Students in both public and private universities are on a journey of life discovery

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Exploring a Sense of Life Calling and Purpose
within First Year Programming at a Public
University

• 26th Annual Conference for the First Year
  Experience and Students in Transition
• Bill Millard, Indiana Wesleyan University
• Ellen Pate, The University of Alabama

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Both public and private school students are on a
journey of life discovery
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The Life Calling Model can serve as a road
mapeven in the public sector
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The public sector road may hold more travel
regulations or even road blocks
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A comprehensive plan provides students the
opportunity to discover their own way
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The Life Calling Model gives meaning,
significance and hope to the journey
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Students discover meaning for the choices
they make
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Recognize that all students have foundational
premises
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Help students stay aligned
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See the value in the past, present, and future
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Students understand the significance of their
life
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Value the uniqueness each student brings
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Promote a new way of thinking
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Identify the unique student make-up of your
specific institution
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Students have hope to reach their goals or
destinations
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Apply the appropriate action
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Learn from those already on the path
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Teach lifelong learning skills
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Can public universities provide a life
discovery tool for students?
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Without a guiding atlas students can feel lost,
insignificant and hopeless
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The Life Calling Model helps students discover
their own life direction
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Public institutions can use the Life Calling
Model to promote students self-discovery
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Begin to help your students find meaning,
significance, and hope in their journey
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• Ms. Ellen Pate, Career Consultant
• The University of Alabama Career Center
• 330 Ferguson Center, Box 870293
• Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0293
• epate_at_sa.ua.edu
• 205-348-4837
• http//www.career.ua.edu