Department of Servant Leadership

Instructor: Feltz, Interim Director

Vision:

The Servant Leadership Center of the Southwest seeks to create a better and more humane world by empowering servants, forming leaders, and transforming communities.

Mission:

The McMurry Servant Leadership Program began in the fall of 1990. The purpose of the program is to give curricular recognition to the fact that a Christian education at McMurry University carries a special responsibility. Any college education prepares people for leadership. But Christian principles require that these people serve society as well. Leadership should be undertaken as a service to the greater good of others. The Servant Leadership program teaches principles of leadership, but also teaches the means by which these should be used for the betterment of community and society.

Current Servant Leadership course offerings include Introduction to Ethics, Concepts and Techniques of Servant Leadership, Formation in Servant Leadership, Theories of Leadership, Dialogue with the Other, and Internship/Capstone. Introduction to Ethics and Concepts and Techniques of Servant Leadership may be used to fulfill McMurry University’s general education requirement for Leadership, Excellence, and Virtue. Introduction to Ethics is taught in a traditional lecture-discussion format. Concepts and Techniques of Servant Leadership includes lectures, small group discussion and learning activities,and service learning assignments in nonprofit agencies around Abilene. Formation in Servant Leadership,Theories of Leadership, and Dialogue with the Other are taught in a seminar format.

Special Opportunities:

Preceptors. Students who successfully complete SRLD 1310 are eligible to apply as student preceptors (small group leaders) for this course in subsequent semesters. Preceptors lead weekly learning activities and oversee their group’s work in service learning placements. This is a paid, work-study, position.

The Center for Global Leadership. Servant Leadership is a division of the Center for Global Leadership. Courses in the Servant Leadership program contribute to global competency and prepare students to be effective and ethical leaders in the braoder global community.

Programs

Minor

Servant Leadership Minor

Courses

Servant Leadership