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***Media Release - 5/18/2022***

Leadership Cowley County hosts workshop

Cowley County, KS: Leadership is a muscle that needs to be exercised. To grow and change as leaders means continuing to challenge ourselves with new ideas and greater understanding of ourselves and those we encounter.

The Leadership Cowley County Board of Directors invites you to join us in a workshop of self discovery. Dr. Ross Peterson-Veatch will lead the workshop using the “Immunity to Change” method. The workshop is planned for Saturday, June 11, 2022 from 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at Wroten Hall on the Southwestern College campus, Winfield. A nominal $10.00 registration fee covers the workshop, materials and a continental breakfast.

“We are excited to offer this in-person workshop to help area community members continue on their leadership path,” stated Leadership Cowley County Chair Cody O’Brien. “The Immunity to Change method was developed by Harvard University Professors Dr. Robert Kegan and Dr. Lisa Lahey to help individuals overcome the obstacles their beliefs – along with the collective mind-sets in our organizations – combine to create as barriers to real change. We are fortunate Dr. Peterson-Veatch is trained in this method and willing to lead the training.”

Ross Peterson-Veatch is Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, and Professor of Folklore at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas. In 2021 Dr. Peterson-Veatch was selected by the American Conference of Academic Deans (ACAD) as the winner of their annual Excellence in Academic Leadership Award. Before coming to Southwestern in 2017, he served in various administrative roles at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana. Dr. Peterson-Veatch began his administrative career in 2001 at Indiana University Bloomington’s (IUB) Kelley School of Business as Instructional Consultant focused on improvement of classroom teaching practice. He was also a faculty member at IUB in the Liberal Arts and Management Program, and has held faculty appointments at Earlham College, Goucher College, and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

All interested community members are welcome to attend. Register at www.leadershipcowleycounty.com. Call 620-221-7224 with questions.

About Leadership Cowley County: Leadership Cowley County has a long history from its early beginnings in the 1980’s as Leadership Ark City and Leadership Winfield. The programs merged in 1999 to form Leadership Cowley County. Leadership Cowley County is a community leadership program with the mission to equip and build capacity in people to create change in self, our community and the world. Legacy Foundation provides oversight for the program. For more information visit our website www.leadershipcowleycounty.com, find us on Facebook, or call 620-221-7224.

***Press Release***

Leadership Cowley County – Now Accepting Applications for 2019 Class

Leadership Cowley County (LCC), a community leadership program with the mission to equip and build capacity in people to create change in self, our community and the world, is now accepting applications for its fall 2019 class.

The class is not only a call to action to those who are already aware of their leadership skills, but is also a means for developing skills in those who are not sure of their leadership capabilities. It provides transformational skill sets needed to improve the capacity to interact productively with others.

The Leadership Cowley County program is dedicated to training individuals from all backgrounds, education and skill levels in the principles of both personal and civic leadership. Class members learn about and visit various locations in the county and are introduced to and work with curriculum developed by the Kansas Leadership Center. The Kansas Leadership Center is a leadership development organization funded by a core operating grant from the Kansas Health Foundation.

Upon successful completion of the program, class members will have:

• a thorough knowledge of their individual leadership skills

• an enhanced awareness of community needs and assets

• new relationships

• enhanced networking capabilities

• a heightened sense of self-reflection

• the chance for personal transformation

Each leadership class is composed of 2 full-day and 5 half-day, afternoon sessions. The program content builds from week to week making attendance at all sessions a requirement. Session dates for the 2019 leadership class are: full-days are September 5^th and October 10^th; half-day sessions are Sept. 12^th, Sept. 26th, Oct. 24^th, Nov. 7^th and Nov. 21^st. Class tuition is $300; apply before June 28th and receive a $50 early bird discount. Scholarship assistance may be available and can be noted at time of application. Application deadline is August 14^th.

Apply online on the LCC website: www.leadershipcowleycounty.org.

Space is limited, apply today. For more information, visit our website, call 620-221-9951/620-442-3094 or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/leadershipcowleycounty.