New Emphasis for 
Leading Today. Leading Tomorrow.
This year  Leading Today. Leading Tomorrow.  will move to a monthly schedule.  We will also seek to tie the  five phases of campus life  to news articles, journals, blogs and other sources of information.  Some links will be quick reads with helpful hints.  Others will be full research articles giving you the opportunity to dig deep into one of the basic of tenets of ODK - scholarship.  We hope that you will click through these to find ways to expand your understanding and practice of leadership.
Leadership Education to Improve Journalism
The  Cox Poynter Leaders Program  in the Grady College of Journalism at the University of Georgia uses "leadership education to provide the college's best journalism students with insights and strategies for building a career in a news industry undergoing profound structural change."
 
This peer reviewed study examined concepts of leadership development in the journalism program.  The results demonstrate how leadership education can be beneficial to the professional development of journalists.
Read the full research article.

NCAA Postgraduate Internship Program
The NCAA Postgraduate Internship Program annually provides on-the-job learning experiences at the national office in Indianapolis to college graduates who are passionate in their pursuit of a career in college sports administration. 

With a focus on ethnic minorities, women and former student-athletes, this year long program gives insight to the inner workings of college sports from the national perspective. Interns over the past 25 years have taken their experience and institutional knowledge onto campuses and into the conference offices as full-time administrators.

Since leadership in athletics is one of our five phases, we thought you should know about this great opportunity. Deadline is September 23, 2016!


Arts Education is Leadership Education
In this piece, Stacy Goodman makes the case that art education develops critical leadership skills.
 
Education through involvement in the arts develops those intangible skills like creativity and self-knowledge as well as more practical ones like project planning and observation.
 
The definition of leader and artist are one in the same:  one who sees a different world and encourages others through a medium or process to join in the journey. 
Read the full article.
Five People Everybody Needs in Their Corner
Whether you are just starting out in your leadership journey or a seasoned leader, this entry from Forbes Magazine makes it clear you can't - and shouldn't - do it on your own!

Fraternities and Sororities Earn More Scrutiny
The oversight of student organizations can be rewarding but it can also lead to legal and administrative challenges.  Case in point, new regulations on fraternities and sororities at Indiana University may have implications down the road for all organizations.  As an honor society, we should be ensuring that all our activities and programs meet the high standards of Omicron Delta Kappa.
Have you read an interesting article or post that you would like to share?  
Send the link to tim@odk.org.
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