Bard College Receives $55,926 NetVUE Grant from the Council of Independent Colleges to Establish Bard AMP Hub to Amplify Vocational Exploration and Meaning-Making Initiatives

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—Bard College has received a $55,926 grant from the Council of Independent Colleges and supported by the Lilly Endowment Inc., through their Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) program, to establish the Bard AMP Hub, which aims to foster a vital and sustainable network of campus partners, capable of and dedicated to engaging students in conversations on amplifying meaning-making and purpose in their lives. The Bard AMP Hub will serve as a means of connecting various programs and initiatives through which students currently engage in vocational exploration on campus—from initiatives within the Language and Thinking, First-Year Seminar, and Citizen Science programs to those within the offices of the Dean of the College, Dean of Student Affairs, Dean of Studies, Career Development, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Disability Access Services.

Building upon successful efforts to engage key faculty, staff, and administrators from across the undergraduate curriculum and cocurriculum, the NetVUE grant will expand the scope of vocational engagement to professionals throughout the College and focus on professional development opportunities designed to support students in cultivating meaning-making and purpose in their life and work. Faculty, staff, and administrators will have the opportunity to join reading groups, attend keynote talks, and engage in workshops, including reflection workshops and facilitator training workshops, all towards earning a Bard AMP Certificate of Completion. Certified faculty and staff who have completed a facilitator training workshop would then be credentialed to facilitate future reading groups and workshops, creating a sustainable stream of leaders to carry forward future iterations of programming. Nicholas Alton Lewis, associate vice president for academic initiatives and associate dean of the College, and Antonio Ortiz, visiting instructor in the humanities and program associate in the Office of the Dean of the College are the project leaders.

“We are incredibly grateful to NetVUE for their generous support. Through the program development grant we hope to foster a campus-wide network of professionals dedicated to engaging students in conversations and practices that invite self-reflection, that explore meaning-making and purpose across the various curricular and cocurricular landscapes of learning in the undergraduate experience,” said Nicholas Alton Lewis.
About Bard College
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year, residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 parklike acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in more than 40 academic programs; graduate degrees in 13 programs; eight early colleges; and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 163-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal arts education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.

This event was last updated on 03-21-2024

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