MSU students selected to attend international retreat for social change

The International Institute for Sustained Dialogue selected Montana State University as one of 14 colleges to participate in a leadership retreat July 20–25, at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa.

Attending the retreat are MSU students Darby Lacey, a junior from Great Falls, majoring in English literature and biochemistry, and sophomore Amy Fiel, a Three Forks native studying family and consumer science.

The college retreat is sponsored by the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue headquartered in Washington D.C. and is designed to explore identity, leadership and inclusion.

"We are honored to have been selected for this leadership and immersive dialogue training at Bucknell University," said Carmen McSpadden, director of the MSU Leadership Institute who will also attend. "We hope to leave the retreat with improved decision making skills, understanding empathy at a deeper level, and increased knowledge about how to create action out of ideas."

Tanya Reinhardt, MSU News Service

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