Callings
Conversations on college, career, and a life well-lived. “Callings” explores what it means to live a life defined by a sense of meaning and purpose. It focuses on the process of exploring and discerning one’s vocation, with particular emphasis on mentoring and supporting undergraduate students as they navigate college, career, and a life-well lived. Hosted by the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE).
Podcasting since 2020 • 43 episodes
Callings
Latest Episodes
Vocational Advice for Undergrads: Season 4 Highlights
This bonus episode features highlights from conversations that aired during the fourth season of Callings. In these clips, our guests offer advice for today's students and for anyone who teaches or mentors young adults. Listen to this compilati...
August 13, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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30:43
Art Saved the Mountain: Christi Belcourt
Christi Belcourt, a Métis artist whose painting “Reverence for Life” appears on the newest volume from the NetVUE Scholarly Resources Project, reflects on the vocation of the artist. In our conversation, she explains how walking gently on the e...
July 10, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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51:47
The Uncommon Good: Geoffrey Bateman
Geoffrey Bateman, a NetVUE faculty fellow and NetVUE scholar, has written extensively on the topic of supporting our LGBTQIA+ students in their vocational journeys. In our conversation, we explore strategies for mentoring queer students and dis...
June 11, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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46:14
Transformation and Generosity: Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, author of Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University, imagines that higher education can innovate for change in ways that allow campuses and communities to flourish. Throughout our conversation...
May 07, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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45:50
Sacred Invitations: Anantanand Rambachan
Anantanand Rambachan’s career as a teacher, scholar, and activist has been grounded in a “thirst for the sacred.” Anant is a scholar of Hinduism and interreligious studies and is professor emeritus of religion, philosophy, and Asian studies at ...
April 15, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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56:13