking your help and opinion to find out three things:

1. Is this a good idea?
2. If yes, how should it be designed?
3. What would it take for you to attend?

Please read this overview of our thinking and give us your responses to the questions at the end of the document. THANKS!

Click here to download the Fielding Alumni Survey (Word Document)

Please send your responses to Violet Hatipoglu, Development Associate, at vhatipoglu@fielding.edu.

Professional Engagement Opportunities for Alumni

A number of Fielding alumni and students are developing, administering, or teaching in the university's non-degree-granting programs. Alumni are encouraged to bring forth ideas for programs in fields for which there is a need for academic credit offerings or for an accredited research partner. Proposals for new ventures should be directed to the attention of the appropriate school dean.

Examples of recent successes include:

• A three-course certificate in Evidence Based Coaching (HOD)
• A sixteen-week certificate program in Dialogue, Deliberation, and Public Engagement (HOD)
• An HOD doctoral student working with an OD consulting business created an OD staff development program for one of her healthcare consulting clients
• Two HOD alumni lead an ELC certificate program in Teaching in the Virtual Classroom.
  

Kudos!

Natalie Ammarell, PhD. (HOD 99), Evelyn Beck, PhD (PSY 04), and Martha Manning, PhD (HOD 05) were chosen as fellows in Creative Longevity and Wisdom. They were honored and awarded certificates at a January '06 event in Santa Barbara.

Jo Anna Birdsall, EdD (ELC 03) authored "Community Partners Reflect on Service Leaning in the Fall 2005 www.journal.us.

Maxine Junge, PhD (HOD 92) has written a third book, Architects of Art Therapy: Memoirs and Life Stories to be published by Charles Thomas.

Masao Kanaoka, EdD (ELC 05) was appointed Associate Professor of the English Language Education at the Educational Center of Kagoshima University in Japan.

Jodi Larman, PhD (PSY 03) published Diary of a Young Widow:The Beginning of My Journey, a book of journal writings, e-mails, and message postings from the first year following her husband's death. (Click image to enlarge)

Linda Mann, EdD (ELC 99) accepted the position of Assistant Superintendent for Instruction and School Improvement for North Monterey County Unified School District in Salinas, CA.

Kris Mayer, EdD (ELC 01) received a gubernatorial appointment to the State Board of Education in the state of Washington.

Adair Nagata, PhD (HOD 02) was made co-editor of a journal of intercultural communication. She also teaches and developed a program on this at the university in Tokyo where she is a professor.

Susan Newman, PhD (HOD 96) is the author of The Book of NO: 250 Ways to Say It--and Mean It and Stop People-Pleasing Forever (McGraw-Hill, Jan., 2006). Susan discussed the book as a guest on The Today Show. (Click image to enlarge)

Harriett Robles, EdD (ELC 99) received the 2005 Leadership Award for Administrative Excellence from the Association of California Community College Administrators.

Nancy Peddle, PhD (HOD 01) authored the chapter "Effective Intercultural Collaboration on Psychosocial Support Programs" in the Handbook of International Disaster Psychology, co-edited by Gilbert Reyes, PhD , associate dean in the School of Psychology. (Click image to enlarge)

Jake Silvestri, EdD (ELC 05). Silvestri's dissertation, Exemplary Professors: Factors Leading to the Development of Award Winning Teachers, is posted on the Web site of the Office of Community Research and Leadership.

Joe Steiner, PhD , (PSY 93) wrote on article critique on the incitement of terrorism that was published in the latest issue of the American Psychologist Journal.

Helen Turnbull, PhD (HOD 05) is the author of the newly published The Village of Illusions wherein the reader is introduced to a mystical country with fifty emotional states. (Click image to enlarge)

Barry J. Vroeginday, EdD (ELC 05) was quoted in a Star Ledger article "Technology Transforms World of Higher Learning." Vroeginday's work in redeveloping online courses to incorporate the latest interactive technologies was described.

Jacquelyn H. Wolf, MA (HOS) joined Comerica Inc. as executive vice president of corporate human resources. Wolf will lead the company's compensation, corporate learning, employee benefits, employee relations, and strategic services.

Andrea Zintz, PhD (HOD 88) and The Center for Inquiring Leadership merged with the Hudson Highland Group, to grow its Human Capital Solutions Division in North America.

How to Reach Fielding's Office of Alumni Relations

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

SYLVIA WILLIAMS , DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & COMMUNITY RELATIONS
sawilliams@fielding.edu
805.898.2947

FRANCES GOODROW, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
fgoodrow@fielding.edu
805.898.2951

VIOLET HATIPOGLU, DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
vhatipoglu@fielding.edu
805.898.2920

FELIX ACCOUNTS
helpdesk@fielding.edu
805.898.4040

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