Monica McClintock Shares Her Experience as a Volunteer in Ghana BY MONICA R. mCCLINTOCK, MA “Why volunteer? It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Monica R. McClintock at the children's graduation My July 2016 Master’s Project was an action inquiry associating volunteering in a cross cultural context to the development of leadership skills. It attended to my passion for volunteering, travel, and desire to provide a new methodology for organizations in the development of their leaders. Sandra, Monica, and [...]

EBC faculty member Leni Wildflower pens piece for Choice magazine The following was written for the December 2017 issue of Choice, the magazine of professional coaching, Volume 15, number 4. A Coaching Legacy:  Sir John Whitmore Leni Wildflower, PhD By Leni Wildflower, PhD, PCC Early years Sir John Whitmore, who died in April of this year, emerged from the heart of the British establishment. His grandfather had served as an officer in the Royal Horse Guards. His father, Sir Francis Whitmore, had distinguished himself during the Boer War in the Imperial Yeomanry. By the end of the First World [...]

Sustainability Working Group panel features State Senator, environmental experts (L-R) Hannah- Beth Jackson, Fielding President Katrina Rogers, Das Williams, Rich Appelbaum, Carolee Krieger and Kenneth Kahn Santa Barbara politicians and environmental experts gathered at Fielding Graduate University's Winter Session recently to discuss water scarcity issues in the wake of the deadly mudslides that left at least 20 people dead in Montecito. State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, County Supervisor Das Williams and Chumash Tribal Chairman Kenneth Kahn joined Carolee Krieger, founder of the California Water Impact Network, for a frank discussion of global water scarcity and pollution in the birthplace of [...]

Sherry Hatcher Scholarship Fund established, Will Kouw Award presented The School of Psychology kicked off Winter Session in Santa Barbara this week with the announcement of several awards. Fielding alumna Dr. Elizabeth Hardy and Rick Omlor established the Dr. Sherry L. Hatcher Honorary Scholarship Fund in recognition of a faculty member that had a profoud influence on her. "I was fortunate to have had the great privilege to train under the mentorship of Dr. Sherry Hatcher, who was my advisor and dissertation chair," wrote Dr. Hardy, who was unable to attend the event. "Each day in my career as a clinical psychologist, whether [...]

UPDATE: 2:30 pm Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 The Thomas Fire is now 270,000 acres and at 50% containment.  Today some evacuation zones have been lifted, including the voluntary zone nearest Fielding. While we intend to remain open until the close of business, Thursday, December 21st, things may change.  Please print this email so you have the information about alternative ways to connect to Fielding.  Do check our phone for any late breaking news (information below). Academic continuity Moodle can be directly accessed using the following address:  moodle2.fielding.edu.  This address works even if MyFielding is down. Senior Leadership I will be onsite [...]

  Since its creation this year, Fielding's Inclusion Council has been busy! The first order of business was identifying the council itself. Chair Placida Gallegos was thrilled to have 40 students and alumni apply for the Council’s eight student and alum positions. Rather than turn away enthusiastic volunteers, she created three more groups where everyone who applied could be involved in the effort: an Implementation team, Strategic Advisors team, and Action Learning team. All have begun meeting and will be inviting other members of the Fielding community to get involved as well. The Inclusion Council also includes faculty from across the university [...]