22 episodes
The Purposeful Work Podcast Dr. Bryan Dik
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4.8 • 12 Ratings
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The Purposeful Work Podcast is all about how to create a work-life that leverages your gifts and syncs with what matters most to you in life as a whole. The podcast explores questions about meaning in life; positive impact; the faith/work intersection; getting the most out of your strengths and forging a career that aligns with your sense of calling. Guests include the world’s leading academic scholars on meaning and purpose in work and life; top career counselors, coaches, and career center directors; organizational leaders working hard to create work environments that promote a deep sense of purpose; and everyday people finding ways to embody purposeful work in whatever they do. The host, Bryan Dik, Ph.D., is an award-winning vocational psychologist, professor, and entrepreneur. His latest book is Redeeming Work (https://amzn.to/2Kc1Tb0)
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4.1 Introduction to NetVUE: An Interview with David Cunningham, PhD, Director of the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education
The Purposeful Work Podcast is back with a brand new season! Are you interested in building a deeper understanding of concepts like calling, vocation, purpose, and meaning as they apply to your learning and your work? Of course, you are. We’re going to build that deeper understanding in this season of the podcast by spending time with experts from NetVUE—that is, the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education. NetVUE is a nationwide network of 272 colleges and universities formed “to enrich the intellectual and theological exploration of vocation among undergraduate students.” The initiative is administered by the Council of Independent Colleges with funding support from the Lilly Endowment, and from dues collected from member institutions. We are privileged to kick off this season with a very special guest, the director of NetVUE, Dr. David Cunningham.
Learn more about NetVUE (https://www.cic.edu/programs/netvue)
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4.2 NetVUE: An Interview with Shirley Roels, PhD, Inaugural Director of the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education
This episode of the Purposeful Work Podcast is our second in a series on NetVUE, the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education, an initiative supported the Council for Independent Colleges with financial support from the Lilly Endowment. This episode features Dr. Shirley Roels, the inaugural director of NetVUE and leader of the network for its first 8 years. We’ll learn a little about NetVUE’s history and growth, its challenges and opportunities, and about Dr. Roel’s own vocational journey. Currently, Dr. Roels leads the International Network for Christian Higher Education, serving as its executive director.
Learn more about NetVUE (https://www.cic.edu/programs/netvue)
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4.3 NetVUE: An Interview with Tim Clydesdale, PhD, author of The Purposeful Graduate and Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies at The College of New Jersey
In this episode, our third in a series on NetVUE, our guest is Dr. Tim Clydesdale, sociologist and Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies at The College of New Jersey. NetVUE grew out of an 8-year project in which 88 colleges and universities across the United States developed programs designed to foster a sense of purpose, calling, and vocation in the lives of their students. Tim led a massive, multi-year, mixed-method study of 26 of those campuses. His team interviewed hundreds of students, alumni, faculty, and staff, and surveyed thousands more. Their results were summarized in the book The Purposeful Graduate. We’ll dig into those results in today’s episode, and explore what they mean for educators and institutions interested in promoting purposeful work and a sense of calling and vocation within higher education.
Learn more about NetVUE (https://www.cic.edu/programs/netvue)
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4.4 NetVUE: An Interview with Jason Mahn, PhD, Inaugural Director of the Presidential Center for Faith and Learning at Augustana College
Dr. Jason Mahn, a PhD scholar, religion professor, and a Chair of the Humanities Department at Augustana College joins us for a discussion on Lutheran understandings of vocation and how that impacts and is applied to today’s world of work. Discover his findings from his latest book Neighbor Love through Fearful Days: Finding Purpose and Meaning in a Time of Crisis in our most recent podcast.
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4.5 NetVUE: An Interview with Erin VanLaningham, PhD, Director of the NetVUE Scholarly Resources Project; and Hannah Schell, PhD, NetVUE Online Community Coordinator
We’re five episodes deep into our look at NetVUE (the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education) in this season of the Purposeful Work Podcast, and this episode is a treat. In it, we hear from two NetVUE leaders about some incredible resources the network generates and maintains—one focused on producing scholarly resources and the other on connecting like-minded educators and scholars interested in issues related to calling, vocation, and purpose. Dr. Erin VanLaningham is a professor of English at Loras College and Director of NetVUE’s Scholarly Resources Project. Erin has won teaching awards at Loras College and directed the honors program there; her own research explores the intersection between art and literature, and she is co-editor with Stephanie Johnson of the new book Cultivating Vocation in Literary Studies, published by Edinburgh University Press. Hannah Schell is the NetVUE’s online community coordinator. She previously served as professor of philosophy and religious studies at Monmouth College in Monmouth, IL, where she won the Hatch Award for Distinguished Scholarship. Hannah is author of the essay “Commitment and Community: The Virtue of Loyalty and Vocational Discernment,” which appeared in the NetVUE volume At this Time and In this Place. These days, she also edits the Vocation Matters blog which you can find at vocationmatters.org.
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Purposeful Work Podcast 4.6 Interview with Lynn Hunnicutt, PhD, Professor of Economics at Pacific Lutheran University and Assistant Director of NetVUE
For our sixth and final episode in this season of the podcast, we welcome Dr. Lynn Hunicutt. Lynn is professor of economics at Pacific Lutheran University and NetVUE’s assistant director. She shares with us what vocation looks like from an economist’s point of view, and a little about what she’s learned as the grant guru at NetVUE.
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