Podcasts about Eastern Connecticut State University

Send us a textToday, host Cornell Bunting sits down with Ernel Grant, a lover of words, visionary, entrepreneur, digital creator, and founder of Poetz Realm. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Ernel shares memories of his early years in Grinich Farm before migrating at age 14 to Hartford, Connecticut, where breakdancing and the arts became his outlet and identity. A graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University and an alum of Hartford Public High School, Ernel transitioned from college into IT and mobile sales—later finding success with Gartner, which opened the door for a new chapter in Lehigh Acres, Florida.Now in Florida, Ernel continues his mission to build community through creativity, providing a platform for artists of all kinds to showcase their craft through Poetz Realm. Tune in to hear a story of migration, inspiration, resilience, and the power of art to connect lives across borders. Purpose & Profit Club™ for NonprofitsThe Playbook to Raise & Reach Millions Faster Than Ever Before -- No gimmicks!Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showThank you for tuning in with EHAS CLUB - Stories to Create Podcast

Every four years on January 20th, Washington, D.C. braces for the start of a new presidency. Inauguration days date back to 1789 when George Washington was the first American president sworn into office. This hour, we’re joined by a member of the White House Historical Association and a history professor from Eastern Connecticut State University to walk through Inaugural history. And this year, Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances fall on the same date for the first time in 28 years. Our guests explain how this overlap may impact the day’s processions. GUESTS: Thomas Balcerski, Presidential Historian, Eastern Connecticut State University Matthew Costello, Chief Education Officer, White House Historical Association Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this podcast episode ... It's the only public liberal arts University in the state and its right here in Eastern Connecticut We sit down with Eastern Connecticut State University's new President, Karim Ismaili as he celebrates 3 months in office Plus we take a look at other stories from around the region.

Our host, Stephanie Fortunato speaks to Adriane Jefferson, Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of New Haven. They discuss cultural equity planning at a city level, the fundamental shifts it has facilitated for New Haven, as well as the challenges and opportunities of creating a living and actionable plan to create a more equitable and more culturally diverse ecosystem, written for and by the people. External references:City of New Haven Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism: https://www.newhavenct.gov/government/departments-divisions/arts-culture-tourismCity of New Haven's Cultural Equity Plan (2022): https://www.newhavenct.gov/government/departments-divisions/arts-culture-tourism/cultural-equity-planBlack Wallstreet Festival: https://www.instagram.com/blackwallstreetfestival/The Greater New Haven Creative Sector Relief Fund: https://www.newhavenarts.org/relieffundThe Creative Entrepreneurship Decoded (ED) program: https://www.togethernewhaven.com/deprogramTogether New Haven Arts for Antiracism Pledge: https://www.togethernewhaven.com/pledgeThe Breed Entertainment: https://www.thebreedmadeit.com/Sweets and Sounds Conference: https://www.sweetsandsounds.com/Seeing Sounds Festival: https://www.seeingsoundsfest.com/LinkedInsCity of New Haven: https://www.linkedin.com/company/city-of-new-haven/about/Adriane Jefferson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriane-jefferson-a3484319/Adriane Jefferson BioAdriane V. Jefferson is an award-winning Cultural Equity Leader who has worked professionally in the Arts & Culture sector for over 19 years. As the Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of New Haven and the Executive Director of New Haven Festivals Inc. in Connecticut, she has spearheaded several significant initiatives such as The Unapologetically Radical Conference, the City of New Haven's inaugural Black Wall Street festival, and the first Cultural Equity Plan in the State of Connecticut. Adriane is also a seasoned public speaker, regularly sharing her expertise on cultural equity and activism with various organizations and platforms like Yale University, the NAACP and CT Magazine to name a few. Her work has been featured in Cosmo Magazine, black enterprise magazine, yahoo news, among many other reputable news, sources. She is also currently teaching Arts & Entertainment Management as a professor at Eastern Connecticut State University, she is a Yale Trumbull College Fellow and a member of Delta Sigma sorority Inc.

Deployment by Wilfred ZinavageRaised on a farm in Baltic, Connecticut, (near New London, "the submarine capital of the world"), Wilfred Zinavage joined the U.S. Navy at eighteen. Trained as an Aviation Electronics Technician, he became an air crew member and flew on the Navy's first nuclear bomber (the P2V-7 Neptune bomber). Hand-picked along with seventeen other specialists, he later became one of the Navy's first in-flight technicians on the world record-holding P3C aircraft. At the peak of his career, he was involved in several secret projects. He still suffers nightmares from his military experiences.After his twenty-year military career, Zinavage retired back to his home with his young family. As a civilian and until he retired once again, he held many titles. He was a first aid instructor, actor, songwriter, biomedical technician, and armed nuclear security officer, Town Selectman and even a write-in candidate for Lieutenant Governor. He earned a college degree from Eastern Connecticut State University in general studies and lacked nine credits from becoming an electronic engineer. In his spare time, he became a TV show co-host on public cable access television and stays active with the Vietnam Veterans of America and the American Legion. He has authored books entitled, The Zinavage Legacy and Challenges.https://www.amazon.com/Deployment-Wilfred-Zinavage/dp/1648959806/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.zCPQ_v8_I9Vu93-UcE-E7g.Ga-SCYykBDMxgKt_Qe0XFnQl0pVoQ4RquhrCl2bRhPI&qid=1722388273&sr=1-1https://www.authorwzinavage.com/ https://www.litprime.com/http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/81524wzlp.mp3   https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=4JFEKl2DQN8

Jake and Mark sit down with Kyle Sylvester, hitting coach and infield coordinator from Eastern Connecticut State University. Kyle also oversees player development and assists with recruiting and game day scouting. We dive into the way that data is used for hitters at the D-III level, with a particular emphasis on how coaches can and should effectively communicate complex data insights to their players. How important is load timing when facing different types of pitchers? Is it always a good thing to optimize for exit velocity?(0:00) Intro (2:10) Kyle's Background (3:42) The Evolution of Analytics in Hitting (6:26) Just Swing Harder? (10:10) Making Adjustments: Load Timing (18:07) Communicating Complex Data Insights (29:19) Balancing Analytics with Traditional Coaching Methods (32:09) A Return to Contact?(36:11) Type 1, 2, and 3 Hitters (42:00) The Mental Side of the Game

Licensed mental health counselor and author Jill Sylvester discusses strategies and tips, along with trusting your own inner voice, to live your very best life.   Today's discussion: Young Adult Series: Interview with my son Kyle Sylvester, Hitting Coach at Eastern Connecticut State University Contact Jill SylvesterFollow us on IG @jillsylvesterSend us questions or feedback at jill@jillsylvester.comFor more information or to check out our other products: www.jillsylvester.comThanks to our sound engineer Jon Grabowski at Marshfield Community Media, producer Carl Sylvester, Tracy Colucci for newsletter creation and McKenna Hickey (www.helloparasolco.com) for podcast soundbites on IG. Thanks for listening!

Dr. Elsa Nunez, the outgoing President of Eastern Connecticut State University, reflects on 18 years of accomplishments at the University while looking ahead to its future opportunities under its next leader.

