Speak Up JCC

Discovering diversity at JCC.

Join the JCC Speak Up hosts as they interview Paul Kozlowski and Martha Garcia about their nontraditional college plans. Paul Kozlowski talks about his experiences returning to school after serving in the armed forces, and Martha Garcia discusses the challenges of returning to school after decades away from formal education. This is an episode full of wonderful insight that you surely don't want to miss!

Join the team as they interview members of the LGBTQ+ community for their diversity episode! This month's interviewees include Professor Raymond, who shares his story as a trans professor at JCC, as well as Kendall Lee, a former student at JCC. The two interviewees converse about what JCC should do to accommodate those of the LGBTQ+ community better as well as what JCC has done to provide a safe place to study that other colleges may not provide.

Join your favorite JCC Speak Up hosts as they interview Austin Vick, a former CCP student at JCC who later transferred to ECU. Austin shares her story about how JCC's Middle College (now ECA) and CCP programs helped prepare her to become a grad student at age 20 and ultimately get a higher-level job, all due to the opportunity of a lifetime provided by JCC. Austin also shares some successful study strategies and how to make the best of your college experience. This is a conversation you definitely don't want to miss!

Welcome to the first episode of the Speak Up JCC podcast! We're here to give you the college student's view of the world and provide advice on how to become a better student. Our episodes will range from topics like student success, how to cope with life as a college student, and many other educational and entertaining topics you won't want to miss! Join us in this month's episode as we invite Cora Vaughan, the president of JCC's new SPEAK club, to discuss what made her start her own club and how she got to where she is as both student and club president today.