The third of five contenders coming to campus in the quest to be Georgia Southern University’s next president, Dr. Carl A. Stockton, said he has been described as a “transformational leader” in style. “One of my philosophies I learned very early on in life is that wherever life takes you, always try to leave the place in better shape than before you arrived,” Stockton said Thursday afternoon during his public forum on campus. Transforming things for the better is what Stockton said he has tried to do throughout his almost 32-year career.