Podcast Meets Purpose

The books, movies and podcasts we're engaging with that inspire a more purposeful way of thinking about vocation, calling and work. Ali and Thais share their favorites.

This episode features interviews with Steve Lehmann, a 2009 Valpo Mechanical Engineering graduate who is now the Assistant Director of the University of Chicago Innovation Fund, and Rev. Pam Fickenscher, a 1990 Valpo graduate who is now Senior Pastor at St. John Lutheran Church in Northfield, MN and founding pastor of Spirit Garage, one of the first emergent church start-ups designed to reach younger generations. Whether it's a sudden change in plan or a shifting sense of call, these conversations explore how we approach our plans for engaging meaningful work - and how we handle it when things don't go as expected.

This episode features interviews with Bishop Emeritus Munib Younan, who served as the acting Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land from December 1998 to January 2018, and Dr. Mitri Raheb, Founder and President of Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture in Bethlehem. These conversations explore questions of ministry, peacemaking, reconciliation, and hope. Facebook | facebook.com/leadserve Instagram | ilasatvalpo YouTube | youtube.com/channel/UCkGzIe-LP7nbHI2DyYkK85A Intro and Outro theme by Hooksounds Music.

This episode features excerpts from interviews with Evva Kraikul, Executive Director of GLITCH; and Nate Marshall, poet, MC, author and Director of National Programs for the Louder Than A Bomb Youth Poetry Festival. We explore questions of how to self-identify as someone ready to lead and how to help young people to see that potential in themselves.

An interview with 2018 Valparaiso University Alumni Award Winner Jason Hallman '06, a mechanical engineering major who now serves as a Team Leader for Safety Research at Toyota.

Interview with 2018 Valparaiso University Alumni Award Winner, Meredith Garofalo '08. Ms. Garofalo is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) for WeatherNation, a national weather network based in Denver.

In this episode, Part 1 of 3 featuring the 2018 Valparaiso University Alumni Association Alumni Award Winners, we'll hear from Dayna Johnson, who graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from Valpo in 2003, and a Masters in Engineering Management in 2012. Johnson does a beautiful job tying in the technicalities of her work with the people it benefits and is real about what it takes to manage so many different claims on her time. Facebook | facebook.com/leadserve Instagram | ilasatvalpo YouTube | youtube.com/channel/UCkGzIe-LP7nbHI2DyYkK85A Intro and Outro theme by Hooksounds Music.

In this episode, our Pathways to Purpose speakers, Institute guests, and Valpo alumni share wisdom for graduates. You'll hear their insight on skill building, staying flexible, and creating a balanced life. Facebook | facebook.com/leadserve YouTube | www.youtube.com/channel/UCkGzIe-LP7nbHI2DyYkK85A Intro and Outro theme by Hooksounds music.

This week's episode features highlights of this year's Bridge/Work Conference: Preserve and Prosper? Method and Morality in Facing Environmental Challenges. You'll hear excerpts from our keynote speaker Dr. Janel Hanrahan, our student research presenters, and our panelists. For more Bridge/Work content and info visit our YouTube channel. Facebook | facebook.com/leadserve YouTube | www.youtube.com/channel/UCkGzIe-LP7nbHI2DyYkK85A Intro and Outro theme by Hooksounds music.

This week, Caleb Rollins and Katie Bernabei, two young alumni from Valpo, return to the Institute and share their experience of alumni life. Caleb, Katie, and Ali, a fellow Valpo alum, explore topics ranging from pathfinding as an alum to seeking community after graduation. Facebook | facebook.com/leadserve YouTube | www.youtube.com/channel/UCkGzIe-LP7nbHI2DyYkK85A Intro and Outro theme by Hooksounds music.

In this episode, Thais and Ali explore the 3 M's: managing, modeling, and mentoring. Each is an important aspect to learning and leading. Valpo Alumna and lawyer, Cristal Clark Brisco talks modeling desired behavior and what to look for in a mentor. On the flip side, Sandra Alboum, CEO of Alboum Translations Services, shares her important perspective on how she learned from her past managers and mentors who challenged her. Facebook | facebook.com/leadserve YouTube | youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkGzIe-LP7nbHI2DyYkK85A Intro and Outro theme by Hooksounds music

In this week’s episode, Thais and Ali will explore what it means to have agency in the world and in your community. We sit down with consultant, minister, creator Rozella Haydee White who illuminates how prophetic leadership is a means to finding and creating agency. Baltimore-based photographer Nate Larson shares a different perspective on agency, discussing how he uses photography for the empowerment of others and social advocacy. Rozella Haydee White “Road to Empowerment” Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OlMkmfO7FI Soundcloud | soundcloud.com/leadserve Facebook | facebook.com/leadserve YouTube | youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkGzIe-LP7nbHI2DyYkK85A

In this episode, you’ll meet our hosts, Thais Carter and Ali DeVries, as well as the director for the Institute, Dr. Elizabeth Lynn. They’ll dive into leadership, service, community, and, of course, the purpose of Podcast Meets Purpose. Soundcloud | soundcloud.com/leadserve Facebook | facebook.com/leadserve YouTube | youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkGzIe-LP7nbHI2DyYkK85A Music by http://www.hooksounds.com