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CIC welcomes new members to its Board of Directors and Executive Committee. These appointments were made official during the annual board meeting at the 2024 Presidents Institute that took place in January in Hollywood, Florida. The Board of Directors includes college presidents from CIC institutions and other leaders in higher education. Executive Committee Appointments:Chair, Jeff […]

CIC is pleased to introduce staff members who have joined us over the past few months. They will work on a variety of programs and initiatives to serve member institutions. Marina Esteve Wagstaff Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Programs and Program Coordinator Marina Esteve Wagstaff joined CIC in September 2023 and is the assistant […]

Belmont University (TN) has joined CIC as an Institutional Member. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology (NY) has joined CIC as an Institutional Member.

Wiley College (TX) has officially changed its name to Wiley University. The College of Mount Saint Vincent (NY) has officially changed its name to the University of Mount Saint Vincent.

The 2024 NetVUE Conference is just around the corner, and we are looking forward to hosting over (how many institution teams?) in Atlanta this March 21-23! The three plenary speakers will provide perspectives on the overall conference theme, “Vocations for the Life of the World,” exploring various dimensions of the intersection of self and other: […]

Published on January 10, 2024, NetVUE’s new Scholarly Resources volume is hot off the press. While the previous three volumes engaged questions at the intersection of vocation and higher education, Called Beyond Our Selves explores vocation within the context of the common good and underscores how the individual life and the communal life are bound […]

Consider gathering a group of faculty members and/or staff on your campus to read a collection of articles on vocation and calling during the spring semester. NetVUE will supply free copies of the Summer 2023 issue of Christian Scholars Review, which includes six excellent articles on vocation and several useful book reviews. The six authors […]

The first NetVUE regional gathering of the 2024–2025 cycle will take place May 16–18, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is being co-hosted by three NetVUE institutions: Aquinas College, Calvin University, and Cornerstone University. The topic, Vocation, Higher Education, and the City, is designed to prompt an exploration of the ways that colleges and universities […]

NetVUE’s podcast Callings has dropped three exciting episodes since our last newsletter, featuring three voices who have made incredible contributions to the intersection of vocational reflection and academia: Parker Palmer, Katharine Hayhoe, and Shirley Hoogstra.  Shadow and Light: Parker Palmer Well before the founding of NetVUE (and even before the Lilly Endowment’s vocation programming began […]

Check out the NetVUE blog Vocation Matters for a new cohort of bloggers this spring semester. That cohort includes a team of faculty members at Nebraska Wesleyan University (Lincoln, NE) who will contribute a series on “Major Decisions, Major Discoveries: Exploring Vocation in the Undergraduate Years,” which focuses on how to help students develop meaning […]