Joyce Tang Boyland, an ESN Member, has shared the following short term position posting. If you are looking for some additional work, experience, and income this summer, this may be a good opportunity for you: Seeking developmental psychology research assistant. An ESN faculty member is under contract to write a lifespan development textbook on a short timeline and has been given $1500 towards research assistance. The funds can all go to one person or be divided between several people with … [Read more...] about Position Available: Research Assistance for Lifespan Development Textbook
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Mentoring: What is It and How do we Get There?
Mentoring Part II: Where Do I Begin? Where To Begin? As I noted in the last post, it is difficult for us to explain or define mentoring, but we often know it when we see it. Mentoring relationships can be formal or informal and they can happen organically or intentionally. Either way it's a relationship that may have stages focused on “personal, spiritual and emotional development [where] character formation takes center stage.”[1] In the last post I gave the example of the relationship between Moses and Joshua as … [Read more...] about Mentoring: What is It and How do we Get There?
Mentoring: What is It and How do we Get There?
Mentoring Part I: Introduction Mentoring is one of those things that is a little difficult to define, but we usually know it when we see it. As Christians we can think of mentors in the Bible such as Elijah, Paul, Naomi, Priscilla and of course Jesus. Many of us long for someone to come alongside us in our personal lives as well as in our academic and career settings who can help us navigate our world, assuring us that we are on the right path, yet challenging us to push our spiritual, personal, and vocational … [Read more...] about Mentoring: What is It and How do we Get There?
Job Announcement: Physics and Engineering Positions at Wheaton College
Wheaton College invites applications for two faculty positions - one in physics and one in engineering - to begin Fall 2023. The successful physics candidate will teach broadly throughout the undergraduate physics major curriculum. As active participants in a thriving liberal arts intellectual community, our faculty also contribute to the College's Christ at the Core general education program. We seek applicants with an earned Ph. D. in Physics, Astronomy, or a closely related field, who will engage a diverse student … [Read more...] about Job Announcement: Physics and Engineering Positions at Wheaton College
My (Not Always Clear) Path to Community College Teaching
I always knew I wanted to major in chemistry. However, my career path was not as clear. At first, I was going to be a pediatrician, but I learned rather quickly that medicine was not the right path for me. After medicine, I began a major in secondary education. I felt like teaching would give me the same opportunity as medicine to share my passion for science while helping others. For two years, I happily pursued this path until one day, walking down the hallway of the brand-new science building, one of my professors … [Read more...] about My (Not Always Clear) Path to Community College Teaching