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Saint Mary's professor Antar Salim will lead a learning circle that aims to explore the intersection of character and leadership. Specifically, it will provide participants with a deeper understanding of their character strengths and strategies to leverage those strengths to enhance their leadership capabilities. The first portion of the session will focus on the relationship between character strengths and virtues. The second portion is geared to provide you with a working definition of leadership. Ultimately, this 90-minute interactive session will provide learners with preliminary insight into their 24-character strengths based on your customized Virtue In Action (VIA) profile, however, given the [...]

On Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota welcomed Dr. Liz Gulliford for a Cardinal Virtue lecture on “How Gratitude and Related Virtues Help Students and Teachers to Flourish.” This lecture presented gratitude as central to the other virtues and human flourishing. The Cardinal Virtue lecture was open to the entire Saint Mary’s community. Earlier in the day, Dr. Gulliford facilitated conversation with faculty on the virtues of servant leadership. On Wednesday, Sept. 20, Dr. Gulliford facilitated another conversation primarily on her research on forgiveness, at the Minneapolis campus. This gathering was open to all faculty, staff, and students. [...]

The Second Annual Faith Based Convening took place, Sunday September 17, through Monday September 18, 2023. Dr. Greg Jones, president of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and Dr. Liz Gulliford, Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Northampton spoke at the event. The Convening covered how faith-based institutions navigate faith commitments and service to the common good, and was especially keen this year to identify the most effective practices in this area. Before being appointed President of Belmont University, Dr. Greg Jones was Dean of Duke Divinity School. He has also served as Vice President and Vice Provost for Global [...]

Saint Mary’s welcomed Dr. Kristin Melley, the executive director of Dominican Veritas Ministries, on September 16 to present to the inaugural cohort of students in the Catholic school leadership program. Among Dr. Melley’s many accomplishments, she has served as principal of Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, MA and the director of professional development at the Roche Center for Catholic Education at Boston College.

The School of Education hosted its Summer Institute on June 15 and 16 for candidates in the Education Specialist (Ed.S.) in Educational Administration program on the Minneapolis Campus. Supported by the $1.7 million grant received from the Kern Family Foundation, the Summer Institute featured nationally recognized speakers and formation activities aimed to equip participants to become leaders of character and lead schools of character. This is the third Summer Institute, and over 70 educators attended. Saint Mary’s was happy to welcome back Elizabeth (Liz) Huntley, Esq. as the keynote speaker for the Summer Institute. Huntley is the president and co-founder of [...]

The school of education will host the Ed.S. Summer Institute for students in the Education Specialist (Ed.S.) program on June 15 and 16 at the University Center on its Minneapolis campus.  In previous institutes, over 75 educators have participated in a variety of presentations including Saint Mary’s virtue-based approach to professional ethics, Wise Leadership. The 2023 Summer Institute will feature nationally recognized presenters Lance Forman and Robin Cayce from Lipscomb University. Liz Huntley, the President of the Hope Institute at the University of Alabama, will give the keynote address about her own journey from her memoir More Than a Bird. [...]