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Welcome Back! We're rested and ready to go with some awesome empowering interviews!We're kicking off June with Jose Tenorio, a Reliability Engineering Manager at John CraneJoin us at EPIC, November 5th and 6th at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TXFind us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com
Send us a textTerah Johnson, a 64-year-old Masters Track and Field athlete from Lehi, Utah, is a mother of seven and married to Eric Johnson. A graduate of San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas, she enjoys sewing, cooking, reading, singing, and painting. Terah is Utah's most decorated female Master athlete 2021-2024, holding numerous state records and earning 129 medals over four years. In 2024, she won six USATF All-American Awards across jumps and distance events and has earned 25 USATF All-American honors overall. Her 2024 season highlight was winning gold in the 800 meters and 4x800 meter relay at the USATF Masters Outdoor Nationals, plus silver in the 4x100 relay and bronze in the high jump. Her points helped the SoCal Track Club clinch the National Team title. Terah was named Utah's Best of State Female Amateur Athlete for 2022–2025.
Empowering Industry Podcast - A Production of Empowering Pumps & Equipment
This week is a messages from the one and only, Charli. Just giving you an update on the next few weeks and whats coming up this summer/fall. #BeEmpoweringJoin us at EPIC, November 5th and 6th at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TXFind us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com
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Charli is joined by Zeki Oral this week to talk about about his journey and his trademark Kansas accent. Join us at EPIC, November 5th and 6th at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TXFind us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com
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This week Charli is joined by not one but TWO industry pros with over 40 years experience each! The wealth of knowledge from Bob Jennings & Ken Babusiak in this episode is off the charts!Join us at EPIC, November 5th and 6th at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TXFind us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com
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Charli is joined this week by relative new comer to the industry, Jason Massey! Jason recently took over his uncles business that has been operating since the 1980'sJoin us at EPIC, November 5th and 6th at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TXFind us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com
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Fabian Alefeld joins Charli this to talk about additive manufacturing, where everything old is new again. Join us at EPIC, November 5th and 6th at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TXFind us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com
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Charli has Jim Aubrey on for a brief chat about what is going on in his side of the industry. Connect with Jim on LinkedIn and see what you can learn!Join us at EPIC, November 5th and 6th at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TXFind us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com
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Charli sits down with long time friend of the pod Greg Case to talk about the ongoing data center boom and what that means for us and youJoin us at EPIC, November 5th and 6th at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TXFind us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com
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Charli sits down with new friend of the pod and Veteran, Craig Coyle, to talk about leadership and his approach to it. Join us at EPIC, November 5th and 6th at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TXFind us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com
March 2025 Dante's Old SouthDesmund Dangerfield is an entrepreneur, educator, and PhD candidate in Educational Leadership, dedicated to student success and community development.With experience in academic recruitment, leadership development, and entrepreneurship training, he has worked with institutions like Prairie View, A&M University and San Jacinto College to equip students with the tools for academic and professional growth. As a business owner, Desmun specializes in photography, brand strategy, and digital marketing.Additionally, he is a social media influencer with 200,000 followers on Instagram, using his platform to engage and inspire diverse audiences. Passionate about innovation and community impact, Desmun blends research, real-world experience, and engaging storytelling to educate and empower others.https://www.sfsinc.org/http://Dangerfieldmedia.comBrian & Amanda Trent are best known on social media as “The Trent Tribe”, where they offer biblical content that they hope will be relatable, understandable and encouraging. They reside in South Carolina with the rest of their Tribe, which is their six kids, two sons-in-law and four grandchildren. Brian & Amanda relocated from southwestern Virginia to Hampton, SC fifteen years ago to pastor Lighthouse Church.They are passionate about family, church, entrepreneurship, community, and recovery.www.trenttribe.comSarah Darling is an American singer-songwriter drawing inspiration from the allure of freedom and beauty. She channels the spirit of 70's California, with echoes from Laurel Canyon, narrating an American road trip story wrapped in nostalgia and sunshine. Infused