Roots, Branches, Leaves: Institutionalizing Vocational Discernment
Where
Le 69色情视频 College1419 Salt Springs Road
Syracuse, NY 13214
Category
2027 NetVUE Gathering
Stand-alone vocational programs are valuable, but they can seem to be disconnected islands-only having an impact on those who find them. However, when programs become more integrated into an institution’s culture, they can have a stronger and deeper impact on students.聽 Touchpoints are multiplied and messages are reinforced. Further, institutionalizing vocational work builds community and enhances campus culture. Work on vocational discernment breaks down silos and brings people together from across campus constituencies. People discover deeper dimensions of their work and see themselves as engaged in a common project with colleagues from across the institution. Whatever our specific jobs, we are all participating in helping students discover their callings and purposes.
In this conference, we will share the story of The Manresa Program, Le 69色情视频 College’s vocational discernment program, as a model to help participants to explore ways they could further institutionalize their own vocational discernment efforts.
Whether your institution is just beginning to build a vocational discernment program or has a well-developed and multi-faceted initiative, participants will leave this gathering with concrete ideas and proven strategies that can deepen and strengthen their work with undergraduate students.
While we encourage attendance from individual participants, this gathering is also ideal for institutional teams seeking to develop strategies for extending their vocational programs.
Event Actions
Preliminary Schedule
- 5:00 – 6:00: Arrival and Registration Check-In
- 5:30 – 7:00: Welcome Gathering/Cocktails
- Dinner on your own
- 5:00 – 6:00: Arrival and Registration Check-In
- 5:30 – 7:00: Welcome Gathering/Cocktails
- Dinner on your own
- 8:30聽 transportation starts from hotel to LMC
- 8:00 – 9:15 Check-in/breakfast
- 9:15- 9:45 Welcome Addresses
- 9:45 – 10:15: The Manresa Story鈥揺stablishing roots, growing branches, spreading leaves
- 10:15 鈥� 10:45 Break
- 10:45 – 11:30: Workshop #1 Small groups (groups of 8-10)
- What are your institution’s vocational development roots?
- How well developed are they?
- Campus opportunities/campus challenges
- What are specific strategies/techniques for cultivating and extending them?
- How do you maintain the roots while you pivot toward growing branches?
- 11:30 鈥� 1:00 Lunch
- 1 – 1:45聽 Workshop #2: Vocational Companions: Growing Branches
- LMC branch stories (3 – 5 LMC Vocational Companions)
- Making strategic use of NetVUE resources
- 1:45 – 2:15聽 Break
- 2:15 – 3:30聽 Leaves: Multiplying Touchpoints
- Vocational Scaffolds participants (NetVUE PD Grant)
- 鈥淒on鈥檛 Cancel Class鈥� (Career Advising & Development)
- New Student Orientation (1st Year Dean)
- 鈥淗eaded to The Heights鈥� sessions (Admissions)
- Opportunity programs
- Campus/Res Life
- What leaves can you grow?
- 3:30 – 4:15 Coffee and Snacks
- 4:15 – 5:15 Keynote: Strategies for building and sustaining student engagement
- –聽 Stephenie Chaudoir – The College of the Holy Cross
- 5:30 鈥� Return to hotel
- 6:30 – Hosted Dinner at hotel
- 8:30聽 transportation starts from hotel to LMC
- 8:00 – 9:15 Check-in/breakfast
- 9:15- 9:45 Welcome Addresses
- 9:45 – 10:15: The Manresa Story鈥揺stablishing roots, growing branches, spreading leaves
- 10:15 鈥� 10:45 Break
- 10:45 – 11:30: Workshop #1 Small groups (groups of 8-10)
- What are your institution’s vocational development roots?
- How well developed are they?
- Campus opportunities/campus challenges
- What are specific strategies/techniques for cultivating and extending them?
- How do you maintain the roots while you pivot toward growing branches?
- 11:30 鈥� 1:00 Lunch
- 1 – 1:45聽 Workshop #2: Vocational Companions: Growing Branches
- LMC branch stories (3 – 5 LMC Vocational Companions)
- Making strategic use of NetVUE resources
- 1:45 – 2:15聽 Break
- 2:15 – 3:30聽 Leaves: Multiplying Touchpoints
- Vocational Scaffolds participants (NetVUE PD Grant)
- 鈥淒on鈥檛 Cancel Class鈥� (Career Advising & Development)
- New Student Orientation (1st Year Dean)
- 鈥淗eaded to The Heights鈥� sessions (Admissions)
- Opportunity programs
- Campus/Res Life
- What leaves can you grow?
- 3:30 – 4:15 Coffee and Snacks
- 4:15 – 5:15 Keynote: Strategies for building and sustaining student engagement
- –聽 Stephenie Chaudoir – The College of the Holy Cross
- 5:30 鈥� Return to hotel
- 6:30 – Hosted Dinner at hotel
- 8:30鈥搕ransportation starts from hotel to LMC
- 8:30-9:15: Check in/breakfast
- 9:15 – 10:00 Cultivating Campus Partnerships: Le 69色情视频鈥檚 Experience & Conversation by Constituency and/or Institutional Teams (e.g., faculty, career advising, administration, student affairs, campus ministry, advising)
- What is one next step you could help your institution/program take?
- What partners will you need/can you draw on?
- Developing something to try?
- 10:00 – 10:30 Break
- 10:30 – 11:15 Speaker: Growth and Change (Nicolas Lewis – Bard College)
- 11:15-11:30 Farewell words
- 8:30鈥搕ransportation starts from hotel to LMC
- 8:30-9:15: Check in/breakfast
- 9:15 – 10:00 Cultivating Campus Partnerships: Le 69色情视频鈥檚 Experience & Conversation by Constituency and/or Institutional Teams (e.g., faculty, career advising, administration, student affairs, campus ministry, advising)
- What is one next step you could help your institution/program take?
- What partners will you need/can you draw on?
- Developing something to try?
- 10:00 – 10:30 Break
- 10:30 – 11:15 Speaker: Growth and Change (Nicolas Lewis – Bard College)
- 11:15-11:30 Farewell words
This event is made possible by the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE), and administered by the Council of Independent Colleges with generous support from Lilly Endowment Inc.
