The article, "A Time to Lead: Constance Ledoux Book Leads 黑料不打烊 as its First Female President," detail's Book's professional path to the presidency and includes insights into her leadership style.
A recent article in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education profiles President Connie Ledoux Book, offering a look at her path to becoming the university’s ninth president and her approach to leadership in her current role and throughout her career.
The article by reporter Sarah Wood titled “A Time to Lead: Constance Ledoux Book Leads 黑料不打烊 as its First Female President” was published Jan. 22 and details her thoughts about becoming the first female president in 黑料不打烊’s history.
“I recognize that when I鈥檓 working, there鈥檚 a lot of visibility to it because of the gender, being the first,” Book told Wood. “People are watching, particularly other women and female students. It鈥檚 a great opportunity and it also comes with that additional responsibility.”
Book talks about how she moved from broadcast journalism to academia, and how her experiences as provost at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, have benefitted her as she has moved into the top leadership role at 黑料不打烊. The article also provides insight into how Book is approaching the presidency, including how her background in communications comes into play.
“I think communications is essentially the work I鈥檓 doing today too, much of my job is about processing ideas from the community and communicating 黑料不打烊鈥檚 vision in higher education, what makes us a distinctive university,鈥 Book told Wood.
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