Keynote Topic:
Change: The Superhighway of our Journey through Life
Lynne Chronister, Assistant Vice Provost for Research
University of Washington
Benjamin Franklin is credited with saying “Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” Two hundred years later, John F. Kennedy stipulated that a third entity was just as certain in this world when he said “The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable ”. Now, fifty years later, the platform that Barack Obama and Joe Biden ran on was based upon their “Blueprint for Change” and just recently they called the Stimulus Package ‘Change to Believe In”.
While in principle and through our vote generally we endorse and embrace change, change can be scary, is inevitable and it can disrupt the flow of our journey. But it also is life nourishing, motivating, enriching and fun! Regardless of our perception of change in general or change that influences and affects our lives, there are two other certainties; one, we can either manage change itself or we can manage our response to change and, two, that we have enormous power to create change.
By exploring varying strategies and tools we can not only manage change in our uncertain environment but we can capitalize on it. We can lead and we can motivate ourselves, our colleagues and our students to celebrate whatever path we chose in our personal and professional journey to success
Panel Discussion
The following WSU Community members will discuss specific areas of Change, identify how this change might affect us, and provide some strategies for surviving - and growing - through change.
Panel members and types of change include:
Personal Change
Donna Paul, Assistant Professor, College of Business
Professional Change
Alicia Saldivar, Coordinator of Leadership Programs & Multicultural Student Organizations, Office of Student Involvement & Leadership Development
Becky Morton, Finance Manager, VCAPP; Chair, Work Life Committee
Psychological Change
Scott Case, Psychologist and Coordinator of the Employee Assistance Program and Stress Management Program, Counseling Services
Institutional Change
Candis Claiborn, Dean and Professor, College of Engineering and Architecture
Economic Change
John Nofsinger, Associate Professor, Finance Insurance & Real Estate, College of Business
Please see the biographical data for participants on the "Session Leaders" page.
The Panel discussion will be followed by a Question and Answer period.
