Webinar: Engaging the current higher education landscape as scholar-administrators

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The Barbara A. Holland Scholar-Administrator Award honors bold, mid-career scholar-administrators whose leadership and intellectual voices illuminate the transformative power of urban and metropolitan higher education. In the current higher education landscape, many of us find our work evolving to meet the moment. This panel of CUMU Holland scholars discusses recent developments in higher education and how scholar-administrators can engage the current challenges and opportunities.

PRESENTERS: Henry Cunningham, University of Louisville; Lina Dostilio, University of Pittsburgh; and Euan Hague, DePaul University

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ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Henry R. Cunningham serves as director of community engagement at the University of Louisville, where he co-founded and co-directed the University’s International Service Learning Program. He has extensive background in international and community development, having conducted developmental work in several countries. He was assigned to the United Nations where he worked with international leaders focusing on sustainable development in developing countries. He received the Barbara A. Holland Scholar-Administrator Award in 2023.

Lina D. Dostilio serves as the vice chancellor for external relations at the University of Pittsburgh. In this role, she ensures alignment and cohesion across the University’s outward-facing functions, including Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement, Engagement and Community Affairs, Government Relations and Advocacy, and Communications and Marketing. In addition, she oversees cross-functional efforts in community engagement, economic development, and storytelling that elevate Pitt’s public impact. She received the Barbara A. Holland Scholar-Administrator Award in 2021.

Euan Hague is a cultural and urban geographer with interests in Confederate commemoration, white racial identities, gentrification and urban activism, and the cultural relationships between Scotland and America. Dr. Hague regularly engages in community-based research and collaboration with local organizations and he explores how Chicago’s cultural and urban landscapes have developed historically and are continuing to change. He received the Barbara A. Holland Scholar-Administrator Award in 2019.