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The Art of Mentoring as a Graduate Student

July 19, 2012 by Hannah Eagleson 4 Comments

ESN Mentoring Conversation

Tom recently posted about graduate students mentoring undergrads at Johns Hopkins. Graduate school offers many opportunities to mentor, whether that means chatting with your undergraduate students during office hours or introducing new graduate students to your department. Here are a few things I’ve learned about mentoring during graduate school. 1.  Treat the person you’re mentoring […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Mentoring, Vocation Tagged With: communication style, conversation, follow-up, graduate students, group updates, life phase, maintaining relationships, manageable plan, mentees, Mentoring, mentors, The Art of Mentoring, undergrads, vocation

Finding Mentors Who Share Your Faith

June 14, 2012 by Hannah Eagleson No Comments

Last week, I gave some general thoughts on finding good mentors as an undergraduate. This week, I’ll talk a bit about finding mentors who share your beliefs. This is not in any way to minimize the value of mentors who have different views about life. I’ve learned valuable skills, knowledge, and virtues from mentors who […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Mentoring, Vocation Tagged With: Augustine, books & culture, C. S. Lewis, Chesterton House, Christian academics, Dorothy Sayers, First Things, g. k. chesterton, graduate students, ken myers, mars hill audio, mentees, Mentoring, mentors, Richard Hughes, The Art of Mentoring, undergrads, vocation

Week in Review BONUS Edition: Starting Off Right

September 6, 2010 by Micheal Hickerson No Comments

Feet walking on books

Happy Labor Day! The beginning of the academic year has generated a plethora of “starting off right” articles, for everyone from new undergraduates to new professors. (Count ESN as part of the trend, too, with our Best Advice for Undergrads post.) Here’s a quick collection of links about starting off on the right foot. 1. […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Resources for ESN Members Tagged With: advice, Faculty, graduate students, phd, professor, tenure, undergrads

Reading Lists and Primary Literature

May 19, 2009 by Micheal Hickerson 4 Comments

In my post last week about advice for undergraduates, Katie Weakland shared a comment that I thought was particularly apt: I suggest meeting your major professors early in your career – your first semester – and asking them to mentor you and/or let you do research with them. The early you can get your feet […]

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Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: basics, david lyle jeffrey, graduate school, literature, reading, regent college, theology, undergrads

Week in Review (Updated)

May 15, 2009 by Micheal Hickerson 6 Comments

[Editor’s note: This is a new weekly feature from your blog contributors. Each week, we’ll be posting articles, books, news, etc., that Tom, Mike, and the ESN community have been pondering. If you have a book or article you’d like us to add to next week’s Review, add it in the comments or send it […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Week in Review Tagged With: books, class, harvard, human development, justification, n. t. wright, teaching, tenure, theology, undergrads, writing

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