Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — Jamestown College’s seventh annual Character in Leadership Fall Conference will feature a keynote address by Dr. William Robinson, President Emeritus at Whitworth University.

Guests from the J.C. Character in Leadership program, on Thursday’s (Sept 20, 2012) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 were, Annie Schmaltz, and Jeff Prentice.

They explained that the Conference will take place on Thursday, Oct. 4 in the Reiland Fine Arts Center on the campus of Jamestown College.

Admission is free and open to the public. Seats can be reserved by calling the Box Office at (701) 252-3467 ext. 5435, sending e-mail to tickets@jc.edu, or clicking on “Community” and “Reiland Box Office” at the Jamestown College home page, www.jc.edu. Seating for the public is limited.

That evening at 6:30 p.m., attendees will select from two workshop sessions.

April Fairfield Delap, the senior policy analyst for the North Dakota Economic Policy Project, will present “Leading with Character.”

Dr. Thomas Johnson, associate professor of history-political science at Jamestown College, will present “Principles, Pragmatism, and Power: Democracy and the Dilemmas of Leadership.”

Robinson’s keynote address, “Paradoxical Leadership: From Pennsylvania Avenue to the Nafus,” will follow at 7:30 p.m. in DeNault Auditorium.

Dr. Robinson is the author of “Leading from the Middle: The Universal Mission of Heart and Mind” and “Incarnate Leadership: 5 Leadership Lessons from the Life of Jesus.”

He shares his expertise on communication, organizational culture and leadership. He promotes an empowering leadership style as he appeals to leaders to lead from the middle as a means to transform their organizations.

The Character in Leadership Program allows Jamestown College and the greater community to work together to shape a new generation of ethical leaders.

The program is sponsored by the Edson and Margaret Larson Foundation and in part by the Tom and Francis Leach Foundation.