The Center for Leadership Initiatives (CLI) encompasses Commoner Hall, as well as a wide range of discipline-oriented forums that are integral to a student’s critical thinking related to international relations and leadership studies. Students have the opportunity to be actively engaged in CLI forums and programs that include the following areas:
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Commoner Hall is named in honor of The Great Commoner, William Jennings Bryan, and follows the University of Oxford collegiate system of a Hall preceding a College.
- The Honors Program led by Dr. Ron Petitte
- Commoner Forum, led by Dr. Ron Petitte, is a student-led assembly where the burning social issues of the day are discussed from the Christian perspective
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Forums
- Defense Forum led by LTC Doug Schott, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
- Leadership Forum led by CIL Director Dr. Ron Petitte, retired U.S. Army Colonel (A.U.S.)
- International Forum led by Mr. Dennis Miller, Director of Bryan’s Center for International Development
