Projects and Partnerships

The Jepson School reaches out to form collaborations across the nation, across the metro Richmond community and across campus, assisting in the development of leadership programs, bolstering scholarship in this emerging field of study, encouraging the integration of leadership studies in undergraduate study at the community level and throughout liberal arts institutions nationwide. 

• The Jablin Dissertation Awards honors outstanding new scholarship in the field. It is a partnership with the International Leadership Association. Jepson has long held a leadership role in that organization. More
• Some 300 students a year perform community service at approved partner agencies and sites under the auspices of the "Justice & Civil Society" course.  More 
• The Jepson Studies in Leadership is an innovative book series tied to symposia presentations by some of the nation's top scholars. More
• Initiative on Leadership and the Liberal Arts  is a collaboration among Claremont McKenna College, Loyola Marymount College and the University of Richmond to integrate topics of responsible leadership across liberal arts disciplines. 
• Since the School's inception in 1992, faculty and staff have been involved in numerous projects with middle and high schools. In 2005, to better organize this outreach, Jepson created The Center for Leadership and Education in partnership with the School of Continuing Studies. It serves high school educators, administrators and offers some student programs. 
• The Donchian project on applied ethics involves course development, student research fellowships and a 2008 conference on ethical challenges of leaders. It is a collaboration among the Robins School of Business, the Jepson School and the University of Richmond School of Law
• Claude Moore project on leadership roles in health care is a collaboration between Jepson and the School of Arts & Sciences.
• The thematic Jepson Leadership Forum focuses on Abraham Lincoln for 2008-09 and has partnerships with The Richmond Symphony, the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar and the national public broadcasting radio show "A Moment in Time."
• The Jepson School's Community Programs Office is working with the Virginia Leadership Association, a consortium of community leadership programs around the Commonwealth, to develop a conference for 2008 or 2009.