• WORKING AS ATEAM, senm Brandon Gnce, Austin Simmons, Allan Kllk 'lid G'ant Jacksonuse masking ta pe and straws to protect an egg from breaking when dropped from aheight of 8feet donng the College of BUSiness Administration's leadership seminar held tr Eran:i1n \ \ J ,', I 1 ~ (t'1In a' soeakers dl')(u')sed (,lthlCal deCisions Christians ohen faced 10 the bUSiness world ·COURTESY OF O. HUDGEONS ACADEMICS - 174 Seminar teaches ethical, Christian lessons Aweek before fall semester classes began, 24 students went to Big Cedar Lodge in Branson, Mo., for the College of Business Administration's leadership seminar. After paying for three hours of credit and extra money for meals, students stayed in cabins along a lalke and utilized the facilities for classes, outdoor activities and other events such as cookouts. The fOUI-day seminar gave students the opportunity to listen to speakers who the COBA fac· ulty beleived demonstrated. excellent and diverse leadership skills. "Typically the class is pretty in· tense," COBA graduate assistant Dan· iel Hudgeons said. "It lasts eight to 10 hours a day." Students listened to two speakers a day and then participated in leadership-building activities at night. One of this year's activities was the egg·drop. Students had to make an egg carrier that could protect an egg from a fall of 6 to 8 feet. Hudgeons said he thought the serrunar was a success. "1 thought it [the seminar] was very first cfass," Hudgeons said. "It brings [students] into everyday busi· nessconcepts they will encounter in the workforce, and thedass filters into the school year and allows these students to be leaders within COBA." Senior Courtney Hix said she enjoyed the seminar because it taught her the importance of being an ethical, Christian business leader. "The speakers were tremendous," Hix said. "It got me in the mind set of how you can and should be ethical and a leader when you work, which is good for seniors going into the workforce. This is the best thing I've been to since I've been at Harding. I also got to become close with a group of people that some of them I've never talked to." Dr. George Oliver, professor of managemant, was one of the keynote speakers at the seminar. Oliver said that over the years he has come to realize an important truth about leadership. "Leadership can be at any level of the organization; it is not dependant on intelligence, but it is dependent on heart," he said. -STEFANIE SHEA ' ..
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