with a modern aura, her lyrics transport us to a golden era, sung with the warmth of honey vocals and unfiltered honesty.Her credits include five full-length albums, multiple singles, including a #1 on the UK Country charts, and many duets. She has over 20 million streams, 11 million video views, and over 90 appearances on the Grand Ole Opry stage. www.sarahdarling.comAlly Venable is a singer/songwriter/ musician who believes rules are there to be broken. Expectations are there to be defied. Glass ceilings are there to be shattered.Having spent the past decade carving out her own unique space in the male dominated world of blues-rock, Ally Venable's combative sixth album, Money & Power, demands more of both – for herself, for women around the world, and for anyone else who thought they weren't worthy of a seat at the table.Money and power make the world go round. But in the right hands, music can be every bit as potent. Right now, on the heels of 2023's acclaimed Real Gone – an album that hit #1 on the Billboard Blues Charts and was still in contention a year later – Ally is rated amongst the best young singer-songwriters in American roots, saluted by Total Guitar Magazine in its poll of Top 100 Blues Guitarists. www.allyvenableband.comOur Sponsors:Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza & the Case of the Missing Hat:www.dolphinhat.com/product/taco-cat-goat-cheese-pizza-graphic-novelLucid House Press: www.lucidhousepublishing.comWhispers of the Flight: www.amazon.com/Whispers-Flight-Voyage-Cosmic-Unity-ebook/dp/B0DB3TLY43The Crown: www.thecrownbrasstown.comBright Hill Press: www.brighthillpress.orgWe Deeply Appreciate:UCLA Extension Writing Program: www.uclaextension.eduMercer University Press: www.mupress.orgThe Red Phone Booth: www.redphonebooth.comNPR: https: www.npr.orgWUTC: www.wutc.orgAlain Johannes for the original score in this show: www.alainjohannes.com_______________________________________________Dante's Old South is produced by Michael AmideiThe host, Clifford Brooks', The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics, Athena Departs, and Old Gods are available everywhere books are sold. Find them all here:www.cliffbrooks.com/how-to-orderCheck out his Teachable courses, The Working Writer and Adulting with Autism, here:brooks-sessions.teachable.com
It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, #956, YOUR guest is Robert Gil, Re-Entry Department Manager, Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP) YOUR host is Dr. Michelle Cantu-Wilson, Owner of Vida Consulting for Higher Education & Trustee at San Jacinto College, How does PEP prepare incarcerated individuals for successful re-entry into society? What makes PEP unique among prison education & rehabilitation programs? How does PEP's curriculum blend entrepreneurship, leadership, & personal development? What role does mentorship & community support play in PEP's success? How can individuals & organizations get involved with supporting PEP's mission? Listen in to #EdUp! Want to accelerate YOUR professional development? Want to get exclusive early access to ad-free episodes, extended episodes, bonus episodes, original content, invites to special events, & more? Want to get all this while helping to sustain EdUp, for only $2.99 a month? Then subscribe today to lock in YOUR $2.99/m life long founders rate! This offer will end on December 31, 2024! BECOME A SUBSCRIBER TODAY! Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business!
On Friday's show: The Harris County Jail has finally passed a state safety inspection -- the jail's first passing grade in nearly two years. However, state officials provided “technical assistance” during the inspection, leading some advocates to question whether the passing grade was warranted.Also this hour: We remember longtime area college baseball coach Wayne Graham, who died this week. He won national championships at San Jacinto College and Rice. We mark his passing and then revisit our 2022 trip to the Rice baseball's pitching laboratory.And this weekend, new episodes of Texas Country Reporter will begin airing with a new host who grew up in Greater Houston. We revisit our conversation with J.B. Sauceda from last December.Then, from new grant money for the Houston-to-Dallas high-speed rail line, to Simone Biles retiring one of her signature moves, we discuss The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week.And Kingwood hosts the fifth annual In a Pickle Festival this Saturday. We learn more and talk about why pickles and pickle-flavored foods are having a moment.
It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, #942, President Series #295, & brought to YOU by the InsightsEDU 2025 conference YOUR guest is Dr. Harrison Keller, Commissioner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, & Incoming President at the University of North Texas YOUR cohost is Dr. Brenda Hellyer, Chancellor, San Jacinto College YOUR host is Dr. Michelle Cantu-Wilson, Owner of Vida Consulting for Higher Education & Trustee, San Jacinto College, How has Texas transformed its community college finance system? What major accomplishments occurred during Harrison's tenure as Commissioner? How is Texas using data to drive improvements in higher education? What unique challenges & opportunities await Keller as he transitions to UNT? How can universities & community colleges partner to meet workforce needs? Listen in to #EdUp! If YOU want exclusive early access to ad-free episodes, extended episodes, bonus episodes, original content, invites to special events, & more, all while helping to sustain EdUp, then... BECOME A SUBSCRIBER TODAY! Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business!
