For the fifth year in a row, UNC is hosting a four-week strategic broadening seminar to teach Army leaders to think strategically about national security issues. Fifty-one U.S. Army officers, warrant officers, senior non-commissioned officers and civilians will engage in the training and discussions from July 11 to August 6 as part of the longstanding partnership with the Institute for Defense and Business (IDB).
The graduate-level seminar, known as the UNC-IDB Strategic Studies Fellows Program (SSFP), combines domestic and foreign national security strategy with sessions in innovation, media relations and crisis communications among others.
Retired Major General Jim Hodge is president of the IDB and said the program helps students broaden their leadership and problem-solving skills.
“These fellows will be challenged to step outside their comfort zone and I know this outstanding group will rise to the occasion,” Hodge said.
Faculty from UNC’s Peace, War and Defense department as well as the Kenan-Flagler Business School, will give lectures during the program. The Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke University also partners with the program to discuss strategic planning when it comes to combating acts of terror.
Participants study a variety of national security scenarios, present in the world today. In addition to their coursework, students collaborate in small groups to complete a capstone project and write and present an academic paper which demonstrates what they’ve learned.
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