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Back to NetVUE Connections Celebrations Congratulations to the 2026 Teaching Vocational Exploration Seminar Participants The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), through its Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE), selected 15 faculty members through a competitive nomination process to participate in the 2026 summer seminar on Teaching Vocational Exploration. CIC and NetVUE are grateful for […]

Back to NetVUE Connections Celebrations Congratulations to the 2026 Enhancing Vocational Exploration Seminar Participants The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), through its Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE), has selected 10 individuals through a competitive nomination process to participate in the 2026 summer seminar on Enhancing Vocational Exploration. CIC and NetVUE are grateful for […]

Back to NetVUE Connections Celebrations Congratulations to the 2026 Recipients of NetVUE Grants to Individuals for Vocational Exploration The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), through its Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE), has awarded NetVUE Grants to Individuals for Vocational Exploration to 22 individuals for a total of over $325,000, supporting projects that will develop […]

Back to NetVUE Connections Celebrations Congratulations to the 2026 Recipients of NetVUE Program Development Grants The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), through its Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE), has awarded NetVUE Program Development Grants to 30 institutions totaling over $2,750,000. These grants support institutions in deepening, expanding, or otherwise strengthening programs that support students […]

Back to NetVUE Connections The NetVUE Podcast Callings: Conversations on College, Career, and a Life Well-Lived With episodes released every few weeks, NetVUE’s podcast continues to provide new invitations into the discussion of vocational exploration with college students. Read below for brief descriptions of the latest episodes and find links to listen to each episode […]

Back to NetVUE Connections 2026 Conference Reflections Learning about NetVUE Resources, Opportunities, and Grants at the Conference One goal of any NetVUE conference is to help orient our colleagues to the ever-expanding array of resources and opportunities provided to NetVUE institutions. This year, NetVUE utililzed a portion of the conference schedule to share information about […]

Back to NetVUE Connections 2026 Conference Reflections Concurrent Workshops: Central Themes Addressed by Colleagues from Across the Network Concurrent workshops often feature a team of presenters who work at different institutions but have something common to share on a specific issue. This year, some of the workshops focused on career and internships, the changing roles […]

Back to NetVUE Connections 2026 Conference Reflections Concurrent Campus Sessions: Lessons From the Field With 18 different campus sessions offered at the conference, no single participant could experience all of the wisdom, innovation, and exploration that our NetVUE institutions shared during these concurrent sessions of the conference. This article can only provide a snapshot of […]

Back to NetVUE Connections 2026 Conference Reflections Reflections on the Quarter-Plenary Sessions: Advocacy, Advising, AI, and Athletics The quarter-plenaries at the 2026 NetVUE Conference provided an opportunity for campus teams to split up and to encounter multiple timely topics in higher education, examining further these four issues’ relationship to vocational exploration: advocacy, advising, AI, and […]

Back to NetVUE Connections 2026 Conference Reflections Keynote Closing Plenary Session: Almeda Wright By Krista Hughes, NetVUE Director of Resource Development Where do higher education professionals find hope in these perilous times? This question framed Almeda M. Wright’s closing keynote address. To explore it, she took the audience on a journey into U.S. history to […]