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

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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

Letter to a New Graduate Student’s Family, Part 2

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Chandra Crane continues her series of letters for families of new graduate students, digging further into advice on what it means to support  the graduate student in your life. Read Part 1 here. Part II: A New Course of Study, and Some Advice Dear New Graduate Student's Family, … [Read more...] about Letter to a New Graduate Student’s Family, Part 2

Faithful Is Successful: Learn to Discern (Scholar’s Compass)

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“One does well to listen to the “quiet, still voice” of one's conscience in daily decisions. When something does not feel right, it usually is not.” ~ Soo Chuen Tan, "Investing As a Calling," Faithful Is Successful  (2014) Reflection Soo Chuen Tan seems to have found what many have spent years seeking . . . not wealth nor earthly wisdom, but peace in the will of God. It has taken me a couple of decades to get to this place. I left a highly secure job as a high school teacher in a beautiful suburban setting, teaching … [Read more...] about Faithful Is Successful: Learn to Discern (Scholar’s Compass)

Faithful Is Successful: Interview with Matthew Cabeen

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ESN continues its series of interviews with authors of  Faithful Is Successful, chatting with Matthew Cabeen about career/family life balance. You can read Daniel Roeber's post on Matthew Cabeen's  Faithful Is Successful  essay here. Matthew Cabeen is a postdoctoral fellow of the Jane Coffin Childs Foundation studying in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. He studies bacterial community behavior in Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the laboratory of Prof. Richard Losick. … [Read more...] about Faithful Is Successful: Interview with Matthew Cabeen