  181. Hartford and the Great Migration, 1914-1950   In the February 4, 2024 issue of the New York Times, journalist Adam Mahoney describes the Great Migration as a time when millions of Black people left the South to escape segregation, servitude and lynching and went North in search of jobs and stable housing. In this episode, host Mary Donohue will discuss Hartford and the Great Migration with Dr. Stacey Close. Connecticut Explored's book African American Connecticut Exploredpublished by Wesleyan University Press has just celebrated its 10th anniversary. Dr. Close served as one of the principal authors for this groundbreaking volume of essays that illuminate the long arc of Black history in Connecticut.   A native of Georgia, Dr. Close has worked in higher education for more than 25 years. A professor of African American history at Eastern Connecticut State University, Close received his Ph.D and M.A. from Ohio State University and his B.A. from Albany State College, a Historically Black College in Georgia. He is currently working on a book project entitled “Black Hartford Freedom Struggle, 1915-1970.”   Thanks to my guest Dr. Stacey Close. Read his article published in Connecticut Explored here: https://www.ctexplored.org/southern-blacks-transform-connecticut/   Subscribe to get your copy of Connecticut Explored magazine delivered to your mailbox-subscribe at https://simplecirc.com/subscribe/connecticut-explored   Was your family part of the Great Migration? Be sure to listen to GTN episode 127 to find out how to put your family's history together for future generations with Black family historians Jill Marie Snyder and Hartford's Orice Jenkins. https://gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com/127-telling-your-family-story-with-jill-marie-snyder-and-orice-jenkins   Can you use your power of giving to make a $250 dollar donation? We would love to send you our brand-new Grating the Nutmeg t-shirt as a thank you!  Donor and t-shirt recipient Jack Soos writes “I love how this podcast uncovers amazing stories and historical insights right in our backyard! Thank you so much and keep up the good work!”   You can help us continue to produce the podcast by donating directly to Grating the Nutmeg on the Connecticut Explored website at ctexplored.org.   Click the donate button at the top and then look for the Grating the Nutmeg donation link at the bottom.   This episode of Grating the Nutmeg was produced by Mary Donohue and engineered by Patrick O'Sullivan at https://www.highwattagemedia.com/   Join us in two weeks for our next episode of Grating the Nutmeg, the podcast of Connecticut history. Image: Shiloh Baptist Church women's group, 336 Albany Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History. 

Carlos Canales (Puerto Rico) Graduado de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ciencias Políticas, Drama y Educación. Magister en Español por la University of Connecticut. Ensenó actuación y dramaturgia, en la Escuela Especializada de Bellas Artes de Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Fue becado por el grupo INTAR de Nueva YorK para estudiar dramaturgia avanzada. También, enseñó español en University of Connecticut y en Eastern Connecticut State University. Se han estrenado más de 35 de sus obras de teatro. Se han publicado: María del Rosario (1986), Margie (1994), Vórtice (1994), Salsa, tango y locura (2003, 2022), Bony and Kin (2004), ¡Qué bueno está este país! (2004), El Cine del pueblo (2004), Ecuajey (2006), El Generalísimo Brujillo (2008), ¡Maldita sea el Capitán América! (2017), Teatro del lado de allá (2016), Mai (2022), Persecución y represión… en la Perla de los Mares (2022), Los laberintos laberínticos de Ciudad Ghótica (2023), Antígona Barrio (2023), Los hijos desamparados de Bukowski (2023) entre otras. Sus obras se han representado en México, Argentina, España, Inglaterra, Francia, Estados Unidos, Canadá, Venezuela, Costa Rica, República Dominicana y Perú. Algunas obras son texto en universidades norteamericanas, europeas y latinoamericanas. Ha dictado talleres y conferencias de teatro en diversos países latinoamericanos, europeos y en universidades de Estados Unidos. En el 2017, la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México, le reconoció labor como dramaturgo en el evento titulado Puesta en escena y Dramaturgia con Carlos Canales. En el 2023, Premio Arte Internacional, LLC de Nueva York le otorgó el Premio a la Excelencia por su trayectoria como dramaturgo y escritor.    Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia 2003 otorgado por el Círculo de Críticos de Puerto Rico por la obra Salsa, Tango y Locura. Premio de Teatro Nacional 2003 otorgado por el Pen Club de Puerto Rico por la obra Salsa, Tango y Locura. Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia 2006 otorgado por el Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueño por la obra Ellas revelaron secretos esa tarde. Premiado por el Ateneo Puertorriqueño y por otras instituciones del país.   Ha publicado cuentos en la revista Letralia, Leamos cuentos y crónicas latinoamericanos, Letras Salvajes y en el periódico El Post Antillano. La Revista Máquina Combinatoria le publicó el drama Los Lugosi. Ha publicado dos libros de cuentos: Los Hombres de los Rostros Tristes (2015) y Faustine Azul y otros cuentos (2019). Su primera novela fue El pájaro rojo (2018). Sus cuentos se han leído en el programa Radio Ficción por las Noches de Argentina.  

In this podcast episode ... She's normally showcasing artists and their work, but this time it's all about her artistic journey. We talk to Julia Wintner of Eastern Connecticut State University about her Fulbright scholarship that's taking her to India. Plus we take a look at other stories from across the region

In this podcast episode ... She was the first Latina to become President of a University in New England. We talk to Doctor Elsa Nunez of Eastern Connecticut State University on her 18 years as she announces her retirement. Plus, we take a look at other stories making the headlines from around the region.

 This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Brendan Cunningham, PhD. Brendan is a Professor of Economics at Eastern Connecticut State University and the author of “Selling the Crown: The Secret History of Marketing Rolex”. Ariel and Brendan dive right into Brendan's opinion on Rolex as a brand not just in the watch industry, but in all industries. They talk about the earlier days of Rolex and how they still influence the current operations of the company today, and their marketing structure that can be seen as quite unique in the space. The two switch things up and dive into Brendan's book and what the secret history behind the brand really is when it comes to marketing. Ariel asks about the “modern analogues” of today while the internet is flourishing, and about the details of the financials behind Rolex's advertising throughout their history. They talk about some of the information that was available to Brendan while writing the book and documenting their history, and Ariel has a curiosity into how the brand's goals and “personality” have changed over the years.To stay updated with Brendan and to purchase his book:His Book - https://www.amazon.com/Selling-Crown-Secret-History-Marketing/dp/B0B5KXF578His Blog - https://www.horolonomics.com/ Instagram @Katimepieces- https://www.instagram.com/katimepieces/ To check out the ABTW Shop where you can see our products inspired by our love of Horology:- Shop ABTW - https://store.ablogtowatch.com/To keep updated with everything Superlative and aBlogtoWatch, check us out on:- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ablogtowatch/- Twitter - https://twitter.com/ABLOGTOWATCH- Website - https://www.ablogtowatch.com/If you enjoy the show please Subscribe, Rate, and Review!

 This is Superlative: A Podcast about watches, the people behind them, and the worlds that inspire them. This week our host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Brendan Cunningham, PhD. Brendan is a Professor of Economics at Eastern Connecticut State University and the author of “Selling the Crown: The Secret History of Marketing Rolex”. Ariel and Brendan dive right into Brendan's opinion on Rolex as a brand not just in the watch industry, but in all industries. They talk about the earlier days of Rolex and how they still influence the current operations of the company today, and their marketing structure that can be seen as quite unique in the space. The two switch things up and dive into Brendan's book and what the secret history behind the brand really is when it comes to marketing. Ariel asks about the “modern analogues” of today while the internet is flourishing, and about the details of the financials behind Rolex's advertising throughout their history. They talk about some of the information that was available to Brendan while writing the book and documenting their history, and Ariel has a curiosity into how the brand's goals and “personality” have changed over the years.To stay updated with Brendan and to purchase his book:His Book - https://www.amazon.com/Selling-Crown-Secret-History-Marketing/dp/B0B5KXF578His Blog - https://www.horolonomics.com/ Instagram @Katimepieces- https://www.instagram.com/katimepieces/ To check out the ABTW Shop where you can see our products inspired by our love of Horology:- Shop ABTW - https://store.ablogtowatch.com/To keep updated with everything Superlative and aBlogtoWatch, check us out on:- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ablogtowatch/- Twitter - https://twitter.com/ABLOGTOWATCH- Website - https://www.ablogtowatch.com/If you enjoy the show please Subscribe, Rate, and Review!

