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Tips for Grad School

Making God a Priority In Grad School: How to Avoid the Spiritual Comb Over

November 18, 2018 by Scott Santibanez No Comments

Two decades ago, I moved to a new city that I’d never visited before to start a post-doc fellowship. The work was interesting and the hours fairly regular, at least at first. When I arrived in the city, I wanted to make my walk with God a priority.

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Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Tips for Grad School Tagged With: graduate school, graduate students, postdoc, priorities, transition, vocation

Letter to My Self, Starting Graduate School

April 23, 2017 by Ryan Wilkinson 1 Comment

Well, congratulations—you’re going to graduate school! So—this is your future self, writing from a decade ahead to let you know that you’ll have a lot of fun. On the other hand . . . it won’t all be easy.

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Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Advice for Entering Graduate School, Christ and the Academy, Completing Your PhD, Devotional, Life in the Academy, Resources for ESN Members, The University, Tips for Grad School, Transitions, Vocation Tagged With: academic vocations, Advice for Entering Graduate School, Christ and the academy, Completing Your PhD, devotional, letter, life in the academy, Resources for ESN Members, The University, tips for grad school, transitions, vocation

Graduate School Survival Kit

September 6, 2016 by ESN Announce No Comments

We’ve gathered some of our most read and appreciated material on navigating graduate school here. If you’re looking for encouragement/grad school survival advice individually or for your campus group, check out these five options.

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Why should a missional student ever consider gradschool?

December 31, 2015 by Vivian Chen No Comments

When Christians think about the idea of ministry or missions, graduate school might be one of the last things they would think about. Why should a missional student ever consider gradschool?

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Filed Under: Tips for Grad School, Urbana2015 Tagged With: calling, grad school, liveblogging, missions, science, tips for grad school, urbana, urbana seminar, urbana15, vocation

Five Things I’ve Learned from Writing a Dissertation Series

April 20, 2015 by ESN Announce No Comments

Jonathan Warren, who recently finished his Ph.D. in the History of Christianity at Vanderbilt University, reflects upon what he learned from writing his dissertation. Thank-you Jonathan!

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