Virtues & Vocations
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V&V is a forum hosted by the Institute for Social Concerns at Notre Dame about cultivating character in professional education. RT does not equal endorsement.
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socialconcerns.nd.edu/virtues/
In our metrics-driven world, Karen Bohlin offers a quiet invitation to slow down – and let poetry restore what busyness often erodes.
Read the full piece in our Virtues & Vocations magazine here: bit.ly/3Y69yNk
Read the full piece in our Virtues & Vocations magazine here: bit.ly/3Y69yNk
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In our metrics-driven world, Karen Bohlin offers a quiet invitation to slow down – and let poetry restore what busyness often erodes.
Read the full piece in our Virtues & Vocations magazine here: bit.ly/3Y69yNk
Read the full piece in our Virtues & Vocations magazine here: bit.ly/3Y69yNk
As we head into Thanksgiving weekend, enjoy this reflection on what makes her work meaningful from Maria Vazquez, the Superintendent, Orange County Public Schools (Florida).
Read more in our Virtues & Vocations magazine:
bit.ly/4pAxwfv
Read more in our Virtues & Vocations magazine:
bit.ly/4pAxwfv
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
As we head into Thanksgiving weekend, enjoy this reflection on what makes her work meaningful from Maria Vazquez, the Superintendent, Orange County Public Schools (Florida).
Read more in our Virtues & Vocations magazine:
bit.ly/4pAxwfv
Read more in our Virtues & Vocations magazine:
bit.ly/4pAxwfv
In the latest Virtues & Vocations magazine, Dr. Ricardo Nuila of Baylor College of Medicine reflects on the legacy of care passed down in his family and how his grandfather’s patient-first ethos shapes his work today.
Read the full article at: bit.ly/48ntMIk
Read the full article at: bit.ly/48ntMIk
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In the latest Virtues & Vocations magazine, Dr. Ricardo Nuila of Baylor College of Medicine reflects on the legacy of care passed down in his family and how his grandfather’s patient-first ethos shapes his work today.
Read the full article at: bit.ly/48ntMIk
Read the full article at: bit.ly/48ntMIk
In the latest Virtues & Vocations magazine, Anna Moreland of @VillanovaU reflects on friendship, community, and the quiet, interior work of cultivating true leisure.
Read the full article in the Virtues & Vocations magazine at bit.ly/3WRpW3V
Read the full article in the Virtues & Vocations magazine at bit.ly/3WRpW3V
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In the latest Virtues & Vocations magazine, Anna Moreland of @VillanovaU reflects on friendship, community, and the quiet, interior work of cultivating true leisure.
Read the full article in the Virtues & Vocations magazine at bit.ly/3WRpW3V
Read the full article in the Virtues & Vocations magazine at bit.ly/3WRpW3V
For our latest edition of the Virtues & Vocations magazine, we asked "What makes your work for meaningful?"
For education and artist Jason Wesaw, its born from love and visual arts. Read more at bit.ly/4opGxaZ
For education and artist Jason Wesaw, its born from love and visual arts. Read more at bit.ly/4opGxaZ
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
For our latest edition of the Virtues & Vocations magazine, we asked "What makes your work for meaningful?"
For education and artist Jason Wesaw, its born from love and visual arts. Read more at bit.ly/4opGxaZ
For education and artist Jason Wesaw, its born from love and visual arts. Read more at bit.ly/4opGxaZ
Integrating Virtue Together is a community of practice for faculty across institutions and disciplines to cultivate virtues through a course in 2026-2027. Chosen faculty will attend a working conference at Notre Dame & receive a stipend. Full CFP: drive.google.com/file/d/1jA0o...
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Integrating Virtue Together is a community of practice for faculty across institutions and disciplines to cultivate virtues through a course in 2026-2027. Chosen faculty will attend a working conference at Notre Dame & receive a stipend. Full CFP: drive.google.com/file/d/1jA0o...
What makes an engineering job ethical?
In her latest for Virtues & Vocations, Rosalyn W. Berne calls on educators to help students articulate their values—and chart career paths that reflect them.
Read here: bit.ly/4nPe5z3
In her latest for Virtues & Vocations, Rosalyn W. Berne calls on educators to help students articulate their values—and chart career paths that reflect them.
Read here: bit.ly/4nPe5z3
October 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
What makes an engineering job ethical?
In her latest for Virtues & Vocations, Rosalyn W. Berne calls on educators to help students articulate their values—and chart career paths that reflect them.
