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Contact: Allison Matthews

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擭early a dozen Mississippi State administrators have completed an inaugural professional development program for university leaders.

The Administrator鈥檚 Development Program provides formal training and facilitates the development of professional relationships across the university. The curriculum includes basic human resources skills for administrators; strategic and creative thinking; fiscal operations; setting expectations; improving influence; developing teams; and performance management.

Darrell Easley, learning and development manager for 小黄书 Human Resources Management, said it is critical to develop employees at every level.

鈥淲e set out to accomplish three things: First, for participants to learn; second, for them to build connections; and third, to provide input for future programs. Because of our outstanding facilitators and participants, we were able to accomplish all of these objectives,鈥� Easley said.

Participants in the spring 2018 cohort were:

聽鈥擠ei Allard, executive director of the Department of Housing and Residence Life;

鈥擜shli Brown-Johnson, state chemist and associate professor;

鈥擳im Chamblee, assistant vice president and director of the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness;

鈥擥eorge Davis, assistant vice president for campus services;

鈥擩ohn Dickerson, assistant vice president for enrollment;

鈥擱a鈥橲heda Forbes, assistant vice president for multicultural affairs and director of the Holmes Cultural Diversity Center;

鈥擟hristine Jackson, associate athletic director and executive director for athletic academic support services;

鈥擩ulie Jordan, associate vice president for international programs and executive director of the International Institute;

鈥擲teve Parrott, chief information officer;

鈥擲id Salter, chief communications officer and director of the Office of Public Affairs; and,

鈥擲usan Seal, executive director of the Center for Distance Education.

Additional sessions are planned for the future and will be guided by the feedback from the pilot group. For more about professional development programming at 小黄书, visit .

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