Request to Establish the General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center

a. Name of the Proposed Center

We propose that NCSU establish the General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center. The program operations have been functioning for the last five years under an “initiative” title.

b. Mission, Goals, and Objectives

This center, which has functioned as an “initiative” for the past five years, is ideally aligned with the mission, goals, and objectives of NC State University. The following is an excerpt from the document “Leading, Connecting, Transforming” prepared for the UNC Tomorrow task force:

As the world continues to change at a rapid pace, NC State is helping to shape the future with an uncommon focus. Our university has lived the land-grant mission of engagement for 120 years, listening proactively and constantly, remaining steadfast in a commitment to partners and the citizens of North Carolina, and following through with determined action.

As the University of North Carolina Tomorrow identifies the needs facing our state over the next 20 years and develops a strategy to respond, NC State stands ready to lead, connect, and transform through our teaching, research, and outreach. Through strategic planning and a commitment to address the state and nation’s most pressing issues, NC State is organizing to focus on the following areas:

1. Preparing leaders for the state, nation, and world 2. Creating educational innovation 3. Improving health and well-being 4. Fueling economic development 5. Driving innovation in energy and the environment

The mission of the General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center will be “to inspire, educate, and develop values-based leaders committed to personal integrity, professional ethics, and selfless service.” In alignment with this mission, the Center’s primary goal is to promote the following values: . Honor, integrity, compassion, selfless service . Ethical behavior – student, faculty, corporate, community . Global social responsibility . Autonomy of college/unit resource management and stewardship . Disciplined, purposeful action in the multiple “playing fields” of life . Collaboration, cooperation, communication, partnership.

RevisedProposal to establish In order to develop and enhance these priorities both across the NCSU campus and throughout the greater community, the Center will achieve the following strategic objectives: . To elevate the importance of life-long leadership development, branding NC State University as the champion of leadership, ethics, and civic engagement . To provide a platform for increasing leadership competencies through research-based, intentional leadership development . To honor role model leaders, providing inspiration for contemporary emerging leaders . To collaborate, providing synergy for fund development activities and adding value to leadership experiences . To generate endowment and program support, sustaining successful leadership programs and encouraging innovation in all of the colleges/units.

Accomplishing the above mission, goals, and objectives and associating the life’s work and public acclaim of General Hugh Shelton with academic leadership programs – enriched by forums, speaker series, visiting scholars, internships, and research programs - reinforces the ability of the university to conduct ourselves according to the highest ethical standards and to: . Develop faculty and staff of the highest quality, . Build research, graduate, and professional programs in proven and emerging areas, . Strengthen commitment to a broader, more comprehensive range of disciplines (complex social issues and ethics), . Enrich undergraduates’ education experience through active engagement with society, . Foster innovation-driven economic development, . Promote knowledge-based public policy, . Strengthen K-12 STEM education in North Carolina, . Integrate global perspectives into our programs and functions, . Strengthen the university’s resource base, and . Strengthen the university’s core infrastructure.

NC State aspires to be the “Leader of the Pack” in the world providing life-long leadership development. The NC State experience has historically developed citizen leaders in all sectors of society, from the classroom to the boardroom. Through the General Hugh Shelton Center for Leadership Development, the university will integrate efforts to promote values-based leadership development. Thus, the Center aligns with the University’s mission to serve its students and the people of North Carolina as a doctoral/research-extensive, land-grant university. The Center – like the University itself – will create an innovative learning environment through the active integration of teaching, research, extension, engagement, and leadership. In the words of Chancellor James Oblinger, “North Carolina State University is committed to leadership excellence. This university-wide pursuit inspires us to lead with integrity in everything we do – from teaching students to scientific discovery to engaging in community economic development. NC State has a history of producing leaders whose legacy is values-based leadership and service. Our goal is to develop leaders who will shape our university, our state, our nation, and our world.” The General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center will be the model for innovative collaboration honoring this commitment to excellence in leadership, education, ethics, service, and engagement.

2 c. Relationships to Existing Units

The General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center will not duplicate the research or public service function of any existing center or program, but will create synergy and visibility amongst various programs while fostering university collaborations. While operating as an “initiative,” the proposed center has already established programs and funding partnerships, with scholarships located in several colleges and units, including CALS, Engineering, Continuing Education, ROTC, and the N. C. State Foundation.

The expanded Center will provide a unified virtual presence for current and future university leadership programs, thus combining the efforts of currently disparate faculty, staff, students, community members, departments, colleges, and programs to achieve common goals. Administrators, faculty, staff and students from all colleges have already participated in the Shelton Leadership Forum, a world class professional development opportunity that has exposed the university community and our community partners to national and international role model leaders such as Dr. Stephen Covey, Jim Kouzes, Gen. Richard Myers, Ross Perot, John Maxwell, and the Honorable Bill Cohen.

Active educational partnerships exist with the Park Scholars, Caldwell Fellows, CSLEPS, the University Honors Program, the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement and the Department of Athletics.

