University of Montana students seek clarity on pilot program – Global Leadership Inititiative

About 120 freshmen and 10 professors tested the waters this year for a program designed to get students thinking critically about global issues, and many have ideas for its future.

Freshman wildlife biology major Jennifer Nelson loves her twice-weekly Global Leadership Initiative class that explores "The Net Effect" – how the Internet’s changing the world. She’s in a small seminar with students from a variety of majors enrolled in the four-year program, which will help fund a research, service or internship project during students’ junior years. Students will also receive a passport, collaborate on a senior capstone project and attend lectures and retreats to meet political, industry and organization leaders.

She joined the new program, which is funded through private donations, because she viewed pursuing a research project as an excellent opportunity to complement her major.

"I think it’s a good idea," she said of the program. "But it’s not very well developed."

Global Leadership Inititiative http://umt.edu/gli/

By Amy Sisk

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