Conference Schedule

Thursday, October 28
1:00 p.m. Registration
1:30 p.m. Welcome and Keynote Address

The Change a Difference Makes: Enriching Vocation through Religious Diversity
Eboo Patel, Founder and President, Interfaith Youth Core

3:00 p.m. Table Conversations: Who are your students? How has your campus changed?
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Workshop I: Institutional Vocation

A Calling of the Moment: Teaching Against Islamophobia
Rachel Mikva and Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad

Self-Study: Exploring Institutional Vocation—Multifaith Campus Audit
Jeffrey Carlson, Noah Silverman and Lisa Zook

6:00 p.m. Dinner
Friday, October 29
9:00 a.m. Keynote Address

Cultivating Conversation Across Difference
Jeannine Hill Fletcher, Professor of Theology, Fordham University

10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Workshop 2: Cultivating Vocation through Interreligious Education

Case Studies as a Tool
Rachel Mikva and Gretchen Winter

Interreligious Understanding as a Tool for Deepening Discernment
Amy Omi, Jigna Shah, and Bruce Zimmerman

12:00 noon Networking Lunch
  1. Academic Advising
  2. Career Services
  3. Curriculum and Course Design
  4. Spiritual Life on Campus
  5. I just want to eat and talk
  6. I need to eat and check my email
1:15 p.m. Workshop 3: How Does My Work Change?

The Vocation of Teaching and Advising Amongst Difference
Chris Tirres and Sophia Duffy

Writing Your Story: The Change a Difference Makes
Jenan Mohajir and Kim Schultz

2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Closing Plenary

The Long View:  NetVUE Presidents Reflect on Religious Diversity, Vocation and Institutional Change in Higher Education
A conversation with Steven C. Bahls (Augustana College) and Rebecca J. Stoltzfus (Goshen College)

4:00 p.m. Adjourn