Dr. Terry Hildebrandt Takes Helm of Evidence Based Coaching Fielding Graduate University is excited to announce that Dr. Terry Hildebrandt has been appointed as new Program Lead of our Evidence Based Coaching program, as longtime lead Francine Campone retires. Dr. Hildebrandt is a proud Fielding alum, having completed an MA in Organizational Design & Effectiveness in 2000, a Certificate in Integral Studies in 2008, a Certificate in Evidence Based Coaching in 2009, an MA in Human Development in 2010, and a PhD in Human & Organizational Development in 2012. "What drew me here were the flexibility, the focus on community and social justice, [...]

A Letter from President Rogers Last fall, Fielding launched the Building Inclusion Collaborative to shape and strengthen our work towards a more inclusive culture. As part of this effort, we want to take time to acknowledge annual celebrations of heritage and diversity on the national calendar. March is Women's History Month, corresponding with International Women's Day on March 8th. President Katrina Rogers This past year will always be remembered as the launch of the #metoo and #timesup movements, which seek to ensure women are treated with respect and dignity in the workplace and beyond. In the World Economic Forum Global [...]

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 [...]