NetVUE Members

The theme of this pre-conference gathering aligns with the 2023 AAR theme (“La Labor de Nuestras Manos”) and builds on gatherings at previous AAR/SBL Annual Meetings. This event considers how our work, as educators in the field of religious studies and theology, might support our students’ hands-on efforts to discern their many callings in life. The cost for those from NetVUE member institutions is only $25, which includes a Thursday evening reception and dinner, as well as a light breakfast on Friday. Interested parties from non-NetVUE institutions may participate as well, at a slightly higher cost.

This event will provide faculty members with concrete strategies for vocational exploration and reflection that they can integrate into their teaching. Participants will reflect on their definition of vocation, share current practices, and discuss innovative methods for helping students make connections among coursework, service, and career goals.

The 2022 NetVUE Conference will address the theme, “Called into Community: Vocation, Engagement, and Difference.” The goal of NetVUE is to provide a nationwide campus-supported network to foster the intellectual and theological exploration of vocation among college and university students.

At this NetVUE gathering, participants explored the various conditions in our institutions which enable (or restrict) students' capacities to thrive and discover their vocation.

This gathering focuses on the “centers” that many institutions have established as integrated spaces—combining career development, academic advising, community engagement, diversity initiatives, internships, and other vocation-related efforts. Participants will explore models and best practices for this collaborative work, as well as how to involve various constituencies in this enterprise.

Food is the great connector and a means for exploring vocation in a world emerging from the shadow of COVID. Undergraduate students can form deep roots to feed their sense of purpose and value when they are given the opportunity to explore vocation as an "edible theology" that appreciates the past, present, and future.