Informing for Service and Leadership
1.A FACULTY SEMINARS: ‘THE CALLING OF THE
PROFESSIONS’
Sponsor:
Center for Catholic Studies
Partner: The Center for Vocation and Servant
Leadership
Description: This initiative will include a four-day
seminar for faculty members. Beginning with a faculty seminar in
June of 2003 on ‘The Call of Literature,’ The Center for
Vocation and Servant Leadership together with the Center for
Catholic Studies will sponsor faculty seminars on the
relationship of the disciplines and professions to the notion of
vocation and calling. The seminars will be planned with the help
of faculty members from the particular disciplines and
professions. Participating faculty will write a short essay or
article on a topic relating to the seminar. These essays will be
collected and made available for wider dissemination.
Sponsor: The Center for Vocation and Servant
Leadership
Partners:
Center for Catholic Studies, University Faculty Senate,
Committee of Faculty and Deans
Description: This initiative will transform existing
courses or develop new ones, infusing into them the theological
perspective of vocation. While the primary focus is on the
undergraduate student population, graduate courses will be
included in this process. Faculty, along with an administrator
from Student Affairs, will respond to a call for proposals
developed by a joint review board comprised of representatives
from the Faculty Senate and the Lilly Steering Committee. This
board will draft the request for proposals (RFP) in consultation
with representatives from the various colleges’ Educational
Policy Committees. As the request for proposals is developed,
town meetings will vet the ideas and inform the University
community. This process will result in a request for proposals
that is developed through a consensus process.
A web resource will also be created for faculty and
students who are interested in both course development and
research. Faculty and students alike could post reference
material that will also be available to the public. The website
that will be used for this purpose is already a domain licensed
to the University: www.thepastoraltreasury.org.
1.C SCHOLARSHIPS FOR VOCATION EXPLORATION
Sponsor: The Center for Vocation and Servant
Leadership
Partners:
Center for Catholic Studies, Committee of Faculty and
Enrollment Services officers
Description: Scholarships will be offered for
students, both undergraduate and graduate, to reflect upon
vocation in the light of their faith commitments, and to
continue their spirit of volunteerism without the pressure of
working to pay for a private education. Criteria will include a
commitment to the exploration of vocation as evidenced by a
prior history of volunteerism. In addition, five of the ten
scholarships will be awarded to students who are prepared to
serve as music ministers, cantors or choir members at campus
worship, as well as serve as a resource for churches in the
surrounding neighborhoods. Applicants will be asked to write an
essay explaining what servant leadership means to them as a
vocation. While these awards are for one year, applicants may
annually apply for consideration. These scholarships will be
awarded each year at our Charter Day ceremony.
1.D VOCATION: A SETON PERSPECTIVE
Sponsor: The Center for Vocation and Servant
Leadership
Partners: Seton Hall University Community of Faculty,
Administrators, Students, Staff and Regents
Description: This initiative will provide support for
any member of the University community who wishes to develop
scholarly research aimed at promoting ministry and/or work as a
spiritual vocation. The University will publish the proceedings
of its work on the theological exploration of vocation by 2007.
The University will also provide a fund for ‘second
wave’ ideas and proposals that will inevitably emerge from the
fruits of this grant. Interested individuals will submit
proposals to the Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership. A
part-time grant writer will be available through the Center as a
consultant to secure external, matching funds.