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Leadership & Community Development

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Vision & Impact

The Leadership and Community Development Cluster (LCDC) is an interdisciplinary group that brings together faculty and staff from all units on the campus to engage in research activities that focus on building and strengthening the community.

The vision of the LCDC is to design, plan, conduct, and implement research that leads to improvements in the viability of the communities that NCA&T serves. It does this by establishing a collaborative forum in which the expertise of various academic disciplines, and the experiences and backgrounds of organizations and individuals, is used to educate citizens to become leaders in their community. The resulting resources that promote leadership encourage and support organized community groups as they address issues that impact the specific community. To do this the cluster

1. involves multiple institutions and social structures;
2. partners equally with communities;
3. includes all constituencies;
4. develops local leadership;
5. considerers globalization and takes advantage of the potential of e-commerce; and
6. creates the sense of efficacy, empowerment, self-determination, and hope that is essential to developing vital communities.

Major Research and Academic Areas

• Ph.D. Program in Leadership
• Student Leadership Activities
• Leadership Institute for African American Women
• Preparing Minorities for Leadership Roles in Special Education
• Common Bond Between Campus and Community
• Collegiate Curriculum Reform and Community Action
• Minority Community Business Development Partnership
• Community Economic Empowerment
• Rural Business Community Development

Facilities

• College of Engineering Computer Center - McNair Hall
• College of Arts and Sciences Computational Science Laboratory - Marteena Hall
• 18-Node 36-Processor IBM Linux Cluster - Fort IRC
• 32-processor SGI 3900 Shared Memory System - Fort IRC
• Center for Composite Materials Research - Fort IRC
• Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures - Fort IRC
• Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - Fort IRC
• Institute for Human-Machine Studies - McNair Hall
• Center for Autonomous Control and Information Technology - Fort IRC
• National Institute of Aerospace - Fort IRC
• Center for Electronics Manufacturing - Smith Hall
• Geographic Information System Laboratories - Sockwell Hall and Carver Hall
• Applied Geophysical Science Laboratories - Wendover Building
• Physical Laser Laboratory - Fort IRC
• Ford Visualization Center - Fort IRC

Schools & Colleges

• College of Arts & Sciences
• School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
• School of Business & Economics
• School of Education
• College of Engineering
• School of Nursing
• School of Technology

Division of Research & Economic Development, North Carolina A&T State University,
1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411

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