A new docuseries called Stepping Into the Shade is in the works, digging into Connecticut's history of shade tobacco farming. A team at Eastern Connecticut State University, along with host and producer June Archer, tell a kind of oral history of the influence of the seasonal workers on these farms, and their influence on diversity where we live as well as the Civil Rights Movement. This hour, we preview the docuseries and go behind-the-scenes. Do you have ties to the shade tobacco industry in our state? Contact the production team. GUESTS: June Archer: Host; Producer; Author; Music Executive Brian Day: Assistant Professor of Filmmaking at Eastern Connecticut State University, Director, Stepping Into the Shade Kristen Morgan: Associate Professor of Theatre and New Media Studies, Eastern Connecticut State University Jason Oliver Chang:  Associate Professor of History, UConn; Director, Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at UConn Where We Live is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have all seen God working in our lives, however, we might not all be aware it is God who is working in our lives.  This is why it is so important we start talking about it more.  The more we share our experiences the more people understand how God works and how much He truly loves us.  If you would be willing to share any experience you have had of how God has worked or is working your life, please email me at catherine@findingtruenorthcoaching.com or just click here.  It won't take up much of your time and your story could be just the story that someone needs to hear today.  Prayerfully consider sharing.  Everyone has a story and the world needs to hear them.  I look forward to spending time with you again tomorrow and I will have another witness for you next Wednesday.  Remember Jesus loves you and so do I. Have a blessed day!Open DoorsI was talking with God this morning about what I should witness about today and I felt like He said open doors.  He reminded me on the time leading up to our wedding.  Tony was in the Air Force and he was assigned at Fairchild AFB near Spokane, WA.  He was coming home a few days before the wedding and then we were going to drive cross country for our honeymoon.  We were getting married at his parent's church in Hartford and then our reception was going to be at a VFW not too far from there.  Tony's parents had bought land and built a house in Pomfret, CT, which is only 10 minutes or so from my parents house.  I went to visit them often before the wedding.  One night was I going over for dinner and they had very serious looks on their faces.  I could tell something was wrong.  They told me I should have a seat.  I thought they were going to tell me something had happened to Tony.  Luckily, Tony was fine.  Instead they told me that the roof had blown off of the VFW during the last storm we had and it wouldn't be repaired in time for our wedding.  I believe this was the beginning of June and our wedding was July 1st.  I had no idea what we were going to do.  I called Tony to let him know and also because he is a great problem solver.  He talked to his dad and between the two of them they had a new place picked out that night.  His dad played cards at the Polish American Club in Newington and they didn't have anything planned for that day so they said we could use it.  It was amazing how quickly God opened all of those doors.  It turned out it was actually  a much better place to have the reception because it had air conditioning and the other place did not.  It was so hot that day that the cake frosting was melting on the way to decorate the reception hall and we got there around 8 A. M.  The next memory God brought to mind about opening doors was my Master's Degree program.  I had gotten my bachelor's degree in psychology because in CT you couldn't get a degree in education, you had to get a different degree and then be accepted into the education program there.  That would have been an extra year of schooling and I didn't get accepted.  Which again was a blessing because Tony and I would have been separated that whole year since he was already in Washington at his new job.  It is amazing how God works in all these little details.  Sometimes we feel awful or we feel sad or angry that something didn't work out and then we find out later the reason it didn't work out and it all makes sense.  Since I didn't get into the education program while getting my undergraduate degree I started to look at Master's Degree programs near where we lived.  I found a program in Special Education that was a one year accelerated program.  That meant you went to school five quarters, summer, fall, winter, spring, summer and then you got your Master's Degree of Education in Special Education.  This program only accepted 10 students at a time as it was a couple that ran the program and they couldn't oversea too many people's thesis'.  It's funny again, looking back how God is in the details.  This was a one year accelerated program, but what we didn't know at the time, but God did, was that Tony was going to get orders to move in the spring and that if it had been a traditional 2 year program I wouldn't have been able to finish it, or I would have had to stay in WA for a year while my husband was in Turkey.  Wow, I am just realizing how crazy it is that it worked out like that.  That timing isn't even the thing about the program  I was planning to witness about.  It was just revealed to me as I was typing.  Another extraordinary thing that happened with my program is that I got a call about a week before school was going to start.  It was from one of the two advisors for this program.  She said she noticed my undergraduate degree was in psychology and was wondering if I wanted to intern for her and her husband while I was in the program.  She said it would just be 10-20 hours a week and it would be gather data for them and doing research reviews.  For instance if they were doing a study the other girl and I would go to the library and research all the articles that pertained to the topic.  We would look through them and give my advisors any that were good and talked about exactly what they needed.  We also went to some schools and evaluated their direct interaction classes they had going on.  She said if I wanted to do this, they would pay for my tuition and give me a weekly stipend.  I was so surprised!  She wanted to pay for me to get my Master's Degree and then also pay me a paycheck each week.  God is so good!  One last witness for today as to how much smarter God is than we are was how He helped me select a college.  I knew I wanted to be a teacher and I knew Eastern Connecticut State University had a great education program.  However, the boy I was dating in High School was going to Seton Hall University in New Jersey, so naturally I wanted to follow him to New Jersey.  I applied to two schools in New Jersey and I got accepted to both of them.  I even received a large financial aid package as my parents still have 4 kids living at home and one other one in college already.  Even though I got a large financial aid package, the school was out of state so it would have been $20,000 a year, which today probably seems like nothing.  I had received $14,000 in financial aid with pell grants and work study.  This would mean I would need to pay $6,000.  That might not seem like a lot, especially with how expensive schools are right now, but there was no way I or my parents could pay $6,000.  My guidance counselor at school said I had received a $2,000 scholarship that would help with some of that $6,000.  But still I didn't have the $4,000.  I was disappointed but then I got the financial aid packet from ECSU and I would not have to pay anything out of pocket, I would just need to take the standard subsidized loans each year.  I was able to get my undergraduate degree with only having about ten to fifteen thousand total in student loans and as I mentioned above my Master's degree was free.  God is so good.  Another reason this is a witness to how God's ways are higher than our ways is because my high school boyfriend and I broke up.  We were together for four years so of course at that age you think you will get married.  However, God knew what He had planned for me.  My roommate at ECSU was in ROTC and they had bring a friend night.  This is where i met Tony.  If I had gone to school in New Jersey I might not have met him.  Although with his parents moving close to my parents I am sure if I had messed up God's plan and gone to New Jersey than He would have found another way for us to meet.  He is that good.  There is no messing up God's plan, there is just delaying it.Well, I really enjoyed walking down memory lane with you this morning.  I keep thinking I will run out of things to witness about and God keeps showing me new ways that He was there and I didn't realize it at the time.  He is so good like that!  God is in the details of your life too.  There is a reason you didn't get that job or that relationship didn't work out.  There is a reason your plan didn't work out.  God's ways are higher than our ways.  He knows so much more than we do and He can look into the future and help us make decisions today that set us up for a better tomorrow.  My challenge to you today is to think back to a time where you were disappointed with how something turned out and then try and see if you can see why it happened.  Does it make more sense now with the benefit of hindsight?  I hope you all have an amazing week! 

Now that Mr. Biden is halfway through his presidential term, we want to find his place in US history. In other words, we want to weigh his presidency against prior US presidents. For example, how do Mr. Biden's successes or failures stack up against his predecessors? How does his age compare to prior US presidents? I know that's a big concern for lots of people. And related to that, here is another question: have any former US presidents died of old age while in office? How about classified documents? Has that been an issue with other sitting presidents? Also, there is the matter of the Democratic Party itself. Would Andrew Jackson, the first president of the Democratic Party, recognize President Biden's democratic party? How about FDR - a more modern Democratic President? Would he recognize President Biden's Democratic Party? Would either of them vote for a Biden second term? To learn more about this history, and to get some insights into what's happening now, in our present moment, I spoke to Dr. Thomas J. Balcerski. He is a visiting professor in US History at Occidental College, also known as Oxy, where he teaches courses on U.S. Presidents and First Ladies as well as the history of the Democratic Party, from Thomas Jefferson to Joe Biden. In addition to Oxy, Dr. Balcerski is a professor of American history at Eastern Connecticut State University. Dr. Balcerski is also a Long-Term Fellow at the Huntington Library, where he is conducting research for his forthcoming book The Greatest Party Ever Known, which we discuss in this episode…. He is the author of Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. Among his many publications and projects with the White House History Quarterly, Civil War History, Journal of Social History, and others, he recently appeared on the Discovery+ series “The Book of Queer” to discuss the sexuality of Abraham Lincoln. To learn more about Dr. Balcerski, you can visit his academic homepage, In addition, below are links to two other fascinating episodes: S3E1: Principles & Roots of the GOP, Prof. Joel Richard Paul S2E41: A 2nd Trump Term? Prof. Michael J. Gerhardt I hope you enjoy these episodes. Adel Host of the History Behind News podcast HIGHLIGHTS: get future episode highlights in your inbox. SUPPORT: please click here and join our other supporters in the news peeler community. Thank you.

