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Fall Snapshot: Depending on Christ

November 11, 2016 by Anonymous Leave a Comment

This summer, we pioneered a new Summer Snapshot series that shared brief reflections  from people in our network on their experience this summer. The series was so well received we've decided to expand it to other seasons. We're delighted to share this Fall Snapshot from an emerging scholar in psychology. Written a bit earlier this fall, this piece is deeply relevant as November busyness takes off.   As an aspiring psychologist, I was recently in a training session that taught us how to validate clients' … [Read more...] about Fall Snapshot: Depending on Christ

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Vocational Snapshot Tagged With: calling, Clinical Psychology, fall snapshot, grad school, graduate school, higher education, identity, mapping your academic career, psychology, stress, transition, vocation

Inhabiting Transitional Time Well

August 16, 2016 by Kateri Collins Leave a Comment

  Image by Kateri Collins Here at ESN, we love to share accounts of how emerging scholars discover new things about their vocation at every step of their careers. Kateri Collins participated in ESN events at Urbana 15 while in her graduate school application  process, and shared about that application process here. Here, she shares  some of the things she found most helpful while in transition between undergraduate and graduate studies.   … [Read more...] about Inhabiting Transitional Time Well

Filed Under: Advice for Entering Graduate School, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: black scholars and professionals, BSAP, calling, Clinical Psychology, college transition, Expressive Art Therapy, grad school, graduate school, gratitude, healthcare, mentors, transition, vocation

Discerning My Vocation: A Surprise in the Graduate School Search

June 30, 2016 by Kateri Collins Leave a Comment

Image: Painting by author Kateri Collins Here at ESN, we love to share accounts of how emerging scholars discover new things about their vocation at every step of their careers. Kateri Collins participated in ESN events at Urbana 15 while in her graduate school application  process. Here, she shares the story of discerning which graduate program she was called to, including how her carefully planned graduate school search process yielded a surprising—and satisfying—result. … [Read more...] about Discerning My Vocation: A Surprise in the Graduate School Search

Filed Under: Advice for Entering Graduate School, Science and Faith Tagged With: black scholars and professionals, BSAP, calling, college transition, grad school, graduate school, healthcare, mentors, vocation

Why should a missional student ever consider gradschool?

December 31, 2015 by Vivian Chen Leave a Comment

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? From Dec 27 - Jan 1, volunteers with our network of early career Christian academics are liveblogging seminars at the Urbana conference, a mission-focused student gathering of 16,000 Christians from across North America and the world. This post was written by Vivian Chen and Angelo Blancaflor, and May Yuan. Joshua Swamidass … [Read more...] about Why should a missional student ever consider gradschool?

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

Thankfulness and Graduate Exams (Scholar’s Compass)

August 13, 2015 by Bethany Bowen-Wefuan Leave a Comment

Don't be deceived,  my dear brothers and sisters.  Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,  who does not change  like shifting shadows. James 1:16 -17, NIV … [Read more...] about Thankfulness and Graduate Exams (Scholar’s Compass)

Filed Under: Scholar's Compass Tagged With: grad school, graduate school, preliminary exams, Scholar's Compass, Thanksgiving

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