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Vocation and “Whole Person Education” in a Transactional Age

In a time of rapid technological change, educators and other higher education professionals need a space to reflect on how to best prepare students, not just for careers, but for meaningful lives of service, purpose, and resilience. Offering such a space, AdventHealth University will host a NetVUE Regional Gathering in December that focuses on exploring the future of higher education at the intersection of vocational formation and Whole Person Education—an approach that centers the individual in all that it does.  

Guiding questions for this event are:  

  • How can we prepare students to discern purpose and calling amid rapid social and technological change?  
  • What practices promote whole-person development in AI-enhanced learning environments?  
  • How can educators model and mentor vocation-centered discernment in the digital age?  
  • What frameworks support integration of Whole Person Education and vocation in both traditional and tech-forward educational settings?  
  • How do we retain our values, identities, and spiritual growth in increasingly virtual and automated learning contexts?  

The event begins in the afternoon of Thursday, December 3, and concludes at noon on Saturday, December 5.

From 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, NetVUE is offering a pre-gathering workshop, “Thinking Vocationally About AI.” The workshop will provide participants the opportunity to think strategically about AI through the lens of institutional mission and vocation and to explore ways to facilitate dialogue across campus about this pressing issue. 

Visit the website for this regional gathering to learn more about the schedule, speakers, logistics, cost, and registration information. The deadline to register is Tuesday, November 10. 

Encuentra: Explorations of Culture and Calling

The image of the Encuentra Conversation Cards deck next to text that reads: "Encuentra [en-KWEHN-trah] v. encounter, meet, find. Spanish-English NetVUE Conversation cards celebrating cultures and empowering intercultural encounters."

Fresno Pacific University invites NetVUE colleagues to the heart of California’s Central Valley for Encuentra: Explorations of Culture and Calling, a NetVUE Regional Gathering highlighting NetVUE’s Encuentra Conversation Cards. 

At this gathering, participants will explore the role that culture plays in understanding vocation while celebrating the many forms of Latine culture that the Encuentra cards honor. Through food, music, dance, art, and language of the diverse Hispanic, Latine, Latin American, and U.S. Latine cultures in the greater Fresno area, participants will learn more about the origin and unique contribution of these conversation cards. The gathering will explore how culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogy can foster vocational exploration and discernment. Breakout sessions led by experienced practitioners will provide ample opportunity for hands-on practice, reflection, and discussion centered on the conversation cards. 

Entrance of McDonald Hall at Fresno Pacific University

The event begins on Thursday, February 25, and concludes at noon on Saturday, February 27. Visit the website for this gathering to learn more about the schedule, speakers, logistics, cost, and registration information. The deadline to register is Thursday, January 28. 

Visit NetVUE’s website to learn more about NetVUE Conversation Cards, how your Campus Contact can place an order, and additional information about the Encuentra deck. 

NetVUE Gathering at the AAR/SBL Annual Meeting: Is Citizenship a Vocation? Loyalty, Protest, Advocacy

At least since the Reformation and the early modern creation of the nation-state, accounts of a person’s vocation almost always include a calling toward citizenship—and often, obedience to the rule of law and support for governmental officials. At the same time, many who have worked for justice and the common good (often within the context of religious belief) have understood their vocations as demanding protest against injustice and advocacy for the marginalized—think of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcom X, Dorothy Day, or Jesus of Nazareth. Today, in the face of partisan divides as the rule of law is hotly contested—sometimes violently—the conflicts among these callings is on full display. During NetVUE’s annual pre-conference gathering before the SBL and AAR Annual Meetings, participants will deliberate on the worth and limits of our vocation as citizens. 

The event begins at 2 p.m. on Thursday, November 19 and concludes at noon on Friday, November 20. Visit the website for this gathering to learn more about the schedule, speakers, logistics, cost, and registration information. The deadline to register is November 12, 2026.

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