As part of a broader university focus on , undergraduate academic departments hosted chapel gatherings in various locations scattered across campus. In this podcast,听 faculty and share stories and reflections on their own personal sense of vocation and how their calling has shaped and continues to shape their teaching and other endeavors. 听Smith, who also serves as founder/CEO of , discusses the process of developing听the听听in 2010, Virginia鈥檚 first large solar photovoltaic system.
This departmental chapel is part of EMU鈥檚 collective effort toward building faith that fosters servant-leadership, as students have the opportunity to gather during the chapel time for focused conversations about the intersections of faith and their area of study with faculty members of their department. 听Ten other academic departments held chapel meetings in other spaces across campus at the same time:
– 鈥撎�Faith and Career after Graduation
– 鈥撎�A Life Worthy of the Calling
–/ 鈥撎�Faith, Science and Ethics
– 鈥撎�Connecting Faith with Teaching: A Conversation with EMU Alum Kenny Boyers
– 鈥撎�Writers We Met on the Way to Work听鈥� Marti Eads, Eric Eberly, Carol Snell-Feikema, and Mike Medley
– 鈥撎�An Informal Conversation on Calling
– 鈥撎�Ways the Sacred Covenant has Impacted/Shaped our Careers听鈥� Some alumni gathered with 听the nursing department to sing, refresh their souls, and learn about life after nursing school
– 鈥撎�Students Share about their Spiritual Journeys at听EMU
– 鈥撎�Integration of Faith and Psychology听鈥� upper level psych majors share reflections from papers and personal stories/ideas.
– and 鈥撎�Christian artist or artist who is a Christian? How do we talk about and live out our faith as artists?