Previous Workshops for Senior Administrators

2022 - Fostering Belonging: Renewing the Conversation about Race and Mission

 

Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee
October 27-28, 2022

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Speakers:

Dr. Willie James Jennings, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies, Yale Divinity School

Dr. William Turner, Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Public Service, Counselor to the President, Lipscomb University

Dr. Herbert Medina, Provost, University Of Portland

Dr. Susan VanZanten, Senior Research Professor in the Humanities, Christ College, The Honors College of Valparaiso University


 

 

2021 - Mapping Institutional Mission: Where Does Mission Live on Your Campus and Why Does It Matter?

Boston College Boston, Massachusetts
October 7-8, 2021 

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Speakers:

Dr. Patricia O’Connell Killen, Provost Emerita, Gonzaga University

Dr. Caroline Simon, Provost Emerita, Whitworth University


2019 - Our Students: Their Spiritual and Religious Lives

Baylor University
October 17-18, 2019

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Speakers

Dr. Denise Doyle, Provost Emerita, University of the Incarnate Word

Dr. Kathleen M. Light, Provost, University of the Incarnate Word

Rev. Brian Johnson, Assistant Vice President for Mission and Ministry, Valparaiso University,

Dr. John Schmalzbauer, Blanche Gorman Strong Chair in Protestant Studies, Missouri State University


2018 - Hiring Faculty for Mission

Hope College
October 11-12, 2018

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Speakers

Dr. Margaret Freije, President and Dean of the College, College of the Holy Cross

Dr. Mark Sargent, Provost, Westmont College


2017 - Mentoring Faculty for Mission

Loyola Marymount University
October 26-27, 2017

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Speakers

Dr. Paul Benson, Provost, University of Dayton

Dr. Susan VanZanten, Professor of English, Seattle Pacific University


2016 - Uniting Liberal and Professional Learning through Christian Mission
Augsburg College
October 13-14, 2016

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Speakers

Dr. Marilyn McEntyre, Professor of Medical Humanities, UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program

Dr. Stephany Schlachter, Provost, Lewis University


2015 - Mentoring for Leadership in Mission
Belmont University
October 8-9, 2015

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Speakers

J. Bradley Creed, President of Campbell University

Denise Doyle, Provost Emerita of the University of the Incarnate Word


2014 - From Mission to Meaningful Lives: Student Success in  Church-Related Higher Education
Xavier University of Louisiana
September 25 - 26, 2014

Speakers: Bobby Fong*, President of Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania

Patricia O'Connell Killen, Academic Vice President of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.

More information on  this conference, including speakers' presentation, is available here.

*President Fong passed away several weeks before the workshop, and his paper was presented by Mark Schwehn, former Provost of Valparaiso University and the LFP's Project Director.


2013 -  Mission and the Economic Challenges Facing Higher Education
The University of Scranton
October 17 and 18, 2013

Speakers: Christine M. Wiseman, president of Saint Xavier University, and R. Richard Ray, provost of Hope College.  More  information on this conference, including the speakers' presentations, is available here.


2012 - Christian Higher Education:The Legal and Regulatory Landscape.
The University of Indianapolis
October 18 and 19, 2012

On October 18 and 19, 2012, the Workshop for Senior Administrators convened at the University of Indianapolis with the topic: Christian Higher Education:The Legal and Regulatory Landscape.  This workshop  addressed the challenges posed by contemporary legal and regulatory dynamics to the mission and identity of church-related institutions of higher learning and suggest positive ways to address them.

David W. Burcham, President of Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California and John E. Hart,

General Counsel of Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio were the two speakers for this workshop which was lead by Mel Piehl, Dean of Christ College, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana.

Speakers: David W. Burcham, President of Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California and John E. Hart, General Counsel of Cedarville University,  Cedarville, Ohio.  More information on this conference, including photographs and video recordings of the presentations, is available here.


2011 - Leadership, Mission, and Meaning: Engaging the Curriculum
Samford University

The speakers for this year’s Administrators Workshop were MaryStrey, Vice President for Academic  Affairs, Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of Chemistry and Biology at Central College in Pella, Iowa and Paul E. Benson, Dean  of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.  Click here for Mary Strey's talk and here for Paul E. Benson's session.  To learn more about the speakers, click here.  Administrator Workshop attendees attended the Vespers service, “This Far by Faith,” at the Andrew Gerow Hodges Chapel of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University, Thursday evening, October 20, led  by Dr. Penny Marler, liturgist and Professor of Religion, with preaching by Timothy George,Dean and Professor of Divinity, History, and Doctrine, at Beeson Divinity School.  The service was directed by Eric L. Mathis, Instructor of  Church Music and Worship Leadership with Kristin Kenning, Assistant Professor of Music, as cantor.  A video recording of Timothy George's sermon is available here.


2010 - The Arts as Institutional Signature
Valparaiso University

The entire Administrators Workshop was filmed and individual presentations are now available.  To view the recordings of the Administrator Workshop, click here.  To obtain a DVD copy of the complete 2010 Workshop for Senior Administrators, please contact the Lilly Fellows Program.


2009 - Assessing Mission Effectiveness
Calvin College

2008 - Diversity and Mission
Seattle Pacific University

2007 - Mentoring for Mission
Mercer University

2006 - Hiring for Mission
Xavier University, Cincinati, OH

2005 - Marketing for Mission

2004 - Hiring for Mission: The Role of Department Chairs
St. Olaf College

2003 - Developing Leadership for Mission
Pepperdine University

2002 - Developing Boards for Mission
Valparaiso University

2001 - Developing Faculty for Mission
Rivier College

2000 - Hiring for Mission
Loyola Marymount University

Noteworthy News

September LFP Update

The Current LFP Update for September 2023 is now available. Click here.


Registration is now open for the 2023 National Conference

Registration is now closed for the 2023 National Conference, "Contemplating Integral Ecology for the Common Good," on October 20-22 at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI. Click here for more information about the conference, including the schedule. 


Registration is now open for the 2023 Administrators Workshop

Registration is now closed for the 2023 Workshop for Senior Administrators on the topic, "Fostering Hope in a Polarized Age," October 19-20, at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI. Click here for more information about the workshop, including the schedule.


Announcing the winner of the 2022 Arlin G. Meyer Prize

We are pleased to announce Gordon Johnston, Professor of Creative Writing at Mercer University, as the winner of the 2022 Arlin G. Meyer Prize in Imaginative Writing for his book of poetry, Scaring the Bears. For more information and to see the finalist for this prize, click here.


Lilly Network of Church- Related Colleges and Universities

If you are interested in learning more about membership in the Lilly Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities, please contact us here.


New edition of Leading Lives that Matter released

In their second edition of Leading Lives That Matter, editors Mark Schwehn and Dorothy Bass compile a wide range of texts—from ancient and contemporary literature, social commentary, and philosophy—related to questions of vital interest for those who are trying to decide what to do with their lives and what kind of human beings they hope to become. Leading Lives that Matter has been an important text in many of our fellowship and grant programs, and it contains excellent resources. Click here for more information and an excerpt.