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meeting in August 2010, provides an interactive forum to review activi-
ties that have occurred within the college over the past several months
and offers an opportunity to solicit input concerning the college’s prog-
ress and how the council members think the college is doing. More
importantly, they are helping formulate NSU-COM’s future direction
and are participating with the faculty in regard to strategic planning.
“
The Dean’s Leadership Council brings together a unique group of
people that has a commitment to the college without having a direct
vested interest,” Dr. Silvagni explained. “For example, alumni come
from the perspective of practicing osteopathic medicine and having
been educated at the college, which means they are able to give a
comparative perspective of how we are achieving a more contempo-
rary medical education paradigm while presenting the skills that are
needed to practice medicine today and into the future.
n 2010, Dr. Anthony J. Silvagni established a seven-member
Dean’s Leadership Council comprising a mix of alumni, including
the NSU-COM Alumni Association’s most-recent past president, as
well as non NSU-affiliated individuals representing various fields such
as human resources, accounting, law, and organizational leadership.
In the past, Dr. Silvagni had coordinated a Dean’s Advisory Coun-
cil comprised strictly of alumni that proved productive in a variety of
ways. However, because NSU-COM continues to branch out into new
and exciting areas, he felt it was important to add more depth to the
council, thereby broadening its perspective.
The members of the leadership council, which meets quarterly,
routinely receive college information on issues ranging from policy
changes to programmatic enhancements, which they then have the
opportunity to review and comment on. The council, which held its first
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By Scott Colton, B.A., APR
NSU-COM/HPD Director of Medical Communications and Public Relations
Dean’s Leadership Council Provides
Broad-Based Expertise
