Republican Journal advances Hutchinson Center’s fall professional development programs
The Republican Journal advanced three of the Hutchinson Center’s fall professional development certificate programs. A Relational Health Certificate Program, Promoting a Positive Workplace and Community Culture certificate program will be offered in eight, daylong sessions, Oct. 20 through May 18. Workshop topics include an introduction to relational health; creating a healthy work culture and civility; transformative mediation; restorative practices and approaches; nonviolent communication; diversity awareness and forgiveness; and relational mindfulness. The two-day Mindful Leadership workshop will be held on Oct. 13 and 27. The workshop will focus on practical ways to bring mindfulness to daily work life and participants will be able to practice mindfulness meditation, and discuss guidelines to change how they think about people, themselves and things in the workplace with a goal of being more calm, clear-minded and emotionally aware. A weeklong grant writing certificate program will be offered the week of Oct. 2–6. The program will provide an intensive opportunity to acquire the knowledge and practice the skills necessary to succeed in today’s competitive grant-writing environment.