The third round of seminars on Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission will start in the summer of 2007 with a new cohort of prospective presidents and their spouses. Nineteen participants have been selected for a program that returns to the Glendorn conference center in Pennsylvania in July and will continue through the 2007–2008 academic year. Eighteen spouses will also participate.

The participants, who were selected from a very accomplished group of nominees, comprise a diverse field with responsibilities in academic affairs, student life, advancement, enrollment management, legal affairs, institutional mission, and business affairs. Their participation in this Lilly Endowment-funded program will be facilitated by William Frame, CIC senior advisor and president emeritus of Augsburg College (MN), and Anne Frame; Joel Cunningham, vice chancellor (president) and professor of mathematics, and Trudy Cunningham, lecturer in mathematics and senior consultant for admission and advising, both at University of the South (TN); Mary Ann Dillon, president of Mount Aloysius College (PA); and Jake Schrum, president of Southwestern University (TX).

Recruitment is now underway for a new cohort of college and university presidents who will participate in the 2008–2009 seminar. That program begins with a three-day gathering at Glendorn on July 13–16, 2008. Presidents who are interested in participating, or who would like to learn more about the program, are encouraged to contact Bill Frame now at wframe@cic.nche.edu. Former participants who are available to describe their experiences in the program include Joel and Trudy Cunningham and Mary Ann Dillon, listed above among the facilitators; Dan and Terri Carey of Edgewood College (WI); Walter and Angel Broadnax of Clark-Atlanta University (GA); Saundra Tracy of Alma College (MI); Merrill and Priscilla Ewert of Fresno Pacific University (CA); Tracy Fitzsimmons of Shenandoah University (VA) and her husband, Charles Call; Delbert and Susan Baker of Oakwood College (AL); Dennis and Monica Golden of Fontbonne University (MO); and Thomas and Mila Meier of Elmira College (NY).