The Darden School and the University's College at Wise have paired up to create the Darden/U.Va-Wise Partnership for Leadership Development, a program that will offer six unique courses about the subject to mid-level and senior executives from about 25 companies in southwestern Virginia and neighboring regions of Tennessee and North Carolina.
Each of the six courses will cover a different topic related to leadership development during the course of the two-year program, said Colin Winter, a Darden School director for the program.\n"The variety of courses will provide students with the opportunity to select those that make the most sense for their needs and career path," he said. Students can take courses either at Wise or at the Darden School and must complete four of the six classes offered.
Students who complete the program will receive a certificate in leadership development, said Susian Brooks, director of marketing for Darden Executive Education and a director of the program. Though the certificate is not a graduate level degree, the level of learning and education the program delivers is on the graduate level, she said.
In fact, the program was created in part because University officials wanted to expand higher education opportunities for people working in the targeted region.
"That region is underserved in the quality of executive education we're providing," Winter said. "Through this program, we can reach companies we normally wouldn't reach and give them world-class executive education opportunities."
The Darden School had wanted to establish a partnership with Wise for some time, Winter said, so it was a welcome move when that school contacted them about 18 months ago to initiate the project. The program also gives the Darden School an opportunity to become established in southwestern Virginia, Winter said.
"We believe that this part of Virginia will be growing a lot over the coming decades," he said, "and this program is a chance for Darden to establish a relationship with the area very early in the growth process as the state continues to invest a lot of resources in that area"
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