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Gleaves Whitney's Blog
Gleaves Whitney is the Hauenstein Center director and a presidential historian. As the author or editor of 14 books, Whitney writes about presidential and historical influences that shape our world today.
RootsxHorizons
Brian Flanagan, associate director of the Hauenstein Center, blogs about the education of next generation leaders. "Leadership education for the 21st century must strengthen roots and broaden horizons."
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The Wheelhouse Talks - Rick DeVos, Entrepreneurial, idea-producing, TED-type wunderkind.
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Cook Leadership Academy
The Peter Cook Leadership Academy at the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies is fast becoming one of the Midwest’s leading centers for the exploration and development of leadership excellence. We are dedicated to inspiring, informing, and connecting high-potential leaders at Grand Valley State University who are committed to serving their community, state, and nation.
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The Hauenstein Center's J. Randall Bergers Presidential Studies Collection is a world-class resource -- a one-stop shop for books written by American presidents. Held at Grand Valley's Seidman House, the Bergers Collection consists of more than 750 original works by presidents -- mostly first editions and many autographed by the author.
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PA 390 - Leadership Dynamics
This course will expose you to 2,500 years of dynamic thinking about leaders and leadership, from the classical world to the post-modern. You will come to understand ten big ideas about leadership; ever-changing sources and deployments of authority; iterations of the leader's and follower's place in society; and the latest thinking on leader-follower synchronicity, pervasive leadership, and leaderlessness.
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