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• K-State's Carla Jones A 2008 Diamond Honoree Of The American College Personnel Association.

  - 2008-03-06

  M2 PRESSWIRE-6 March 2008-K-STATE: K-State's Carla Jones A 2008 Diamond Honoree Of The American College Personnel AssociationC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06032008 MANHATTAN -- Carla Jones, assistant vice president and senior associate dean of student life at Kansas State University,...

  Tags: director, education, honor, Leadership, University of Florida

• Two who survived: both Tim Tebow and Gianna Jessen escaped the death sentence of abortion and now inspire others by their full, active lives

  - 2008-01-21

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, a cluster of reporters and photographers watch a large screen. ESPN is broadcasting, live, the Heisman Memorial Trophy presentation at the nearby Nokia Theater, and the press conference featuring this year's four Heisman nominees is scheduled to take place...

  Tags: Government, Leadership, legislator, University of Florida

• Soul add two to coaching staff

  - 2008-01-18

  The Soul yesterday added Mickey Mays and Jerry Odom to head coach Bret Munsey's staff. Mays will serve as offensive/defensive line coordinator and head of player personnel. Odom will be the assistant head coach. Mays has more than 20 years of coaching experience. He comes to the Soul after coordinating...

  Tags: CAREER, Games, Leadership, NFL, University of Florida

• Sports in Brief | Hot-rodder Medlen injured in Fla. crash

  - 2007-03-20

  NHRA driver  Eric Medlen , 33, was in critical condition with undisclosed injuries at the University of Florida' hospital after crashing his Funny Car into the right guard rail during a test session at Gainesville Raceway in Florida yesterday, his team said. Jurisprudence The WWE's  Randy Orton  was among 11...

  Tags: Florida, Leadership, team, University of Florida

• Urban $150,000 richer, maybe more

  - 2007-01-05

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When Urban Meyer left Utah for Florida two years ago, he said the opportunity was just too good to pass up. "At the University of Florida, you have everything in place to make a run at the whole thing, and that was a factor," Meyer...

  Tags: Benefits, E-mail, Florida, Leadership, University of Florida, USA Today

• Toward An Economic Theory Of Leadership: Leading Adaptive Change

  BNET - 2006-06-08

  This paper develops a model of adaptive leadership, which is leadership that helps organizations adapt to new or existing realities. A manager provides adaptive leadership by exposing the organization to a novel experience that demonstrates that the firm's beliefs do not match reality. Exposure to the novel experience creates distress,...

  Tags: Theory, University Of Florida, Distress, Leadership, Management

• Reza Abbaschian: 2006 president of ASM International.

  - 2006-01-01

  We are privileged to have Reza Abbaschian as the incoming president at ASM International. Exciting opportunities for ASM and its affiliate societies are emerging as the field of materials science and engineering evolves ever more rapidly. This transformation calls for the kind of dynamic leadership that...

  Tags: chairman, leader, Leadership, president, PRODUCTIVITY, technique, University of Florida

• NSPR bestows William P. Mott Jr. Awards

  - 2005-01-01

  At NRPA's Congress in Reno, Nev., the National Society for Park Resources gave the William P. Mott Jr. Award to several deserving candidates. Formerly known as the NSPR Founders' Award, it recognizes outstanding service to the field of parks and recreation and to NSPR. The Award for Excellence in...

  Tags: CAREER, leader, Leadership, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, University of Florida

• The new Blue Key: Florida Blue Key, the University of Florida's hallowed leadership honorary and political group, still draws talented young people, but the state's evolution has diluted its influence.(Blue Key)(Cover Story)

  - 2004-02-01

  Fall-term presidents of Florida Blue Key are judged by how prominent a speaker they land for its annual homecoming banquet at the University of Florida. Fall-term presidents of Florida Blue Key are judged by how prominent a speaker they land for its annual homecoming...

  Tags: banquet, leadership, University of Florida

• Russell-Brown to lead UF center.

  - 2003-04-15

  Katheryn Russell-Brown has been named director of the University of Florida Levin College of Law Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations. "We conducted a very thorough national search to find someone with Katheryn's unique combination of scholarship and leadership," said...

  Tags: Leadership, scholarship, Strategy, unity, University of Florida