{"id":3384,"date":"2024-04-25T13:40:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T18:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/lutherancenter\/?page_id=3384"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:30:30","slug":"life-on-purpose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/lutherancenter\/life-on-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Life on Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2023, St. Olaf College was awarded a grant from the Network of Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) under its Vocation Across the Curriculum initiative.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At St. Olaf the project, entitled\u00a0Life<\/span>\u00a0On<\/span>\u00a0Purpose<\/span>, was managed by the Lutheran Center for Faith, Values, and Community.<\/strong><\/p>\n

From 2023 through 2026, the <\/span>Life on Purpose <\/span><\/i>project engaged faculty and staff to equip students for vocational reflection and exploration in the classroom, in the workplace, in the co-curriculum, and in extra-curricular activities. Through communities of practice and pilot projects, over 9000 faculty, staff, and students<\/span>\u00a0engaged with what it means to live life on purpose for the common good.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you looking to learn more about the communities of practice and pilot projects that <\/span>Life on Purpose<\/span><\/i> has funded? Read more about them here<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you looking for resources to help engage students around questions of vocational exploration? Check our our Resource page here or reach out to Peter Carlson Schattauer, Interim Director of the Lutheran Center (<\/span>schatt2@stolaf.edu<\/span><\/a>). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t

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  1. Advancing the implementation of the holistic, developmental, individualized pathway program <\/b>that the For Every Ole initiative has been charged with designing.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Developing and sharing more resources for vocational reflection and discernment<\/b> for use across a variety of curricular and co-curricular experiences. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Enhancing the capacity of participating faculty and staff <\/b>to provide (1) holistic, developmental, collaborative advising and mentoring, and (2) opportunities for vocational reflection and discernment.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Enhancing participating students\u2019 capacity for vocational reflection. <\/b>Piloting opportunities that will help students gain knowledge and skills that support vocational reflection; in course-based program pilots, the goal is that a majority of participating students will demonstrate meaningful vocational reflection in written work.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Increasing students\u2019 sense of belonging<\/b>. Provide vocational opportunities and\/or resources that increase student experiences of feeling valued by and connected to St. Olaf.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Increasing student retention<\/b>. Provide vocational opportunities and\/or resources that can be linked to wider efforts throughout the college to increase retention.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n
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    Life on Purpose projects have created a number of resources.<\/p>\n

    The Literacies Framework<\/a> by IT.<\/p>\n

    Solidarity and the Common Good<\/a><\/p>\n

    Vocation in the First Year Seminar<\/a><\/p>\n

    Design Your Life as a Psychology Major<\/a><\/p>\n

    Design Thinking for Web Portfolios<\/a><\/p>\n

    Math and Vocation<\/a><\/p>\n

    Other course specific resources have been created. Please reach out to us if you have questions about what has been created.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10038,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3384","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/lutherancenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/lutherancenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/lutherancenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/lutherancenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10038"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/lutherancenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3384"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/lutherancenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4855,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/lutherancenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3384\/revisions\/4855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/lutherancenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}