In honor of upholding the principles, philosophy and lifestyle of servant leadership, nominated graduating seniors are recognized each semester at a Servant Leader Chapel and Reception.
Graduating seniors who have exemplified servant leadership throughout their education at ACU are nominated by fellow students, faculty and staff. Selected students are then notified of their recognition and honored at the Servant Leader Chapel.
Servant leadership embodies more than traditional volunteering. It often occurs in those settings but is also seen in board rooms, backstage, on athletic fields, in classrooms, and anywhere a servant leader lives, works, and serves.
Servant Leadership Defined
Robert K. Greenleaf of the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership states, "Servant leadership is a practical philosophy which supports people who choose to serve first, and then lead as a way of expanding service to individuals and institutions. Servant leaders may or may not hold formal leadership positions.The servant-leader is servant first... It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.
That person is sharply different from one who is leader first, perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions... The difference manifests itself in the care taken by the servant-first to make sure that other people's highest priority needs are being served... Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?"
Servant Leader Chapel and ReceptionFriday, November 20, 2009 Chapel on the Hill 11 a.m. to noon |