Read here: bit.ly/4nPe5z3
In her latest for Virtues & Vocations, Rosalyn W. Berne calls on educators to help students articulate their values—and chart career paths that reflect them.
Read here: bit.ly/4nPe5z3
Read the piece "What Makes Your Work Meaningful?" in the latest issue of Virtues & Vocations, including reflections from Rana Awdish, Angela Hubbard, Guru Madhavan, Maria F. Vazquez, and Jason Wesaw.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Read the piece "What Makes Your Work Meaningful?" in the latest issue of Virtues & Vocations, including reflections from Rana Awdish, Angela Hubbard, Guru Madhavan, Maria F. Vazquez, and Jason Wesaw.
socialconcerns.nd.edu/research/vir...
socialconcerns.nd.edu/research/vir...
“Wonder is not incidental to a life worth working—it is foundational.”
In the latest Virtues & Vocations magazine, Michelle Weise explores how courage and humility can build a meaningful working life – especially in "the messy middle" of things.
Read here: bit.ly/484o1jj
In the latest Virtues & Vocations magazine, Michelle Weise explores how courage and humility can build a meaningful working life – especially in "the messy middle" of things.
Read here: bit.ly/484o1jj
September 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Wonder is not incidental to a life worth working—it is foundational.”
In the latest Virtues & Vocations magazine, Michelle Weise explores how courage and humility can build a meaningful working life – especially in "the messy middle" of things.
Read here: bit.ly/484o1jj
In the latest Virtues & Vocations magazine, Michelle Weise explores how courage and humility can build a meaningful working life – especially in "the messy middle" of things.
Read here: bit.ly/484o1jj
In our new edition of Virtues & Vocations, Zena Hitz challenges us to consider the meaning and value of work.
"Something seems to be wrong with the traditional argument of work and leisure."
Read more: bit.ly/4gsmaH3
"Something seems to be wrong with the traditional argument of work and leisure."
Read more: bit.ly/4gsmaH3
September 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In our new edition of Virtues & Vocations, Zena Hitz challenges us to consider the meaning and value of work.
"Something seems to be wrong with the traditional argument of work and leisure."
Read more: bit.ly/4gsmaH3
"Something seems to be wrong with the traditional argument of work and leisure."
Read more: bit.ly/4gsmaH3
We hope you will join us Monday Sept 22 at noon Eastern for a conversation with General Stanley McChrystal. There will be time for audience Q&A. Register: notredame.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We hope you will join us Monday Sept 22 at noon Eastern for a conversation with General Stanley McChrystal. There will be time for audience Q&A. Register: notredame.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The new issue of Virtues & Vocations: Higher Education for Human Flourishing is here!
With beautiful art and thoughtful essays from educators, engineers, physicians & more, we're tackling the question of what makes work meaningful, ethical, and balanced.
bit.ly/41My74p
With beautiful art and thoughtful essays from educators, engineers, physicians & more, we're tackling the question of what makes work meaningful, ethical, and balanced.
bit.ly/41My74p
September 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The new issue of Virtues & Vocations: Higher Education for Human Flourishing is here!
With beautiful art and thoughtful essays from educators, engineers, physicians & more, we're tackling the question of what makes work meaningful, ethical, and balanced.
bit.ly/41My74p
With beautiful art and thoughtful essays from educators, engineers, physicians & more, we're tackling the question of what makes work meaningful, ethical, and balanced.
bit.ly/41My74p
To practice true generosity, we must start with ourselves.
Melissa Fitzpatrick writes on self-gift, radical hospitality, and the vocation of care – inward and outward – in Virtues & Vocations Magazine.
Read the full article here: bit.ly/4mqbURZ
Melissa Fitzpatrick writes on self-gift, radical hospitality, and the vocation of care – inward and outward – in Virtues & Vocations Magazine.
Read the full article here: bit.ly/4mqbURZ
August 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
To practice true generosity, we must start with ourselves.
Melissa Fitzpatrick writes on self-gift, radical hospitality, and the vocation of care – inward and outward – in Virtues & Vocations Magazine.
Read the full article here: bit.ly/4mqbURZ
Melissa Fitzpatrick writes on self-gift, radical hospitality, and the vocation of care – inward and outward – in Virtues & Vocations Magazine.
Read the full article here: bit.ly/4mqbURZ
We are thrilled to kick off our monthly webinar series with two scholars who wrote for the latest issue of our magazine around the theme of meaningful work. Join us Aug 25 at noon. There will be time for audience questions. notredame.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We are thrilled to kick off our monthly webinar series with two scholars who wrote for the latest issue of our magazine around the theme of meaningful work. Join us Aug 25 at noon. There will be time for audience questions. notredame.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Generosity is like a muscle -- it takes time and habit to grow.
