Ellen Grosh (age 14) reflects on the peace, beauty, and relationships she enjoyed at the 2014 MidWest Faculty Ministry Conference.
The Ends and Goals of Higher Education in Twenty First Century America
Book Review: Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science
Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science by Edward Lurie My rating: 4 of 5 stars Louis Agassiz might well be considered the foremost naturalist of the first half of the nineteenth century. He brought a rigor to the scientific enterprise in America that inspired everyone from cabinet members to farmers. And he also reflects the human dilemma of […]
The End of Higher Ed — Update #1
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets. — Matthew 22:37-40 […]
ESN Mentoring Letter — MidWest Faculty Conference
Hannah, Thank-you for offering this letter of encouragement! The faculty with whom I shared your words at Mentoring over the Long Term: Crafting Conversations, a seminar co-led with Terry Gustafson (OSU, Chemistry Professor) at the 2014 MidWest Faculty Conference on The Ends and Goals of Higher Education in Twenty-First-Century America: Change and the Calling of the […]
Intro: The Ends & Goals of Higher Ed in 21st Century America
Thank-you to Bob Trube for sharing his introduction to the 2014 MidWest Faculty Conference (dare I say “Dialog”) on The Ends and Goals of Higher Education in Twenty First Century America: Change and the Calling of the Christian Educator (InterVarsity’s Cedar Campus) with the Emerging Scholars Network! What a kick-off to a tremendous collaborative endeavor/working community. Much […]