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CIC offers the annual Department and Division Chair Workshops to strengthen leadership at the departmental level. The workshops are designed to serve both experienced and new chairs of departments or divisions at independent colleges and universities.

CIC offers the annual Department and Division Chair Workshops to strengthen leadership at the departmental level. The workshops are designed to serve both experienced and new chairs of departments or divisions at independent colleges and universities.

About SXSW EDU® For the first time, CIC hosted sessions and sent a contingent of faculty members and administrators to the SXSW EDU® Conference. CIC’s contingent included eight CIC and NetVUE staff members, ten additional presenters, and 15 representatives from CIC colleges and universities in eight states. SXSW EDU® is an annual event fostering innovation […]

Celebrating the new NetVUE volume Called Beyond Our Selves: Vocation and the Common Good, this regional gathering will feature some of the contributing writers to the volume around the topic of vocational discernment in the context of the common good.

CIC is pleased to offer a multidisciplinary seminar, Teaching Vocational Exploration, for full-time faculty members in all fields at colleges and universities that are members of the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE).

The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) is pleased to announce the first summer seminar for full-time staff in all campus offices and divisions at colleges and universities that are members of CIC’s Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE).

CIC’s Presidential Spouses and Partners Program is designed to offer insight, advice, support, and fellowship to those who share this unique role. Developed in consultation with a task force of experienced presidential spouses and partners, it is held in conjunction with the Presidents Institute each January.

The Spouses and Partners of New Presidents Program runs concurrently with CIC’s New Presidents Program in advance of the Presidents Institute. A small team of experienced presidential spouses leads the group through a comprehensive exploration of the spouse and partner role and helps each participant understand how he or she can serve in that role most effectively and with personal fulfillment.

A leadership development program for college presidents in their first or second year and their spouses or partners that addresses the practical needs and strategic questions for success as leaders of independent colleges and universities.

This NetVUE regional gathering brings together colleges and universities, community partners, and city officials to explore the vocation of an institution of higher education as it relates to the city in which it resides.