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Annual Report 2003-2004 - The Council of Independent Colleges

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C ONNECTINGL EADERSCONNECTING OTHER CAMPUS LEADERS,FACULTY MEMBERS, AND ADMINISTRATORSDepartment/Division Chairs Workshops—More than 157department/division chairs representing 72 colleges and universitiesparticipated in the third annual series <strong>of</strong> regionalworkshops in spring <strong>2004</strong> that focused on Handling Front LineIssues <strong>of</strong> Retention, Personnel, and Preventive Law. <strong>The</strong> workshopswere held in Portland (OR) in April; Richmond (VA)in May; and in Kansas City (MO) and Cincinnati (OH) inJune. Sessions explored conflict resolution strategies,approaches to conducting difficult conversations, and effectiveways <strong>of</strong> working with the chief academic <strong>of</strong>ficer. Experts onhigher education law explained essential strategies for departmentchairs to minimize legal problems. A topic judged byparticipants at all <strong>of</strong> the workshops to be <strong>of</strong> particular importancewas conflict resolution. Participants also praised theworkshops for <strong>of</strong>fering “practical and applicable information,”“an atmosphere that encouraged sharing among all participants,”“an excellent presentation on legal issues,” and “anopportunity for self-reflection on the various subjects.”CONNECTING SPOUSESSpouses Programming—CIC provides special programmingfor spouses <strong>of</strong> presidents and chief academic <strong>of</strong>ficers at its twoannual meetings. A record number <strong>of</strong> presidential spouses(170) attended CIC’s <strong>2004</strong> Presidents Institute, featuring sessionson the personal and pr<strong>of</strong>essional interests <strong>of</strong> presidentialspouses. Discussion groups led by presidential spouses focusedon topics such as planning programs for trustee spouses andworking with students. <strong>The</strong> program also included a sessionled by Christie Vilsack, the wife <strong>of</strong> Iowa Governor TomVilsack, on the parallels between the roles <strong>of</strong> spouses <strong>of</strong> politicaland campus leaders.OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, GA<strong>2003</strong>-<strong>2004</strong> ANNUAL R EPORT 11

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