Photo: At Urbana 18, we held a staff party to celebrate Tom's great work with ESN (Emerging Scholars Network). This picture shows Tom and Theresa Grosh, their daughter Ellen, and InterVarsity Grad/Faculty Ministry Colleagues Bobby Gross (Vice President for GFM), Kathy Tuan-Maclean (Director of Faculty Ministry), and Hannah Eagleson (ESN). With both sorrow and joy, we announce that Tom Grosh IV will be transitioning to a new role as an area director with CMDA (Christian Medical and Dental Association) in South … [Read more...] about ESN News: A Leadership Transition
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Investing in a Renaissance in ESN’s Ministry
In the four years since Hannah Eagleson joined the Emerging Scholars Network's (ESN) staff, we've entered a renaissance. We've learned what works to sustain Christian scholars and professionals through grad school and their early careers. Now we need your help to transform a generation of Christian academics. … [Read more...] about Investing in a Renaissance in ESN’s Ministry
5 Ways ESN Wants to Support You This Academic Year
The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) wants to support you in 5 ways this coming academic year: 1. Sharing stories and ideas from other Christian scholars at our blog. This year we've published a series on writing for academics by engineering professor Royce Francis, a practical series on connecting with colleagues by communications professor Renee Bourdeaux, and our Scholar's Compass devotional, to name a few. We want to bring you more stories and advice from colleagues this academic year. 2. Connecting you to … [Read more...] about 5 Ways ESN Wants to Support You This Academic Year
Last Chance to Give to ESN in 2017
Give to Hannah Eagleson's work with ESN and support Kingdom-focused emerging scholars. ESN Author Tamarie Macon shares what writing for the ESN blog has meant to her over the past few years: During one of the mountaintop seasons in my graduate school career, I stumbled upon the opportunity to write for ESN. And the deadline came during the toughest moments of my time in graduate school. ESN transformed my isolated journaling into a shared space of solace and support, at a time I most needed it. As Jesus' … [Read more...] about Last Chance to Give to ESN in 2017
#GivingTuesday: Andy Crouch on the Need for ESN
As part of #GivingTuesday, support Hannah Eagleson's editing / writing for ESN. Recently Hannah Eagleson and I chatted with author, musician, and public speaker Andy Crouch about the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN). We focused upon the role of Christians in academia as culture makers. Here's his take on the need for ESN: The health of the university depends on scholars who will devote their lives to research, teaching, and service with excellence, integrity, creativity, and love. We cannot just assume that … [Read more...] about #GivingTuesday: Andy Crouch on the Need for ESN