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Letter to My Self, Starting Graduate School

April 23, 2017 by Ryan Wilkinson 1 Comment

Well, congratulations—you’re going to graduate school! So—this is your future self, writing from a decade ahead to let you know that you’ll have a lot of fun. On the other hand . . . it won’t all be easy.

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Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Advice for Entering Graduate School, Christ and the Academy, Completing Your PhD, Devotional, Graduate Studies, Life in the Academy, Resources for ESN Members, The University, Tips for Grad School, Transitions, Vocation Tagged With: academic vocations, Advice for Entering Graduate School, Career Stages, Christ and the academy, Completing Your PhD, devotional, Graduate Studies, letter, life in the academy, Resources for ESN Members, The University, tips for grad school, transitions, vocation

Summer Snapshot: The Secret of Solitude

July 26, 2016 by Galina Pylypiv 1 Comment

Same setting yet different pace of life. A transition from being an undergraduate student to graduate student at the same university is a place of mixed feelings. As I’m utilizing my summer by starting a research project, the reality of large time commitment is becoming very tangible for me as I realize how quickly time escapes from me.

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Filed Under: Life in the Academy, Transitions, Vocational Snapshot Tagged With: calling, rest, sabbath, solitude, spiritual disciplines, Summer Snapshot, tips for grad school, transition, urbana, worship

Why should a missional student ever consider gradschool?

December 31, 2015 by Vivian Chen No Comments

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?

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Reducing Your Load for Strength Enhancement (Strength for the Journey series, Part 3)

June 22, 2015 by Claudette Ligons No Comments

At Texas Southern University, it is my privilege to teach and advise doctoral students in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. When they complete the coursework, I shepherd them through the dissertation process.

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Interview with Jennifer Wiseman, Part 2

July 16, 2013 by Mark Hansard No Comments

Jennifer Wiseman is an astronomer who studies star forming regions of our galaxy using optical, radio, and infrared telescopes. Her career has involved oversight of national astronomical facilities as well as public science policy and discourse. In 1987 she co-discovered the periodic comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff as an undergraduate researcher at MIT. She has a bachelor’s degree […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Interview, Public Intellectuals, Science, Science and Faith, Vocation Tagged With: Astronomy, Christian Women in Science, community, faith, galaxies, God, Graduate Christian Fellowship, Graduate Studies, Hubble space telescope, infinite, interdisciplinary conversation, intervarsity, interviews, Jennifer Wiseman interview, Prayer, science, Scripture, spiritual practices, tips for grad school, vocation, worship

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