Gantz Co-Facilitates COPLAC Leadership Circle

Vice President for Academic Affairs Katie Gantz served as a senior co-facilitator at the 2023 Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) Beard Leadership Circle at Sonoma State University in California. Now in its third year, the Beard Leadership Circle focuses on building professional skills and leadership strategies for directors, project coordinators and other mid-level higher education administrators. The focus of the 2023 BLC summer institute was support for early- to mid-career department chairs from COPLAC member institutions. Approximately 40 participants met to develop professional networks, attend panels and discuss case studies related to common challenges in the public liberal arts workplace. As one of the founding organizers of the BLC summer institute, Gantz leads the BLC’s workshop specifically for new department chairs.