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space is a new documentary from the PBS series American Experience. The film explores the life of the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God and reveals that in addition to her work as a novelist, Hurston was also an anthropologist whose methods were ahead of her time. Tracy Heather Strain, the director, writer and producer of the film, joins us. We also listen back to a conversation with Dr. Stacey Close about the impact of the Connecticut tobacco fields where prominent figures like the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. worked. GUESTS: Tracy Heather Strain: director, writer and producer of Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space; Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies at Wesleyan University Dr. Stacey Close: History Professor at Eastern Connecticut State University, contributor to the book African American Connecticut Explored See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Milton Jackson was a native of Jamaica and was raised in Hartford, Connecticut. He holds a B.S. in History and Social Sciences from Eastern Connecticut State University and a Master's in Technology Entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland's Clark School of Engineering. Milton has created experiences within multiple industries at companies like ESPN, Travelers, Otis Elevators, and United Technologies and led user experience as AVP/Head of Digital Design at The Hartford. Currently, Milton is the SVP & Executive Director of Experience Design at Bank of America responsible for the banks' Wealth, Financial Wellness, Rewards/Deals, and Retirement digital experiences.

Incumbent Congressman Joe Courtney (Democrat), and State Rep. Mike France (Republican), candidates in the second congressional district, faced each other in a debate hosted by Connecticut Public, and moderated by Connecticut Public's education reporter Catherine Shen, at Eastern Connecticut State University, Tuesday. This hour on Where We Live, Connecticut Public and CT Mirror's Lisa Hagen, federal policy reporter in Washington, D.C., breaks down the debate and the issues at stake – from rising healthcare costs and inflationary pressures to reproductive rights. Later, we hear about ways to address disparities in death rates from cancer, following the death of Bloomfield boys basketball coach Kevin Moses from colon cancer last month. Moses was the first Black head coach to lead Bloomfield High School's basketball team to win a state championship. We also learn about Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome or POTS – a condition that affects the autonomic nervous system, seen commonly in long-COVID patients. The variety of topics covered in the hour makes this a magazine show. GUESTS:  Lisa Hagen: Federal Policy Reporter, Washington, D.C., CT Public and CT Mirror Dr. Eric Winer: Director, Yale Cancer Center Lauren Stiles: POTS patient and founder, Dysautonomia International. Research Assistant Professor of Neurology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine.Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brian Hamm is the new Head Men's Baseball Coach at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. He joins Yale after winning a Division III championship with Eastern Connecticut State University. Coach Hamm joins Dan Guttenplan and Matt Feld to discuss his new job and what winning means to him.

Tim opens the second season of his podcast with an in-depth interview of author and economics professor Brendan Cunningham, PhD. Dr. Cunningham is a professor of economics at Eastern Connecticut State University, a former instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy, and a former advisor to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Tim and Dr. Cunningham discuss his first book about horology, “Selling the Crown: The Secret History of Marketing Rolex.” This episode contains an overview of the book, analysis of Rolex marketing strategies in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, and insights into the colorful characters who manned Rolex's ad agency during this period. Dr. Cunningham also writes the “Horolonomics” blog with an economist's perspective on today's luxury watch marketplace.

In this podcast episode ... Finding new plant species in Windham County We talk to botanist Bryan Connolly of Eastern Connecticut State University about the new plant discoveries and what it means for the area. Plus, we take a look at other stories making the headlines from around the region.

What does it take to be successful in sales for the IT industry? Tim Arpin, Regional Sales Manager for NY/NJ at Service Express, a data center maintenance company, has a candid conversation with Phil and Nabeel about the world of sales — the good and the bad — and what he loves about providing value through consultative sales for the data center industry. Arpin always had a natural proclivity for sales. While in his teens he started selling golf equipment in a sporting goods store. He then worked at Enterprise Rent-A-Car as a sales manager and went on to do sales and business development for several firms. A former manager from Enterprise invited Arpin to join him at Service Express as a senior account manager.  He soon realized how attractive the IT industry was: “IT sales now is like pharmaceutical sales in the eighties and nineties…there's a lot of success to be had, a lot of growth in the industry…a lot of IT spend, with lots of companies looking for salespeople.”  Arpin became conversant with the technical aspects of the industry through a combination of online research, on-the-job training, and developing relationships with clients and vendors. Arpin speaks with pride about his work helping to support his company and their customers. He shares his commitment to sales as a profession — how he is in it not just for financial rewards, but also to solve problems, find value, and build relationships.  He references the book “Selling with Noble Purpose: How to Drive Revenue and Do Work That Makes You Proud” by Lisa Earle McCleod which emphasizes the importance of finding your reason, the “why” behind your selling, and believing that what you're selling is providing value and having impact. “The consultative process of sales is an art form…the need to become a high-level consultative seller has forced me to become a better salesperson — a better listener, a better relationship builder, a better problem solver.” In terms of advice, Arpin highlights the importance of staying current and actively pursuing knowledge. He also recommends attending industry events where one can make or deepen relationships with vendors, colleagues, and end users. “AFCOM has by far been the most beneficial for me…I get to walk through the latest data and learn…there's always guest speakers and different companies talking about their products…that stuff's invaluable.” He shares the following insight: “The biggest thing that helped me honestly, was just conversations with end users when I didn't know something. Being open to admitting that and asking them to explain it to me, because I wanted to learn.” Tim Arpin is the Regional Sales Manager for the New York/New Jersey Market for Service Express, a third-party Data Center Maintenance Provider. Arpin has been with Service Express for over four years and has fifteen years of sales experience starting with a job selling golf equipment at a local Sports Authority store while he was in high school. Arpin manages a team of eight sellers and lives in North Jersey. He has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Marketing from Eastern Connecticut State University.

Eastern Connecticut State University marketing professor Dr. Emiliano Villaneuva looks at Connecticut's growing wine industry and how it is finding its niche in the global market.

In this episode Kayode Mckinnon will be having a guest speaker, Greg DeVito, Head Men's Soccer Coach at Eastern Connecticut State University, to elaborate more on how a student athlete prepares for College. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jenna Mango currently works at Fitness Quest 10 in San Diego, CA, as a Certified Personal Trainer and Performance Coach.  She has a master's degree from Western Connecticut University in Applied Behavior Analysis and a bachelor's degree from Eastern Connecticut State University in Psychology.  She was a former collegiate field hockey player.  Upon graduation, she accepted the position of Assistant Field Hockey Coach at WestConn and spent four seasons with the team.  She is also currently a WTBA (World Thai Boxing Association) Coach and NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) Master Practitioner while she is continuing to train in Hawaiian Kemp, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing and Boxing.   On top of all of this, Jenna has found time to become a writer.  Choose to R1se is a book about fighting to be the best possible version of yourself and striving to get 1% better every single day in all aspects of life.  In the book, Jenna opens herself up, becomes vulnerable, and shares advice and wisdom that has the potential to help many.

