Through a two-year NetVUE Program Development Grant, Abilene Christian University (TX) recently launched the Vocational Integration for Every Wildcat (VIEW) program to guide faculty members in creating and integrating student-centered formational initiatives into their academic programs. This work evolved out of a shared campus definition of vocation—“ACU students will learn who they are, who they are becoming, and how they will participate in God’s purposes for the world”—and enables faculty members to renew their own sense of vocation, imagine how they might enhance the vocational formation of students in their departments, and consider opportunities to be neighbors, co-learners, and co-laborers.
Laura B. Carroll, Assistant Provost of Teaching, Learning, and Vocational Formation, Abilene Christian University (TX)
Amy McLaughlin-Sheasby, Assistant Professor of Bible, Missions, and Ministry and Director of Faculty Spiritual Formation, Abilene Christian University (TX)