2008 Network Leadership Award Recipient—Circles of
Power: A Leadership Program for Women Faculty
Network Executive Board Chair Madlyn Hanes presents the 2008 Network
Leadership Award to the COPS Director and Associate Professor of
Neuroscience Diane M. Snow
From its inception in 1998 until 2002, the “Circles of
Power” (COPS) program was offered to faculty of the University of
Kentucky medical campus (UK). However, with obvious success and rapidly
increasing interest, it quickly expanded to a campus-wide endeavor and
became sponsored by the UK President’s Commission on Women. By
spring of 2008, COPS will be able to boast nine graduating classes
comprising 144 graduates. Thus far, COPS has included participants from
16 colleges and from widely diverse backgrounds. Participation in the
program is selective and is limited to 20 highly committed women per
year.
Lee Todd, President, University of Kentucky
The COPS program is an innovative program dedicated to enhancing the
leadership skills of women who have leadership interests and
capabilities. COPS is unique in its strong reflective and
process-oriented curriculum, which allows women to clarify their
personal and professional goals, and build on personal styles of
leadership. The mission of COPS is to provide faculty with intrapersonal
and interpersonal skills necessary to succeed in a leadership role
within their specific academic or clinical specialties; and to provide
women faculty with an expanding network of role models and peer
mentors.
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