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    Vocation Project

    The Vocation Project is a Consortium-sponsored scholarship program that provides admitted students with a two-week stay in British Columbia at Regent College’s famous Summer School.

    About the Program

    Regent College

    Vancouver, BC, Canada

    The Consortium provides scholarships to member study center students and other qualified applicants to supply two weeks’ audit tuition, a food stipend and lodging at Regent College’s famous Summer School in Vancouver, British Columbia.

    Regent’s Summer School features the best of American, British and Continental evangelical scholars from every part of the globe. Past lecturers have included N.T. Wright, Steve Garber, George Marsden and Amy Sherman. The 2023 lecturers included Wesley Hill, Joy Marie Clarkson, John H. Walton and Andrea Johnson.

    Recipients also enjoy opportunities such as a Bard on the Beach, hikes in the spectacular forests surrounding Vancouver and private meals with professors. Complete with open lectures, panel discussions, film showings and artistic performances, the Summer School never ceases to be stimulating.

    The Vocation Project is paused for the 2024 year and will return in 2025. More information will be available early 2025.

    Meet the Project Mentor

    Dr. Fred Barber

    Dr. Frederick Barber is the President of Response:AI, a market research technology firm. He has built several marketing strategy and analytics businesses and previously served as Chief Analytic Officer of Meredith Xcelerated Marketing, now part of Accenture Interactive. Fred earned a BA magna cum laude in Sociology from Cornell where he served on the Student Assembly and was inducted into the Quill & Dagger Senior Honorary Society. He holds a Masters in Demography (Georgetown) and a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership (Regent University), where his work focused on the theory and practice of entrepreneurial leadership. Fred and his wife, Alice, have three daughters and attend Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church in Flower Mound, TX. Dr. Barber has also advised the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell, and for ten years he oversaw a mission support organization, His People Africa Missions, in South Africa and Namibia. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Chesterton House at Cornell University.

    Testimonials

    God gave us bodies to worship him, he gave us minds and intellects that crave being known and knowing Him. He gave us hearts to seek justice and love mercy. Throughout my brief time at Regent College, I was struck by the feeling of being in a room full of believers—all seeking God and His wisdom and truth.  -Hannah, 2022 Vocation Project Attendee

    My time in the Vocation Project helped to further solidify and confirm my excitement, interest, and calling to be a peacemaker for God. I have never been more excited about working and my future than I am right now, and I know that this journey will allow me to not only live out God’s purpose for my life but also satisfy my quest for adventure. -Benjamin, 2022 Vocation Project Attendee

    Questions?

    The Vocation Project is paused for the 2024 year and will return in 2025. If you have any questions about the program, please contact the Vocation Project Mentor, Dr. Fred Barber, at fab9@cornell.edu. More information will be available on this page in early 2025.

    Regent College

    Vancouver, BC, Canada