On March 20 and 21, the leadership group for the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) Seminars on Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission will gather at the Center of Inquiry for event-planning discussions. The objective of this meeting is to produce a program plan for each of the seminars that is coherent, intellectually and spiritually rich, and welcoming to people with widely varied faith commitments. Participants will also work to choose most, if not all, of the readings and session topics.
The Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission program’s purpose comes from the idea that presidents of colleges and universities need to discover, or rediscover, their own sense of vocation and to connect it to the mission and self-definition of the institution that each of them leads. CIC received a grant from the Lilly Endowment to conduct a three-year program that encourages and nurtures this process of discovery and connection. It will center on seminars that encourage personal reflection on the issues of mission and vocation. One set of seminars will serve current presidents and another set will be for individuals who may have a calling to a presidency.
| Participants | Institution |
| Bill Frame | Augsburg College |
| Jean Dowdall | Witt/Kieffer Education and Not-for-Profit Practice |
| Jake Jacobsen | Messiah College |
| Shirley Showalter | Fetzer Institute |
| Raymond Williams | Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion |
| Richard Ekman | The Council of Independent Colleges |
| Fred Ohles | The Council of Independent Colleges |
| Hal Hartley | The Council of Independent Colleges |
| Melanie Morey | NarrowGate Consulting |
| Andrew Ford | Wabash College |
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Sunday, March 20th | |
| 4.00 | Guest Check-in |
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| 7.30 - 8.30 |
Working Breakfast, Trippet Dining Room
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| 8.30 - 9.45 |
What shall we try to accomplish (in each seminar, and for current or prospective presidents and spouses) in respect to: Trippet 325
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| 9.45 |
Break |
| 10.00 - 11.00 |
What shall we attempt in the first two of four sessions in each seminar? Trippet 325 |
| 11.00 - 12.00 | What shall we attempt in the second pair of sessions in each seminar? Trippet 325 With the aid of what material and learning process? |
| 12.00 - 1.00 | Lunch, Trippet Dining Room |
| 1.00 - 3.30 |
Resume and complete the morning's work, or commence discussion of: Trippet 325
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| 3.30 - 4.00 | What do we still have to do? Trippet 325 |
| 4.00 | Adjourn |