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Advice for Entering Graduate School

Graduate School Survival Kit

September 6, 2016 by ESN Announce Leave a Comment

New to graduate school? Or returning and wondering what happens now? We've gathered some of our most read and appreciated material on navigating graduate school in this post. One of ESN's goals is to support Christian academics at every career point with thoughtful materials from other believers who have similar life experience. If you're looking for encouragement/grad school survival advice individually and/or for your campus fellowship, check  out these five options: … [Read more...] about Graduate School Survival Kit

Filed Under: Advice for Entering Graduate School, Christ and the Academy, Graduate Studies, Survival Kit, Tips for Grad School Tagged With: Career Stages, graduate school, Graduate Studies, Survival Kit, vocation

Inhabiting Transitional Time Well

August 16, 2016 by Kateri Collins Leave a Comment

  Image by Kateri Collins Here at ESN, we love to share accounts of how emerging scholars discover new things about their vocation at every step of their careers. Kateri Collins participated in ESN events at Urbana 15 while in her graduate school application  process, and shared about that application process here. Here, she shares  some of the things she found most helpful while in transition between undergraduate and graduate studies.   … [Read more...] about Inhabiting Transitional Time Well

Filed Under: Advice for Entering Graduate School, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: black scholars and professionals, BSAP, calling, Clinical Psychology, college transition, Expressive Art Therapy, grad school, graduate school, gratitude, healthcare, mentors, transition, vocation

Discerning My Vocation: A Surprise in the Graduate School Search

June 30, 2016 by Kateri Collins Leave a Comment

Image: Painting by author Kateri Collins Here at ESN, we love to share accounts of how emerging scholars discover new things about their vocation at every step of their careers. Kateri Collins participated in ESN events at Urbana 15 while in her graduate school application  process. Here, she shares the story of discerning which graduate program she was called to, including how her carefully planned graduate school search process yielded a surprising—and satisfying—result. … [Read more...] about Discerning My Vocation: A Surprise in the Graduate School Search

Filed Under: Advice for Entering Graduate School, Science and Faith Tagged With: black scholars and professionals, BSAP, calling, college transition, grad school, graduate school, healthcare, mentors, vocation

Letter to a New Graduate Student’s Family Series

November 3, 2015 by Chandra Crane Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Advice for Entering Graduate School, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: family, letter, letters to the family of a grad student, new grad student, vocation

Letter to a New Graduate Student’s Family, Part 3

October 27, 2015 by Chandra Crane Leave a Comment

Chandra Crane wraps up her series of letters for families of new graduate students, offering advice on what it means to support  the graduate student in your life. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. More Advice, and A Commissioning Dear New Graduate Student's Family, … [Read more...] about Letter to a New Graduate Student’s Family, Part 3

Filed Under: Advice for Entering Graduate School, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: family, letter, letters to the family of a grad student, new grad student, vocation

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