{"id":79654,"date":"2021-06-28T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?p=79654"},"modified":"2022-02-13T08:12:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T13:12:44","slug":"meaning-making-for-first-gen-grad-professional-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/2021\/06\/28\/meaning-making-for-first-gen-grad-professional-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning-Making for First-gen Grad &#038; Professional Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>What is meaning making? According to Roger Kegan\u2019s theory of meaning-making development, meaning making \u201cis a conceptualization of how human beings make meaning of themselves, of others, and of their experiences throughout their life-span.\u201d In this 4-week series, you\u2019ll have the opportunity for personal self-reflection through free writing and small group discussion that will be supported by short articles and readings on meaning-making and purpose of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All sessions will be held virtually on Zoom. Please sign up for the series only if you\u2019re able to attend all 4 sessions. REGISTRATION is required.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>THEMES:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Week 1: Introduction to Meaning Making: What are my Values?<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Week 2: The past\u2013Exploration of my Identity: Who am I and where am I from?<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Week 3: The present\u2013Resiliency and Joy: How does graduate school fit into my life\u2019s purpose? How can I sustain my passion for my work and build my resilience during challenging times? What brings me joy and how does it fit into my academic life?<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Week 4: The future\u2013Hopes and Dreams: What are my plans post-master\u2019s or post-doctoral degree?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Register <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJUvd-ioqz8iG9bYmK6aeeQpuQAstw83mXC_\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is meaning making? According to Roger Kegan\u2019s theory of meaning-making development, meaning making \u201cis a conceptualization of how human beings make meaning of themselves, of others, and of their experiences throughout their life-span.\u201d In this 4-week series, you\u2019ll have the opportunity for personal self-reflection through free writing and small group discussion that will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7167,1,7153],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79655,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79654\/revisions\/79655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}