How can spiritual wellness help us navigate the difficulties we encounter in grad school?

Explore this question and more with Christine Modey, Director of the Michigan Community Scholars Program, and Kelly Dunlop, Michigan's Spiritual, Secular, Religious, and Interfaith Engagement Lead. Listen in and learn why our spiritual life looks different now than when we were in undergrad; how to build spiritual wellness from the small things we do everyday; and the resources throughout campus that can support your journey to greater spiritual well-being.

Spiritual Well-Being Resources

• Religious, Secular and Spiritual Life at Michigan
• Association of Religious Counselors
• Nature Rx
• Spiritual Resources
• Interfaith Resource Page
• CAPS - Spirituality-Focused Counselors
• Religious Holiday Calendars & Fact Sheets
• Program in Creativity & Consciousness Studies
• Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Resources
• Law Library Spiritual Wellness Resources
• Gratitude Email Generator
• Weekly Virtual Meditation Program
• Weekly Mindful Meditation Sits
• INSPIRES - Campus Climate Index
• Fetzer Institute - Study of Spirituality in the US
• The Awakened Brain
• Online Courses
  • Finding Purpose & Meaning in Life
  • Mindfulness, Dignity, & the Art of Human Connection
  • Purpose at Work

Something small to do right now for your spiritual well-being: Give yourself some well-deserved space for prayer, meditation, or reflection while you're on campus and stop by a reflection room

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Guests' Bios

Christine Modey

Prior to becoming the director of the Michigan Community Scholars Program in June of 2020, Christine was the faculty director of the Sweetland Peer Writing Consultant Program, where she taught courses in peer writing consultation theory and practice and supported an outstanding staff of undergrad peer writing consultants. She is the co-editor, with David Schoem and Ed St. John, of Teaching The Whole Student: Engaged Learning With Heart, Mind, and Spirit. For more than twenty years, she has been a member of an Episcopal church sharing a building with a Reform Jewish synagogue. She currently chairs the board of the Interfaith Round Table of Washtenaw County.

Kelly Dunlop

With a focus on fostering inclusive communities and promoting programs, dialogue and training across diverse belief systems, Kelly continues her tenure on campus from her previous role as Associate Director for the Center for Campus Involvement in Student Life, in which she served since 2016. Prior to her work in Student Life, Kelly leveraged her passion for building bridges and nurturing understanding among individuals of diverse worldviews as a campus minister and community organizer. Kelly knows well what it takes to meet people where they are in the best and worst of times, to listen deeply and to create meaningful collaborations for systemic change.