Self Fellow Development Program
The Fellow Development Program is a distinguishing feature of
the Self Graduate Fellowship. It provides general education
and training in communication, management, and leadership to
assist Self Fellows in their preparation for future leadership
roles, complementing the specialized education and training
provided in Ph.D. programs.
Commitment
Each new Self Fellow, by accepting the fellowship award,
recognizes the benefits of the Fellow Development Program
and makes a commitment to participate. The program time
commitment is approximately 80 hours per year, plus preparation
and travel. To continue to hold the Self Fellowship, a fellow
must make satisfactory progress toward the doctoral degree
and be an active and full participant in Fellow Development
Program activities each year for four consecutive years.
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"A select group of doctoral students who possess
the brilliance and fortitude to leave their mark on the
world has found benefactors in Al and Lila Self."
Robert
Hemenway
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Development Program Events
Yearly events include two skill sessions, held during the summer
and winter breaks; biweekly luncheons; a mentor/fellow dinner;
and a symposium. Every fourth year the fellows travel to Washington,
D.C., for an intensive public policy seminar.
Event Topics and Recent Speakers
Skills
Oral and written communication, interpersonal communication,
cross-cultural communication, negotiation, advocacy, teamwork,
leadership, judgment and decision making, financial management,
human resource management, project management, marketing, strategy
and change.
Speakers: Teamwork, Leigh Thompson, Kellogg
Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University; Advocacy,
Robert Rowland, University of Kansas; Successful Intelligence,
Robert Sternberg, Yale University; Leadership,
Robert Pritzker, Marmon Group; Global Leadership,
Oscar Arias Sanchez, 1986 Nobel Peace Laureate; Peace-making:
The Power of Nonviolence, Jose Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel
Peace Laureate; Creativity, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,
Peter Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University;
Judgment and Decision Making, Reid Hastie,
Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago; Negotiation,
Laura Kray, Haas School of Business, University of California,
Berkeley.
Issues
Topics: economics and public policy issues (global, national,
state/regional)
Speakers: Bioethics, Arthur L. Caplan, University
of Pennsylvania; Globalization, Deane Neubauer,
University of Hawaii-Manoa; Environmental Globalization
and Sustainability, William Clark, Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University; Economics,
Paul Krugman, Princeton University; Identity and Democracy
in the Middle East, Daniel Brumberg, Georgetown University
and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Ethics
in Politics and Finance, James B. Stewart, Smart Money.
In addition, luncheon speakers provide examples of leadership
and career strategies in business, government, and the academy.