In our Virtues & Vocations magazine, @snellherzog of @IUPhilanthropy explores how small acts of giving shape a life of purpose and contribution.
Read the full piece: bit.ly/4mfEJAt
In our Virtues & Vocations magazine, @snellherzog of @IUPhilanthropy explores how small acts of giving shape a life of purpose and contribution.
Read the full piece: bit.ly/4mfEJAt
August 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Generosity is like a muscle -- it takes time and habit to grow.
In our Virtues & Vocations magazine, @snellherzog of @IUPhilanthropy explores how small acts of giving shape a life of purpose and contribution.
Read the full piece: bit.ly/4mfEJAt
In our Virtues & Vocations magazine, @snellherzog of @IUPhilanthropy explores how small acts of giving shape a life of purpose and contribution.
Read the full piece: bit.ly/4mfEJAt
“The U.S. is facing an epidemic of loneliness unparalleled in our country’s history.”
@Baylor professor Sarah A. Schnitker writes on disconnection, mental health, and the need to help students reconnect with one another and the transcendent.
Read more: bit.ly/4llBQN7
@Baylor professor Sarah A. Schnitker writes on disconnection, mental health, and the need to help students reconnect with one another and the transcendent.
Read more: bit.ly/4llBQN7
August 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“The U.S. is facing an epidemic of loneliness unparalleled in our country’s history.”
@Baylor professor Sarah A. Schnitker writes on disconnection, mental health, and the need to help students reconnect with one another and the transcendent.
Read more: bit.ly/4llBQN7
@Baylor professor Sarah A. Schnitker writes on disconnection, mental health, and the need to help students reconnect with one another and the transcendent.
Read more: bit.ly/4llBQN7
What if we viewed education not as a transaction, but as an act of generosity?
Laurie L. Patton explores how reframing education this way might transform how we relate—to ourselves, and to others.
Read more at our Virtues & Vocations magazine: bit.ly/45qIpZU
Laurie L. Patton explores how reframing education this way might transform how we relate—to ourselves, and to others.
Read more at our Virtues & Vocations magazine: bit.ly/45qIpZU
July 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What if we viewed education not as a transaction, but as an act of generosity?
Laurie L. Patton explores how reframing education this way might transform how we relate—to ourselves, and to others.
Read more at our Virtues & Vocations magazine: bit.ly/45qIpZU
Laurie L. Patton explores how reframing education this way might transform how we relate—to ourselves, and to others.
Read more at our Virtues & Vocations magazine: bit.ly/45qIpZU
“When lives become interwoven, our rougher edges are smoothed by healthy friction.”
Pediatrician and professor Lester Liao reflects on how genuine community shapes character and builds moral clarity: bit.ly/3IYEMS9
Pediatrician and professor Lester Liao reflects on how genuine community shapes character and builds moral clarity: bit.ly/3IYEMS9
July 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“When lives become interwoven, our rougher edges are smoothed by healthy friction.”
Pediatrician and professor Lester Liao reflects on how genuine community shapes character and builds moral clarity: bit.ly/3IYEMS9
Pediatrician and professor Lester Liao reflects on how genuine community shapes character and builds moral clarity: bit.ly/3IYEMS9
“Civic virtues like civility, openness, humility, and grace… must accompany our convictions if we hope to pursue the common good.”
Cristy Gulserian explores why virtues like humility and openness are essential—not outdated—in our pluralistic society: bit.ly/44M3VXC
Cristy Gulserian explores why virtues like humility and openness are essential—not outdated—in our pluralistic society: bit.ly/44M3VXC
July 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“Civic virtues like civility, openness, humility, and grace… must accompany our convictions if we hope to pursue the common good.”
Cristy Gulserian explores why virtues like humility and openness are essential—not outdated—in our pluralistic society: bit.ly/44M3VXC
Cristy Gulserian explores why virtues like humility and openness are essential—not outdated—in our pluralistic society: bit.ly/44M3VXC
Civic engagement isn’t about avoiding hard conversations — it’s about having them with respect, a willingness to listen, and clarity of values.
Read more from @notredame.bsky.social's David E. Campbell in the latest Virtues & Vocations magazine: bit.ly/4ll5p2j
Read more from @notredame.bsky.social's David E. Campbell in the latest Virtues & Vocations magazine: bit.ly/4ll5p2j
July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Civic engagement isn’t about avoiding hard conversations — it’s about having them with respect, a willingness to listen, and clarity of values.
