General Shelton Leadership Camp (Lura S. Tally Center for Leadership Development)

Summer Camp for High School Students - Sunday, June 22 – Friday, June 27, 2025 
The General Shelton Leadership Camp is a six-day, five-night residential leadership development program limited to 30 outstanding high school-age youth.  Campers participate in intensive self-evaluation, explore leadership concepts in experiential learning activities, and rotate through team leadership positions to practice as they learn. Highlights of the week include the MU ROTC Challenge Course, Camp Rockfish high ropes course, and a service project in the community. Campers work together all week on a 10-person team, taught by adult professional Instructors and guided by university-age Counselors/Mentors/Trainers.  

The Shelton Camp is led by Dr. Eugenia Johnson, a management professor at MU’s Reeves School of Business. The camp is a key outreach program of the Tally Leadership Center, Dr. Mark Regensburger, Director. The curriculum for the program has been refined for more than 20 years by the Shelton Leadership Center at North Carolina State University. Methodist University is one of only two locations authorized to deliver this program independently. 

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES  
It costs $1,600 per camper to deliver this quality program to young future leaders in our community. Tuition per camper is kept at a reasonable $650, with scholarship assistance dependent on available funding.  
To make the camp possible, we need the vision of community leaders like you to invest in developing the next generation of leaders. Any dollars we do not raise reduces the number of students we can provide this life-changing program.  
 

• Diamond $ 6,000 - Program Sponsor (limit 2)       
  • Gold recognition plus: VIP invitation to speak to campers and families at the opening OR graduation ceremony 
• Gold $ 3,000 - Day Sponsor (limit 5)
  • Silver recognition plus: an invitation to spend lunch and part of the day with campers; recognition on social media
• Silver $ 1,600 - Covers the cost of one camper for the week 
  • Bronze recognition plus: name and logo on camp t-shirts  
• Bronze $ 650 - Provides a scholarship for one student 
  • Recognition on the camp website, an invitation to the graduation ceremony on Friday
• Friend of the Camp up to $649
  • Our thanks, and the knowledge that you are investing in the young people who will lead us into the future