The Jon C. Dalton Institute on College Student Values (ICSV) is an annual conference for student affairs professionals, educators, campus ministers, graduate and undergraduate students interested in character development in college students. The next Institute will take place February 2-4, 2012 at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL.
ACSD has appropriated funds to assist members who submit an approved workshop proposal to the Institute on College Student Values (ICSV). For more information about the upcoming conference, please visit the ICSV website.
The following parameters govern this initiative:
- Recipients of funding must be ACSD members in good standing
- Applicants must submit the same proposal that is submitted to the Institute on College Student Values to Andrea Ide, ACSD Secretary, by the same deadline as Institute on College Student Values workshop proposal deadline (October 21, 2011)
- Workshop topic must be pertinent to the Institute on College Student Values and represent an integration of student development work with faith and values
- ACSD Executive Committee must approve presentation proposal; when workshop proposal is approved by both the ACSD Executive Committee and ICSV, funds will be released
- ACSD is committed to funding $500 per person; $1000 maximum per presentation; overall maximum of ACSD’s funding for this initiative is $2500 per fiscal year
- The same person cannot receive funding two consecutive years
- The Call for Programs can be found on http://studentvalues.fsu.edu/Call-for-Programs
The topic for the 2012 Institute is looking at the role of colleges and universities in promoting social entrepreneurialism, and the website says this about the goals for the Institute:
The 2012 Dalton Institute will examine higher education’s role in helping students to transform their visions for a better world into practical strategies for making a positive difference with their lives. The Institute program will review what leading colleges are doing to engage students in the development of social capital and how higher education can be more effective in promoting personal and social responsibility during the college years.
Major topics of discussion can include:
- Exploring the meaning of social entrepreneurialism.
- How does social entrepreneurialism contribute to a better world?
- Where is the intersection between faith and social entrepreneurialism and what does that mean for college students?
- Clarifying why values-based entrepreneurialism is important for college students.
- What is the role of educators in helping students to translate beliefs into results?
- What role do faculty members and practitioners have in developing values-based entrepreneurialism inside and outside of the classroom?
- Investigating the role of social action in today’s college curriculum.
- How do you translate social visions into outcomes for a better world?
- What are current practices and programs that focus on business entrepreneurs leading in a values-based way?
- What is the entrepreneurial university’s role in modern society?
http://studentvalues.fsu.edu/2012-Dalton-Institute-Information
Interested ACSD members are encouraged to submit program proposals simultaneously to the ICSV at the address indicated on the website and to Andrea Ide, ACSD Secretary, at . Questions may be directed to Andrea Ide at: or 425-249-4723.