Vision and Tactics

Vision for the Center for the Integragion of Faith and Work (CIFW)

Prepare School of Business Administration graduates to lead in bringing a vision of calling to business.

Values CIFW is committed to promote

Integrity  •  Sense of Calling  •  Catholic Social Teaching  •  Marianist Themes

Brief History: What has led us to create this center?

• Strategic Objective in 2005 SBA Plan---How do we more fully integrate our Catholic and Marianist heritage into the SBA and our curriculum?
• Business as a Calling Theme - Fall semester program featuring a prominent representative from the business community
• Business as a Calling course
• CIFW Charge by Dean Matt Shank to Catholic and Marianist Identity Committee

Programs we have in place and those we wish to continue and grow

Walk the Talk  •  Business as Calling MBA course  •  Annual Business as a Calling seminar  •  Catholic & Marianist Identity Committee  •  Marianist in Residence  •  Symposia for faculty  •  BIZ 102 sessions  •  Christmas prayer service  •  Learning Teaching Forums  •  Prayer at SBA faculty and staff meetings

Rationale for the Center

• Growing interest in spirituality in business
• Many have expressed the need to integrate their personal lives and values with their professional lives
• Both of the above points are consistent with the university's Catholic/Marianist heritage and tradition
• The belief that business should be seen as a calling - a vocation - and that recognizing this calling is a necessary first step in the process of integrating one's personal and professional life
• The Center can play an important part in our efforts to educate distinctive graduates

Functions of the Center

• Key resource for providing SBA students with an educational experience that is consistent with our Catholic and Marianist traditions
• The Center will play a key role in helping our students recognize that their entry into the various business professions is a calling
• The Center will help provide the collaborative structure, resources, and guidance to help SBA faculty and staff recognize their calling/vocation
• The Center will offer opportunities for faculty to engage in scholarship and collegial inquiry around topics germane to the integration of faith and work including interdisciplinary research
• The Center will be a focal point for initiatives and programs that support a comprehensive approach not only for educating distinctive SBA graduates but also for positioning the SBA as a resource to the University and greater Dayton community