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2024 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs – Jacksonville, FL
CIC offers the annual Department and Division Chair Workshops to strengthen leadership at the departmental level. The workshops are designed to serve both experienced and new chairs of departments or divisions at independent colleges and universities. -
2024 NetVUE Gathering at Calvin University: Vocation, Higher Education, and the City
This NetVUE regional gathering brings together colleges and universities, community partners, and city officials to explore the vocation of an institution of higher education as it relates to the city in which it resides. City officials and community leaders will share perspectives on civic engagement at colleges and universities, and will consider the impact—both positive and negative—that this work can have on the community. Using Grand Rapids as a model, participants will discuss best practices and lessons learned for relationships between higher education institutions and their cities, and for exploring civic engagement and place-based learning with students. -
2024 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs – Baltimore, MD
CIC offers the annual Department and Division Chair Workshops to strengthen leadership at the departmental level. The workshops are designed to serve both experienced and new chairs of departments or divisions at independent colleges and universities. -
Presidential Renewal Program Webinar
The Presidential Renewal Program is designed to support the personal renewal of experienced member presidents at CIC institutions who will continue to serve in the vital role of the college presidency. In addition to rich content, the seminars provide space for solitude and reflection with a small fellowship of presidents and partners seeking their own renewal. -
2024 Workshop for Department and Division Chairs – Tacoma, WA
CIC offers the annual Department and Division Chair Workshops to strengthen leadership at the departmental level. The workshops are designed to serve both experienced and new chairs of departments or divisions at independent colleges and universities. -
Executive Leadership Academy 2023–2024
The Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) is a yearlong program cosponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), and the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI) to prepare experienced provosts and vice presidents to move to positions of greater responsibility, including presidencies. -
Executive Leadership Academy 2024–2025
The Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) is a yearlong program cosponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), and the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI) to prepare experienced provosts and vice presidents to move to positions of greater responsibility, including presidencies. -
Senior Leadership Academy 2023–2024
CIC and the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI) are pleased to announce the 2023–2024 Senior Leadership Academy (SLA), a yearlong program for administrators in higher education who aspire to cabinet-level positions in independent colleges or universities. -
Presidential Renewal Program
The Presidential Renewal Program is designed to support the personal renewal of experienced member presidents at CIC institutions who will continue to serve in the vital role of the college presidency. In addition to rich content, the seminars provide space for solitude and reflection with a small fellowship of presidents and partners seeking their own renewal. -
Teaching Interfaith Understanding
CIC and Interfaith America (IA) are hosting a multidisciplinary seminar on Teaching Interfaith Understanding for full-time faculty members at CIC member colleges and universities. This seminar, led by Laurie Patton, president of Middlebury College, and Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith America, will examine the substantial theoretical questions inherent in teaching interfaith understanding and explore the practical work of translating these ideas into courses. -
Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission 2024–2025
The Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission program is designed for senior leaders at CIC member schools to explore their potential calling to serve as a college or university president. The program is designed to help participants explore their vocational calling, as well as examine what types of institutional missions they might best serve. -
Ancient Greece in the Modern College Classroom
CIC the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) are pleased to announce a multidisciplinary seminar on “Ancient Medicine, Science, and Magic” for faculty members at CIC member colleges and universities. The seminar will broaden faculty members’ knowledge and perspective to help them strengthen the teaching of the classics. -
Presidential Renewal Program Webinar
The Presidential Renewal Program is designed to support the personal renewal of experienced member presidents at CIC institutions who will continue to serve in the vital role of the college presidency. In addition to rich content, the seminars provide space for solitude and reflection with a small fellowship of presidents and partners seeking their own renewal. -
2024 NetVUE “Big Read” Launch at Loras College: Vocation and the Common Good
This gathering is designed with two purposes in mind. First, it will give faculty members and staff at NetVUE member institutions an opportunity to engage more deeply with the theme of vocation and the common good. Second, it will serve as the launch of this year’s NetVUE Big Read, during which many leaders on our campuses will read together the newest volume from the NetVUE Scholarly Resources Project, Called Beyond Our Selves: Vocation and the Common Good (Oxford, 2024). The event will take place at Loras College, the home campus of the new volume’s editor, Erin VanLaningham. -
2024 NetVUE Gathering at King University: Storytelling and Vocation
This gathering, in Bristol, Tennessee, will give particular attention to Appalachia in the context of broader questions. In these mountains, storytelling and vocation share a long history; hence, this location offers rich soil in which educators can cultivate new approaches to guiding their students as they discern their many callings in life. -
Senior Leadership Academy 2024–2025
CIC and the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI) are pleased to announce the 2023–2024 Senior Leadership Academy (SLA), a yearlong program for administrators in higher education who aspire to cabinet-level positions in independent colleges or universities. -
2024 Institute for Chief Academic Officers
This annually held meeting brings chief academic officers of independent colleges and universities together, and includes special programming for new CAOs and CAOs in their third and fourth year. -
2024 NetVUE Gathering at Texas Lutheran University: Equity-Based Initiatives to Support Vocational Discernment
This NetVUE regional gathering seeks to deepen the role of vocation and calling among culturally diverse student populations by engaging in courageous conversations, drawing on the wisdom of thought leaders who have a track record of success and innovation. Our opening speaker on Thursday evening will address the strategic partnership of education policy as it relates to private, independent colleges and universities. Panels of NetVUE college presidents will delve into specific challenges and opportunities for creating a sense of belonging, inclusivity, and just for Hispanic/Latinx students and for Black students. Other speakers will explore the latest research on student success and engagement impacting students of color, and breakout sessions will explore these themes and offer practical strategies for institutions to implement equity-based initiatives for vocation and calling across a diverse student community. -
2024 NetVUE Gathering at the AAR/SBL Annual Meeting
Each year, NetVUE hosts a series of events for faculty members and scholars in the fields of theology and religious studies. Just prior to the Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature, a pre-conference gathering focuses on the significance of vocation, meaning, and purpose in the life and work of scholars and educators who specialize in these academic fields—whether from a specifically faith-oriented theological perspective, or that of the social-scientific study of religion. Attention is given to the wide range of faith traditions and lifestances that are addressed in the religious studies classroom. Faculty members in departments of religion and theology at NetVUE member institutions are encouraged to arrive at the Annual Meeting on Thursday in order to participate in this gathering before the main conference begins. NetVUE also hosts a reception for all attendees of the Annual Meetings and offers one session during the conference itself on a vocation-related theme. -
Presidential Renewal Program
The Presidential Renewal Program is designed to support the personal renewal of experienced member presidents at CIC institutions who will continue to serve in the vital role of the college presidency. In addition to rich content, the seminars provide space for solitude and reflection with a small fellowship of presidents and partners seeking their own renewal.