It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, brought to YOU by Jenzabar's Annual Meeting (JAM 2024), YOUR guests are Dr. Nan Travers, Director for the Center for Leadership in Credential Learning, State University of New York, Empire State University & Co-lead, Credential As You Go, & Dr. Holly Zanville, Co-Lead, Credential As You Go, Research Professor, George Washington University, & Lead of the Learn & Work Ecosystem Library. YOUR host is Dr. Michelle Cantu-Wilson, Vice President of Education & Workforce, Outreach Strategists, & Trustee at San Jacinto College, How are the Credential As You Go initiative & the resources it provides helping institutions rethink credentialing to better serve the 40+ million Americans who have some college but no credential? What are the six key approaches Credential As You Go has identified that institutions are taking to implement incremental credentialing, from "learn as you go" to "retro as you go"? How is Credential As You Go working with states, higher education institutions, & accrediting agencies to make incremental credentialing the new normal in post-secondary education? What role does the Learn & Work Ecosystem Library play in providing critical information to stakeholders navigating the complex landscape of credentials, pathways, & workforce initiatives? How can faculty tap into the resources of Credential As You Go & the Learn & Work Ecosystem Library as they develop new incremental credentials? What do Nan & Holly see as the future of higher education, & how can a lifelong, skills-based approach to credentialing transform economic opportunity & mobility for learners? Listen in to #EdUp! Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! ● Support EdUp at The EdUp Merch Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edup/message
It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, brought to YOU by Jenzabar's Annual Meeting (JAM 2024), YOUR guest is Dr. Michelle Cheang, Director, Catalyze Challenge YOUR cohost is Dr. Constance St. Germain, President, Capella University YOUR host is Dr. Michelle Cantu-Wilson, Owner of Vida Consulting for Higher Education & Trustee at San Jacinto College, How is Catalyze working to reimagine education & wraparound services for young people to unlock economic opportunity, especially for historically underserved groups? What are some of the innovative programs & partnerships Catalyze grantees are implementing to provide career exposure & exploration to middle & high school students? How is Catalyze gathering insights & learnings from grantees to identify best practices in bridging K-12, higher education, & employers to create workforce-aligned pathways? What role do families play in successful career education programs, & how are Catalyze grantees engaging parents as partners? From AI integration to regional workforce needs, what trends is Dr. Chang seeing in the proposals to the Catalyze Challenge grant program? What does Dr. Chang see as the future of workforce development for young people, & how can a lifelong, experiential approach to career readiness transform outcomes? Listen in to #EdUp! Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edup/message
It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, President Series #274, brought to YOU by Jenzabar's Annual Meeting (JAM 2024), YOUR guest is Dr. John J. “Ski” Sygielski, President & CEO, HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College, YOUR cohost is Maureen Murphy, Retired President, College of Southern Maryland YOUR host is Dr. Michelle Cantu-Wilson, Owner of Vida Consulting for Higher Education & Trustee at San Jacinto College, How is Dr. Sygielski working to address structural racism & promote diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging at HACC, even amid pushback from some legislators? What innovations has HACC implemented to support student success, especially for under-represented populations, through wraparound services, mentoring programs, & community partnerships? How is HACC adapting to the changing needs & expectations of students, including the demand for shorter-term credentials, flexibility, & alignment with workforce needs? As HACC explores integrating artificial intelligence & other emerging technologies, what opportunities & challenges does Dr. Sygielski anticipate for teaching, learning & college operations? With the shifting demographics & needs of students, how does Dr. Sygielski envision the future of higher education & the necessity for community colleges to be agile, innovative & focused on relevance? What lessons can other higher ed leaders learn from Dr. Sygielski's insights on courageous leadership, change management, & keeping students at the center of decision-making? Listen in to #EdUp! Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edup/message
It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, President Series #259 YOUR guest is Dr. Jonathan Koppell, President, Montclair State University YOUR guest co-host is Cole Clark, Managing Director, Higher Education, Deloitte YOUR host is Dr. Michelle Cantu-Wilson, Owner of Vida Consulting for Higher Education & Trustee at San Jacinto College, YOUR sponsors are Ellucian Live 2024 & InsightsEDU What are some strategies for fostering connections between a university & its local community? What are the pressing needs for colleges & universities to embrace new technologies & teaching models? What does Jonathan see as the future of Higher Education? Listen in to #EdUp! Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edup/message
Ben Criddle talks BYU sports every weekday from 3 to 7 pm.Today's Co-Hosts: Ben Criddle (@criddlebenjamin)Subscribe to the Cougar Sports with Ben Criddle podcast:Apple Podcastshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddle/id99676
It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, YOUR guest is Edward D. Hess, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, & Author of Own Your Work Journey!: The Path to Meaningful Work & Happiness in the Age of Smart Technology and Radical Change YOUR host is Dr. Michelle Cantu-Wilson, Owner of Vida Linda Consulting for Higher Education & Trustee at San Jacinto College, YOUR sponsors are The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) & InsightsEDU How can humans stay relevant in the AI age by developing critical thinking skills? Does education need big reforms for the technological future? What does Edward see as the future of Education? Listen in to #EdUp! Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edup/message
Dr. Robert Exley is the seventh president of Alvin Community College. Prior to ACC he served as the 17th President of Snead State Community College in Boaz, Ala., from January 2008 to August 2020. During his nearly 13-year tenure in Alabama, Dr. Exley focused on providing a compassionate campus experience for students and staff with an emphasis on academic excellence and civic engagement. His own higher education experience began at the community college level and has provided a foundation for his passion to encourage well-rounded citizens through comprehensive higher education opportunities. He also served as President of Parkland College in Champaign, Ill., and as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He has held a number of administrative positions with Miami-Dade College (MDC) over a nearly 10-year period. Dr. Exley received his Associate of Arts degree from San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas, his BA and MS from the University of Houston-Clear Lake, and his Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin. In May 2007, Dr. Exley was named a Distinguished Graduate of the University of Texas at Austin's Community College Leadership Program in recognition of his national contribution to American Community Colleges. While a student at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TX., he served as the 1979-1980 National President of Phi Theta Kappa. In January 2014, Phi Theta Kappa honored Dr. Exley with the prestigious Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction.
