Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission Program

This program is designed to assist presidents and prospective presidents (in separate programs), along with their spouses, clarify their own sense of personal vocation, and to weigh it in the context of the missions of the institutions they each lead or might lead in the future. Through a series of structured conversations, participants engage in an exploration of the ways in which a greater understanding of the alignment of personal vocation and institutional mission can be a resource for effective presidential leadership. The program, funded by a generous grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., includes up to 20 college and university leaders and their spouses in each year-long series, and has been held seven times since 2005.

 

 Current Status

 
The current seminar series in 2012-2013 is for prospective presidents and their spouses. Twenty participants, many with spouses, have been selected to participate. The nomination deadline for this series was February 10, 2012.
 

 DATE AND LOCATION

 
The Summer Seminar will be on July 8-11, 2012, in Stowe, VT; with a Winter Seminar on February 25-26, 2013, at a location TBD.
 
Later seminars will include one series for presidents in 2013–2014 and one series for prospective presidents in 2014–2015.
 

 Costs

 
​Most expenses, including travel to both the Summer and Winter Seminars, lodging, meals, consultations, and materials will be covered by the program. Spouses’ travel, lodging, and meals also will be covered. There is a one-time registration fee of $300 for the prospective president and $200 for an accompanying spouse due upon acceptance into the program.
 

 CONTACT INFORMATION

 
Nominators and prospective participants can direct questions to William V. Frame, CIC Senior Advisor and Program Director, by email at wframe@cic.nche.edu or to Harold V. Hartley III, CIC Senior Vice President, at (202) 466-7230 or hhartley@cic.nche.edu.
CIC is grateful to Lilly Endowment Inc. for support of this program.