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• Leading from the heart
  University of Minnesota Dean Darlyne Bailey talks about the importance of spirituality in leadership. She says this approach has helped her deal with the pain left after the disbanding of the U's General College for the college she now leads.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Darlyne Bailey: Dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. Before coming to the U, she was vice president for academic affairs and dean of Teachers College at Columbia University.
  More from MPR
  U of M names dean of new College of Education and Human Development (05/18/2006)
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  About Dean Darlyne Bailey
• Settling the frontier
  The white settlers flocking to the Dakota territory found a forbidding place, hostile to farming. A new book uses letters and photographs to describe the frontier life immigrants faced.10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Steven Kinsella: Author of "900 Miles from Nowhere: Voices from the Homestead Frontier."
  More from MPR
  Cathy Wurzer's interview with Steven Kinsella
  Resources
  Kinsella event, Feb. 17
  Center for Great Plains Studies

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