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GLE Professor Keynote Speaker at Northern Caribbean University Patterson addresses servant leadership at Ph.D. residency November 12, 2008
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship (GLE) Associate Professor Dr. Kathleen Patterson's zeal for the study and teaching of servant leadership, noted in her years of research and her annual Servant Leadership Roundtables, has now spread to the Caribbean where she gave the keynote address to Ph.D. students at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in the mountains of Mandeville, Jamaica. More than 80 leadership students from Jamaica and the surrounding islands participated in the doctoral residency, which focused on servant leadership—Patterson's specialty. “The students are incredible, they have hungry hearts to serve their country, to serve where they’re at, and the people are really going to do some incredible things for Jamaica and for the world as well,” said Patterson. NCU, a Seventh Day Adventist University was founded in 1907 and is one of the oldest universities on the island of Jamaica. "Servant leadership resonated with their Christian philosophy," explained Patterson, and, although many Jamaicans follow an authoritarian leadership model, the students "were able to engage the servant leadership concepts and wrestle with what that would look like in a Jamaican context." Through this experience, Patterson believes that a major outcome was a true understanding of leadership theory. "I truly believe that these students were inspired to serve their country and to serve their fellow man." Future relations between GLE and the NCU doctoral leadership program will continue through on-going dialogue and GLE's sponsorship of two to three NCU Ph.D. students at the next roundtables event at Regent University in May 2009. About the School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship The School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship (GLE) is one of seven graduate schools within Regent University and is located in Virginia Beach, Va. Offering fully-accredited master's and doctoral degrees in a flexible online format, GLE provides rigorous, yet innovative academic programs that can accommodate even the busiest professionals. For more information, visit www.regent.edu/global. About Regent University Founded in 1978, Regent University has more than 4,000 students studying on its campus in Virginia Beach, Va., and online around the world. Regent offers associate's, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from a Christian perspective in fields including business, communication and the arts, divinity, education, government, law, leadership, and psychology and counseling. |
