Leadership – Christopher P. Long

A group of sixteen adults, diverse in age and gender, pose together outside on a wooden deck in front of a building with large windows and trees reflected in the glass. All are smiling at the camera.

We Focused on Hope and Candor and Collaboration

August 18, 2025

By Christopher Long

A group of nine adults sit around a red outdoor table at a café, smiling at the camera. The table has drinks, mugs, and condiments, and the setting is sunny with greenery and other diners in the background.

Welcome to the Inaugural Values Enacted Leadership Institute

July 14, 2025

By Christopher Long

The Public Research University and the Hope of Democracy

June 7, 2025

By Christopher Long

The view from Spencer's Butte above Eugene, Oregon. A grassy pathway leads to a bank of pine trees in the middle distance. Beyond the trees and far below lies Eugene, OR. In the distance are mountains, the blue sky filled with gray and white clouds.

A Pivotal Week in the Life of the Provost’s Office

August 20, 2024

By Christopher Long

$Looking up from the ground through the tall Redwoods of the Cathedral Grove in Muir Woods in California. The sky is seen refracted through the branches of the enormous redwoods.$

A Touchstone Poem for Leadership by John O’Donohue

June 1, 2024

By Christopher Long

The group is gathered around Queen Cherice Harrison-Nelson who is on the right, with Toni Gordon leaning in next to her, Ural Grant on her right, Jessica Reed next to Ural, and in the back, Sharieka Botex and Marquis Taylor. They are in a conference room where the presentation on prioritizing joy in graduate education was given.

Ubuntu As Leadership Practice

December 30, 2022

By Christopher Long