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Back to NetVUE Connections By Heather Brady Professor of Liberal Arts, Grand View University During the NetVUE Conference in Atlanta in March 2024, Darby Ray’s keynote presentation “Hunger, Hubris and Community Engaged Learning” moved me deeply. In it, Darby outlined the evolution of higher education’s engagement with community and highlighted best practices for creating transformative […]

Back to NetVUE Connections Reviewed by Ben Utter Associate Professor of English, Ouachita Baptist University There’s something more than a little ironic about leafing through a book entitled Deep Reading with anything like haste. Indeed, as the book’s subtitle suggests, a better word for hurried reading practices might be a “vice”! For those readers who […]

Back to NetVUE Connections Campus Spotlight: Roanoke College Reframing an Institutional Identity through Undergraduate Research Written by Daniel Meyers, NetVUE Online Network Coordinator What are the myths about your campus? What are the stories told about those whom it serves, how it was founded, and the origins of its mission? How does the physical landscape […]

Back to NetVUE Connections The NetVUE Podcast Callings: Conversations on College, Career, and a Life Well-Lived Read below for a quick menu of the most recent episodes of season five of Callings, NetVUE’s highly popular podcast. Typically lasting 45 minutes, each episode is not only a potential tool for your work with students; it can […]

Back to NetVUE Connections NetVUE Webinar Opportunity Using the NetVUE Conversation Cards on Calling, Career, and a Life Well-Lived Explore, Engage, and Envision! Tap into this resource that contains questions for students at all levels of vocational inquiry, from first-year icebreakers to senior-year capstones. In this webinar, we will hear from MT Dávila of Merrimack […]

Back to NetVUE Connections Reviewed by Agam Iheanyi-Igwe Associate Professor of World Christianity, Bushnell University (OR) Uncorked is a thought-provoking drama exploring the tension between family expectations and following one’s dreams. Set in Memphis, Tennessee, the film follows Elijah (played by Mamoudou Athie), a young man torn between his father’s desire for him to take […]

Back to NetVUE Connections By Deirdre Egan-Ryan Professor of English and Director of Faculty Development, St. Norbert College (WI) Like many people, we adopted a dog during the pandemic. His name is Tux, and he has mostly black fur with white markings. If he were a person, and not a “Labrador mix,” he’d be wearing […]

Back to NetVUE Connections Campus Spotlight: Hanover College Building Bridges in Divisive Times Written by Daniel Meyers, NetVUE Online Network Coordinator Like many of us in higher education, our colleagues at Hanover College in Madison, Indiana, started noticing political divisions on campus, as well as few opportunities to be in conversation about these differences. In […]

Back to NetVUE Connections NetVUE Resources Conversation Cards: Encourage Your Students to ENGAGE NetVUE is excited to announce that the second deck of NetVUE Conversation Cards will arrive next month! The ENGAGE deck encourages students to reflect on practices for thoughtfully engaging the world around them as they discern personal, academic, and professional goals. Every […]

Back to NetVUE Connections NetVUE Webinar Opportunity Improving Your On-Campus Vocation Efforts Over the past few months, a significant number of NetVUE institutions hosted Focused Consultations on their campuses to strategize about vocation-related work. In this webinar, we will hear from Deirdre Egan-Ryan of St. Norbert College (WI), Cynthia Grobmeier of Saint Xavier University (IL), […]