This Episode Originally Aired on June 9th, 2021 February is Black History Month in America. To celebrate, we revisit an episode on Black history from last year. It may not be well known that by the American Revolution, Connecticut had the largest number of slaves of all the New England states. In fact, slavery in Connecticut did not officially end until 1848 – the last state in New England to do so. This week on Disrupted, the forgotten story of the free city of "Little Liberia". And how Connecticut tobacco farming impacted a young Martin Luther King Jr. GUESTS: Maisa L. Tisdale, President and CEO of the Mary & Eliza Freeman Center for History and Community. Dr. Stacey Close, Associate Provost and Vice President of Equity and Diversity at Eastern Connecticut State University and co-author of the book ‘African American Connecticut Explored'. Disrupted is produced by Catie Talarski, James Szkobel-Wolff, and Zshekinah Collier. And special thanks to Reverend Philippe E. C. Andal for helping us voice the great Martin Luther King Jr. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's Up, Warriors? is the official podcast of Eastern Connecticut State University hosted by first year Amarylisse Rodriguez and senior Eden Fritz Aguiar. Each week, we will sit down and talk about what's going on at Eastern, interview some people on campus, and so much more. Whether it's recapping the most recent CAB event or which Hurley dessert is our favorite, we've got you covered!

The iconic Mr. Potato Head from Hasbro is now simply the gender neutral Potato Head. Also this year, LEGO, WildBrain, and Mattel launched the Everyone is Awesome set, the Teletubbies Pride collection, and UNO's Play with Pride deck in celebration of Pride Month. This hour on Where We Live, we discuss diversity and inclusion in the toy industry, and its impact on child development. We hear from experts on the trends and changing norms in the understanding of gender and how diversity must go beyond tokenization by toy manufacturers. GUESTS: Diane Gervais: Owner, Amato's Toy and Hobby Middletown  Jeffrey Trawick-Smith: Professor Emeritus, Center for Early Childhood Education, Eastern Connecticut State University, and Author of Young Children's Play: Development, Disabilities, and Diversity  Ellen Lambert: Advisor – Equity, Inclusion, & Diversity, the Toy Association and the Toy Foundation Eileen Foley: Toy Curator and Owner, Little Acorn Learning LLC, Redding, Connecticut Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the second episode of Adversary to Ally, our collaboration with Mothers of Victim's Equality Inc., where men talk about domestic violence and intimate partner violence. Our guest is Nick Diaz, a senior at Eastern Connecticut State University majoring in criminology and sociology.

In the episode, we feature Jenna Mango, the recent bestselling author of Choose to R1SE. Choose to R1SE is a book about fighting to be the best possible version of yourself and striving to get 1% better every single day in all aspects of life. Jenna Mango has been consistently tested from a young age. Her life takes a turn in high school, and she has mental wars within herself to fight through the bullying, heartbreak, burn out, abuse, invisible illness, and family struggles. Throughout it all, she finds the strength and confidence within herself to keep moving forward. Jenna vulnerably shares these experiences in the book and her story encourages you to reflect on your own life. Her advice and wisdom will inspire you to choose to rise!      -------------     Jenna Mango currently works at Fitness Quest 10 in San Diego, CA, as a Certified Personal Trainer and Performance Coach. She has a master's degree from Western Connecticut State University in Applied Behavior Analysis and a bachelor's degree from Eastern Connecticut State University in Psychology. She was a former collegiate field hockey player. Upon graduation she accepted the position of Assistant Field Hockey Coach at WestConn and spent four seasons with the team. She is also currently a WTBA Coach and NLP Master Practitioner while continuing to train in Hawaiian Kempo, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing and Boxing.   Follow Jenna:   FB:  @jennamango IG:   @jmanggg13

Today's podcast airs on Black Friday, when millions of shoppers flock to malls to begin and finish holiday shopping. This scene stands in stark contrast to those witnessed by fifth-grade teacher Janelle Rei this summer. Between meeting with Sudanese refugee students and teachers and observing families living and working in cities built of garbage, Janelle witnessed joy and gratitude for the little things, including school supplies she delivered from her own students at Great Neck Elementary School in Waterford, CT.Janelle is a Fund for Teachers Fellow who used her grant to experience in Egypt the locations in which two books in the fifth-grade curriculum are set to support student learning and to make global connections through The Global Read Along program. Janelle holds an undergraduate degree in education, as well as a master's degree in special education from Bridgewater State University, and she recently completed a second master's degree in educational technology from Eastern Connecticut State University. Her first motivation to teach, however, came from her mother, who continues to teach elementary students in nearby Rhode Island. Our conversation covered her motivation for guiding students to be empathic global citizens, how her fellowship is facilitating that, and her advice for our future FFT Fellows working on their proposals.

I love real-life, human stories that epitomize grit, courage, ambition, mental toughness, resilience, and inspiration. And that's exactly what you have in today's episode. Jenna Mango, a new Fitness Quest 10 hire & trainer, is a young woman who has one-heckuva story. And she's about to touch many souls and change many lives.   Jenna started following me when I was on the NBC TV show STRONG and then she became part of my Get Your Mind Right book launch team in 2020. After that, she literally packed her bags and moved from Connecticut to San Diego to immerse herself into our community and culture so she could be a “Big Dawg.”   In today's episode, Jenna shares her story of consistently being tested as a young girl with mental wars, being bullied, abuse, burnout, and heartbreak. All the while she was writing everything down and journaling, which essentially became her autobiography and then turned into her new book, Choose to R1SE, which was just released on AMAZON and is already on my best read list!     Specifically, this is what we cover in today's episode: - How Jenna started following Todd and then got hired at Fitness Quest 10. - Being in the room at Todd's Mastermind event in June 2021 led to publishing a book. - Top Lessons already learned as an employee at Fitness Quest 10. - What Jenna loves most about Fitness Quest 10. - What needed to change for Jenna to get help...the silent battle. - Jenna shares why she dedicated the book to her brother. -  Hopes for anyone reading Choose to R1SE. - 3 words about the book...Vulnerability, Resilience, and Inspiration.   I encourage you to share this episode with everyone... kids, moms, dads, family, and friends. You just don't know who has the “silent battle” going on and needs help!   Save some lives today and please share this on your social media.  Tag us at… IG: @ToddDurkin, @jmagg13 FB: @ToddDurkinFQ10, JennaMango #ChoosetoR1SE   ---   About Jenna Mango: Jenna Mango currently works at Fitness Quest 10 in San Diego, CA, as a Certified Personal Trainer and Performance Coach. She has a master's degree from Western Connecticut State University in Applied Behavior Analysis and a bachelor's degree from Eastern Connecticut State University in Psychology. She was a former collegiate field hockey player. Upon graduation, she accepted the position of Assistant Field Hockey Coach at WestConn and spent four seasons with the team. She is also currently a WTBA (World Thai Boxing Association) Coach and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Master Practitioner while continuing to train in Hawaiian Kempo, Muay Thai, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, kickboxing, and boxing. Follow Jenna on IG: jmangg13 and FB: jennaMango    ---   November is IMPACT Month - We will have an array of events throughout the month to raise funds for the Durkin IMPACT Foundation and to CREATE IMPACT!   A Day of IMPACT Coming up Saturday, November 20th at Fitness Quest 10 (San Diego, CA) 9 am PST - TD led workout 11 am PST - TD IMPACT AMPLIFIED Talk12 Noon - 2 pm Health Fair at Fitness Quest 10   You can also give back and donate online - 100% proceeds go to the IMPACT Foundation to support individuals and families in need. Additionally, your donation is completely tax-deductible.  https://todddurkin.com/impact-foundation/   ---   Are you a Trainer, Coach, or Fitness Business Owner seeking to make even more IMPACT in your business & life?   You are only as good as the people you surround yourself with. Level up today with my “Best in Class” MASTERMIND program for fitness professionals. I invite you to connect, share, and grow with the top coaches, trainers, and entrepreneurs in the fitness industry. My MASTERMIND is for passionate and purpose-driven fitness professionals who want to create success & significance in their personal and professional lives. If that sounds like you, visit: ToddDurkinMastermind.com to enroll or apply today. If you do so within the next 24 hours, you will receive a FREE video of one of my recent “ALL MASTERMIND” coaching calls. There are so many lost souls right now that need “our” LIGHT.  Let's make a difference together, one life at a time!    ---   Please keep your questions coming so I can highlight you on the podcast!!    If you have a burning question and want to be featured on the IMPACT show, go to www.todddurkin.com/podcast, fill out the form, and submit your questions!    ---   Follow Todd… → Instagram & Twitter: @ToddDurkin → Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ToddDurkinFQ10 → FB: @ToddDurkinFQ10   Don't forget that if you want more keys to unlock your potential and propel your success, you can order my book GET YOUR MIND RIGHT at www.todddurkin.com/getyourmindright or anywhere books are sold.   Get Your Mind Right now available on AUDIO: https://christianaudio.com/get-your-mind-right-todd-durkin-audiobook-download   Want more Motivation and Inspiration?? Sign up for my newsletter The TD Times that comes out on the 10th of every month full of great content  www.todddurkin.com   ---   ABOUT:   Todd Durkin is one of the leading coaches, trainers, and motivators in the world. It's no secret why some of the world's top athletes have trained with him for nearly two decades. He's a best-selling author, a motivational speaker, and owns the legendary Fitness Quest 10 in San Diego, CA, where he leads an amazing team of 42 teammates.   Todd is a coach on the Netflix show “STRONG” which is must-watch TV. He is a previous Jack LaLanne Award winner, a 2-time Trainer of the Year, and he runs his Todd Durkin Mastermind group of top trainers and fitness pros around the globe, coaching them with business, leadership, marketing, training, and personal growth mentorship.   Todd and his wife Melanie head up the Durkin IMPACT Foundation (501-c-3) that has raised over $250,000 since it started in 2013. 100% of all proceeds go back to kids and families in need. To learn more about Todd, visit www.ToddDurkin.com and www.FitnessQuest10.com.   Join his fire-breathing dragons' community and receive regular motivational and inspirational emails. Visit www.ToddDurkin.com and opt-in to receive his value-rich content.   Connect with Todd online in the following places: You can listen to Todd's podcast, The IMPACT Show, by going to www.todddurkin.com/podcast.  

