Emerging
Leaders is a leadership education and development program designed
to provide new and continuing Mount Mercy students with the tools
to become successful, active campus and community leaders.
Mount Mercy is a Catholic College providing student-focused baccalaureate
and graduate education in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy.
As a Catholic
college founded and sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, Mount Mercy
College welcomes women and men of all beliefs to join our community
in the pursuit of baccalaureate and graduate education and service
to those in need.
Mount Mercy
College promotes reflective judgment, strategic communication,
the common good and purposeful living through a core curriculum,
liberal arts and professional majors and student development programs.
We
strive for excellence in accomplishing our mission through our
four interdependent goals:
Using
reflective judgment
The abilities to think clearly and carefully, argue coherently
and evaluate competing truth claims critically are fundamental
to a college education. Reflective judgment requires a knowledge
of basic fact, examination and evaluation of assumptions, adequate
justification for drawing a conclusion and understanding implications
of drawing that conclusion. With these skills, individuals can
solve problems creatively and integrate knowledge across disciplines.
Engaging
in strategic communication
Strategic communication requires selecting from a range of options
in order to accomplish a chosen goal in an ethical manner. These
options include construction and interpretation of messages in
the written, oral and aesthetic forms using appropriate technology.
Serving
the common good
The common good is at the heart of Catholic social teaching. Because
persons are social by nature, every individual’s good relates
necessarily to the common good, the sum of social conditions that
allows all people to reach their human potential more fully. It
includes respect for and ethical interaction with every person
and the natural environment and, in the spirit of the Sisters
of Mercy, service for the well-being of all humanity and action
in the cause of justice in the world.
Promoting
purposeful living
A liberal education enables persons to achieve a greater degree
of freedom upon which to act purposefully. Since development of
purpose entails planning for life based on a set of priorities,
Mount Mercy College provides opportunities for spiritual growth,
intellectual engagement, vocational clarity, social development,
physical well-being, emotional maturity and responsible community
leadership.
Approved by the Board of Trustees April 2007
To apply for this program please contact: Office
of Financial Aid
or 319-363-8213 Ext. 1599
