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SAN DIEGO – Approximately 35 National University students gathered at the Sanford Education Center in San Diego to take part in a Marine Corps Leadership Seminar Feb. 19.
The MCLS was designed by Gen. Joseph Dunford in 2010 as a program to impart Marine Corps Leadership skills to forward thinking collegiate students and college staff members.
“We visit approximately five colleges each year across the United States to reach out to main stream America talking about Marine Corps Leadership,” said Dr. Kenneth D. Dunn, a retired Marine Colonel and seminar director. “We are informing students of what it means to be a Marine Corps leader. While we are happy to help the participants who show interest in joining, our main goal is to help students and staff develop leadership skills and learn about the Marine Corps.”
Students in attendance were from both graduate and undergraduate business and leadership programs. Two professors in attendance invited their students to attend and added it as a portion of their current course curriculum.
“I wanted my students to come to this evening’s event because I always encourage them to get various points of view on leadership,” said Dawn Overton, a NU organizational leadership professor. “Our students will graduate and often times deal with the military through business relationships, so it is beneficial for them to understand the military perspective when working together.”
Each event during the four-hour seminar required participants to focus on a different aspect of being a well-rounded leader. Events included a lecture on leadership qualities and tactics, problem solving obstacles conducted in small groups, followed by ethical case-study debates.
“Listening to the Marine Corps ethical teaching scenarios was a nice experience, because attendees were able to see the contrast in how civilians would approach situations vice the active duty Marines in attendance,” explained Daniel Langford, a student currently working on his master’s degree in public administration.
The workshop’s interactive style of teaching, with hands-on tasks and open discussions, had attendees engaged throughout the evening and provided students with multiple opportunities to either fill a leadership role among their peers or put themselves in a leadership mindset where they would be forced to make tough ethical decisions.
“In all the years I worked with this program, I noticed the students who come to our free seminars are people who genuinely want to help others,” said Dunn. “They put forward the effort that makes us work harder to create a better program. I think it’s why we have been so successful.”
For more information regarding the Marine Corps Leadership Seminar or to request a seminar at your academic institution or business please visit www.manpower.usmc.mil/MCLS.
| Date Taken: | 02.12.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 02.26.2015 12:52 |
| Story ID: | 155476 |
| Location: | SAN DIEGO, CA, US |
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