Students concentrating in a diversity of academic fields also will be trained in leadership skills, discipline and the value of service. The University wants graduates of the Leadership Institute to combine disciplinary expertise with ethical responsibility, character with the willingness to exert leadership in their communities. The 30 students admitted to the Leadership Institute will take ethics, service learning, leadership in organizations, and argumentation and debate classes. By completing the Leadership Institute curriculum of 18 credit hours students earn a minor in leadership studies. We are facilitators.
People have to develop their own style of leadership.
Simmons, a retired army brigadier general, said the students will explore the theory and history of leadership and speakers will be invited to share their leadership styles and techniques with the students. The leadership Institute is open to all majors. Students interested in attending the Leadership Institute must first be admitted to the University then complete a separate application to the Institute. Admission is based on past leadership performance and leadership potential. Frito Lay's involvement with the Leadership Institute is part of a comprehensive partnership between the company and Hampton University.