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October 2005 |
Grant supports faith-centered career programs
University receives $500,000 from Lilly Endowment
INDIANAPOLIS - A $500,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will help the University of Indianapolis extend and sustain programs that encourage students to explore career paths based in faith and service.
The university's Phase III Vocation Project will continue efforts in the theological exploration of vocations that have taken place during the past seven years in two phases, both of which also involved major support from Lilly Endowment.
In Phase I, from 1998 to 2001, the university founded the Lantz Center for Christian Vocations and implemented a Christian Vocations curriculum. Phase II, known as The Crossings Project, established a youth ministry curriculum, a parish nursing initiative and other programs that reflect the university's mission of "Education for Service."
The programs have been directed by Michael G. Cartwright, dean of Ecumenical and Interfaith Programs, and executive director of The Crossings Project. Cartwright said the next phase will create more opportunities for students to examine potential vocations in a learning environment with mentoring from faculty, staff and upper-class students.
"This grant will allow us to complete the process of giving traditional-age undergraduates access to these opportunities for exploration," he said. "We feel privileged to be able to continue the work that we began on this campus in 1998."
The Phase III goals include extending programs to a broader segment of undergraduates, providing professional development opportunities for faculty and staff, continuing relationships with curricular and co-curricular programs that promote community service, and sustaining programs with community partners that allow university students to engage in service or train for future service.
The new grant was among $17.8 million announced this month in Lilly Endowment's Programs for the Theological Exploration of Vocation initiative. The initiative provides funding to church-related liberal arts colleges and universities across the country for programs that encourage students to draw on the wisdom of their religious traditions as they make career decisions. Institutions that received funding in the first two rounds were invited to request renewal up to $500,000 to cover up to 50 percent of overall program cost for the next three years.
The University's Phase III project, which will run through June 2009, expects to receive $700,000 in university funding and $15,000 in in-kind contributions from the Indiana Area of The United Methodist Church.
Last updated on 25 Apr 2008