This page includes resources and links that were posted on the NetVUE Resource Page on this topic since March 2020. It includes announcements of events that are now past (but for which recordings and transcripts are still available). It also includes resources and links that are now somewhat dated, but to which website users may still wish to have access. Return to the main resource page on this topic.
archived links: VOCATION MATTERS
The NetVUE blog includes posts related to themes of vocation in times of suffering and crisis. View a (regularly updated) list of these resources.
If you have written (or are currently writing) a piece that might be appropriate for the NetVUE blog, please email Hannah Schell, NetVUE online community coordinator, at hschell@cic.nche.edu.
archived links: WEBSITES AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES
These websites and communities are available elsewhere on the internet, and may be of interest to those who teach undergraduate students or work with them in areas related to vocational reflection and discernment:
archived links: ESSAYS AND BLOG POSTS ELSEWHERE ON THE INTERNET
Recent work by members of NetVUE:
- Teri Ott, Teaching Empathy during COVID, Medium.com (October 10, 2020)
- Interview with Kara Baylor, “Righteous Anger at Racial Injustice,” Lady Preacher podcast (August 26, 2020)
- Teri Ott, “Our College’s Calling Goes Beyond the Classroom,” Presbyterian Outlook (July 31, 2020)
- Jacqueline Bussie (video clip of interview), “My Top Ten,” Lives Worth Living (June 20, 2020)
- Jason Mahn, “Are We Really ‘At War’ with the Coronavirus?” The Christian Century (April 27, 2020)
- Deanna Thompson, “The Priesthood of All in a Time of Pandemic,” United Methodist Church Discipleship Miniseries (April 27, 2020)
- Younus Mirza, “It Was a Memorable Day” – How the Black Death United the Population of Medieval Damascus,” Maydan Islamic Thought (March 30, 2020)
Other essays that may be of interest:
- Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, “How can Colleges Talk about Coronavirus Deaths on Campus?” Higher Ed Dive (October 5, 2020).
- David Brooks, “America is having a Moral Convulsion,” Atlantic (October 5, 2020).
- Thomas Pfaffe, “Positive Relationships Matter and Morale Matters,” Inside Higher Ed (October 1, 2020) .
- Lee Gutkin review of Michael Sandel’s new book, The Tyranny of Merit. Chronicle of Higher Education (September 30, 2020).
- Eboo Patel, “The Profound Connection between Spirituality and Social Change.” Inside Higher Ed (September 30, 2020).
- Jonathan Sacks, “To Heal the World: Yom Kippur and the Drama of Forgiveness,” ABC Religion & Ethics (September 25, 2020).
- Elizabeth Redden, “Liberal Arts Majors Less Drawn to Authoritarianism,” Inside Higher Ed (September 22, 2020).
- Natalie Schwartz, “Colleges Go Virtual to Address Growing Mental Health Needs,” Higher Ed Dive (September 17, 2020).
- Molly Jong-Fast, “I am Not a Brave Person. I am also Patient 1133,” (on finding a calling during the pandemic). New York Times (September 17, 2020).
- Colleen Flaherty, “Burning Out,” Inside Higher Ed (September 15, 2020).
- Kate Bowler’s interview with Will Willimon, “Your Work is a Calling,” (podcast). Everything Happens (September 2020).
- Stephen Noonoo, “Is Learning in Zoom the same as Learning in Person? Not to Your Brain,” Ed Surge (September 15, 2020).
- Ashley Finley, “Defining and Developing Civic-Minded Institutions,” Diversity and Democracy (AACU), Fall 2020.
- “The Future of the Academic Workforce,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 27, 2020.
- Michael Vasquez, “Christian Colleges Ask: Would God Want us to Reopen?” The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 14, 2020.
- Scott Carlson, “A Crusade Against Terrible Advising,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 4, 2020.
- Steven Mintz, “Better Connecting College and Career,” Inside Higher Ed, July 23, 2020.
- Alejandra Molina, “In emerging role, chaplains are providing spiritual care for activists in movements across the nation,” Religion News Service, July 23, 2020.
- Michael Roth, “Will the Pandemic Blow up College in America,” Politico, July 18, 2020.
- Shampa Biswas, “Lessons from a Course on the Pandemic,” Inside Higher Ed, July 1, 2020.
- Kelly Hughes, “Books Offer Wisdom When We Need It Most,” Catholic National Reporter, July 7, 2020.
- Eboo Patel, “A Radical Proposal for How Elite Higher Education Can Change America,” Inside Higher Ed, July 20, 2020.
- “Against Admin-Speak,” The Chronicle, June 24, 2020.
- “Career Exploration Through the Lens of Equity,” Inside Higher Ed, June 22, 2020.
- “Pandemic Pedagogy and the Limits of Compassion,” The Chronicle, June 20, 2020.
- “How to Talk with Students about Racism,” The Chronicle, June 18, 2020.
- “Academic Advising in a Pandemic and Beyond,” Inside Higher Ed, June 16, 2020.
- “How the Pandemic will Change Teaching on Campus,” The Chronicle, June 3, 2020.
- “War Metaphors and the Return to Campus,” Inside Higher Ed, May 20, 2020.
- “COVID-19 has worsened the Student Mental Health Crisis. Can Resilience Training Fix It?” The Chronicle, May 11, 2020.
- "Curbing Teacher Burnout During the Pandemic," Edutopia, May 6, 2020
- “Chaplaincy in a Time of Uncertainty,” Interfaith Youth Core, May 4, 2020.
- “The Complexities of Certainty,” Inside Higher Ed, April 26, 2020.
- "Why is Zoom so Exhausting?" The Chronicle, April 23, 2020
- “Not Should We, but How do We?: The Questions Institutions Should Be Asking,” Inside Higher Ed, April 22, 2020
- “Questions for Connection and Purpose.” Inside Higher Ed, April 22, 2020.
- “Pondering in the Pandemic.” The Presbyterian Outlook, April 14, 2020.
- “Productivity and Happiness under Sustained Disaster Conditions.” The Chronicle, April 10, 2020.
- “How Will the Pandemic Change Higher Education?” The Chronicle, April 10, 2020.
- “The Pandemic Will Pass. Our Grief Will Endure.” The Washington Post, April 6, 2020.
- “Imagining a Better Life after the Coronavirus.” The New Republic, April 1, 2020.
- “Let’s Add Compassion to Our Online Curriculum.” The Chronicle, March 31, 2020.
- “Take Care. That Is the Curriculum.” Claimed (blog), March 27, 2020.
- “The Difference between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning,” Educause Review, March 27, 2020.
- “Dear Students. There Is No Afterward.” Church Life Journal, March 25, 2020.
- “That Discomfort You Are Feeling Is Grief.” Harvard Business Review, March 23, 2020.
And finally—because we all need it—a little humor:
- “Drawing on Greek Myths as Inspiration,” NPR.org (October 25, 2020).
- James McGrath, “Doctor Who: Logopolis,” Patheos (September 16, 2020).
- “Our Successful Return to Campus: An Update from Your University President,” McSweeney’s, August 19, 2020.
- “Math Problems for Faculty on Their University’s Reopening Plan,” McSweeney’s, August 10, 2020.
- “A Message from your University’s Vice President for Magical Thinking,” McSweeney’s, June 26, 2020.
- “Teacher Evaluation Form for Spring 2020,” McSweeney’s, May 13, 2020.
- “Noted Philosophers Reconsider Their Key Insights after a Month of Social Distancing,” McSweeney’s, April 14, 2020.
- “Famous Lines of Poetry Revised for the Age of Coronavirus,” McSweeney’s, March 18, 2020.