The Center for Leadership and Social Responsibility at the Milgard School of Business, University of Washington Tacoma is pleased to announce its first academic research conference. The conference aims to facilitate high quality, rigorous scholarship on a wide range of social responsibility issues.
The Milgard School of Business Center for Leadership and Social Responsibility is now accepting research papers for the July 15 - 16, 2010 Academic Conference on Social Responsibility. Theoretical and empirical papers are welcomed on a wide range of topics related to social practices of businesses. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2010.
A new service-learning course has been developed in the Milgard School of Business to teach Nonprofit Governance to students who will "serve" in internships on the boards of local organizations. This is a two-course sequence starting with TMGMT 465, Nonprofit Governance I winter 2010 followed by TMGMT 466 Nonprofit Governance II in spring 2010.
The Center would like to thank all grant applicants for their time and effort in developing their 2009-2010 Curriculum Enhancement Grant proposals. The committee awarded six $1,000 grants to faculty members across the UWT campus. Courses from Business, IAS/Environmental Science, Institute of Technology, and Urban Studies were among those awarded grants this year.
The Center was pleased to award ten course development grants for the 2008-2009 academic year. Award recipients represented various programs on the UWT campus: Business (2 grants), Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (6 grants), and Urban Studies (2 grants).
Dr. Kent Nelson is a senior lecturer in the Milgard School of Business at the UW Tacoma campus where he teaches courses in leadership, interpersonal skills, presentation skills and managerial communication. Dr. Nelson is also a member of the Center's Faculty Advisory Board. Listen to his views on leadership and the critical connection to social responsibility.
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