This is the inaugural episode of Adversary to Ally, a joint partnership between Real talk, Real people and Mothers of Victim's Equality that will take place every third Monday of the month on our show. The conversations will center around domestic and intimate relationship violence and abuse. In our research, we found that there were not many options available for men to talk openly and share their feelings about this type of violence. We felt that had to change -- and in order for there to be change, there had to be a venue where men could talk about it. My guest this week is Ashon Avent, a professor at Eastern Connecticut State University owner of Main Avent Sports and Apparel.

You're listening to the Westerly Sun's podcast, where we talk about the best local events, new job postings, obituaries, and more. First, a bit of Rhode Island trivia. Today's trivia is brought to you by Perennial. Perennial's new plant-based drink “Daily Gut & Brain” is a blend of easily digestible nutrients crafted for gut and brain health. A convenient mini-meal, Daily Gut & Brain” is available now at the CVS Pharmacy in Wakefield. Now for some trivia. Did you know that Rhode Island native, Jeffrey J. Jillson was a professional ice hockey player who played in the NHL for the San Jose Sharks, Boston Bruins and the Buffalo Sabres. Now, for our feature story: With Rhode Island's deer hunting season underway, state wildlife officials are reminding hunters that deer taken during the first two days of the muzzleloader season this past Saturday and Sunday must be physically checked at one of five state-operated sites. The same rule applies for the first two days of shotgun deer season on December 4th and 5th. It also applies to deer taken with archery equipment. Check stations allow state biologists with the help of volunteers to collect samples and take data that provides insight into the overall health of Rhode Island's deer population. The check stations are located in Exeter, Richmond, Glocester, West Kingston and Tiverton. Deer taken on Patience Island, Prudence Island, and Block Island are exempt, but must still be reported using the online system. For more information on all things Westerly and Rhode Island, check out this story and more at thewesterlysun.com Are you interested in a new opportunity? You're in luck! Today's Job posting comes from Randall Realtors Compass in Westerly. They're looking for real estate agents. You'll need to obtain a real estate license before you start. Pay can be $100,000 or more per year. If you're interested and think you'd be a good fit for the role you can apply using the link in our episode description. https://www.indeed.com/jobs?l=Westerly%2C%20RI&mna=5&aceid&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpf2IBhDkARIsAGVo0D2S3gEb-328GyRpBuTTeeKPdn3-klOh0KYAsfete6MEZmI5S4qTg-4aAnQkEALw_wcB&vjk=ca280a731c2da875&advn=7652287743140876 Today we're remembering the life of Russell Stewart, beloved husband to June. Russ was born in New London, CT and  lived in Stonington and North Stonington for most of his life. Russ attended the UCONN where he earned a bachelors degree. He then earned masters degrees from both Trinity College and Eastern Connecticut State University. Before retiring from teaching, he earned a law degree from UCONN Law School. He received a Fulbright Scholarship to study in India, and numerous fellowships to universities and colleges around the country. He worked as a social studies teacher for the town of Groton for some 20 years, where he is often fondly remembered for playing piano for his students. Russ also served as President of the New London Central Labor Council in 1967 while representing the Groton Teacher's Union. Russ was an avid traveler, often with various members of his family, always with his wife. He visited over 60 countries and every state in the union consistently making new friends wherever he went. While there, he would pursue other interests such as rock and mineral hounding or genealogy. Russ traced his line back to multiple Mayflower passengers and to Charlemagne. Russ played the piano and performed many weekends in local bands. At home he enjoyed listening to all kinds of music and sharing his huge musical selection with anyone wanting to listen. He was an avid fan of the UCONN huskies, particularly the women's basketball team whom he watched in person attending their home games and following them to several Final Fours. Russell Stewart was an amazing man who touched the lives of countless people. He will be dearly missed by his wife of 65 years, his sons, his daughter, his half sister, many family members, and all his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Thank you for taking a moment with us today to remember and celebrate Russ's life. That's it for today, we'll be back next time with more! Also, remember to check out our sponsor Perennial, Daily Gut & Brain, available at the CVS on Main St. in Wakefield! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode ... It's 25 years since the Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort opened its doors to the public, we talk to two top executives about this milestone anniversary. And new research from Eastern Connecticut State University says storms, not sea level, is driving shoreline change. Plus we take a look at some other stories making the headlines from across the region.

In this episode, we hear from Eastern Connecticut State University freshman Owen M., I was lucky to have Owen as a student last year, and he takes us through what it has been like to start college and how he has navigated high school and college with a learning disability. If you know Owen, you will immediately pick up on the fact that he doesn't give himself enough credit for his own success - he truly is an amazing student with strong habits. What I found most impactful from our discussion was the way he expressed the power of being pushed to do better while also feeling highly supported.If you have a topic you'd like dissected, reach me at michaela@drkeeganjedele.com

Prof. Balcerski shares the surprisingly circuitous history of America's celebration of the 4th of July. America's Independence Day has been on the news. One reason is that President Biden set a goal for at least 70% of Americans to get one Covid vaccine shot, which he did not achieve. Another reason, a more complicated one, is that some have brought focus to the importance and meaning of the 4th of July, which doesn't seem all that out of place, given last year's pandemic crisis, BLM protests, a contested presidential election and the January 6th insurrection. As it turns out, the history of the 4th of July is not that straightforward. For example, it took about a century for the recognition of our Independence Day as a federal holiday. And for some 80 years after the Civil war, some parts of the South, including Vicksburg, did not celebrate the 4th of July. It took WWII to create a new sense of nationalism, including the national celebration of the 4th of July. To better understand the history of our Independence Day, we spoke with Professor, an associate professor of history at Eastern Connecticut State University, where he teaches classes on early American history, African American history, and US presidents and first ladies. In addition, Professor Balcerski is a frequent contributor to CNN, the Washington Post, NBC, and other news organizations. This week he published an opinion on CNN, in which he talked about this week's release of C-SPAN's 2021 Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership. In addition to the fact he was one of the 142 historians who participated in this survey, he also authored a book on President James Buchanan… which is highly relevant to the C-SPAN survey because James Buchanan is ranked as our country's worst president. The link to Prof. Balcerski's academic homepage: https://www.easternct.edu/faculty-directory/balcerski.html You can find on Twitter @tbalcerski Link to his latest CNN opinion piece: https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/30/opinions/c-span-historian-survey-donald-trump-ranking-balcerski/index.html Link to the 2021 C-SPAN survey: https://www.c-span.org/presidentsurvey2021/?page=overall Amazon link to Prof. Balcerski's book, "Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King Illustrated Edition": Bosom Friends: https://www.amazon.com/Bosom-Friends-Intimate-Buchanan-William/dp/019091459 To continue our free podcast program, we depend on our listeners' support. So please click this link https://anchor.fm/the-peel-news/support and join our other supporters in the news peeler community. Thank you.