Read more from @notredame.bsky.social's David E. Campbell in the latest Virtues & Vocations magazine: bit.ly/4ll5p2j
Read more from @notredame.bsky.social's David E. Campbell in the latest Virtues & Vocations magazine: bit.ly/4ll5p2j
“Let’s listen, build, disagree, and co-create.”
@najeebasyeed.bsky.social , Executive Director of Interfaith at Augsburg, offers a compelling vision for everyday democracy rooted in care, community, and hope.
📰 Read the full article at Virtues & Vocations: bit.ly/4kn8YUh
@najeebasyeed.bsky.social , Executive Director of Interfaith at Augsburg, offers a compelling vision for everyday democracy rooted in care, community, and hope.
📰 Read the full article at Virtues & Vocations: bit.ly/4kn8YUh
July 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“Let’s listen, build, disagree, and co-create.”
@najeebasyeed.bsky.social , Executive Director of Interfaith at Augsburg, offers a compelling vision for everyday democracy rooted in care, community, and hope.
📰 Read the full article at Virtues & Vocations: bit.ly/4kn8YUh
@najeebasyeed.bsky.social , Executive Director of Interfaith at Augsburg, offers a compelling vision for everyday democracy rooted in care, community, and hope.
📰 Read the full article at Virtues & Vocations: bit.ly/4kn8YUh
What if we educated engineers not just to build systems — but to build a better society?
Erhardt Graeff urges us to reimagine engineering education as a civic calling.
Read the full article at Virtues & Vocations: bit.ly/3Tc8Njv
Erhardt Graeff urges us to reimagine engineering education as a civic calling.
Read the full article at Virtues & Vocations: bit.ly/3Tc8Njv
June 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
What if we educated engineers not just to build systems — but to build a better society?
Erhardt Graeff urges us to reimagine engineering education as a civic calling.
Read the full article at Virtues & Vocations: bit.ly/3Tc8Njv
Erhardt Graeff urges us to reimagine engineering education as a civic calling.
Read the full article at Virtues & Vocations: bit.ly/3Tc8Njv
We teach students to speak up — but do we teach them how to listen?
Dr. Erica Brown argues that active silence may be the key to leadership in a truly diverse campus community.
🗞 Read her full piece in Virtues & Vocations bit.ly/4lc59Sr
Dr. Erica Brown argues that active silence may be the key to leadership in a truly diverse campus community.
🗞 Read her full piece in Virtues & Vocations bit.ly/4lc59Sr
June 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We teach students to speak up — but do we teach them how to listen?
Dr. Erica Brown argues that active silence may be the key to leadership in a truly diverse campus community.
🗞 Read her full piece in Virtues & Vocations bit.ly/4lc59Sr
Dr. Erica Brown argues that active silence may be the key to leadership in a truly diverse campus community.
🗞 Read her full piece in Virtues & Vocations bit.ly/4lc59Sr
To disagree well, students need more than arguments—they need formation.
Jed Atkins of @unccollege makes the case for a liberal education rooted in truth, imagination, and intellectual play.
Read more at Virtues & Vocations: bit.ly/3FQzKWS
Jed Atkins of @unccollege makes the case for a liberal education rooted in truth, imagination, and intellectual play.
Read more at Virtues & Vocations: bit.ly/3FQzKWS
June 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
To disagree well, students need more than arguments—they need formation.
Jed Atkins of @unccollege makes the case for a liberal education rooted in truth, imagination, and intellectual play.
Read more at Virtues & Vocations: bit.ly/3FQzKWS
Jed Atkins of @unccollege makes the case for a liberal education rooted in truth, imagination, and intellectual play.
Read more at Virtues & Vocations: bit.ly/3FQzKWS
Can higher education serve democracy if it stops forming citizens and only trains workers? In a time of rising inequality, Dayna Cunningham argues for a return to higher ed’s moral purpose - preparing students not just for jobs, but justice.
Read more at: bit.ly/3HnYeHu
Read more at: bit.ly/3HnYeHu
June 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Can higher education serve democracy if it stops forming citizens and only trains workers? In a time of rising inequality, Dayna Cunningham argues for a return to higher ed’s moral purpose - preparing students not just for jobs, but justice.
Read more at: bit.ly/3HnYeHu
Read more at: bit.ly/3HnYeHu