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New Certificate Program at Montana State University Grooms Leaders

Last spring, students in the principles in leadership class read books by Rudy Guillani, Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton. According to Greg Young, vice provost of undergraduate education and head of University College at Montana State University, by reading books by leaders, not about leaders, students gain a first-hand perspective on what it’s like to make the difficult decisions required of leaders.

"On the whole, most of the students have considerable respect for leaders in tough situations and can only imagine how they might react," said Young.

A new program at MSU challenges students to investigate leadership, through case studies, service-learning and exploring their own leadership. Called the Leadership Fellows Certificate Program http://www.montana.edu/lf/, it aims to equip students with critical and ethical thinking skills so they can become positive agents of change in their communities.

The Leadership Fellows Certificate Program http://www.montana.edu/lf/ is a collaboration between the Associated Students of MSU http://www.montana.edu/wwwasmsu/ , the MSU Leadership Institute http://www.montana.edu/leadership/ and University College http://www.montana.edu/uc/ . The program came out of a request by students for more leadership education, according to Carmen McSpadden, director of the MSU Leadership Fellows Program.

Melynda Harrison, MSU News Service

Full Story: http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=7816

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