Past Events

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.

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.

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.

The Presidential Renewal Program is designed to support the personal renewal of experienced member presidents at CIC institutions who will continue to serve in the vital role of the college presidency. In addition to rich content, the seminars provide space for solitude and reflection with a small fellowship of presidents and partners seeking their own renewal.

Each year, NetVUE hosts a series of events for scholars in the fields of theology and religious studies at NetVUE member institutions prior to the Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature.

This NetVUE regional gathering will explore institutional vocation and purpose in the changing landscape of U.S. higher education. How does a liberal arts institution discern, embody, and live out its calling? How does an institution articulate and communicate its vocation, and how does it infuse and embed that sense of vocation across the academy?

The Presidential Renewal Program is designed to support the personal renewal of experienced member presidents at CIC institutions who will continue to serve in the vital role of the college presidency. In addition to rich content, the seminars provide space for solitude and reflection with a small fellowship of presidents and partners seeking their own renewal.

The Presidential Renewal Program is designed to support the personal renewal of experienced member presidents at CIC institutions who will continue to serve in the vital role of the college presidency. In addition to rich content, the seminars provide space for solitude and reflection with a small fellowship of presidents and partners seeking their own renewal.

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).

The Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) is a yearlong program cosponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), and the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI) to prepare experienced provosts and vice presidents to move to positions of greater responsibility, including presidencies.

CIC and the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI) are pleased to announce the 2023–2024 Senior Leadership Academy (SLA), a yearlong program for administrators in higher education who aspire to cabinet-level positions in independent colleges or 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.

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 Presidential Renewal Program is designed to support the personal renewal of experienced member presidents at CIC institutions who will continue to serve in the vital role of the college presidency. In addition to rich content, the seminars provide space for solitude and reflection with a small fellowship of presidents and partners seeking their own renewal.

This gathering will introduce ideas on disciplinary vocation integration, as well as provide opportunities for faculty to workshop ideas for redesigning their own courses in conversation with experienced colleagues from other institutions.

Back to NetVUE Events Evidence suggests that the practice of Scriptural Reasoning (SR) can be particularly useful in undergraduate settings as a tool for exploring questions of vocation; this complements its established use as a form of inter-religious engagement and cross-disciplinary study.  NetVUE is developing a new nationwide program of Scriptural Reasoning for Vocation Reflection. […]

Back to NetVUE Events Evidence suggests that the practice of Scriptural Reasoning (SR) can be particularly useful in undergraduate settings as a tool for exploring questions of vocation; this complements its established use as a form of inter-religious engagement and cross-disciplinary study.  NetVUE is developing a new nationwide program of Scriptural Reasoning for Vocation Reflection. […]

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.

Back to NetVUE Events Evidence suggests that the practice of Scriptural Reasoning (SR) can be particularly useful in undergraduate settings as a tool for exploring questions of vocation; this complements its established use as a form of inter-religious engagement and cross-disciplinary study.  NetVUE is developing a new nationwide program of Scriptural Reasoning for Vocation Reflection. […]