The Naval Academy strives to develop ethical leaders of character through education, experiences, interactions and opportunities. Private gift support enables and enhances the following programs, facilities and faculty that will provide the moral and ethical foundation of our future Navy and Marine officers, including:

Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership

The Stockdale Center was established as a privately-funded organization dedicated to developing leaders who will make courageous ethical decisions. The Center accomplishes this through research, consultation, innovation, dissemination and facilitation. Private gifts provide the majority of resources required to fund the Center's programs, instructional materials, and leadership. Read more ... 

Distinguished Faculty

Privately funded Distinguished Faculty includes Distinguished Military Professors (DMPs), the Distinguished Chair in Leadership, the Distinguished Chair in Ethics, and Resident Ethics Fellows. Read more ...

Leadership Education and Development

Supported through philanthropy, the Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Division at the Naval Academy includes Experiential Leadership Learning and the Naval Academy Leadership Conference.  Read more ...

 

Midshipman Activities Center

The Naval Academy seeks to build a Midshipman Activities Center with private gift support. This initiative will provide a 14,000-square-foot expansion of meeting and activity space for extra-curricular clubs, group study and social activities. Read more ... 

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Midshipmen Attend National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)

"When you go to NOLS you get actual practice in what you are taught at the Academy with real risks and real people." - MIDN 3/c  READ MORE...

Director of the Stockdale Center

The Stockdale Center is led by Col Arthur J. Athens, USMCR (Ret.) ‘78. Colonel Athens serves on the Academy’s Senior Leadership Team and provides consultation on the Academy’s Strategic Plan, Communications Strategies and the Honor Concept. He also plays a prominent role at Naval Academy events. He spoke at six of the twenty-five Capstone Seminars given in 2010-11, gave the opening speech of the 2011 McCain Conference and spoke at the 2011 Leadership Conference.

McCain Conference

Thanks to a generous gift from Senator and Mrs. John McCain ’58, the Stockdale Center hosts an annual conference to bring together key military officers and civilian academics responsible for ethics education and character development at the five federal service academies. This is a well-attended and valuable opportunity for the academies to communicate with each other, share their experiences in the field over the previous year, and learn from each other on such issues as ethics and character assessment.

 
 

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