The Leadership Studies minor is an interdisciplinary course of study providing students with in-depth exposure to concepts, history, theories and best practices of leadership, with special emphasis on the need of emerging leaders to present informed, integrated and ethical solutions to local, national and international issues that affect civil society.
Learning experienced in a classroom setting is key to developing future leaders. Within the classroom, students are challenged to think critically about leadership theories and traditions, to explore their own values and to articulate new leadership paradigms in our increasingly diverse and global world.
Students explore critical ethical leadership issues that impact civil society using new and emerging instructional and information technology with the goal of preparing students through a rigorous, interdisciplinary academic course of study.
In January 2002, the Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee and the College faculty approved the interdisciplinary leadership studies minor. The first course was offered in spring 2003
Scholarships for Leadership Studies Students (pdf)
Requirements for Leadership Studies Minor (pdf)
International Leadership Association Newsletter October 2010 (pdf)
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Whatever you do, strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead, and no man yet to be born can do it any better."
Benjamin Elijah Mays
"A Dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope."
Howard Thurman
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"It is not what you keep, but what you give that makes you happy."
Benjamin Elijah Mays
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
Howard Thurman
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"As we face the unpredictable future, have faith that man and God will assist us all the way."
Benjamin Elijah Mays
"At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live."
Howard Thurman
"Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation. No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern for the least of these."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
