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MOBILIZING A CAMPUS FOR STUDENT TRANSFORMATION

Presenter: Josh Beers, President | OneLife
Overview: Almost every ABHE institution includes student transformation as part of its mission fulfillment. And it’s a challenge that includes engagement by every member of the campus team. On a good day, what does this look like? More importantly how do campus leaders who are responsible for student transformation mobilize the entire campus to work together for every student’s development? Learn insights from a veteran campus leader.

• Defining the objectives of student transformation — clear focus
• Motivating faculty and staff for engagement — a comprehensive strategy
• Identifying and addressing transformation blockers — a reality check
• Seizing transformation opportunitie — divine moments for life change

UNDERSTANDING & ADDRESSING STUDENT NEEDS — EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND RELATIONAL

Presenter: Daniel Ryan Day, Senior Director | Reclaim Today/Our Daily Bread Ministries
Overview: Student transformation starts with meeting students where they are . . . and that’s a serious challenge. Incoming classes, and the students they include, change in their makeup, questions and struggles, spiritual maturity and readiness for going deeper with God. What can we learn from research about the current generation of students and how should this inform our strategy for empowering each student’s spiritual journey? How can we take that a step further by exploring the specific needs of our students? Hear from a thoughtful leader fully engaged in this generation’s transformation.

• Hearing insights from research on this generation
• Understanding the impact of students’ needs — emotionally, spiritually and relationally
• Crafting transformation strategies that connect with students and lead them forward.
• Cultivating a campus culture for student transformation — daily walking with God
• Exploring ways to discover the specific needs of your students

STUDENT TRANSFORMATION FOR WORKPLACE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

Presenter: Kirk Sabine, VP for Campus Life | Kingswood University
Overview: Thousands of ABHE students attend our institutions to prepare for life on mission with Christ. For many, this will include following Christ in vocations other than those designated as clergy. The expression is often called marketplace ministry. Regardless of the program of study, every graduate is expected to demonstrate character traits that enhance their impact in the marketplace and bear a gracious witness to the transforming grace of God. Consider what this can mean for student transformation — for all students. Think more deeply with a veteran student development leader.

• Looking at character transformation through the lens of the workplace
• Moving workplace preparation into the students’ experience
• Cultivating a campus for workplace character transformation
• Making disciples that shine in the workplace — clear objectives

SPIRITUAL AWAKENING — FEEDING THE SPIRITUAL HUNGER OF STUDENTS

Presenter: Gary Stratton, Dean of Arts & Sciences | Johnson University; ABHE Sr. Fellow
Overview: Recent awakenings at Asbury University and other schools remind us that many of our institutions can recount similar seasons in our history when God’s manifest presence made a landmark imprint upon the lives of students and staff. Whether through such campus awakenings or personal centering prayer, today’s students seem particularly hungry for God’s presence. How can we cultivate this hunger within our learning communities and connect it to our everyday ministry of making disciples? Hear a fresh report on the ripple effect from Asbury and beyond from a passionate advocate for spiritual awakening.

• Learning from awakenings — recent and historical
• Relating student spiritual formation to awakening
• Cultivating, but not forcing, student spiritual hunger
• Sustaining student fruitfulness through focused discipleship

OVERSIGHT OF CAMPUS SAFETY IN LIGHT OF NEW TITLE IX REGULATIONS

Presenter: Rick Swift, VP & Dean of Students | Cairn University
Overview: Campus leaders promise students and their parents that their time on campus will be safe. This is not a wishful thought, but a serious responsibility. And institutions of biblical higher education are not immune to campus safety risks. This responsibility has only sharpened with the compliance regulations of Title IX and beyond. Student transformation assumes there is a safe campus for students to grow in their walk with God. Walk through the principles and protocols of campus safety including expectations of federal regulations.

• Overseeing campus safety — roles and responsibilities including Clery Act requirements
• Maintaining regulation compliance — policies and procedures
• Responding to safety risks and breaches — mitigation and discipline
• Reviewing campus policies in light of current realities
• Responding to lawnmower parents and extreme security concerns

  ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

Overview: Discuss the most pressings student development issues you are facing with both the panel of presenters and attendee affinity groups. Create a draft of your Personal Action Plan based on the most significant and urgent issues you should address following the conference.

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