Winter Institute

Winter Institute 2022 - January 3-10

This concentrated format of the Master of Arts in Higher Education program provides a unique learning setting where students take one elective course.

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Winter Institute Courses

• HED 591-31

  Principles for Professional Thriving

  This course affords you the opportunity to delve deeper into the realms of leadership and organizational studies from a positive psychology perspective. Scholars in positive psychology examine people, groups, and organizations when they are operating at their very best, or flourishing. Their research explores how to move systems from normal to extraordinary functioning with results that positively deviate from the norms. You will expand their knowledge of leadership and organizations, while also being challenged to apply concepts in their own lives as well as current and future organizational settings. Coursework will focus on current leadership and organizational scholarship as well as engage your personal leadership development.

• HED 591-32

  Faith Formation in the College Years

  Institutions of higher education are designed to be communities of learning, and most intend to do something more than deliver information for success in a particular field. Many educational institutions intend to contribute to identity formation, civic engagement, as well as a wide-array of pro-social values that contribute to human flourishing. In this course we will investigate a common aim of the American academy: character formation. The readings, discussions, and assignments in this course should benefit anyone who plans to work in the context of higher education, and especially those who work on designing curricula and programs that are designed to bring about lasting transformation in the lives of college students. This course will challenge students to consider the long history of character education in America, to compare several theories/models that are used to frame and guide character initiatives, and to evaluate the current research regarding the contributions of such programs to lasting character formation. Biblical reflections regarding human transformation, calling, and identity may lead to substantive contributions to both theory and practice. And if a little character formation takes place for those of us engaged in this study, we’ll count that as a wonderful bonus.

Institute Details

Dates: January 3-7, 2022

Location: Oglebay Resort, Wheeling. West Virginia

Cost for enrolled students:  Shared room $165; Private room $330

Cost for guests: Shared room $200; Private room $330

The deadline to apply is Friday, December 3, 2021.

NO LATE ARRIVALS OR EARLY DEPARTURES!

For more information, call 724.847.6510 or email hed@geneva.edu.