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Contact Information:

The W.O. Farber Center
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion , SD 57069
phone: 605-677-5702
fax: 605-677-8808
Farber.Center@usd.edu

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Last Modified: 09/12/06

Farber Center for Civic Leadership

Civic leaders are often inherently dynamic, visionary men and women.  But the most successful civic leaders have also worked hard to develop tools with which they can put vision into action.

The U's Civic Leadership program focuses on public leadership skills with courses in political science, business administration, psychology, and sociology - tools critical to helping individuals and communities identify, address, and resolve public problems.

Civic Leadership is an 18-hour minor designed to complement any major at the U.  Both the Master of Arts in Political Science and the Master of Public Administration degrees offer an emphasis in Leadership Studies.

The Farber Center's Civic Leadership program is the only Leadership program in the state and the oldest, most well-established program in the Midwest.  The Templeton Foundation has identified the program as one of the best of its kind in the nation and lists the U among its COLLEGES THAT ENCOURAGE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.

The South Dakota Board of Regents established the W.O. Farber Center for Civic Leadership in the fall of 1997 as a Center of Excellence. The Center is housed within the Department of Political Science.

Dr. William D. Richardson, Director
Farber Center
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion  SD 57069
Telephone: 605-677-5242
Fax: 605-677-8808
Email: wrichard@usd.edu

Matt Fairholm, Coordinator, Leadership Studies Programs
Farber Center
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion  SD  57069
Telephone:  605-677-5705
Fax:  605-677-8808
Email: fairholm@usd.edu

Cheryl Hovorka, Program Assistant II
Farber Center
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion SD 57069
Telephone:  606-677-5702
Fax:  605-677-8808
Email: chovorka@usd.edu