Vern Ludden Email & Phone Number

Fishers, In, Us

Marion, In

The years I taught at IWU were a blessing from God in many ways. Certainly the opportunity to develop relationships with such wonderful faculty, students, administrators, and staff is a major part of the blessing. I am retiring from the university but will continue to be involved and part of that plan is to teach the DOL dissertation seminar course. I am grateful and honored that the university conferred faculty emeritus status on me. Over the next few months, I intend to reflect and pray about God’s plan for the next part of my life. I will post where God leads me next when it emerges.

Marion, Indiana

I currently serve as a fulltime faculty member at the rank of professor in the Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership degree program. I was chair from Spring 2005 to Spring 2010. Courses taught include DOL 720 – Critical Inquiry, DOL 730 - Leadership and Personal Development, DOL 740 - Organizational Theory and Design, DOL 800 Human Development and Organizational Learning, DOL 860 Advanced Seminars and Praxis in Leadership, DOL 880 Application of Research Methods, DOL 915 Dissertation Seminar. There are approximately 125 doctoral students enrolled in the program.

"The Centurions Program gathers Christians together to learn how to live out their faith authentically and powerfully in the world and unites them in an ongoing and growing network of worldview movement leaders." (Breakpoint). This movement was founded by Chuck Colson. I was part of the first group to join the program in 2004 and was commissioned in 2005. have applied my knowledge of worldview to the development of a course called Defending the Christian Faith at IWU and have incorporated worldview into the critical inquiry doctoral course I teach at IWU. I have also taught a Christian worldview course in churches and ministries in the U.S. and Ukraine. I developed an assessment instrument in 2013 titled Christian Worldview Assessment Instrument to help Christians have a better understanding of their worldview. In 2015, I became a Colson Fellow associated with the Colson Center for Christian Worldview.

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Indianapolis, Indiana

. JIST Publishing is a leading publisher in career planning, occupational information, and job search. The firm publishes books and produces videos and software products. The responsibilities included researching and developing books and software programs using occupational data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and other sources. Initiating new product ideas and engaged in activities to promote organizational strategy. Under my direction nine new software products were created, five new customer-training workshops were developed, and nine new reference books were published. In addition, I managed the implementation of the company’s Web site and developed several key alliances with other businesses to increase the company's presence on the World Wide Web. Periodically, I conducted workshops on career topics for career management professionals and educators.

There are five Member Interest Groups (MIG) in the International Leadership Association. The chair positions are the only positions elected by the membership of ILA. As chair, I administered the process of reviewing and selecting proposals submitted to the MIG for presentation at the annual conference and then worked with the executive director to rank and select the final presentations that would be relevant to the Public Leadership MIG. I facilitated the annual meeting of the MIG at the ILA Conference and contributed articles to the ILA Member Connector monthly newsletter about information relevant to the MIG members. The first year in this position is served as chair-elect and involves assisting the chair in performing her/his duties.

Marion, Indiana

This was a program operated by Indiana Wesleyan University and funded by Lilly Endowment to encourage adults in Indiana to continue their education. A coalitin of 65 educational organizations was formed that included universities, community colleges, career schools, continuing education programs, adult education and GED programs. A Web site and software provided users with access to the 13,000 plus courses and 800 programs offered by our educational partners.

Indianapolis, Indiana

“The Association of Career Professionals International (“ACP International”) is a global organization dedicated to advancing public awareness of the career management profession, as well as in promoting the international profile and credibility of its varied membership.” (ACP website). I served in the volunteer role of president for the Indiana Chapter of ACPI for two years and helped it become a viable professional organization serving career management professionals in the state of Indiana.

Longview, Texas

LeTourneau University is an independent Christian liberal arts college with a strong academic emphasis in the areas of engineering, technology, and business. I provided the primary leadership in the administration of an accelerated degree completion program for adults. There were approximately 800 students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Management degree, 100 M.B.A. students and 200 students in general education courses. I directed the development of the first two graduate degree programs offered by the University: the Master of Business Administration and Master of Engineering Management. I also guided the operation of educational centers at Dallas—including the expansion of the center—Longview, Tyler, and Bedford and helped establish a new center at Houston. I also served as a member of the President's cabinet. In addition, I developed the curriculum for the courses, Career and Professional Development and Seminar in Graduate Education and periodically taught these courses.

Fort Wayne, Indiana

The Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision had over 750 majors (the campus had an enrollment of approximately 12,000 students). I became a tenured faculty member in this department in 1989. I was the course coordinator for human resource development and computer application courses, which entailed curriculum development and guidance of adjunct faculty teaching these courses. I taught the graduate courses in human resource development for the master’s degree that was jointly offered by our department and the Department of Education. I was also active in continuing education, consulting, and research, and was awarded an Excellence in Teaching Award by the Indiana University Division of Continuing Education.

Fort Wayne, Indiana

This was the first position created by the company to provide support and guidance primarily to executives that had given personal computers by United Technologies--the owner of Essex at that time. I was acting manager of the information center for several months with three employees reporting to me.

Bluffton, Indiana

I was joint owner and president of a consulting, research, and training firm for business and government specializing in career management and education practices. The firm employed 15 full time and 55 part time employees and had an annual operating budget of $600,000. The business conducted over 50 major consulting projects during its existence. This included the training and development of more than 4,000 people. I jointly managed this company along with two other firms. Performance Designs was established in 1980 as a consulting firm specializing in helping people learn how to use personal computers and productivity software. In 1980, Career Quest was established as a firm that specialized in outplacement activities for workers employed by state and local governments.

Portland, Indiana

This is a nonprofit community action agency serving a six-county area in northeastern Indiana. My initial employment with the agency was as a Neighborhood Youth Corps counselor, then Acting Head Start Director, Assistant Director of Planning, Executive Director, and finally Director of the ODC. As Executive Director of the community action I directed a staff of 100 employees assigned to 12 social service programs including Head Start, Meals-on-Wheels, Senior Transportation Services, and Manpower Development, and Youth Programs. When CETA was implemented in 1974; I decided to concentrate my efforts totally on directing the Occupational Development Center that focused on workforce development. This was a semi-independent agency within the organization that covered a five county area under contract with the balance of state CETA program in Indiana. The center employed 30 staff members who served over 1,200 clients a year.

Ed.D., Adult & Community Education

M.P.A., Public Administration

Bachelor Of Arts, Psycology And Social Work