Tiger Bites — May 2023

There’s always a lot happening in the Doane community, more than typically can fit into a few long articles or enewsletter blurbs. To catch you up on even more on-campus events, student successes, faculty and staff achievements and alumni accomplishments, we’re publishing more short-form content — Tiger Bites! — each month as a way for readers to see more of what makes Doane amazing.

Get caught up this month on:

• Doane’s Leadership Academy for faculty and staff completes its first two cohorts
• Off-Farm Income podcast’s feature on Doane’s Agribusiness program

33 complete Doane Leadership Academy in May

The first two cohorts of Doane’s new professional development program celebrated completing seven months of work on leadership, communication, conflict resolution and creating inclusive workplaces. All were nominated for participation by leaders across Doane’s campuses and campus locations.

The goals of the program are to:

• Increase self-awareness about personal leadership style, attitudes, skills and behavioral impact on others;
• Improve communication and relationship-building skills for inspiring, engaging and motivating others;
• Create new experiences in developing and leading project teams in complex organizations;
• Develop an environment that supports change and progress;
• Build university-wide networks and increase partnership, collaboration and alignment with Doane’s mission and values.

Participants in the first two cohorts included:

Agribusiness featured on “Off-Farm Income” podcast

Early on in the spring semester, Sydney Erickson ’24 and Pete Poppert, assistant professor of practice in agribusiness and chair of the agribusiness department, spoke with Matt Brechwald for “Off-Farm Income.” Brechwald focuses some episodes of his show on agricultural colleges and programs in the United States, and heard about Doane through the grapevine (a.k.a. this January article about Doane’s online FFA competition.)
The hour-long podcast was shared earlier this month and can be heard on the “Off-Farm Income” website, as well as popular apps such as Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio and more.