Leadership News and Notes

‘Leadership News and Notes’ is a regular feature of Community Leader celebrating the accomplishments and endeavors of Blandin Foundation Leadership Program alumni as well as the communities which have been served by its programs.  This issue features Colleen Landkamer and Greg Raymo.

Leadership News and Notes

From the Spring, 2009 issue (Vol. 8 No. 1) of the Community Leader newsletter:

‘Leadership News and Notes’ is a regular feature of Community Leader celebrating the accomplishments and endeavors of Blandin Foundation Leadership Program alumni as well as the communities which have been served by its programs.  This issue features Wendy Johnson and Lisa Baumann.

The Pine Journal of Cloquet was the first place winner of the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s (MNA) Lynn Smith Community Leadership Award in January 2009 at the MNA’s Annual Conference in Minneapolis.

Finding Balance, Focus and Connection in the Woods

From the Fall/Winter 2008 issue (Vol. 7  No. 3) of the Community Leader newsletter. By John Weyer, Blandin Foundation Leadership Team

“People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.”

John Wanamaker, a retail innovator, is the author of the above quote.  For me, it is a quote that really summarizes the importance of recreation as a means to stay healthy.  The eight dimensions of a healthy community apply to our personal lives just as they apply to our communities.  We cannot, as community leaders, contribute meaningfully to our community if we lack a healthy perspective as individuals.

Recreation can take on many forms for different people.  Form, or the type of recreation, is far less important than the function ­ to live a balanced and healthy life.

Alumni Profile: Leslie Harper

Keeping Culture Alive and Well

If you call Leslie Harper’s office at the Niigaane Ojibwe Language Immersion Program and the answering machine picks up, you will be asked to leave a message.  The request, however, will be in Ojibwe, not in English.

The phone-answering message in Ojibwe suggests that Leslie Harper, a 2003 BCLP alum, Cass Lake, remains true to the vision that helped launch the Niigaane Program – revitalizing the Ojibwe language and culture for both adults and children of the Leech Lake community.

Alumni News and Notes

From the Fall/Winter, 2008 issue (Vol. 7 No. 3) of the Community Leader newsletter:

‘Leadership Notes and News’ is a regular feature of Community Leader celebrating the accomplishments and endeavors of Blandin Foundation Leadership Program alumni as well as the communities which have been served by its programs.  This issue features Jeff Borling, Jennifer Hawkins, Julie Munger, Roger Reinert and Laura Sieger.

Leadership Notes and News

From the Summer/Fall, 2008 issue (Vol. 7 No. 2) of the Community Leader newsletter:

‘Leadership Notes and News’ is a regular feature of Community Leader celebrating the accomplishments and endeavors of Blandin Foundation Leadership Program alumni as well as the communities which have been served by its programs.  This issue features Shelli Urness and MinPost.

Leadership Notes and News:

Roxanne DeLille, BCLP trainer, was selected earlier this year by Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College students, faculty and staff to receive the
2007-2008 Outstanding Educator Award.

All full-time faculty were eligible for the award. Selection was made through a balloting process that was open to all students and employees at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. To be recognized as a Board of Trustees’ Outstanding Educator, faculty members must demonstrate consistently exemplary teaching and provide evidence of their contributions to student learning.

Leadership Notes and News:

‘Leadership Notes and News’ is a regular feature of Community Leader celebrating the accomplishments and endeavors of Blandin Foundation Leadership Program alumni as well as the communities which have been served by its programs. This issue features Jerry Bentz, Pam Collins, Lourdez Schwab and Community leaders from the Grand Rapids/Itasca County area.