The 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.

"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 Chancellor Emeritus

 

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 other year second- and third-year 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.