Three Hannibal-LaGrange 学生 recently participated in a statewide 领导力论坛. 考特尼拜耳, 安德鲁·库利, and Brandon White attended the 密苏里州 Governor’s Student Leadership Forum on Faith and Values in Jefferson City, 密苏里州, 2月16日至18日. Their attendance was made possible through funding from a grant through the Moorman Foundation.
The 密苏里州 Governor’s Student Leadership Forum encourages 学生 to be better individuals as well as leaders by challenging their decision-making, values and belief systems using the platform of servant leadership. The 学生 heard from several speakers including 密苏里州 Governor Mike Parson, 密苏里州 Senator Travis Fitzwater, and nationally recognized leader Rebecca Welsh, HALO创始人, a non-profit organization that supports homeless and at-risk children. Other speakers included Judge Pat Joyce, non-profit leaders and an international leadership panel of recent college graduates. Students visited the Capitol and toured the Jefferson City Correctional Center where they learned about the many available rehabilitation programs.
拜耳说, “One major takeaway from the conference was how great leaders must be vulnerable and intentional in their relationships with others.”
Bayer also reported how much she enjoyed the small group aspect of the conference. She was able to get to know a lot of other women in 密苏里州 and hear their personal stories. White 说 that attendees had an opportunity to share their faith in the small group discussions following speakers.
Dr. 埃里克•特纳, Director of the Free Society Programming at HLGU, 说, “We are grateful that our HLGU 学生 were invited to the Governor’s Leadership Forum on Faith and Values. Our campus believes that leadership is shaped and formed through the lens of biblical worldview. Each of these 学生 returned from the forum encouraged, 挑战, and convicted about how to apply their faith to their future positions of leadership. It is opportunities such as this one that shows our commitment to our core value of providing education that impacts the next generation.”