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  • The Questions That Shape A Calling

    CATHERINE WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT PROVOST OF STUDENT SUCCESS, AND PAYTON O’TOOLE, STUDENT

    January 22, 2026

    In this conversation, Catherine Williams and Payton O’Toole discuss mentorship, the courage to step outside their comfort zones and the pursuit of meaningful work.

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  • What Does Music Have to do with Politics?

    JOSEPH GRIFFITH, PH.D., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY & POLITICAL SCIENCE

    What does music have to do with politics? Joe Griffith draws on Aristotle’s analogy of major and minor keys to explore how political communities are arranged and what kind of society fosters human flourishing.

  • The Questions That Shape A Calling

    CATHERINE WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT PROVOST OF STUDENT SUCCESS, AND PAYTON O’TOOLE, STUDENT

    In this conversation, Catherine Williams and Payton O’Toole discuss mentorship, the courage to step outside their comfort zones and the pursuit of meaningful work.

  • Becoming Who Students Need

    LAUREN BARTLETT AND WYATT JONES, STUDENTS

    Lauren Bartlett and Wyatt Jones discuss discovering their calling in education, exploring how involvement, responsibility and mentorship prepared them for the classroom.

  • When Reason Replaced Wonder

    JASON BARNHART, TH.D., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORICAL THEOLOGY

    What happens when proof replaces mystery? Jason Barnhart explores how medieval thought reshaped faith and reason and what may have been lost when wonder faded.

  • Why the Summit Is Not the Point

    BY TERRI JEWETT, M.ED., PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTOR

    In education, it’s easy to fixate on outcomes and miss what’s happening along the way. Terri Jewett reflects on why the most meaningful learning for students often happens during the process, not at the finish line.

  • The Discovery That Made Gene Editing Possible

    Mason Posner, Ph.D., Professor of Biology

    What began as an unexplained DNA sequence in bacteria became CRISPR, one of the most powerful tools in biology. Mason Posner explores how basic research led to gene editing and new possibilities for treating disease.

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