GPWN: Leadership Development for Women Part I

Date: Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 6:00pm - 8:00 pm
Contact: gpwn@duke.edu
Sponsor: Graduate and Professional Women's Network (GPWN)
Where: Duke Women's Center Lower Lounge
126 Few Fed Bldg (on west quad traffic circle opposite the Allen Bldg)

Why: Dr. Betsy Alden, former professor of Women's Leadership courses at the Sanford Institute and Service-Learning Coordinator of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke, will lead a three-part leadership development series in which she will examine and discuss existing challenges for women in various fields, as well as explore various leadership skills and resources necessary for women preparing for future careers. This series will involve a little reading, and those interested are encouraged to attend all three discussions. . As a theologian and educator, Dr. Alden has been engaged in women's leadership as a feminist community activist, clergywoman, and a member of commissions on the status and role of women in church, civic, and national organizations.