The Center will provide a unified virtual presence that will achieve common goals and objectives by integrating the vision and efforts of various individuals and programs. Through the combination of these efforts and vision, the Center will offer the following advantages: . The Shelton Leadership Center will assist University Administration and Development to support integrated resource acquisition and present a holistic vision of leadership development to university-wide partners and donors. . The Center will cooperate with College/Unit Development offices to provide integrated relationship management, packaging leadership excellence in discipline- specific and overarching terms to partners/donors, identify and facilitate leadership fundraising and participation for existing programs, many with expansion plans that could be strengthened by this relationship. . Shelton Leadership Program and Other University Leadership Thrusts will provide case statements that create the compelling messages that attract partners and resources and assist in identifying program beneficiaries for cultivation and solicitation.

The university community recognizes the opportunity to be associated with a role model leader of the public prominence, professional achievements, and personal qualities of Gen. Hugh Shelton, N.C. State alumnus and only North Carolinian to ever to rise to the level of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the most powerful military position in the world.

General Shelton is known for his “joint” approaches for preparing the modern military to protect and defend our nation. These “joint” approaches have been and will continue to be the hallmark of the Shelton Leadership efforts on campus.

Through leadership, innovative and collaboration, the Shelton Leadership Center will greatly benefit society. General Hugh Shelton, at the opening of the Airborne and Special Operations Museum, stated, “Great nations need to be reminded of what made them great.” In

3 alignment with this, our contemporary society needs effective, ethical, well-educated leaders committed to professional and personal achievement, civic engagement and public service.

NCSU, through the work of the Shelton Leadership Center, is the perfect place for such leaders to learn, grow, and develop. Chancellor Emeritus John Tyler Caldwell once said, “A university is around to help [young people] discover themselves and unfold and be the magnificent human beings they are capable of being. This world is so big, and the possibilities are almost infinite – they are infinite – for any individual life. So let’s give them a chance to do some thinking about it as they go along and as they begin to discover themselves and this big universe of knowledge, this big universe of work, of leadership, and of enjoyment and fulfillment, and so on. Let them find out what’s inside of themselves and let it come out.” The General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center will encourage the broad range of NCSU constituencies to discover themselves and prepare them to be the next generation of leaders by offering a complete educational experience that integrates traditional classroom learning, real-world experience and training, and reflection.

d. Proposed Director and Proposed Advisory Committees and Boards

The Center will have a small core of faculty and staff in a central location but will operate primarily as a “virtual” center. The Center will add value by integrating strong multidisciplinary leadership programs within colleges and units and acquiring additional resources as a result of the synergy and focus of a “center.”

Since the proposed Center has a five-year history as an “initiative” with a base of successful programs and interdisciplinary working relationships, the formation of a Campus Coordinating Committee will be the logical next step. This committee will be representative of multidisciplinary teaching, research, and extension faculty as well as additional faculty and staff representing units whose purposes complement the mission of the Center and whose work can be enriched by participation with this interdisciplinary team. This committee will work collaboratively with an existing national Shelton Leadership Board of Advisors, a diverse group of twenty-seven role-model leaders that has functioned as a board at a high level for five years.

The Executive Director of the Center is General Hugh Shelton, USA (ret.), 14th Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff The Director is Dr. Mike Davis, tenured faculty member, Assistant Vice-Chancellor, and former NCSU Department Head

e. Budget and financial status

Since the start-up as an “initiative” there are established patterns.

Core faculty funding is allocated from recurring appropriations within the budget of Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development.

4 Program funds have been generated for the past five years to support the National General Hugh Shelton Leadership Forum and Youth Leadership Challenge Institutes from user fees and donations.

Existing endowed funds designated for leadership related scholarships total $1,651,933.

A fundraising thrust is being launched as a university-wide initiative to expand leadership related endowments. Honorary chairs of this effort include Bill Friday, Hugh Shelton, Barbara Mulkey, Coach Tom O’Brien, Tony Caravano (former Student Body President), and Deepti Vanguri (NCSU student leader). Additional appropriated resources will be requested to promote expansion of program effectiveness and outreach. The state appropriation request per the Compact Plan of the Office of Extension, Engagement and Economic Development will be for the purpose of expanding education program outreach through funding for a senior full professor rank faculty member to direct the Center (the current director is one-half time), a graduate extension assistant, support staff and operating funds.

