Rocky alum Soham Basu '20 and Rockefeller Leadership Fellow Ameena Razzaque '21 Win Pickering Fellowships, an award is designed to prepare college graduates for the U.S. foreign service.
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On Thursday, January 21st, 2021, Matthew Dickinson and Linda Fowler explored the state of American political institutions at the outset of Joe Biden’s presidency.
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On January 13, 2021, a panel of Professors Jennifer M. Piscopo and Julie Suk explored the history, current state, and consequences of United States “exceptionalism” with regards to women’s rights.
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On January 14th, David Niedzwicki gave a presentation on ethical leadership. According to David, some challenges to ethical leadership include flaws in decision-making strategies, unconscious lapses in judgement, and cognitive barriers. He offers some solutions to this by holding others accountable, holding ethics, not rules as a gold standard, and by having leaders model ethical behavior. Lastly, David urged us that ethical leadership is more important now than ever before.
[more]While the Rocky Leadership Fellows embarked on a new term of remote learning and few social interactions, Hi’ilani Hopkins took a moment to remind us about the importance of connection and giving back to our communities. She argues that as Dartmouth students, the fellows have been extremely fortunate to get the mentorship that we have. We should ensure that future leaders, especially those that do not have access to the incredible resources that we do, have an opportunity to learn from us.
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