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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the
world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has." -
attributed to Margaret Mead, American Cultural Anthropologist.
Application Deadline is February 25, 2008:
Application link: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~opal/leadership/application.html
For First Year Students
Now in its eighteenth year, the Leadership Discovery Program (LDP) educates
and prepares Dartmouth students to become effective leaders and group members.
The Leadership Discovery Program focuses on helping students to explore
relationship-centered, ethical leadership. The program is open to a maximum of
34 members of the Class of '11. Participants are selected on the basis of
submitted essays. The 6 sessions are held during spring term and are led by
faculty members, administrators and undergraduates. Attendance at all sessions
is mandatory.
Program Goals
Through participation in LDP, students will be able to:
- Define leadership.
- Describe their leadership style and how it affects others.
- Identify the behaviors and roles that they and others exhibit in a
group.
- Articulate how privilege, oppression, power and identity influence a group
process.
- Receive and give feedback in a constructive way.
- Define the personal values that influence their decision-making.
- Identify when and why their actions are inconsistent with their
values.
- Understand the relationship between ethics and leadership.
- Apply a step-by-step process to ethical decision-making.
- Identify key leadership positions, processes and stakeholders
in Dartmouth's administrative and faculty structure.
Remarks from previous classes
"I hope the next class will be able to have the experience we have had. It
was a great way to start the four years at Dartmouth off right." "I thought the
program was excellent. It made me do some thinking about the way I perceive
myself and my role in a group." "I would definitely recommend this program to
future classes. It was a worthwhile learning experience in which I got to know
many people that I would not have otherwise gotten to know."
Questions about the program
Contact any member of the Planning Committee via blitz: Leigh Remy, Dean of
the College Office; Steve Silver, International Office; Sylvia Spears, OPAL;
Eric Ramsey, Student Activities; Gabrielle Lucke, Student Activities; Xenia
Markowitt, Center for Women and Gender; Minnie Slater, OPAL; and Jessica
Guthrie '10, Leadership Intern and former participant.
If you wish to participate
We are looking for students invested in learning more about leadership,
a willingness to reflect on and engage in the issues presented, and an
interest in exploring the ethical dimensions of leadership. Students will be
expected to participate in every session and to complete assigned readings.
Previous participants have found that keeping a journal is also helpful. Please
complete the on-line application by February 25th if you would like to be
considered for the program. If you prefer to submit a written application, you
may return it to Minnie Slater, Collis 211 (HB 6217). If you would like to be
notified of your status over spring break, please provide an address where we
might contact you; otherwise notification of acceptance will be waiting in your
HB when you return.
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