It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, YOUR guest is Jodi Delaney, Executive Director of the Television Academy Foundation YOUR guest cohost is Dr. Michelle Cantu-Wilson, Owner of Vida Linda Consulting for Higher Education & Trustee at San Jacinto College, YOUR host is Elvin Freytes YOUR sponsors are The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) & InsightsEDU How does the Foundation change lives & launch careers? Why should higher education partner with the Foundation? What does Jodi see as the future of Higher Education? Listen in to #EdUp! Some important dates to remember: Registration closes for the Media Educators Conference on Oct. 17, 2023 Submission period for the 2024 College Television Awards is Oct. 2-17, 2023 Applications for paid summer internships begins on Nov. 8, 2023, thru Jan. 17, 2024 Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edup/message
It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, YOUR guest is Dr. Michael D. Smith, Carnegie Mellon, Professor & Author of The Abundant University - Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World YOUR host is Dr. Michelle Cantu-Wilson, Owner of Vida Consulting for Higher Education & Trustee at San Jacinto College, YOUR sponsors are The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) & InsightsEDU Want to learn how Michael believes higher education should be remade in a digital world? Want to learn how Michael believes higher education can create a more diverse faculty? Want to learn what Michael sees as the future of Higher Education? Listen in to #EdUp! Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edup/message
It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, President Series #240 YOUR guest is Dr. Andrew Hsu, President of College of Charleston YOUR guest cohost is Dr. Lisa Vollendorf, President of Empire State University (SUNY) YOUR host is Dr. Michelle Cantu-Wilson, Owner of Vida Consulting for Higher Education & Trustee at San Jacinto College, YOUR sponsors are The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) & InsightsEDU How did Andrew & his team buck the enrollment decline trend? What does Andrew, who is an Engineer at heart, think about technology in higher education? What does Andrew see as the future of Higher Education? Listen in to #EdUp! Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edup/message
It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, President Series #230 YOUR guest is Dr. William Heineman, President of North Shore Community College YOUR guest cohost is Dr. Chuck Lloyd, President of White Mountains Community College YOUR host is Dr. Michelle Cantu-Wilson, Owner of Vida Consulting for Higher Education & Trustee at San Jacinto College, & YOUR sponsor is Commencement: The Beginning of a New Era In Higher Education! What happens to an institution of higher education & it's surrounding community when YOU start with yes? What is the MassReconnect initiative & how might it be a game changer for access & inclusivity? What does Bill see as the future of Higher Education? Listen in to #EdUp! Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edup/message
It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, YOUR guest is Luís Brito e Faro, Cofounder of Brave Generation Academy (BGA) YOUR guest cohost is Dr. Mayra Olivares-Urueta, Executive In Residence at the University of North Texas, & Aspen Presidential Fellow at The Aspen Institute YOUR guest host is Dr. Michelle Cantu-Wilson, Owner of Vida Consulting for Higher Education & Trustee at San Jacinto College, YOUR sponsor is Commencement: The Beginning of a New Era In Higher Education! What is a micro school & how does it work? What is BGA for Adults & why should institutions of Higher Education PartnerUp with this program? What does Luis see as the future of Higher Education? Listen in to #EdUp! Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edup/message
In this podcast Celucien Joseph discusses Christianity and Haitian Vodou in dialgoue, including stereotypes of the tradition, Afrophobia and Vodouphobia, Protestant and Catholic responses to Haitian Vodou, suggestions for productive theological exchanges and dialogue, and the need for greater familiarity with the Caribbean theological tradition and its theologians and biblical scholars. Dr. Joseph (affectionately called "Doctor Lou") is an award-winning author and a well-regarded Haitian-American author, scholar, and researcher. By training, he is an intellectual historian, literary scholar, and a theologian. Currently, he serves as Professor and Chair of the English Department at San Jacinto College. Celucien Joseph: https://drcelucienjoseph.com/bio/ "Refining cultural, national, and