Sessions

In this session, the presenters will name the distinct vocational challenges faced by many LGBTQIA+ students. More specifically, they will identify the ways in which many well-received texts, models, and pedagogies related to vocation can sometimes actually function to marginalize queer students, making it more difficult for these students to embrace their vocational identities. The […]

Join colleagues from one of seven available campus roles.

More and more NetVUE institutions are adding or expanding community engagement programs. How can we ensure such efforts are serving not only our students and institutions, but also the communities they seek to engage? How can we design programs that strengthen rather than undermine institutional commitments to social justice? In this roundtable plenary, participants will learn to identify hallmarks of both ethical and unethical community engagement, consider specific resources and practices for reducing harm to communities and to select student populations, and undertake hands-on exercises to build capacity for principled community engagement that advances student learning and community wellbeing.

Refreshments in Pre-Function North and South; Bookstall in Galleria

Three years ago, the College of the Ozarks (MO) initiated a program called Vocation Trip. This program allows rural, economically disadvantaged students to participate in a weeklong travel course that helps them consider their callings and vocation as they develop mission and vision statements and tour regional businesses. These experiences broaden the students’ perspectives, deepening […]

This workshop will demonstrate the transformative impact of one of Nazareth University (NY)’s Solidarity and Social Justice Interfaith Retreats—the Civil Rights Journey—on its own understanding of its institutional vocation to respond to current social justice concerns. By exploring the partnership with the Living Legacy Project, participants will learn how this interfaith retreat deepens understanding and […]

How can we create vocational initiatives that fit organically with our institutions’ existing identity and programs, rather than pushing initiatives that feel disconnected? Abilene Christian University (TX) and Carlow University (PA) each explored this question with support from NetVUE grants. This session will focus on two stages in the process: developing a definition of vocation […]

As the challenges of emerging adulthood intersect with the challenges of the current economy, undergraduates may become overwhelmed as they work to find their place and purpose in the world. This session introduces LifeWork, a signature program from Calvin University (MI), as one way to facilitate a holistic understanding of vocation that clearly aligns work […]