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INTRODUCTION
PROGRAM PURPOSE AND GOALS
INSTITUTIONAL APPROPRIATENESS
PROGRAM DESIGN
OUTCOMES, EVALUATION AND LEADERSHIP
RESOURCES, SUPPORT AND CONTINUATION

IV. Outcomes of the Program

The IMPACTS program has been designed to create systemic change at Seton Hall University. Its purpose is to transform the University into a religious affiliated institution of higher education with a focus on faith and core religious values, emphasizing the value and dignity of human life. Our faith, and this emphasis, requires that we address social justice issues. We are indeed 'called to lead and called to serve.'

Our 'call to lead and call to serve' can only be accomplished if the University realizes its institutional vocation 'to develop servant leaders in a global society.' To achieve our institutional vocation, our University constituencies (students, faculty, alumni, staff, administrators and regents) must identify, internalize and act upon their collective and individual vocations. The IMPACTS seminars and SETON CALLS initiatives have been designed to aid our University community in realizing both our individual and University vocations.

All constituencies at Seton Hall University must undergo a transformation to achieve the desired outcome. This includes our:

Faculty

  • Revised hiring, promotion and tenure criteria related to service
  • Increase in numbers who regularly engage in ministry work and/or volunteer activities

Teaching

  • Changes to undergraduate core curriculum
  • Specialized undergraduate and graduate curriculum
  • Increased service-learning opportunities

Research
Increased faculty and student research that focuses on:

  • vocations
  • servant leadership
  • issues of poverty and social justice
  • understanding and improving the human condition

Service

  • Focus of service activities on the University's urban, neighboring communities, in a systemic manner, designed to address the serious social problems and human needs identified by members of these communities
  • Coordination of the work of the University's programs and activities that provide service
  • Increase in University funding for such activities
  • Increase in external support for such activities

Governance and Administration

  • Establishment of The Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership
  • Design and implementation of changes to University organizational structure, as needed, to accomplish the objectives of the IMPACTS and SETON CALLS initiatives.

Staff, Administrators and Regents

  • Selection criteria that include indicators of a personal vocation to servant leadership

Students and Alumni
Increase in number of:

  • Admitted students with a demonstrated commitment to ministry work and volunteer activities
  • Traditional ecclesial vocations, both ordained and non-ordained
  • Students and alumni pursuing degrees/continuing education opportunities to prepare them for service professions
  • Alumni employed in service-related professions
  • Students and alumni who regularly engage in ministry work and volunteer activities

Community Neighbors

  • Increased relationships with surrounding community
  • Expand types of individuals/organizations with whom the University works to address community needs
  • Focus on collaboration with the community's faith-based organizations
  • Work with Archdiocesan and civil community leaders and community residents to aid them in identifying and prioritizing their needs

V. Evaluation Strategy

Evaluation of the IMPACTS Seminars, the SETON CALLS initiatives, and the other work of The Center for Vocation and Servant leadership will be done through the following:

  • Comprehensive program evaluation with a focus on measuring outcomes - changes in attitude, knowledge and, most important, changes in activities and behaviors
  • Measures impact of the initiative on the University and its key constituents
  • Evaluation conducted by an outside expert, a researcher with expertise in program evaluation/outcomes evaluation
  • Begins at the start of the grant with the collection of baseline data - a snapshot - and asks, What does the University look like today?
  • Refinement of outcome criteria, finalization of the design of evaluation methodology, timeline and identification of individuals responsible for data collection and data analysis, development and test of evaluation tools, development of reporting and dissemination procedures
  • Includes both formative and summative evaluation

Methodology may include but is not limited to:

  • Focus groups, Surveys, Interviews, Observation
  • Development of statistical reports
  • Reporting at key points over the grant period, providing ample opportunities for mid-course corrections, and completed at the end of the grant period

Dissemination of evaluation results:

  • Internal to the University
  • External constituents
  • Lilly Endowment
  • Other academic institutions

Dissemination methods:

  • Papers and Journal articles
  • Town meetings
  • Community meetings
  • Seminars/workshops/conferences

VI. Leadership

Reverend Paul A. Holmes, S.T.D.
As Vice President for Mission and Ministry at the University reporting directly to the President, Father Holmes is also a moral and sacramental theologian who, over the course of his teaching and pastoral ministry, has had extensive experience in vocation counseling and spiritual direction. Campus Ministry reports to him, as will the new Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership. The Office of Mission and Ministry is a valuable link to every constituency on campus. Father Holmes has published widely on issues relating to spirituality, worship and the priesthood. Father Holmes will serve as a member of the Executive Committee of IMPACTS at Seton Hall University. See appendix for curriculum vitae.