religious identity: The Christian-Vodouist dialogue?": https://www.academia.edu/28160823/_Redefining_Cultural_National_and_Religious_Identity_The_Christian_Vodouist_dialogue Revolutionary Change and Democratic Religion: Christianity, Vodou, and Secularism: https://www.amazon.com/Revolutionary-Change-Democratic-Religion-Christianity-ebook/dp/B087TKVT1J Vodou in the Haitian Experience: A Black Atlantic Perspective: https://www.amazon.com/Vodou-Haitian-Experience-Atlantic-Perspective-ebook/dp/B01EO0PEP2 Vodou in Haitian Memory: The Idea and Representation of Vodou in Haitian Imagination; https://www.amazon.com/Vodou-Haitian-Memory-Representation-Imagination-ebook/dp/B01EVZ3RA4 "Revising Caribbean Theological Tradition: 20 Haitian Theologians and Biblical Scholars You Should Know": https://theglobalchurchproject.com/haitian-theologians/ You can listen to Multifaith Matters on your favorite podcast platform, including Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and iHeart Radio. Learn more about our work at https://www.multifaithmatters.org Support this work: One-time donation: https://multifaithmatters.org/donate Become my patron: https://patron.podbean.com/johnwmorehead #vodou #voodoo #haiti
Hunter Hollan doesn't take the success he's having for granted. He knows he's come a long way on a journey that hasn't been in a straight line. The Covid-19 pandemic impacted his college choices, and the junior lefty ended up at San Jacinto College for two seasons. But he eventually got his chance at Arkansas, and he's taken full advantage. A guy who can throw five or six different pitches any given night, Hollan has become a weapon for pitching coach Matt Hobbs. Hollan is 8-2 across 14 starts for the Razorbacks, including a stand-out complete-game performance in a big win over South Carolina. Whether he pitches Friday, Saturday or Sunday, he's been ready to bring his best stuff to the mound. FIND US ONLINE: Twitter: @HogsPlus Instagram: @thehogpod Email: thehogpod@sportandstory.com CREDITS: Host & Executive Producer: Bo Mattingly (@SportAndStoryBo) Producer: Bart Pohlman (@Bart_Pohlman) Editor, Engineer & Mixer: James Youngblood (@CYoungJ)
Chase Adkison's freshman year of baseball at Boise State lasted 15 games. Like all sports in the spring of 2020, it was shut down by Covid. His sophomore year almost didn't happen. Adkison's older brother, Tyler, posted on social media saying Chase needed a place to play. That post caught the attention of coaches at San Jacinto College in Houston. After his first game in the fall, bigger programs started showing interest. Adkison transferred to Oklahoma State the following season, where he's made an immediate impact on both offense and defense. He has few goals to accomplish before he leaves Stillwater—take care of his pitchers, help lead the team to Omaha, and get a Robin Ventura glove to add to his growing collection. FIND US ONLINE: Website: https://osumax.com/osu-max-podcast-network Twitter: twitter.com/osu_max Instagram: instagram.com/osu_max CREDITS: Host: Meghan Robinson (@megrobs11) Coordinating Producer: Bart Pohlman (@Bart_Pohlman) Editor, Engineer & Mixer: James Youngblood (@CYoungJ)
This week, Elle reflects on some of the implications of Trans Day of Visibility. She talks about the benefits and drawbacks keeping secrets (or even maintaining privacy), and the many reasons why trans people may choose to hide aspects of their identities. One of the bits of media Elle references is the documentary "Paris is Burning" (1990) - read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_I...) This episode is based loosely on material Elle will present for a lecture at San Jacinto College in early April. Your constructive feedback and suggestions are welcome. Reply in the comments or send an email to: twatpodcasting@GMAIL.COM. Elle briefly references her book, "Hidden: Why Secrets Hold You Back and Launch You Forward", which dropped during the summer of 2021, just prior to her coming out. The book is published in her birth name, and is available for purchase on Amazon and via her website (www.estherloewen.com). As always, the podcast is available on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHIwunUfX0Rl8gzk2Pm2Ntw Please leave a rating and review for the show if you haven't done so yet! . #transition #transgrief #grief #griefjourney #grieving #transgender #transgenderwoman #transwoman #transpastor #lgbtq #lgbtqtherapy #lgbtqia #transisbeautiful #transtherapist #therapy
On today's episode of the Illumination by Modern Campus podcast, host Amrit Ahluwalia was joined by Sallie Kay Janes to discuss the evolution of non-credit programming and how to create a connection between the credit and non-credit sides of the institution.
We welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience! It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, YOUR guests are Linda Battles, Regional Vice President & Chancellor at WGU Texas, & Dr. Michelle Cantu-Wilson, Director of Teaching & Learning Initiatives & Special Projects at San Jacinto College What happens when 2 powerful Latina Leaders get together to do an EdUp TakeOver to talk about the challenges of being Latina, family & children, mentorship, access, & leadership? Listen in to #EdUp! Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edup/message
Lisa Yates, who currently works at Mt. San Jacinto College, enhances the lives of all persons she encounters through her work as a disability counselor/disability specialist. Listen to this episode so Lisa can tell you more about her job and how she is helping to educate everyone about improving perspectives concerning what the concept of “disability” is all about. Lisa went back to school after more than 25 years of being a mom and starting a family. She is currently working on her Ph.D. dissertation through the Notre Dame of Maryland University. As you will hear, Lisa and I had a lively and relevant discussion about persons with disabilities. Discussions like ours in this episode are, I think, one of the best ways that we all can grow to understand that persons with disabilities are far from being “disabled”. I look forward to receiving your comments and thoughts about my conversation with Lisa. Also, as always, should you know of anyone who you feel would be a good guest on Unstoppable Mindset, please reach out. Of course, that includes you as a possible guest. About the Guest: Lisa M. Yates Mt. San Jacinto College: Disability Support Counselor/Learning Specialist Notre Dame of Maryland University: Doctoral Candidate 2021 Nancy Kreiter Student Research Day Award recipient (Notre Dame of Maryland University) Lisa currently serves students with dis/abilities as an academic and dis/ability counselor at Mt. San Jacinto College in Southern California. Lisa has previously worked in 5 community colleges, as a Learning Disabilities Specialist, Student Success Counselor, Veterans Counselor, Job Development Counselor, and Autism Specialist. In each position, Lisa has been committed to treating dis/ability as a diversity and equity issue. Lisa earned her Masters Degree in Special Education from California State University, Fullerton, and her Learning Disabilities Specialist certification from Sacramento State University. Lisa is currently in the dissertation phase of Notre Dame of Maryland University's Ph.D. program in Higher Educational Leadership for Changing Populations. Her dissertation research focuses on utilizing experiential learning to explore dis/ability perceptions in non-dis/abled college stakeholders. About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is an Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Michael Hingson 01:20 Welcome to unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet unexpected as always fun. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, your host welcome from wherever you may happen to be. We're glad you're with us and really appreciate you joining us. Lisa Yates is our guest today. And she I could say a lot about you Lisa Yates. Lisa loves the Academy Awards. In fact, we were just listening to a little segment from the 1943 Academy Awards presented in 1944 were Casablanca one for Best Picture that year, one of my favorite movies. But anyway, Lisa has worked at a number of colleges has been very much involved in diversity, inclusion and disabilities and a variety of things like that. We're gonna get into all of that during the course of the next hour. So Lisa, welcome to unstoppable mindset. How are you? Lisa Yates 02:13 Thank you very much for You're welcome. I'm, you know, I'm excited. I'm nervous. I'm overwhelmed by life right now. So I'm excited, though, have this conversation. Michael Hingson 02:29 So what's overwhelming you today? Lisa Yates 02:33 Well, I'm in the what is the experiment phase of my dissertation, in focus on Disability Studies in Higher Education. And I'm collecting participants. And so I'm hoping to get enough and all of the stress that's involved in that. My adviser told me today that this is the fun part. And I said, Are we having fun yet, because I'm not quite having fun. But I think once I get my participants and actually start the, the experiment, it will probably be very fun. And I the Supreme Court decision that came down today and the one yesterday have overwhelmed me as far as concerns about the future of the country. And, and and actually, I'm concerned about what might happen with disability rights in America because the argument that they used for overturning Roe v Wade, was that it was not in keeping with the history and tradition of the interpretation of the Constitution for this country. And, you know, ugly laws were in keeping with the history and tradition of this country. And ugly laws stated that people with disabilities could not be seen in public and yeah, so I'm concerned on a lot of other was Michael Hingson 03:57 also the decision on what was it Tuesday regarding religious freedom and the rights of religious organizations and so on and how is that going to affect the ADEA Lisa Yates 04:10 right, and the gun the gun ruling for New York City after such a horrible shooting and involved in Buffalo that you know, I I just I am concerned about people having guns on their person that are not able that people other people don't know that they have them and I just feel like the country right now is so anxious and stressed and frustrated and polarized and how will carrying guns concealed weapons help that situation? I just I don't know what's happening. I'm just saw an Michael Hingson 04:53 interview this morning with the mayor of New York and Mr. Adams was was talking about that very thing. He said that this is going to make law enforcement a lot more difficult to do. Certainly the concept of Roe v. Wade, and overturning a precedent that had been in place 50 years, especially when some of the Supreme Court justices as they were being considered, during the last administration said, we're not going to overturn precedent. Well, they just did. So that's right. They did. Well, Tony, will