Meet Roc Roshon, a trans masculine educator with a B.S. in Sports and Leisure Management from Eastern Connecticut State University, M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of South Florida and doctorate student in the Department of Sport Management at Florida State University. With all of these dynamic credentials and powerful work in the fitness space, Roc saw the importance of creating a community that reimagines spaces for movement for queer and transgender communities. On this episode, Roc and Latoya Shauntay Snell touches on several layers of intersectionality in the fitness and wellness space and how race, sexual identity, gender/non gender identity and accessibility can help people from marginalized communities thrive when resources are provided. Roc talks about their experience with sports in high school, college and beyond that was afforded to them from another institution. Latoya and Roc talk about their queer identities and some of the typecasting that's associated to LGBTQ+ people. Roc and Latoya talk about sexuality, binary identity structure, pronoun usage and not overthinking the process of being an ally to LGBTQ+ people.If you want to learn more about Rooted Resistance, please visit www.rootedresistance.com. And remember, pride is 365. Check out hrc.org to continue this conversation beyond the podcast. Consider learning more about how the LGBTQ+ community can use your help in the U.S. State Legislatures and policies in sports and beyond.Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/runningfatchef)

Join Kamaar and Nichole Karpel as they speak about the planning, implementation, and assessment of resources within HigherEd spaces. They cover the Rationale/Resources/Readiness, best practices for getting started, and the key to continual improvement.Dr. Nichole Karpel is a higher education leader who has over 15 years of strategic management experience in multi-campus systems. In this role, she advises universities on academic operations and policy, online teaching and learning, and accreditation. Dr. Karpel earned an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from George Washington University, a M.Ed. from The Pennsylvania State University and a B.A. in Sociology from Eastern Connecticut State University.

Click https://thepeel.news/register/subscribe-support/ to support our podcast for the price of a cup of coffee. The knee of a police officer placed on the neck of an African American man for longer than 8 minutes - in broad daylight, brazenly in full view of a cell phone camera. How did we get here? How have previous U.S. Presidents handled violence against African Americans? How have they reacted to high-profile criminal proceedings involving Black people? And how does President Biden's handling of the killing of George Floyd and Derek Chauvin's trial hold up against our prior presidents? So that we better understand our present, Thomas Balcerski, a professor of American history and a frequent contributor to CNN, NBC and Washington Post provides us with perspective from the past by taking us on a journey - at times a discomfiting one – through America's history. Tune in to ThePeel.news podcast as Professor Balcerski teaches us that free African Americans were snatched from the North into the slavery of the South. He brings this story to life through the example of the Academy Award-winning film "12 Years A Slave". From this antebellum period, he informs of the post-Civil War atrocities of the Ku Klux Klan and how President Grant and his DOJ crushed them, only for white supremacy to come back in a different form, with a different name. We learn from Professor Balcerski the heart-wrenching story of Emmett Till - a murdered African American teenager - and his intrepid mother's determination for all the world to know, and to see, what happened to her boy. We compare the responses of Presidents Eisenhower and Obama to the murders of teenage African Americans. Finally, we are reminded that George Floyd's death was not the first time that police violence against African Americans was recorded.... for all Americans to see. Here's a hint: Rodney King. Click this link to read ThePeel.news post that is related to this podcast episode.  Information about this episode's guest: Professor Thomas Balcerski is an associate professor of history at Eastern Connecticut State University (link to his academic homepage: https://www.easternct.edu/faculty-directory/balcerski.html), where he teaches classes on early American history, African American history, and presidents and first ladies. He is a frequent contributor to CNN, the Washington Post, and NBC, and is the author of Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, published b y Oxford University Press in 2019 (book link). You can find him on Twitter @tbalcerski. Here is the long-form Amazon link to his book: https://www.amazon.com/Bosom-Friends-Intimate-Buchanan-William/dp/0190914599

In this episode... We talk with Professor Brendan Cunningham of the Economics and Finance Department of Eastern Connecticut State University about how Covid19 has highlighted the broken systems in the State and the country as a whole, from public health and food insecurity to disparities between black and white wealth. Plus we take a look at some of the other stories making the headlines from across the region

Dawn Brolin is a certified public accountant, fraud examiner, and the Chief Executive Office of Powerful Accounting, a nationally recognized accounting, tax, and consulting firm. Dawn has in-depth accounting and business expertise, working in the field for more than nineteen years. She is a QuickBooks expert, a former member of the Intuit Accountant Advisory Council, and a speaker with an entertaining style at webinars and live conferences. She has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Master's in accounting from the Eastern Connecticut State University. Her accolades include being named Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Accounting and selected as a Top 40 Under 40 by CPA Technology Magazine in 2009. Dawn joins me today to discuss the Paycheck Protection Program loans and small business finances in light of the COVID pandemic. Dawn discusses the problems surrounding the first release of PPP loans and why many sole proprietors did not get access to PPP support. We discuss doing things the right way going forward, including financial reporting and bookkeeping, and having a legitimate business with a business bank account and EIN. Dawn shares the paperwork that every business should hold in a permanent store and where you can find bookkeeping services at an affordable price. She also discusses taxes on self-employed unemployed payments and what you need to consider if you are contemplating making a 401k withdrawal. “The world will never, ever be the same after COVID. Period. And because of that, if you're a small business owner, you need to change the way you approach your business.” - Dawn Brolin This week on the SmallBizChat Podcast: Resources Mentioned: Connect with Dawn Brolin: Fix Your Business! Are you ready to run your business with intention? Ready to create a business that allows you to live your dream life and take those dream vacations you deserve? Then you need a copy of my latest book: Fix Your Business: A 90-Day Plan to Get Back Your Life and Remove Chaos From Your Business. Fix Your Business gives you concrete advice on the problem areas many small business owners face as well as the step-by-step process to find solutions so you can live the life of your dreams. It's time to take back control of your business and change how your business is run. Order your copy of Fix Your Business and design your business - and life - with intention. Let's End Small Business Failure - Together! Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of the SmallBizChat Podcast - the show on a mission to improve small business success. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts, subscribe to the show, and leave us a rating and review. Help us spread the word and end small business failure by sharing your favorite episodes with your friends and colleagues on social media. Visit our website or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, or YouTube for more great content, tips, and strategies to improve your small business.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 030 of The Full Potential Live Show/Podcast features Cliff Marrett, Director, Center for Internships and Career Development at Eastern Connecticut State University. We discuss Cliff's career journey including his path to college as a first generation college student. Cliff then shares some fantastic resources that career centers at colleges and universities around the country can provide students and alumni during this difficult job market with COVID-19. If you want to connect with Cliff, please check him out on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cliffordmarrett/

In the 7th and the latest edition of #TheInsideD3Show, Lori Runksmeier joins in a call with Morgan. Lori has been a leader in DIII athletics for over 25 years, and currently holds the VP. position in the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators (NADIIIAA) as well as Director of Athletics at Eastern Connecticut State University. Lori shares some of her wealth of knowledge of the Division, student-athlete development, being a leader during a worldwide pandemic, and as always, #WhyD3.

