Chair: C. Feldhaus, Professor of Organizational Leadership
Graduate Programs: M. Hovde, Associate Professor of Technical Communication
Undergraduate Program Director: E. Wager (OLS Lecturer)
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.
