Sessions

Gatherings will start at 7:30 and are informal; eating during the meeting is encouraged!

Stop by the registration desk to print your name badge and pick up your swag! While there, visit the information tables, where you can meet NetVUE staff members and learn more about grants, print and digital resources, upcoming regional gatherings, summer seminars, and professional development opportunities.

Gather for a taste of NetVUE’s celebrated hospitality at an abundant reception and informal dinner. We’ll take a few moments to acknowledge some outstanding NetVUE leaders before introducing the evening’s sensational entertainment.

Stop by for a few words with our keynote speaker. You may bring a book of your own for him to sign; in addition, several of his books will be available for purchase from our bookstall hosts, Rainy Day Books, both during the day (at the bookstall in Gillam Hall) and at the time of […]

Enjoy lively table conversations on topics arising from the opening keynote address. You will be seated with others who are (mostly) in campus roles similar to your own and (mostly) at institutions of a similar size and religious affiliation as your own. Please see Guidebook for your assigned table number.

The day-to-day routines of educating rarely prompt or foster sustained and rigorous questioning of what an education is for. In this keynote address, Norman Wirzba asks us to reconsider what a human being is and why educating is central to human development and fulfillment. What are the conditions by which people want to give themselves to each other, as well as to their communities and neighborhoods? What can those of us in higher education do to provide students with the kinds of transformative encounters that will help them to explore and discern their callings? Through an examination of connection, meaning, and purpose, Wirzba will offer a hopeful vision for education that affirms the sacred character of this life—an affirmation that rests on developing what he calls a “sensuous intelligence” committed to creative and skilled engagement within our shared world.

If this is your first NetVUE Conference, you are not alone! Over half of this year’s participants are new to the network, or at least new to the event. At this orientation session, participants will sit at round tables, each staffed with one “conference veteran” who can provide practical advice and offer tips, tricks, and traps with respect to the event.

Stop by the registration desk to print your name badge and pick up your swag! While there, visit the information tables, where you can meet NetVUE staff members and learn more about grants, print and digital resources, upcoming regional gatherings, summer seminars, and professional development opportunities.