About High Impact Leaders Program

a picture of managers gathered around a table talking

This year long program is designed to provide early to mid-career faculty and staff with development to prepare them for future opportunities within KSU. This program will consist of defined leadership curriculum, internal and external guest speakers, practical hands-on sessions, and more!

Program Highlights

  • Collaborative learning environment
  • Competing Values Leadership Curriculum
  • Practical, Hands-On Training:
    • Giving and receiving feedback effectively
    • Navigating difficult conversations
    •  Handling conflict with confidence
    •  Transitioning from peer to manager
    • Insights from KSU faculty & community leaders

Eligibility Criteria

  • Faculty and Staff: Early to mid-career professionals.
  • Performance: Must have satisfactory performance evaluations.
  • Tenure: Must be with KSU for at least 2 years.
  • Employment Status: Full-time employees.

If you have questions about the High Impact Leadership Program (HILP) please email us below.

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Nomination Process

Important Program Dates

Nomination Deadline Application Deadline Annoucement of Cohort
July 31, 2024 August 15, 2024 August 31, 2024

 

Sessions will be held 8:30 am to 12:30 pm on the following dates

Sept 17, 2024 

Oct 8, 2024

Nov 12, 2024

Dec 3, 2024 

Jan 14, 2025

Feb 11, 2025

Mar 4, 2025 

Apr 8, 2025 

May 1, 2025

Congratulations to the 23-24 Cohort!

group picture of the 2023 HILP cohort

  • Name
    Position

    • Assistant Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology

      aadam224@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5147
      Q 234

    • Director, Business Management

      rblack13@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6620
      CP 210C

    • Director, Academic Advising

      ccurley@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-7728
      WH 202M

    • Program Manager, Assessment and Analysis

      sbroo137@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3474
      UH 126A

    • Associate Chair in the Department of English and Professor of English

      sfigueir@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2359
      EB 155C

    • Police Lieutenant

      rhawkin4@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5025
      PB 109

    • Executive Director of Curriculum Development and Associate Professor of Chemistry Education

      mhead24@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3677
      KH 3445

    • Assistant Chair in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and Coordinator of Internships for Criminal Justice and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology

      tlink1@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2292
      SO 4054

    • Associate Dean for Faculty/Staff Affairs and Research and Associate Professor of Architecture

      gloreto@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4507
      N 122

    • Assistant Director, Event Coordination and Commencement

      claw9@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4412
      House 3213 - 105

    • Director, Compensation

      tmccain4@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2167
      TP 2035

    • Assistant Director, Enrollment and Business Development

      emcgeral@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6862
      KC 436P

    • Program Coordinator for MS in Software Engineering and Associate Professor of Software Engineering

      rparizi1@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2118
      J 382

    • Director of the Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services Research and Assistant Professor of Psychology

      bmoore50@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-7281
      House 3217 - 103

    • Administrator, Payroll, Time and Attendance

      sneuhoff@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2052
      TP 3950C

    • Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies

      cparrot5@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2347
      WB 220

    • Associate Director of the School of Accountancy and Professor of Accounting

      vpopova@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5492
      BB 205

    • Manager, Marketing Communications

      ereed23@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2758
      TP 4050

    • Interim Director, Student Engagement and Belonging & Part-Time Instructor of Social Work and Human Services

      jstinch2@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5158
      WH 102C

    • MSIT Graduate Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Information Technology

      xtian2@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5168
      J 378B

    • Assistant Director, Financial Aid

      aventu11@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2534
      KH 1521

    • Associate Chair of the Department of Psychological Science and Professor of Psychology

      jwillar3@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6225
      SO 4038

    • Manager, Videography

      pwirsig@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4796
      TP 4320F