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= = = = =Welcome to DPLS 703 Team C's Wiki!= A little about our members:

1. My name is Kirk Young (not to be confused with Kirk Kimberly). 2. I have taken eight classes so far and will be taking three this summer.3. I am 34 years old.4. I have worked in higher ed. administration for four years and plan on continuing a career in academics. Hopefully making the jump to a faculty position once I have finished up the program. I have been married for ten years and have two boys: McKay-6 years old and Connor-3.5. I have a diverse professional background ranging from construction, to sales, to management, and now to higher education.

1. Name: Hildie Frazer 2. Number of courses taken: 4 3. Other courses taking: DPLS 701 4. Age: 42 5. Brief introduction: Retired from the Air Force last year from Fairchild AFB as a KC-135 In-flight refueler (I refueled aircraft in the air). I'm now a full-time PhD. student using my G.I. Bill (thanks tax payers!). I have taught classes at North Idaho College and Spokane Coummunity college. I'm in a constant pursuit of widsom. 6. Diversity I bring: I grew up overseas and spent 1-7 grade in an international school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. I have lived in Japan for 3 years, Korea for 1 and have traveled and lived all over the world.

Mary Jo Lewis: Greetings to all! I am a "summers only" student and this is my second summer. I took one class in the first session this summer and will take three classes in session 2. At the end of this summer, I will have completed most of the core required courses. I am an "older than average student" even for doctoral programs (> 50). I practice medicine in Fargo ND (internal medicine and geriatrics) and am the director of the Clinical Leadership Academy which is an internal program bringing physicians and administrators together in a cohort setting to learn about various aspects of leadership. I also teach adaptive leadership in an executive program in Minneapolis MN at the University of St. Thomas for mid-career physicians. My masters degree (completed in 2007) was in spirituality at Creighton University in Nebraska. I think the diversity that I bring is 30 years experience in a professional setting from the midwest US. I don't have any international experience although I am the mother of two grown sons, which sometimes felt like being in foreign territory! My passion is teaching and encouraging life-long learning with health care professionals through cohort learning, coaching and spiritual direction. Although all the official paperwork lists my name as Mary, I prefer to be called Mary Jo.