Roy Patterson paid off $51,000 in student loan debt by age 31. He shared his strategies, disciples, and pitfalls. His story was also a part of CNBCs Millennial Money. Roydel Patterson is a Project Manager who currently for a large Health Services company where he manages a project management community of practice where he focuses on providing coaching, mentoring and guidance to his team of 6. Roydel was recently featured in CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series. He is highlighted for his accomplishments including paying off his student loan debt in just 4 years, as well as his overall success of being financially smart at a young age. Outside of work, Roydel volunteers his time to speak to students about the importance of going into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) and the importance of being financial literate. Roydel holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Eastern Connecticut State University, and Masters of Business Administration from University with a concentration in finance from University of Hartford. He can be found on IG @roywuzhere Host can be found at: www.instagram.com/itsmymoney_ www.instagram.com/themoneyexchangepodcast_ www.itsmymoneyjournal.com

The friendship of the bachelor politicians James Buchanan (1791-1868) of Pennsylvania and William Rufus King (1786-1853) of Alabama has excited much speculation through the years. Why did neither marry? Might they have been gay? Or was their relationship a nineteenth-century version of the modern-day "bromance"? In Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, Thomas J. Balcerski explores the lives of these two politicians and discovers one of the most significant collaborations in American political history. He traces the parallels in the men's personal and professional lives before elected office, including their failed romantic courtships and the stories they told about them. Unlikely companions from the start, they lived together as congressional messmates in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse and became close confidantes. Around the nation's capital, the men were mocked for their effeminacy and perhaps their sexuality, and they were likened to Siamese twins. Over time, their intimate friendship blossomed into a significant cross-sectional political partnership. Balcerski examines Buchanan's and King's contributions to the Jacksonian political agenda, manifest destiny, and the increasingly divisive debates over slavery, while contesting interpretations that the men lacked political principles and deserved blame for the breakdown of the union. He closely narrates each man's rise to national prominence, as William Rufus King was elected vice-president in 1852 and James Buchanan the nation's fifteenth president in 1856, despite the political gossip that circulated about them.While exploring a same-sex relationship that powerfully shaped national events in the antebellum era, Bosom Friends demonstrates that intimate male friendships among politicians were--and continue to be--an important part of success in American politics.-Thomas J. Balcerski is an Assistant Professor of History at Eastern Connecticut State University. He holds a B.A. from Cornell University, an M.A. from SUNY Stony Brook, and a Ph. D. from Cornell University. He is the author of Acacia Fraternity at Cornell: The First Century and Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. You can follow him on Twitter at @tbalcerski.

Paola, 19, has lived most of her life in the U.S. after being brought from El Salvador by her mother when she was a child. She received deferred action in 2016 and Tuesday was her first day of classes at UMass Boston. Photo by Shannon Dooling for WBUR In Vermont, suicides account for 89 percent of gun-related deaths. Why is that percentage so high, and what’s being done to lower the risk? Also, we learn how the region is reacting to President Trump’s decision to end the DACA program. And we explore the wide variety of accents that color the speech of New Englanders and how those sounds are changing. Finally, we wade into an offshore war between Maine and New Hampshire and visit a summer camp with a colonial flair. It’s NEXT! You can stream the entire episode by clicking play on the embedded media player above or listen to the embedded SoundCloud files below for individual reports.  At Risk Students at Eastern Connecticut State University protest President Trump’s decision to end protections for undocumented young people on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. Photo by Ryan Caron King for WNPR We've been hearing the voices of young people around New England whose future is very uncertain. About 15,000 immigrants in our region have been granted temporary status under the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. The Obama-era initiative allows young people whose parents brought them to the country illegally to live and work in the United States. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that the government will phase out the DACA program. Many elected officials have reacted sharply toward that decision and four New England States have joined a lawsuit in support of DACA recipients. As reporter Shannon Dooling found, this news came at a difficult time for many students. She went to the University of Massachusetts-Boston on the first day of school with this report. Cragin’s Gun Shop in Rutland, Vt. primarily serves hunters. Owner John Cragin said suicide is a tricky issue – but if he has any doubts about selling someone a gun, he won’t make the sale. Photo by Liam Elder-Connors for VPR For many people in Vermont, guns are a way of life. Unlike more populous, more urban states in our region, Vermonters own guns at a higher rate and fiercely protect their gun rights. That means looser gun laws than in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island — but also a higher rate of gun deaths per capita than in those states. Vermont Public Radio wanted to look into the numbers behind this reality and found some surprising data and personal stories. Four hundred twenty people died from gunshot wounds in Vermont between 2011 and 2016. Eighty-nine percent of those deaths were suicides. Data visualization by Taylor Dobbs for Vermont Public Radio Our guest Taylor Dobbs is the digital reporter at Vermont Public Radio, and he produced the reporting project “Gunshots: Vermont Gun Deaths, 2011-2016.” We’re also joined by Matthew Miller, M.D., a professor of health sciences and Epidemiology at Northeastern University and co-director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. VPR has made the death certificate data gathered for the project public. See the spreadsheet here. The Shifting New England Accent The Netflix prison drama “Orange is the New Black” features a woman with a Boston-flavored accent. In fact, this character's way of talking is a little more complicated than that, and so is her story. Developing that sound brought actress Yael Stone to Boston. There, she met up with WBUR’s Sarah Rose Brenner, who has this report. Dropped Rs and long As can be heard, of course, not only in Boston but across much of New England. But in a 2012 paper published in the Journal of American Speech, Dartmouth College linguist James Stanford and his colleagues make the case that a classic New England accent is receding. Can you spot the dialect division in this bagel shop menu? From the (now closed) Bagel Basement in Hanover, New Hampshire. Courtesy of James Stanford In a study currently under peer review, Stanford and his partners used an online crowd-sourcing tool to reach over 600 speakers around the region. This big data set allowed them to tease out subtle differences in the way people from different parts of New England talk. James Stanford joins us to discuss some of his team’s findings. Chaeyoon Kim, Sravana Reddy, Ezra Wyschogrod, and Jack Grieve are co-authors on the study. For a deep dive into the Vermont accent, we highly recommend the very first episode of Vermont Public Radio’s podcast Brave Little State. Lobster Pots and Chamber Pots This map, produced by NH Fish & Game in 1976, details the claims made by both sides in the lobster wars. Courtesy Portsmouth Athenaeum Off the coast of New Hampshire are the iconic Isles of Shoals. Somewhere around the middle of those isles, there’s a dotted line: the state border between New Hampshire and Maine. As New Hampshire Public Radio's Jason Moon learned, that line has been the cause of some intense disagreement over the years among lobstermen. It's back-to-school time in New England. And in their “what I did this summer” essays, some Connecticut kids might be writing about the week they spent in 1774. Each year, the Noah Webster House in West Hartford, the childhood home of the founder of the American dictionary, holds Colonial Children's Camp. The program gives kids a taste of what daily life was like in Webster's time. NEXT producer Andrea Muraskin paid a visit. About NEXT NEXT is produced at WNPR. Host: John Dankosky Producer: Andrea Muraskin Executive Producer: Catie Talarski Digital Content Manager/Editor: Heather Brandon Contributors to this episode: Shannon Dooling, Taylor Dobbs, Sarah Rose Brenner, Jason Moon Music: Todd Merrell, “New England” by Goodnight Blue Moon Get all the NEXT episodes. We appreciate your feedback! Send praise, critique, suggestions, questions, story leads, and recordings of your mom’s accent to next@wnpr.org.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Owe my Goodness Ladies & Gents we have Gunn Andersen joining us this Monday on the show remember to tune in I know you won't want to miss it.. Been wanting to have him on a while now and so glad he will be joining us.. This is not a story of injury but a story of awakeness and awareness and information spreading.. My favorite.. If you don't know who Gunn is look him up he will keep you informed with a smile on your face to say the least..  Gunnar is a 23-year-old graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University where he completed his Bachelor's degree in Physical Education Studies and was awarded summa cum laude honors. He currently resides in Storrs Connecticut where he works independently as a personal trainer and life coach through online services and private booking. Gunnar holds Personal Training and Performance Enhancement Specialist certifications through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. Gunnar first became interested about the topic of vaccination while he was training to become a U.S. Army Officer in the University of Connecticut's ROTC program. Ultimately, the information he uncovered led to his separation from the military. He will be joining the talk show to talk about his experience with vaccines in hope to educate others about the atrocities surrounding this discussion that have been long swept under the rug.