tell me a little bit about you in terms of, obviously, you were very much involved in disabilities and so on. I'd love to know more about how you got involved in that and kind of what your early life was about. Lisa Yates 05:41 Okay, well, how far back should I go? Michael Hingson 05:44 Oh, as far as you want a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. Yeah. Lisa Yates 05:49 Oh, Star Wars reference like it? Well, I, I have done presentations before where I've shared with people that when I was growing up, we never, ever saw people with any kind of disability. We call them handicaps back then I call them predicaments now, but we never saw people because they weren't allowed in restaurants. And they weren't allowed in public places. And they didn't go to our schools. And so that was my upbringing, and exposure with disability. If I did see somebody, it was maybe a disabled veteran who was kind of on the corner with a brown bag and a bottle, you know, because there was just nothing that they could do, or places they could go. I fast forward, had four children was a stay at home mom for 25 years, I had gotten my bachelor's degree in liberal studies like 100 years ago, and then stayed home after I got my bachelor's degree for 25 years. And when it was time to go back to school, I was planning on pursuing a speech. Well, it wasn't time to go back to school, we were about to lose our house in the housing market, fiasco that was 2008. And I couldn't get a job, even though I had a bachelor's degree. And so I decided to go back to school and get a certificate in speech language pathology, where I would work with a speech language pathologist supporting students with autism or speech difficulties. And the the, my professor found that I had a bachelor's degree and she said, Why don't you get a master's in speech language pathology instead of being an assistant? And so I got a scholarship that was actually for women returning to school after an absence, who had a hardship in Riverside County. Michael Hingson 07:51 It was that specific why is that specific or what? Yeah, Lisa Yates 07:55 so I went to Cal State Fullerton based on that scholarship to pursue a master's in speech language pathology. While doing that, I found out that they had 300 applicants a year and they took 28. And that there was a really good chance that I wouldn't get accepted. Even if I had straight A's, which I almost did. One teacher gave me a B plus, I've never forgiven that teacher. But I know I know. And her reason was just ridiculous. But I won't go into that. And so I was concerned that I might not be one of those people picked. I started exploring a master's in special education instead found out that I could, I was guaranteed a spot in that program, got into that knew that I didn't really want to teach kids in K through 12 found out that there was a learning disability certificate program through another University, Sacramento State, and that if I did that I could work in a community college as a learning disability specialist. So while I was completing my Master's at Cal State Fullerton, I did this one year program at Sacramento State on learning disability certification for adults. Did that worked five colleges over the next I don't know, four years, part time got a full time position as a veteran's counselor at Chaffey College, which is a community college in Southern California. And then from there, I got a disability counseling position tenure track at the college that I'm now working in, in Southern California as well. And so I've also worked as an autism specialist at another college, a student success counselor at another college learning disability specialists and, and I've brought all of that into what I do now, which is, I think, serving students with disabilities like the whole person, not just managing or providing accommodations, to help them learn based on on whatever that specific challenges I like to, I really like to help the whole person and support the whole person. So that's what I do. Michael Hingson 10:09 You have certainly been a very busy individual, academically and so on. Yeah, Lisa Yates 10:15 I like learning. Even when I was a stay at home mom, I was very much into my girls. I have four daughters, their education, and just always trying to learn more about how to be a good mom, because there's no manual for that. Michael Hingson 10:30 I mean, I don't do that. They don't give out meals for those. Lisa Yates 10:33 Now, so I'm just trying to learn stuff about and active in the community and trying to figure out how to do things in the community. I've just always been a learner. Yeah, well, Michael Hingson 10:43 So how old are the girls? Lisa Yates 10:46 My youngest is 25. Michael Hingson 10:49 I thought we were. Yeah, it was ages. Oh, yeah. Lisa Yates 10:53 That's why I can do all I'm doing now. Because my girls are gone. My next one is 29. My next one is 32. I think. And then the next one is turning 40. This year, and I have two adorable, well behaved, very intelligent grandchildren. Michael Hingson 11:13 Is that Is there a husband on the scene as well? Yes. Just just checking one out. Have you had the talk with all the daughters saying, now that you're grown up? Of course, you need to recognize that your job is to support mom and dad in the manner they want to become accustomed to? Lisa Yates 11:33 No, in that one. Yeah. No, in fact, it's more like they're having conversations with me about like, are you gonna have you know, be okay, if you have like a stroke one day or? Michael Hingson 11:46 It's pretty negative. Lisa Yates 11:47 No, they don't they don't say those words. But, you know, wanting to make sure that we have a good retirement plan. And we have a will and yeah, they're there. Yeah, it's Michael Hingson 11:59 just tell them that they're welcome to contribute to the retirement plan. You know, you accept contributions. Lisa Yates 12:05 I will I will make sure that I left. Yeah. Michael Hingson 12:08 So let's talk about disabilities in in education and so on you I gather don't have what would be classified as a disability. Lisa Yates 12:18 I do actually I have a permanent so my, you know, there's a lot of disability language out there are people do it differently diversely, abled, uniquely abled. I view it as