By Sandra J. Peart, Dean and E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies and President of the Jepson Scholars Foundation
In this week’s blog post, I am sharing an email I sent to our leadership studies students earlier this week. Dear Jepson School students, I hope you and your friends and loved ones are well. I write this message with
Read moreReaders know that the generosity of our benefactors, Robert S. Jepson Jr. and Alice Andrews Jepson, has allowed us to create the Jepson Scholars Program to support up to three Jepson School of Leadership Studies graduates as they pursue
Read moreOne of the joys of working at the Jepson School is that we offer some of the most intriguing lectures to our students and the wider community. This year, the John Marshall International Center for the Study of Statesmanship has
Read moreAt the Jepson School, we define good leadership as a process of influencing via the give-and-take of discussion, as opposed to the notion of leading by dictating. We introduce students to many influence-building exemplars. Our Leader-in-Residence Program offers students the
Read moreI’m always excited when a new semester begins. This semester, I’m delighted to be teaching a course that looks at recent economic and leadership challenges using past debates as a way to frame our discussions. The course is cross listed
Read moreJepson Hall remains a hub of activity, despite the end of classes. Students gather in lounges and study spaces to prepare for finals, finish papers, and work on presentations. It’s an exciting time: Seniors have almost finished their final fall
Read moreIn 1867, John Stuart Mill delivered the inaugural address to the University of St. Andrews upon his installation as rector. Mill argued that education is the means by which we ready ourselves for civic participation. Education helps us recognize and
Read moreAs is our tradition, students and faculty reflected on leadership as the Jepson School of Leadership Studies welcomed a new class at Prelude, the ceremony at which we induct newly admitted students. The new class comprises 105 students, including seven
Read moreShortly after becoming dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies in August 2007, I had the good fortune to meet Dr. E. Bruce Heilman, University of Richmond chancellor and president emeritus. We began a friendship that would last until
Read moreAs the 30th anniversary of the groundbreaking associated with the Jepson School of Leadership Studies recently passed, I found myself speculating on the significance of the gift that founded us. Surely, some of these speculations are obvious: The generosity and
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