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ROTC holds Leadership Reaction Course

LAKELAND, Fla. (Oct. 10, 2002) - The ROTC at Florida Southern will conduct a Leadership Reaction Course Oct. 23 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the SUMP, located on the shores of Lake Hollingsworth, across from Branscomb Auditorium. The event will demonstrate cadet teamwork in overcoming problems and obstacles. 

The Leadership Reaction Course is a series of events that a small team of cadets will face. Given a scenario and some materials, they will have to improvise a solution as a group, in a specified timeframe. According to Captain Charles Seifert, assistant professor of military science, the exercise serves to teach teamwork, build leadership potential, and develop decision-making and problem-solving skills under stressful conditions. "The great thing about this exercise," he said, "is seeing the wide variety of solutions that cadets come up with." 

Colonel Scott L. Armbrister, Commander, 6th ROTC Brigade, Savannah, Ga., 6th BDE, will be on campus during the event to review and assess the needs of the ROTC program. Armbrister commands all ROTC units in Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

For further information about the event, please contact Seifert at 680-4944 or cseifert@flsouthern.edu. 


About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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