Operational Budget Estimates are as follows: Source FY07-08 FY08-09 FY09-10 FY10-11 FY11-12 EEED St.Appr. 156,210 164,020 172,221 150,000 157,500 3-Sales/Service 68,178 70,000 72,500 75,000 80,000 6-Gifts 60,000 70,000 75,000 100,000 100,000 Contracts/Grants 25,000 25,000 25,000 100,000 Spec. State/Fed Appr. 250,000 262,500 275,625

Totals 284,388 329,020 594,721 612,500 713,125

For future grant and contract purposes, the Center has the ability to provide cost matching/sharing through several existing resources (appropriated, gift, user-fee accounts). f. Space and Equipment

Space at McKimmon Center has been committed to The General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center and equipment is currently sufficient. Since the center will operate with a small core faculty and staff and will operate programs in campus and off-campus locations, space needs are not a major concern. Any additional needs for space and equipment will be factored into fund development activities. g. Plans for Junior Faculty Involvement and Recognition

Since this center will operate as a Public Service Center the involvement of faculty will largely be in partnership with other campus units and will provide an opportunity for such faculty to have a multidisciplinary support system of faculty interested in leadership development. There will be opportunities to employ additional junior faculty and graduate assistants through endowed fellowships emanating from private fundraising and from targeted appropriated fund requests. There is a plan to create a faculty fellows program to strengthen the relationships between colleges and provide enriched mentoring relationships for graduate students and advanced undergraduates conducting leadership development research.

5 h. Effects on Instructional Programs

Though proposed as a “public service” center, the General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center will support both credit and non-credit instruction by supporting development of community members, students, and faculty as well as by promoting undergraduate leadership courses and for-credit experiential learning projects. The Center will achieve its educational objectives through the following program components: . Annual Hugh Shelton Leadership Forum: The forum brings to NC State national and international figures to educate audiences of corporate, government, military, and non-profit leaders, as well as students, faculty, and staff on contemporary leadership issues. Partnerships with research faculty and with campus leadership programs continue to grow. An alliance with the N. C. A and T State University PhD program in Leadership Development has added a richness to the diversity and research focus of the forum. . High School Leadership Institutes and Outreach Programs: High School students learn values-based leadership skills at conferences, camps, and seminars. Focusing on building personal leadership skills while learning the importance of integrity, honesty, compassion, and diversity, these educational experiences provide a foundation for a lifetime of service in communities and an opportunity for NCSU to recruit these high- potential students. College students who will advance their leadership skills through the experience will staff many of these programs. Engaged in these efforts are campus units such as CSLEPS, The Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement, the Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family and Consumer Sciences, and ROTC. . General Hugh Shelton Leadership Scholars program: The Center will aspire to endow named scholarships in all colleges to promote leadership development in all disciplines. . Leadership Faculty program: As NC State integrates leadership programs to become nationally recognized for life-long leadership excellence, named departmental faculty endowments will honor legacy leaders and ensure the perpetuation of leadership excellence. The potential exists for creating academic majors, minors, or concentrations in leadership studies, housed within appropriate colleges. . Provost’s Leadership Faculty Fellows Program: Endowment funds will be solicited to support faculty members who provide academic courses with the core theme of general and discipline-specific leadership development. Professional development opportunities will enhance the campus-wide integration of leadership, ethics, and public policy. . Graduate Student Fellowship Program: Colleges will strengthen leadership academic instruction and discipline. Graduate student support funds will enhance the development of leadership teaching, research, and outreach programs, while instructing in General Hugh Shelton Leadership Center programs. Providing opportunities for graduate students to become engaged in the community will help to produce the type of well-rounded scholars needed in the workplace. . Student Global Enrichment Internship Experiences: Open to all university students, this program support will enable students to gain global perspectives while integrating theory, practice, and reflection. Current collaborations with the University Honors Program, Caldwell Fellows, the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement, and the Center for Leadership, Ethics, and Public Service will be expanded to involve a larger percentage of the undergraduate student population. Scholarship with a civic mission is the focus. Students will be supported to connect the academic study of

6 leadership with public service within the state and around the world. Strengthening leadership competencies, developing a commitment to selfless service, and increasing relationships among people are central to the total education experiences. Hopefully, this relationship can grow to support the emerging interest in a “leadership through philanthropy” program being proposed by CSLEPS, the Center for Non-Profits and other campus partners. . Student-Athlete Leadership Development: Providing leadership curricular support to coaches and student-athlete support programs will produce more effective role-model leaders and expand outreach to area K-12 schools. The Shelton Center will expand its work with the Athletic Department Office of Student Athlete Support and Community Relations. . Leadership Program Broadcast on Cooperating Raleigh Colleges (CRC) cable station

Through these programs, the Shelton Leadership Center will be uniquely positioned to provide a total leadership education experience that integrates traditional academic courses of study in various disciplines with real-world experience and reflection.

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i. Administrative Structure

As a “public service” center, the administrative oversight of the General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center will rest with the Vice-Chancellor for Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development, to whom the Director will report.

INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

VC EEED

Executive Director Director

Board of Advisors Campus Coordinating Coordinator for Committee Educational Programs & Training

8 SCHEMATIC OF SYNERGISTIC RELATIONSHIP OF THIS PUBLIC SERVICE CENTER WITH OTHER FUNCTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY

Leadership EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

North Carolina State University General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center

Leadership MISSION Leadership RESEARCH EDUCATION To inspire, educate, and develop values-based leaders committed to personal integrity, professional ethics, and selfless service

VISION The pre-eminent land-grant university in the world, preparing Leadership citizens for a lifetime of engaged PUBLIC SERVICE leadership excellence

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