Chair: C. Feldhaus, Professor of Organizational Leadership
Graduate Programs: M. Hovde, Associate Professor of Technical Communication
Undergraduate Program Director: E. Wager (OLS Lecturer)
The department of Technology Leadership and Communication (TLC) equips today's students with the leadership and communication knowledge, skills, and perspectives in order to augment their technical expertise to make effective contributions in a variety of organizational settings. Our undergraduate degrees and certificates in Organizational Leadership (OLS) and Technical Communication (TCM) offer students a well-rounded education that connects theory with practice. The M.S. in Technology provides professionals with an interdisciplinary credential to students interested in honing their leadership skills while drawing on a technical foundation.
TLC's faculty and staff are committed to student success. Our values:
- Excellence: Academic excellence is our top priority. We pursue excellence in learning, teaching, research and creative activities, and civic engagement as the highest indicators of successful achievement.
- Competition: Competition enhances innovation. We strive to compete at the highest levels in the pursuit of extramural support for our students, as well as for our research and creative activities.
- Collaboration: We promote teamwork and partnerships for solving problems and disseminating and transferring knowledge, thus multiplying our accomplishments.
- Diversity: We value diversity in all of its forms in our research, curricula, and pedagogy and in our faculty, staff, and student composition.
- Leadership: We encourage and reward effective leadership at every level within TLC.
- Location: We are fortunate enough to be located in the vibrant city of Indianapolis and we strive to capitalize on the urban setting to address the challenges of a global society.
- Professionalism: We foster and reward high standards of collegiality and integrity.
- Responsiveness: We are committed to community and professional service to meet the needs of our stakeholders.
