In frontoffDculty Dnd student. Nov. 15, Anna Griffith, author, and Dr. Bruce Smith, a physician in southern Califor– nia, speak about AIDS and the church's role in confronting the crisis. The Honors College began the new L.C. Sears Collegiate Seminar Series to bring aware– ness of controversial issues to the Harding campus . ·Jonathon lindsay Honors College offers new leadership studies minor III1111II1 III111111111\1\1\\\\\\\\\\WI\~IIIIIWIINnnUmllllllllllllllllll1111111 II . t :I:'academics In rhe fall of2005, rhe Honors College offered rhe leader~hip studies minor for the first time. Created by Of. Jeff Hopper, dean of rhe Honors College and International Programs, and Debbie Baird, assistant to the dean, (he program was designed to help honors studems develop leadership skills. Hopper had thought about trying to start a program that focused on leadership fo r some time. In the fall of 2004, he said he got some inspiration when he received a brochure advertisi ng a leadership seminar. Around that same time Baird saw information from' other universides about leadership training. "My son, who is a high school student, started receiving information from mher univetsities about [leadership training]," Baitd said. "So I stan ed doing some research on it and found it really excicing." In their research, they found that several schools around the country offered programs centered around leadership training. "Harding students fall into that more naturally than those at other schools because of rhe servant attitudes they have," Baird said. The classes required for the minor came from every depanment on campus. According to the catalogue, the purpose ofthe leader– ship studies minor was to focus on different approaches to the smdy of leadership found within the curricula of the different colleges of the university. Baird said that she and Hopper asked other depan– ments for their opinions on the minor. "We looked at every class that might possibly be related to leadership," Baird said. "Then we talked ro different depanments and gm their input on iL" Work on the program began in the fall of2004 and went through the approval process quickly, Hopper said. "It is acmally fast for academics CO move like that," Hopper said. "It was on the table at the deans' meeting every week for about six or seven weeks in a row." Hopper and Baird also found in their research that many of the leaders on campus were members of the Honors College. "Students in leadership positions are, for the most part, high achievers," Baird said. Any student wi th a G.P.A of 3.25 or higher was eligible to be a member of the Honors College and be a participant in the leadership studies minor. ·Jennifer Allen
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