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Career Stages

New ESN Reading Lists: Career Stages & Four Faculty Loves

February 2, 2022 by ESN Announce Leave a Comment

New ESN Reading Lists Are you looking for a quick guide to some of our key starting point resources here at the ESN blog? We've designed a resource page that offers some great starting points for each career stage, and for InterVarsity's Four Faculty Loves. Browse these if you're looking for individual reading or small group conversation starters. We hope they'll serve as great starting points to exploring our rich archive of reflections by and for Christian scholars too. We're proud of the wonderful … [Read more...] about New ESN Reading Lists: Career Stages & Four Faculty Loves

Filed Under: Career Stages, Faculty, Graduate Studies, Love God and One Another, Love Our World, Love Your Academic Discipline, Love Your Campus, Post-Graduate, Reading Lists, The Four Loves, Undergraduate Studies Tagged With: Career Stages, New ESN Reading Lists January 2022, The Four Faculty Loves

Spiritual Disciplines for Graduate School

March 17, 2019 by Chandra Crane Leave a Comment

At Emerging Scholars Network, we love to crowdsource ideas for following Christ faithfully and serving others well in the academic life. In the 2018/2019 academic year, we've been sharing brief insights on how to grow spiritually in the academic life from many of the writers in our network. Read the series to date here, or check out more of Chandra's work for ESN at this link. … [Read more...] about Spiritual Disciplines for Graduate School

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Graduate Studies Tagged With: Career Stages, Graduate Studies, health, humility, sabbath, spiritual disciplines, wellness

I Found a Postdoc in the Sciences: Now What? (Pt 2)

August 15, 2018 by Andy Walsh 1 Comment

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The most popular Emerging Scholars blog post is "Finding a Postdoc in the Sciences: Nailing the Interview." It's part of a larger series on finding a postdoc which is also frequently visited. We figured it was time for a follow-up on what to do once you've found the postdoc you were looking for. … [Read more...] about I Found a Postdoc in the Sciences: Now What? (Pt 2)

Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Life in the Academy, Post-Graduate, Science and Faith Tagged With: alternative science career, Career Stages, Post-Graduate, postdoc, science, science corner

I Found a Postdoc in the Sciences: Now What? (Pt 1)

August 8, 2018 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

Let's be honest: postdocs occupy a weird, liminal space in the path of the scholar. Is it a job? Are postdocs students? I was once told that my department considered postdocs students when it meant they didn't have to provide faculty benefits, and it considered them special faculty when it meant they could withhold student benefits. We never even really bothered to give postdoctoral fellowships a real name; we basically just call them "that thing you do after you finish your doctorate but before you get a real job." … [Read more...] about I Found a Postdoc in the Sciences: Now What? (Pt 1)

Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Life in the Academy, Post-Graduate, Science and Faith Tagged With: alternative science career, Career Stages, Post-Graduate, postdoc, science, science corner

Advice for Graduates: 5 Things To Do as You Enter the Next Phase of Life

April 29, 2018 by Scott Santibanez Leave a Comment

At ESN, we deeply value supporting and mentoring the next generation. In this post, Scott Santibanez, an ESN author who often writes for graduate students and faculty here at the ESN blog, takes a moment to share encouragement and advice for students finishing their undergraduate careers and moving on to the next steps in their vocation. If you are a graduating senior, we're glad you're here, and we hope this post encourages you in this key moment. If you're heading to grad school and want to find community along the … [Read more...] about Advice for Graduates: 5 Things To Do as You Enter the Next Phase of Life

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Undergraduate Studies Tagged With: after graduate school, Career Stages, graduate, graduation, Undergraduate Studies, undergraduates, vocation

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