May 29, 2007 - Some of the nation’s leading scholars of leadership studies and representatives of some 50 liberal arts institutions will gather at The Claremont Colleges June 14-15 for a conference on “Leadership Across the Liberal Arts Curriculum.” 

This unprecedented gathering is the capstone of a three-year initiative funded by the W.M. Keck Foundation. The project has been dedicated to integrating topics of responsible leadership across the liberal arts disciplines.

The Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College, the Institute for Leadership Studies at Loyola Marymount University and the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond collaborated on the initiative, which included a 2006 summer workshop, fellowships for undergraduate students and faculty, and new interdisciplinary courses developed in the arts, sciences and social sciences that focus on leadership themes. 

Keynote speakers at the conference include Thomas Cronin, president emeritus of Whitman College; J. Thomas Wren, the interim dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond; Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College; Michael Genovese, director of the Institute for Leadership Studies at Loyola Marymount University; and Ronald Riggio, director of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College.

A collection of essays “Educating Future Leaders for the Modern World” will be discussed at the workshop, and then published. Sending representatives to the conference are: Allegheny College, Averett University, Azusa Pacific University, Barnard College, Bates College, Beloit College, Bimingham-Southern College, Claremont McKenna College, Colgate University, Colorado College, Cornell College, Creighton University, Doane College, Fairfield University, Fisk University, Harvey Mudd College, Hendrix College, Hollins University, Indiana University, Kalamazoo College, Loyola Marymount University, Marietta College, Mercer University, Milsaps College, Muhlenberg College, Neumann College, New College of Florida, Pomona College, University of Puget Sound, Purdue University, Rhodes College, Rollins College, Savannah College of Art, Skidmore College, Smith College, Southwestern University, Spring Hill College, St. Augustine’s College, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Olaf College, St. Peter’s College, Trinity College, University of Richmond, University of Texas at Arlington, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington College and Wells College.