1. Developing Purpose with StrengthsQuest™
Dakota Farquhar-Caddell, Jeremy Harmon,
Kaitlin Heenehan, & Diana Wilson
October 3, 2011; EDHE 5314

2. Program Details
 Department: University Academic Advising Center /
University Studies
 Target Audience
 Former University Studies students who:
 Exceeded 60 credits hours
 Were undecided on major
 Students will be recruited by:
 Advisors during the final semester of students’
enrollment in University Studies
 Email communications
 Incentives

3. Chickering’s Theory of
Identity Development
 Expands on Erikson’s model
 Seven vectors:
 Developing Competence
 Managing Emotions
 Moving through Autonomy toward Interdependence
 Developing Mature Interpersonal Relationships
 Establishing Identity
 Developing Purpose
 Developing Integrity

4. Developing Purpose
 Establish vocational goals
 Commit to personal interests and activities
 Develop strong interpersonal commitments
 Make and stay with decisions
 “Find a life direction that makes sense for them”
(Evans, Forney, Guido, Patton, & Renn, 2010)

5. Program Goals
 Goals:
 Students will identify a life direction that meshes with
their passions and purpose
 Students will understand the resources that are available
to help them make meaningful commitments to their
interests and vocation

6. Program Outcomes
1. Students will be able to list their top five strengths
provided by the Gallup StrengthsFinder™ Assessment.
2. Students will be able to identify three areas in their lives
they are passionate about.
3. Students will be able to connect their top five strengths to
their areas of passion.
4. Students will be able to identify three resources available
to help them pursue post graduation opportunities.
5. Students will be able to relate post graduation
opportunities to their natural talents.

7. Program Outline
 Recruitment (Fall 2012)
 Program (Spring 2013)
 Session 1: Let Your Quest Begin (Week 3)
 Session 2: Realizing Passions and Connecting to
Strengths (Week 6)
 Session 3: Resources for Finding Post-Graduation
Opportunities (Week 9)
 Session 4: Relating Your Strengths to Post-Graduation
Opportunities (Week 12)
 Summative Assessment(Week 12)
 Banquet: Reinforcing Purpose (Spring 2014)
Please see your packet at this time!

8. Program’s Relation to Theory
 Developing Purpose:
 Students gain an understanding of their strengths and
how those can apply to their vocational goals
 Students strengthen their sense of purpose by
recognizing their passions
 Students are introduced to methods that will allow them
to apply their personal strengths to their life calling
 Students will be introduced to resources that help them
make commitments to their purpose

9. Budget
Item Budgeted Price
Advertising Materials 50.00
Session Materials 50.00
StrengthsFinder™ Codes 900.00
Snacks 100.00
iPad (32 gb) 600.00
Owens Banquet Hall Rental 500.00
Banquet Food 1500.00
StrengthsQuest™ Speaker 500.00
Name Plates 800.00
Total 5000.00

10. Assessment Plan
 Application / Pre-Test
 Formative Assessments during program
 Summative Assessment

11. Questions?

12. Reference
Evans, N. J., Forney, D. S., Guido, F.M., Patton, L.D., &
Renn, K.A. (2010). Student development in college:
Theory, research, and practice. San Francisco: Jossey-
Bass, Inc.