Community

Interested in figuring out how to grow your chapter? Here's some help!

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Case Study Background:

“We faculty struggle to witness on our own, but it is easier with InterVarsity staff partners.” Christian Faculty have the potential to be crucial ministry partners helping you further reach every corner of campus. May you find these tools and resources beneficial in your ministry to faculty.

If your chapter includes international students, odds are at least some of them are in grad school. Just as ministry to grad students presents unique challenges, working with international grad students is also a unique opportunity to influence future leaders in universities and the marketplace.

With that in mind, here are three steps you can take to make graduate international students (and all grad students) feel more welcome and included in your chapter.

How do we help incoming graduate students connect with our fellowships and form meaningful friendships before the inevitable busyness of the school year sets in? Here’s one example.

This diagram, video, and bookmark are useful tools when guiding students and faculty through cross-cultural experiences.

At the foundation of the InterVarsity Faculty Ministry vision is the formation of witnessing communities of faculty within the institutions of higher education. Gathering in community is also hard work. How should we proceed?