Women's Executive Leadership Development Program (WELD)

Our eight-month-long curriculum consists of 2 two-day retreats and monthly meetings covering topics that include leadership attributes, budgeting, strategic planning, legal issues and regulations, and crisis management.  In addition, participants will work on mentored, team-based projects focused on areas of improvement at the University of Kentucky.

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Applications                       

Applications for the 2020 WELD program are now closed.

Additional Leadership Programs Outside UK

• The Aspen Institute
• American Council on Education Fellows Program
• Center for Creative Leadership
• Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine
• Faculty Leadership for Integrative Liberal Learning:  Principles and Practices​
• HERS BrynMawr Summer Institute
• Kentucky ACE Women's Network

Leadership Presentations by Dr. Swanson

1.  "Women's Empowerment" presented at the University of Kentucky Women's Forum, May 2019 

2.  "How to Launch Your Career in 10 Easy Steps" presented to University of Kentucky's Postdoctoral Symposium, May 2016

3.  “Adaptive Leadership: Anticipating, Initiating and Responding to Change” presented at the National Society of Toxicology Annual, March 2015

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• 2019 Participants

• 2018 Participants

• 2017 Participants

• 2016 Participants

WELD Photos

• December 2019 Graduation
• December 2016 Graduation 

                                     Dr. Hollie Swanson and the 2019 WELD Cohorts 

2019 WELD Group Presentations

• Branches from the Same Tree
• Change Management Planning in Large Scale Systems
• Fostering Mentor Mentee Relationships in Research Intensive Faculty
• Fostering Sustainable Communities Through Leadership Change
• Generations in the Workplace
• Implementation of Standardized Search Strategies to Increase Faculty