- CVR Home
- Introduction: A brief overview of the CVR's mission
- Frequently Asked Questions:
- Program Info: Detailed information about the CVR's programs and services
- Summer Servant Leadership Program: Information about SSLP and Applications to apply for next year's program
- Student Resources: Find out what the CVR has to offer students
- Faculty & Staff Resources: Find out what the CVR has to offer faculty and staff
- Links: Other useful sites related to vocation and reflection
- Meet and Contact Us: How to reach our staff
- Faith and Learning: Information on our church-relatedness
- Stories: Stories from students, faculty, staff, and alumni about how the CVR has impacted their lives
Student Resources
- Summer Servant-Leadership Program (summer stipend and year-long reflection opportunities). Click on link for more information and application.
- Changing the World J-term class. Click here for more information about this J-term class being offered in January 2008.
- Nancy Pautz Career Exploration Award The Nancy Pautz Memorial Career Exploration Award is open to students of all majors exploring vocation through a month long, off-campus, full-time, experience during January term. The primary goal of this program is to help students participating in an Interim Career Exploration engage in substantive reflection on issues of vocation, lives of service and how a career reflects the larger sense of self, purpose, and contribution to society.
This program awards a small number of students up to $300 to cover expenses incurred while participating in an January Interim Career Exploration. Students demonstrating financial need, commitment to genuine exploration, and the ability to participate in required program components are given priority consideration. Application here.
- Annual Chill-Out and Wellness Fair in November
- “Calling of the Professions” events (guest speakers, pre-professional seminars and retreats, and dinner discussions; ongoing)
- "I Can't Believe it's Going so Fast" dinner discussion for First-Years, Sophmores and Juniors and "I Can't Believe it Went so Fast" dinner discussion for graduating seniors (spring)
- Working for Change Conference - March 2007
- Big Questions” retreat for 1st-year students (J-Term and Spring)
- “Raise Your Voice!” – National Student Civic Engagement Week(spring)
- “Re-Entry Reflections” (workshops, dinner discussions, and retreats for students returning from study-abroad and internships; ongoing)
- Co-Sponsorships of…
- Multicultural and Interfaith events, guest speakers, and performances
- “Summit Challenge”
- student trips to national research conferences
- annual Our Story, Building Bridges, and Environmental Justice conferences
- Church Vocations program (guest speakers, dinner discussions, seminary and grad school visits, and more) If you are interested in receiving more information about these programs and events, please e-mail Amy Pehrson at apehrson@gustavus.edu to be added to the e-mail list.
- J-Term Courses (“Changing the World: Justice, Action, and the Meaning of Life” and co-sponsor of other courses across campus)
- CVR Resource Center, one-on-one discernment conversations, and more
Did You Know?
The first "chiefly musical" program at the College was held on December 18, 1879, in chapel at the end of the fall term, as students were leaving for Christmas. Attended by over 200 friends of the College, the "cornet band" led music.
