Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE)
For additional NetVUE videos (covering events, professional development opportunities, and more), visit our YouTube channel here.
For a summary of NetVUE’s purpose and its programs and services, view this brief overview from David Cunningham, executive director of NetVUE; for a written account, view this two-page summary, updated annually, which may be downloaded, printed, and/or forwarded as needed.
CIC is grateful to Lilly Endowment Inc. for its longstanding support of NetVUE.
Connections: The NetVUE Newsletter
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NetVUE Conferences and Gatherings
NetVUE hosts a large biennial national conference, which brings teams of campus leaders into conversation with expert resource persons from across the country. In addition, NetVUE hosts smaller, in-person regional and topical gatherings, which allow for smaller numbers of participants to focus on a specific theme. These events are held in various parts of the country, so that most member institutions will find one or two of these gatherings within a few hours’ drive.
Upcoming Gatherings and Events
Upcoming Webinars
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NetVUE Big Read Webinar (2026-27), Part 1: A Conversation with the Author
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NetVUE Webinar: Using Topical Resource Guides, Consultations, and the Online Library
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NetVUE Webinar: “Peace in the World is Everybody’s Business”: Our Callings in a Time of War
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NetVUE Big Read Webinar (2026-27), Part 2: Questions Across the Disciplines
NetVUE currently offers five different grant programs, in amounts ranging from $20,000 to over $150,000, that are designed to support programming for students and professional development for faculty members and staff. Grants range in length from one to three years. They are intended to strengthen the capacity of NetVUE member institutions to support and enrich vocational exploration and discernment among undergraduate students. These initiatives are administered by CIC with generous support from Lilly Endowment Inc.
Grant Programs Currently Accepting Proposals
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NetVUE Grants to Individuals for Vocational Exploration
NetVUE Grants to Individuals for Vocational Exploration aim to support projects that will generate artifacts or products that will develop and expand the existing field of scholarship, conversation, and pedagogy on vocation in undergraduate education. Applications for the current round are due October 2, 2026.Read More -
NetVUE Program Development Grants
Program Development Grants are intended to deepen, expand, refresh, or otherwise strengthen vocational exploration programs that are already underway and supported by NetVUE member colleges and universities. Applications for the current round are due November 20, 2026.Read More
NetVUE provides a wide range of resources in a variety of formats, including:
- A series of books published by Oxford University Press
- Studies in Vocation and Calling, an open-access journal that advances scholarly study and professional practice related to the concepts of vocation and calling in contemporary culture
- Conversation Cards, developed for use in facilitating campus conversations about vocation and calling
- The Vocation Matters blog
- The Callings podcast, now in its fifth season
- An online community network with recorded presentations, resources, and a discussion board for peer-to-peer exchange of program ideas and best practices
NetVUE promotes the sharing of knowledge, expertise, and best practices through a number of professional development opportunities, including free consulting services (for specific programs or for the whole campus), subsidized visits of campus teams to another NetVUE institution, support for reading groups (both a “Big Read” for the entire network and a “Collaborative Read” for smaller-scale groups). NetVUE also supports multiple seminars for staff and faculty members, hosting these events at the national level and underwriting their development on member campuses.
Opportunities Currently Accepting Nominations/Applications
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2027 NetVUE Summer Seminar: Teaching Vocational Exploration
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2027 NetVUE Summer Seminar: Vocation Across Campus
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2027 NetVUE Summer Seminar: Enhancing Vocational Exploration
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2027 NetVUE Summer Seminar: Institutional Leadership for Vocation
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2027 NetVUE Summer Seminar: Religion/Theology/Vocation
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2027 NetVUE Summer Seminar: Life and Health Sciences/Vocation
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Writing Vocation: A Colloquy for Future Contributors
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Featured Opportunities
The Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) currently has 343 institutional members and 14 organizational members. Institutional membership is open to any independent college or university that would be eligible for membership in the Council of Independent Colleges. Organizational Membership is open to any organization that includes NetVUE institutional members among its own members or constituencies.
NetVUE membership operates on a calendar-year basis, with dues payable by December 1 for the following calendar year. Dues for institutional members are based on the college or university’s undergraduate full-time equivalent enrollment. Institutions may join at any time. Those that join in October or later receive membership benefits for the remainder of that year as well as the following calendar year.
Contact Information
For further information and for all questions, contact the NetVUE National Office, which is located on the campus of Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Call (616) 632-1060 or email Ashley Woodbeck, NetVUE office manager, at awoodbeck@cic.edu. The mailing address is NetVUE, Aquinas College, 1700 Fulton St. E., Grand Rapids, MI 49506.
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