Deans to attend Harvard summer programs

A.T. Still University – Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) Dean Philip Slocum, D.O., and School of Health Management (SHM) Dean Kimberly O’Reilly, D.H.Ed., were selected to participate in the 2010 Harvard Graduate School of Education summer programs.

Dean Slocum will attend the Institute for Educational Management (IEM). The IEM program provides administrators with at least ten years of experience a rare opportunity to assess their leadership skills, renew their commitment to higher education, and develop tangible strategies for long-term institutional success.

“The experience of working with some of the brightest and best in higher education will best help me grow as an academic leader,” Slocum said. “It is truly exciting to be selected to attend.”

This is the second session Dean Slocum has been selected to attend. He attended the Institute for Management and Leadership in Education (MLE) in 2005.

“It is hoped that two complete weeks focused on my development will make me a better leader,” Slocum said, “the kind of leader KCOM and ATSU needs to transform both KCOM’s and ATSU’s future.”

Dean O’Reilly is a part of the 2010 MLE class. The MLE institute is designed for administrators with 5-12 years of experience who are responsible for thinking strategically about their institutions’ change agendas. The program is designed to help set and accomplish attainable goals.

“I want to provide the best possible leadership to ATSU and the School of Health Management and feel that experience supplemented with lifelong learning opportunities such as the one Harvard will provide is integral to that goal,” O’Reilly said. “The President and the Deans’ Council have been very supportive of my decision to apply.”

“We are very proud to have two outstanding individuals representing our university,” President Jack Magruder said. “I know that they will represent ATSU admirably.”