Sessions

In 2023, Library and IT instructional staff at St. Olaf College (MN) began crafting a “literacies framework” to undergird their work. Definitions and learning outcomes were developed around areas such as information, data, media, and maker literacies. Shortly after this work began, the importance of connecting this framework to vocation became clear. This session will […]

The University of Dallas (TX) transformed its career development office and overcame budget cuts and staff reductions by means of a NetVUE Vocation across the Academy Grant. They established the UD Odyssey program, which emphasizes that vocation is where a person’s deep happiness and the world’s deep needs meet. UD Odyssey’s three main components include […]

Northwestern College (IA) is currently on the Open Pathway for accreditation through the Higher Learning Commission. In response to the Open Pathway’s Quality Initiative (QI) requirement, the college is implementing a two-year project focused on vocation: Pursuing the Common Good Through Vocational Thriving. Guided by an eight-person task force of faculty members and staff, Northwestern […]

Facilitators will discuss the design and assessment of vocational exploration projects based on equity-based teaching practices. They will demonstrate that vocational exploration and discernment can become a wider discursive framework that naturally connects equity-based teaching strategies to assessment. On the one hand, reflection and discernment require providing opportunities for meaning-making and success to all students, […]

This presentation will offer an engaging journey through AdventHealth University (FL)’s pioneering Whole-Person Education project, a transformative initiative reshaping educational paradigms. It includes an adaptable methodology of continual improvement, with robust assessment and implementation strategies. This methodology serves to integrate the pathways of belonging, wellbeing, fulfillment, and purpose in three vital domains: educational excellence, faculty […]

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

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

Calling all poets and poetry lovers! This session will feature volunteers of all levels of mastery to share a favorite poem, be it their own work or someone else’s that they admire. All conference participants are invited to this time of relaxed and informal sharing, and the roles of audience and readers are equally valuable. […]