Learnings

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  • Marcus Gregory Owens Log 1

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2017

    Being a Fellow is first and foremost an amazing experience in learning about who you are becoming. The journey is rich with opportunities to discover…

  • Marcus Gregory Owens Log 3

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2017

    The thing that has changed in the understanding of my leadership is the concept that we are much more talented/powerful/capable than we think we are…

  • Marcus Gregory Owens Log 2

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2017

    Over this past year several things stand out to me about my leadership development. Its grueling, painful, joyful, and exciting all at the same time.…

  • Kristin Elisabeth DeArruda Wharton Log 4

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2017

    I am Kristin Elisabeth DeArruda Wharton. I am the daughter of Patti-Joy and Michael, Linda and Steven; granddaughter of Nancy, Mille, Alfred, Warren; great-granddaughter of…

  • Kristin Elisabeth DeArruda Wharton Log 2

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2017

    The greatest surprise in my leadership development in the first year on Fellowship has been in realizing my burnout and fatigue, and then recovering a…

  • Kristin Elisabeth DeArruda Wharton Log 1

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2017

    This learning log is the first quarterly reflection on my journey as a Bush Fellow. The themes of this first quarter are around transition. Transition,…

  • Kristin Elisabeth DeArruda Wharton Log 3

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2017

    Rural communities, tribal communities and small towns are amazing places to raise a family! But more than half of all rural counties in the United…

  • Karina Ann Forrest Perkins Log 3

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2017

    This fellowship without question has been the most impactful growth point of my professional journey (and one of my most significant personal learning curves as…

  • Karina Ann Forrest Perkins Log 2

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2017

    The most profound learning that has taken place this past year has been my new awareness of suspending judgement…judgement on self and others. I cannot…

  • Karina Ann Forrest Perkins Log 4

    Learning Fellow Learning Log

    May 22, 2017

    How does one describe a transformational experience and do it justice? The last two and a half years have indeed been transformative and while this…

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