Special U of A Rate at IAMSR Conference
The Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace at the Sam M. Walton College of Business is providing a special registration rate for University of Arkansas faculty, staff and students at the 2017 International Association of Management, Spirituality and Religion conference May 18-20.
Registration for University of Arkansas faculty, staff and students only is $75. University-affiliated registration is at http://bit.ly/2q89f6m.
The theme of the conference is Leadership, Spirituality and Education. Keynote speakers include John H. Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods Inc., and pioneer in creating faith-friendly workplaces; Lee Bolman, an author, scholar, consultant, professor and Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in Leadership at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Kathryn Pavlovich, a professor of strategy and human resource management at the University of Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand, who specializes in leader development with a focus on noetic wisdom — spirituality, reflexivity, mindfulness, empathy — for enhancing creativity, sustainable innovation and human flourishing.
The conference will be held in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development on the University of Arkansas campus. For more information and to register, visit http://bit.ly/2q89f6m.
Contacts
Daniel E. Harris, director
Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace
479-575-4709,
DHarris@walton.uark.edu
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