Sessions

This section will have eight entries once campus presentations are determined.

According to a 2024 survey, more than three-quarters of CIC member institutions now offer post-baccalaureate courses. This spring, CIC is launching a new network to support the senior administrators who develop and manage these graduate programs. Come discuss the state of graduate education in the sector and learn how the new network can help your […]

This interactive session, led by the NetVUE grants team, is designed to support faculty members and staff at member institutions in shaping strong proposals for NetVUE grant opportunities. The team will introduce the range of available grant programs, explain eligibility requirements, offer practical tips for crafting compelling applications, and share patterns that have correlated effective campus programming.

With the right scaffolding and intentional spaces for reflection, global engagement can provide a uniquely rich opportunity for vocational discernment and exploration, exposing students to new perspectives and ways of life and, in turn, equipping them to ask deep questions of self, world, and others. This interactive workshop will introduce participants to the fruits of framing global engagement and education as a vocational journey. Workshop facilitators will offer case studies—profiling international programs for students, staff and faculty members, and administrators—and then will lead participants through a process of sketching programmatic possibilities for their home institutions.

Almeda Wright’s work explores the narratives of twentieth-century African American activist-educators and the ways they committed their lives to teaching and leading students. She observes that, while many of these educators were later lauded as revolutionary or radical leaders who launched movements for social change, all began with a humbler calling: to teach. Wright's closing plenary address will expand on the ways that this calling to teach was often deeply rooted in local contexts and in a genuine love of the students—and also a love of the communities where these educators found themselves working. Wright’s address will not only offer a larger sense of the lives of historical activist-educators; it will also inspire us to renew our commitments to our educational contexts, to invest in our students and communities, and to remain open to the “sometimes-revolutionary” impact of the work we all do on our campuses.

Four opportunities for worship and meditation are available at this time.