Calling College Men: 
Identity, Professions and Leadership
for the Common Good

February 15-16, 2008

• Keynote Presentation:   “A Study of Gender Imbalance in PTEV Programs”, by Catherine Brooks
• Keynote Presentation:  “Unlocking Men’s Hearts”, Keith Daniel, Director, Chapel Pathways Program, Duke University
• Keynote Presentation:  “Guy Fi: the Fictions that Rule Men’s Lives”, Chris Kilmartin, Mary Washington College
• Meeting of 14 Colleges, 10 High Schools and a team of national experts to inaugurate a 2 year project funded by the Lilly Endowment Inc. to increase college men’s participation in volunteering and vocational discernment activities. Duke, Furman, Wake Forest and Saint John’s Universities, Wabash, Morehouse, Siena, Hope, Davidson, Georgetown, Hastings, and Saint Norbert Colleges will develop pilot projects to identify best practices and a theoretical model for what works with college men and why. Places for two more schools are still available. 
• “Leading the Church for the Common Good?”, James Goodman, Ellen Purdum, Melissa Wiginton and student panel, The Fund for Theological Education
• Reports from the Wabash National Study of the Liberal Arts on the ways college men learn 
• Panel of Wabash, Morehouse and Saint John’s colleges:  Ways Men’s Colleges get Men Involved
• Research Data on Male Involvement at Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
• 3 Projects that increase men’s involvement from the Manresa Project at Marquette University, Wisconsin
• “Involving Men in Under-represented Fields”, Douglas Grosse, Nipissing University, Ontario, Canada
• “Developmental Spirituality of College Men”, Fr. Valerian Odermann, University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota
• “Developing Men’s Ally Development”, “Putting My Man Face On, A Grounded Theory of Men’s Gender Identity Development”, “She Fears You: Men Ending Rape”, Keith E. Edwards, Macalester College, Minnesota
• “Stepping It Up:  Peer Mentoring in Vocation, Service, Faith and Leadership among College Men”, a team from Gustavaus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota
• The Journey-Men Center and All Male Service Trips, Bill Mathias, Saint Norbert College, Wisconsin
• Male Involvement in the Simpson College Lilly Initiative for Vocational Exploration, Bobby Nalean, Simpson, Iowa
• “Designing Project Evaluations”, Joseph Nitzke, Social Sciences Research Institute, Wayne State College, Nebraska
• Annual Father/Son Luncheon with a special presentation by Chris Kilmartin, the University of Mary Washington
• Successful Programming for Women and Men: College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University
• “The Choices Men Make That Can Change Their Lives”, Anthony Solano, Montgomery College, Maryland

 Optional:

• Pre-Conference Workshop on Teaching Men's Studies – Friday, February 15^th at 3:00
• Pre-Conference Workshop  on Leading the Church for the Common Good – Friday, February 15^th at 3:00
• Tours of the Saint John’s Handwritten Bible and the Monastic Manuscript Library
• Worship and prayer opportunities with the Benedictine Monastic Community
• Film showings: “Crimes Against Nature” and “Journeyman”
• Resisting Aggression with Defense (Basic Physical Self Defense for Men)
• Yoga for Men