The Organizational Studies Leadership Committee is Relaunched!
The Organizational Studies Leadership Committee (OSLC) is back! In its former days, this advisory group of LSA alumni helped to build the program and create our special student-centered OS experience with funding for study abroad scholarships, internship stipends, and discretionary funding to facilitate program innovations. Although they were not OS alumni (the program was not in place when they attended the U-M), they were staunch supporters of OS, helping to recruit new board members who guided us from 2002 through 2019.
During the course of that time, the composition of the board began to change, first adding a limited number of current students to attend the business portion of OSLC meetings, and later, inviting OS alumni as guests of the Director. In the years leading up to the pandemic, the OSLC continued to advocate for greater alumni presence on the OSLC. When COVID-19 halted all on-campus meetings in 2020, OS took a moment to pause further deliberations about the configuration of the OSLC. Then, in the summer of 2023, we convened an alumni working group to create governance guidelines for a future OSLC. That final structure has membership consisting of OS alumni from before and after the official founding of the program. It also includes a current student presence.
We wish to express our thanks to the 2023 working group members: LeAnne Wintrode (‘04, chair), Kim Marrone Beckert (‘00), Kate Brierty (‘11), Kelly LaPierre (‘07), Nicole McAlvanah (‘18), Jay Salliotte (‘01), Shekinah Singletery (‘14), and David Wolmer (‘98). During the fall of 2023, respondents from our initial OSLC interest survey were vetted to be part of the newly formed OSLC. Read more about them here.
Structure
The OSLC is composed of OS alumni, current OS seniors, and OS staff and faculty leadership. The OSLC guidelines include staggered memberships of two years and an additional possible renewal. Members will meet four times per year, with three virtual meetings and one in-person meeting during the fall. OSLC members’ engagement is divided into the following working committee areas: student experience, stakeholder engagement, and fund development. This year’s OSLC meeting will be held on September 27 in Weiser Hall.
Future Involvement
Stay tuned for a call for nominations for new members in winter term of 2025. We look forward to sharing more of the OSLC's work this year!
