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National Campus Religious Organizations
Recommendation from the Faith Task Force: Charge the Chaplains’ Office and Dean of Students/Student Activities to explore the processes for permitting and providing funding for Christian student organizations and interreligious student groups. This recommendation was placed in the Spiritual Growth and Development Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language: Charge the Chaplains’ Office and Dean […]
Training on College’s Lutheran Heritage
Recommendation from the Faith Task Force: Provide orientation and training to empower all faculty, staff, and students to publicly articulate a common understanding of the College’s Lutheran heritage tradition and create a campus-wide culture that lives out this understanding of being rooted and inclusive. Additional explanation: The suggested timeline for this recommendation is immediately upon […]
Interreligious Conversations and Experiences
Recommendation from the Faith Task Force: Establish an atmosphere that engages students and faculty in interreligious conversations and experiences. This recommendation was placed in the Spiritual Growth and Development Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language: Establish an atmosphere that engages students and faculty in interreligious conversations and experiences. This recommendation was placed is Tier […]
Intra-Christian Observances
Recommendation from the Faith Task Force: Endorse the ongoing work of the Chaplains’ Office to coordinate intra-Christian observances on campus and in Christ Chapel. This recommendation was placed in the Spiritual Growth and Development Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language: Endorse the ongoing work of the Chaplains’ Office to coordinate intra-Christian observances on campus […]
Communicate College’s Lutheran Heritage
Recommendation from the Faith Task Force: Implement an on-going communications strategy to publicize widely the College’s understanding of its Lutheran heritage. Additional explanation: Upon completion of the Lutheran heritage articulation collaborative, the communication should be on-going both within and beyond the campus community. Some ideas we wondered about for a communication strategy included: • Preparation […]
Chaplains’ Office Strategic Plan
Recommendation from the Faith Task Force: Charge the Chaplains’ Office to write a comprehensive strategic plan by the end of the 2009–10 academic year that directly addresses, among other areas, how to increase programs to nurture Christian faith among Christian students; that more clearly defines the purpose of daily chapel; that explores the best practices […]
Celebrating College’s Lutheran Heritage
Recommendation from the Faith Task Force: Develop plans to celebrate and capitalize on upcoming anniversaries to strengthen the College’s understanding of its Lutheran heritage. Additional explanation: Upcoming anniversaries: Augustana Synod 150th (2010), Christ Chapel 50th (2011), Gustavus Adolphus College 150th (2012), and Lutheran Reformation 500th (2017). This could be charged to a collaborative of the […]
Vocational Exploration for Students
Recommendation from the Faith Task Force: Incorporate more opportunities that intentionally engage students in vocational exploration within the overall Gustavus experience. Additional explanation: A means to accomplish this would be engaging at least one member in each interested discipline/department to be trained by Center for Vocational Reflection staff at incorporating vocational reflection within their coursework […]
Accessibility of Daily Chapel
Recommendation from the Faith Task Force: Explore ways to make Daily Chapel more easily accessible to on-campus community members, alumni, and congregations. Additional explanation: This may include podcasts, or a DVD series that could be shaped for a target audience with additional guided reflections. This recommendation was placed in the Spiritual Growth and Development Strategic […]
Mentoring Men in Faith Exploration and Leadership
Recommendation from the Faith Task Force: Charge the Men’s Leadership Team, Center for Vocational Reflection, and Chaplains’ Office to explore strategies to intentionally mentor Gustavus men in faith exploration and leadership. Additional explanation: This addresses the disproportionate involvement of men compared to women regarding campus initiatives on faith development. We offer the following as relevant […]