Jersey City, N.J. – May 26, 2015 – Saint Peter’s University today announced that the University has been awarded a NetVUE Program Development Grant Award in the amount of more than $45,000 to be used over a two-year period. NetVue, the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education, is a nationwide network of colleges and universities formed to enrich the intellectual and theological exploration of vocation among undergraduate students. This initiative is administered by The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) through support from the Lilly Endowment Inc. and members’ dues. The grant will be used to support a Life Portfolio Project at Saint Peter’s.
The Life Portfolio Project is an initiative which will engage students from their first year at the University through graduation. The portfolio will be used by students to record reflections throughout their college career regarding academic and co-curricular activities. The Life Portfolio Project is intended to help students engage more directly in their own personal development by using the principles of Ignatian discernment to identify a sense of calling in their life as they recognize and nurture their gifts and talents. They will store papers, projects and evidence of their academic and personal development. With the assistance of advisors, faculty and representatives from the departments of career services and campus ministry, students will use the data in the Life Portfolio to help them discern choices for internships, graduate schools and other career-related options.
“When we think of vocations we often think of a consecrated, religious life; however a vocation actually is a calling towards a path that best suits a person’s gifts and talents,” said Rev. Michael Braden, S.J. vice president for mission and ministry at Saint Peter’s University. “The Life Portfolio Project will encourage our students to assume responsibility for their own education and help them find their calling in the process. We are grateful to receive the NetVUE grant because it will enable us to implement the program beyond a small initial pilot project to a much larger group of incoming freshmen.”
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