Monsignor Richard M. Liddy, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Catholic Studies, Monsignor Liddy is also University Professor of Catholic Thought and Culture, former rector of the archdiocesan seminary, and a recognized Lonergan scholar. Monsignor Liddy has spearheaded the University's reflection on the vocation of professor as well as the vocation of a Catholic university, and he has led University-wide discussions on John Paul II's document on Catholic universities, Ex corde Ecclesiae. He has served as the Project Director of the Lilly planning process, and he will continue as a leader in the IMPACTS program as a member of the Executive Committee. See appendix for curriculum vitae.

Deacon William J. Toth, Ph.D.
Dr. Toth is the Director of the University's Institute on Work, a full-time member of the faculty of the Immaculate Conception Seminary - School of Theology, and is the director of lay leadership for the Archdiocese of Newark. In all three capacities, Dr. Toth brings extensive experience in vocation discernment and career mentoring, as well as a theological understanding of the issues related to vocation. He authored the four 'IMPACTS' processes which we will be inviting the community to experience. Dr. Toth has been the administrative assistant for the Lilly planning process, and he will be a member of the Executive Committee. See appendix for curriculum vitae.

Director of the Center for Vocation and Servant Leadership - To Be Hired
The Director of the Center will be responsible for the operation of the Center, staff and consultant supervision, program management, planning, fiscal management, committee oversight and other key administrative functions. Candidates for this position need a minimum of a master's degree, preferably a doctorate, and extensive management experience. The individual must have a commitment to servant leadership as evidenced by work experience, ministry and/or volunteer activities.

Advisory Board: Consisting of most of those who were intensely involved in the planning process, will continue to advise the Executive Committee on the project's progress. These leaders, from across the campus, remain excited about the transformative possibilities:

Paula B. Alexander, Ph.D., J.D.
Faculty, Business School

Mr. Joseph J. Astarita
Seminarian

Joan Besing, Ph.D.
Faculty, School of Graduate Medical Education

Robert Bird, J.D.
Faculty, Business School

Father Ian Boyd, C.S.B.
Director, Chesterton Institute

Margaret Briggs, Ph.D.
Faculty, School of Graduate Medical Education

Joseph Burt
Director, Alumni Affairs

Jacquline Chaffin
Director, The Career Center

Therese Chidiac
Training and Development, Human Resources

MaryAnn Clark, Ed.D.
Associate Provost

Robin L. Cunningham
Director, Academic Support for Student Athletes

Nancy Enright, Ph.D.
Freshman English Director

Ramona Flores
Archdiocese of Newark

David Foster, Ph.D.
Faculty, Immaculate Conception Seminary

Marian Glenn, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, School of Diplomacy

Tracy Gottlieb, Ph.D.
Dean, Freshman Studies

Father Kevin Hanbury
Associate Dean, College of Education

Anthony Haynor, Ph.D.
Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences

Monsignor Owen Hendry
Continuing Formation of Priests, Archdiocese of Newark

Joseph Marbach, Ph.D.
Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences

Father Gerard McCarren
Faculty, School of Theology

John J. McLoughlin
Director, Corporations and Foundations

Father Douglas Milewski
Faculty, School of Theology

Roseanne Mirabella Ph.D.
Chair, Faculty Senate

Athar Murtuza, Ph.D.
Faculty, School of Business

Father Tom Nydegger
Vice Rector, Immaculate Conception Seminary

Barrie Peterson
Co-Director, Institute on Work

Father John Ranieri
Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences

Father Joseph Reilly
Rector, St. Andrew's Seminary

Mary Ruzicka, Ph.D.
Faculty, College of Education and Human Services

Tom Sowa, Ph.D.
Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences

Father James Spera
Director, Campus Ministry

Sister Regina Suplick
Office of Shared Responsibility, Archdiocese of Newark

Dianne Traflet, J.D., S.T.D.
Director, Lay Leadership, School of Theology

Gisela Webb, Ph.D.
Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences

Dawn Williams, Ed.D.
Dean, Community Development