In June 2007 representatives from 47 different colleges and universities from across the nation came to Claremont, California to learn how to integrate leadership studies with other liberal arts disciplines at the "Leadership Across the Liberal Arts Curriculum" workshop co-sponsored by Claremont McKenna College, Loyola Marymount University and the University of Richmond. A great deal of momentum was generated and ideas exchanged during the two-day conference and it was clear that there was a continuing need to broaden and deepen the conversation. Building upon the 2007 summer workshop, the goal of the Summer Institute 2008 is to showcase teaching and research at the intersections between leadership and the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Session themes include character education; leadership across the curriculum; democratic leadership; international perspectives on leadership; personal religion, public leadership; philosophical foundations of leadership; women in leadership; and diverse inclusive leadership.

With grant partners Claremont McKenna College and Loyola Marymount University, the Jepson School of Leadership Studies invites scholars and students interested in leadership studies to attend the Summer Institute for Leadership and the Liberal Arts on the University of Richmond campus May 19-21, 2008. There is no registration fee and meals will be provided to all attendees. I

The Jepson School Summer Institute is made possible through a grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation.