Strategic Initiative 2.
Encourage and nurture spiritual maturity
and service to others
Objective: Improve the awareness and understanding of the Christian college as community
Action Steps:
- Create an annual faculty/staff retreat to promote spiritual and relational development. (Target dates: 1999-2000) · Increase the emphasis on the multiple traditions of the institution, its Christian heritage and purpose, and its commitment to students during new faculty/staff orientation. (Target dates: 1997-2000)
- Allocate a portion of the Fall faculty workshop to spiritual development and include both faculty and staff. (Target dates: 1997-2000)
- Continue to emphasize in the hiring process an indication of the candidate's ability and willingness to nurture students spiritually. (Target dates: 1996-2000)
Objective: Increase the deliberate and tangible efforts by the college to engage the student in thoughtful spiritual introspection.
Action Steps:
- Create a center to consolidate the planning and involvement of students in cross cultural experiences. (Target dates: 1997-2000)
- Investigate the possibility of modifying the current academic calendar to provide more flexibility and opportunities for cross cultural experiences. (Target dates: 1996-2000)
- Investigate the nature of load allocation as a function of both the academic and spiritual development of the student. (Target dates: 1996-2000)
- Create an all day campus symposium focused on the issue of integrating faith, learning, and living in Christian higher education. (Target dates: 1996-1998)
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