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To our current and prospective students: Throughout your life you'll find yourself in your social and professional surroundings helping to set direction, create and guide change. At Mansfield, we believe that the world needs effective leaders in all walks of life. We have programs in and out of the classroom to help you develop the skills to lead when you are called upon. We'll help you develop professional and personal leadership skills you can apply in your family environment, your community, your profession, and the world. Maravene Loeschke |
Current Scheduled Leadership Events
Fall 2009 Leadership Lecture Series
National Security and the Evolving Threat of Terrorism
Monday, October 26 7:00 – 8:00 PM Straughn Auditorium
Ali Soufan, Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent and Mansfield alumnus
Read more about Ali Soufan:
Testimony of Ali Soufan - US Senate Committee on the Judiciary - May 13, 2009
Ali Soufan Breaks His Silence - Newsweek Magazine, May 19, 2009
A Practical Guide to Ethics: Living and Leading with Integrity
Tuesday, October 27 4:00 - 6:00 PM Allen Auditorium
Rita Manning, professor and chair of philosophy at San Jose State University. Scott Stroud, assistant professor in communication studies at the University of Texas, Austin. Authors, A Practical Guide to Ethics: Living and Leading with Integrity.
Professors Manning and Stroud will speak on ethics and leadership and effective communication as well as ethical integrity in prison and punishment reform. This event is a public presentation supported by the Philosophy programs at Mansfield University with additional support from the Ethics Center at Lock Haven University.
Is Franchising An Option?
Thursday, November 12 7:00 PM Allen Lecture Hall
Is A Franchise Right for You?
How Do I Make A Safe Decision?
What Are the Roadblocks to Success?
These questions and more will be answered. Join us for this interactive franchise seminar
with franchise owner and consultant, Lou Lavetan.
Coaching, Leadership and Developing Individual Abilities
Thursday, October 1 7:30 PM Allen Lecture Hall
The Wisdom in Our Communities
Friday, October 2 10:00 AM 307 Alumni
Andy Higgins, Author of Best Coaches, Best Practices
University and Olympic Cross Country and Decathlon Coach
A lifetime educator whose medium has been physical education, counseling, and sport, Higgins wrote and delivered the first formal coaching education/certification program in Canada. He was the University of Toronto's first full-time track and field coach and was a leader in establishing the University of Toronto Track Club, where he also created its first women's program. Higgins’ coaching model evolved into Canada's first High Performance Centre for Track and Field.
Under Higgins' leadership, the University of Toronto Blues won 21 Ontario University Athletics track titles, six Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union titles, and 21 national cross country medals. He also served as a track coach at numerous Olympic Games, World Championships, FISU Games, the Pan American Games, and the Commonwealth Games. A highlight of his coaching career came in 1988 when he coached Dave Steen to Canada's first ever Olympic medal — a bronze — in the gruelling decathlon. He also coached decathlete Michael Smith, Canada's flag bearer at the 1992 Olympic Games, to world championship silver and bronze medals.
From 1995 to 1999, Higgins coached performance in the corporate world before returning to sport as the first director of the National Coaching Institute–Ontario, a position he continues to hold.
A passionate advocate of coaching as a profession, Higgins was a founder of the Canadian Professional Coaches Association (now Coaches of Canada), and the Coaches Association of Ontario. In 2001, he was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame as a coach.
In 2007, Andy was named Winner of the Geoff Gowan Award—which was created in 1996 to honour former Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) president Geoffrey Gowan, CM, PhD. The award recognizes lifetime contribution to coaching development. It is awarded to a coach who has presented a positive public image of coaching and enhanced the role of the coach with the Canadian public.
Views on Leadership
Is Leadership Acting?
One person's reflection of the journey.
Recently I was asked to reflect on my journey through leadership in the Pennsylvania Leadership Program (RULE), an extraordinary program for professionals in Pennsylvania. Read more.
Leadership News
As-Needed Housing for Commuters - Mansfield University's Commuter Connection
Commuter students can be, by their very nature, a bit disconnected from campus life. Residing off campus, they often come in for classes and leave before evening activities begin.
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