{"680572":{"#nid":"680572","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dhongde Selected for Higher Education Leadership Institute","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Dean Shatakshee Dhongde is one of about 50 higher education leaders nationwide recently selected to attend the Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Leadership Institute.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHERS provides all emerging and established leaders with programming and support to grow their leadership skills, as well as gain a broader perspective on trends and challenges in higher ed leadership across a variety of institutions.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/shatakshee-dhongde\u0022\u003EDhongde\u003C\/a\u003E, who serves as associate dean for academic affairs in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, said her first weekend session with HERS was an eye-opening experience.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe had focused sessions with leaders and experts in many different institutions, including R1 and R2 universities, as well as liberal arts colleges. This was a great way to gain insight into the broader spectrum of challenges and opportunities that universities face.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe added that most of the people in her cohort are serving in associate or assistant leadership positions, which she said is the perfect time to do a program like this.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe usually think of people approaching executive leadership levels as the target audience for a leadership institute such as this. But it\u2019s also very useful \u2014 if not instrumental \u2014 to have mid-level leaders train this way,\u201d said Dhongde.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe cohort will meet for two more rigorous three-day sessions, followed by a graduation ceremony in April. Dhongde will also create and complete a yearlong leadership project.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis experience is not only valuable in my own leadership journey, but it also allows me to bring back fresh perspectives and new skills to the Ivan Allen College and the Institute.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Dean Shatakshee Dhongde is one of about 50 higher education leaders nationwide recently selected to attend the Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Leadership Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Associate Dean Shatakshee Dhongde is one of 50 higher education leaders nationwide recently selected to attend the Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Leadership Institute."}],"uid":"35777","created_gmt":"2025-02-18 21:44:11","changed_gmt":"2025-02-18 21:50:20","author":"Stephanie Kadel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676327":{"id":"676327","type":"image","title":"HERS-Liz-Stewart-Photo-123 (1).jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Spring 2025 cohort of the HERS Leadership Institute\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1739915166","gmt_created":"2025-02-18 21:46:06","changed":"1739915927","gmt_changed":"2025-02-18 21:58:47","alt":"The Spring 2025 cohort of the HERS Leadership Institute, consisting of about 50 members, poses together on a set of stairs.","file":{"fid":"260096","name":"HERS-Liz-Stewart-Photo-123 (1).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/02\/18\/HERS-Liz-Stewart-Photo-123%20%281%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/02\/18\/HERS-Liz-Stewart-Photo-123%20%281%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3208271,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/02\/18\/HERS-Liz-Stewart-Photo-123%20%281%29.jpg?itok=dAPcgjbF"}}},"media_ids":["676327"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"171220","name":"Shatakshee Dhongde"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stephanie.kadel@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EStephanie N. Kadel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["stephanie.kadel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}