2024-2025 Schedule

All sessions will be held in Room 202, Howard L. Hawks Hall
Breakfast available at 7:30 a.m. Lunch available at 12 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 30

Session 1

8 a.m.-noon

Understanding My Strengths: What Makes Me Unique

Dr. Tim Hodges, Executive Director, Clifton Strengths Institute, UNL

1-5 p.m.

Leading with Strengths

Dr. Tim Hodges, Executive Director, Clifton Strengths Institute

5:15-7 p.m.

Reception

Friday, Oct. 4

Session 2

8 a.m.-noon

Strategic Leadership

Dr. Laura Poppo, Donald and Shirley Clifton Chair in Leadership and Professor, Department of Management, UNL

1-5 p.m.

Goal Setting

Dr. Jake Messersmith, Department Chair, Department of Management, UNL

Friday, Nov. 15

Session 3

1-5 p.m.

Innovation

Dr. Steve Olson, Distinguished Lecturer and Assistant Director, Executive Education, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Friday, Dec. 13

Session 4

9 a.m.-noon

Team Scholarship

Center for Research, Excellence and Diversity in Team Science

1-5 p.m.

Team Scholarship

Center for Research, Excellence and Diversity in Team Science

Friday, Jan. 31

Session 5

8 a.m.-noon

Effective Communication

Dr. Kathy Castle, Associate Professor of Practice, and Dr. Aaron Duncan, Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Communication Studies, UNL

1-2:30 p.m.

Communication Workshop

Wendy Van, Open Window Communications

3-4:30 p.m.

Strengths Continued

Dr. Tim Hodges, Executive Director, Clifton Strengths Institute, UNL

Friday, Feb. 14

Session 6

8 a.m.-noon

Effective Team Management

Dr. Steve Olson, Distinguished Lecturer and Assistant Director, Executive Education, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

1-5 p.m.

Conflict Resolution/Negotiation

Dr. Steve Olson, Distinguished Lecturer and Assistant Director, Executive Education, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Friday, March 28

Session 7

8 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Research Growth Plan Presentation Rehearsals

Friday, April 25

Session 8

8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Research Growth Plan Presentations