human predicament. And I got that from Tom Shakespeare who's a disability scholar. Because he people predicaments are common to humankind, right. It's just that when it comes to body or mind predicaments, there's that stigma that's attached to them. So my particular body predicament is Fibromyalgia which is a chronic pain and fatigue kind of predicament. But it also presents with mind predicaments, because it causes foggy thinking, I have chronic insomnia, which causes me to have slow thought processes sometimes. Which is kind of ironic, because I love learning. And I get really frustrated when I don't get things really fast, like I think I should. But I just tell myself what I tell my students that speed doesn't mean smart. You know, it's okay to take time to process information. So Michael Hingson 13:35 forgive me this is interesting way to put it. The problem with the English language, and I think with languages in general is that words tend to change in meanings and are morphed by people in a variety of ways. For example, diversity. Diversity doesn't generally include anyone who is classified as having a disability when we talk about Hollywood, and we talk about so many places, and we hear discussions about diversity. It's all about race, gender, the sex or sexual orientation and so on. And if disabilities are mentioned at all, it's kind of an afterthought. Yes, definitely an afterthought. And that's unfortunate and predicaments is interesting. I would submit and I've said it here before that there is not one single person on the earth who doesn't have a particular disability or what we'll call predicament. And I think that all of you have a predicament that blind people don't have, which is your light dependent. You don't do well when there's not light around. If we use the Americans with Disabilities Act as the model, Thomas Edison invented the electric light so that people with light dependency have a way to deal with the dark. Okay, that's fine. You've covered it up. You do pretty well with it, but don't negate the rest of us because of that. Yes. And yeah. Lisa Yates 14:59 I was just saying I think the reason I like predicament is because when you talk about predicaments divorce is a predicament. Sure, actual troubles are a predicament, you know, we all have predicament so why? And I'll tell you why I think that body mind predicaments in particular are relegated to, you know, the worst possible predicaments is because of Plato, it goes back to Plato's Republic, where they base their whole culture, on the ability, the human reasoning ability, and physical ability, that people who had those higher levels, what they called higher levels of functioning, where leaders and all the slaves and peasants and people were considered less able, cognitively or physically, and, or physically. And I do think that that's a lot of it as far as the language, English is a living language, if it stopped evolving, it would be like Latin, and it would just die. So it's gonna keep evolving, but I think it's important for us, those of us who are in this field, and also in other diverse fields to keep evolving in a positive way. And not, you know, negative, like, dis abled, which implies not abled, or handicapped, or whatever. And I agree, I have a good friend who's blind. And we have an event at my college every year called Beyond the cover living books, which I created, in which students with disabilities share their lived experiences. And my friend, Cameron, who's he's been in two of those events. And he's been blind since he was one and a half, I think he was sitting near someone who was talking about their bipolar because all different disabling predicaments were presented, not all several. And he after when it was over, and we were talking about it, he said he was so surprised that people would be so open about their mental illness, as he called it, which I would call by mind predicament, right? And I said, Well, you have to understand, those of us who are sighted, we have been sad, we've been confused, we've been stressed. So we can imagine what it's like to be bipolar, or to be depressed or to be anxious or to have anxiety. But we are afraid of the dark, we walk through the world with our eyes being our number one sense. And so for us to imagine you walking through the world engaged and functioning and enjoying life without being able to use your eyes to see, it's very confusing to us, because first thing we do is turn on a light when we get in a room, like you said, to enable ourselves to be able to see. So Michael Hingson 18:16 we should be grateful to blind people. Because when we have severe power outages, and blackouts, and so on, the fact that we don't turn on the lights tends to save everyone from themselves because we don't need those lights. So we help with the electricity. Seriously. The the issue, though, is that, I think you're absolutely right, we teach people to be afraid of something that's different than we are Yes. And that's exactly the problem. While we teach people to use their eyes, we don't teach them to use the rest of their senses very well. We don't teach them that you can go through the world without being able to see nowadays we have a lot more technology than we used to do, which should make it easier to accommodate persons who happen to be different than we are. But we still don't. In fact, we use technology to make it worse, for example, it is easy today, electronically, to make documents that are fully accessible for blind persons. Yet, in reality, we want to make them visually aesthetic and available. So we may take a document and take a picture of it and store it as a PDF graphic which makes it inaccessible rather than including the text of it. And the fact of the matter is there is no reason to do that. But we don't teach people that in reality, we need to be more inclusive and all we do and well. You're right disability means lack of ability. I suddenly it, it doesn't need to mean that disability can mean something different that isn't negative. Since we're good at warping words from time to time, we can change that meaning Lisa Yates 20:11 we would have to change the meaning of the root word dis. And of course, that would be weird. Michael Hingson 20:16 We'd have to do it. We would have to do it in that context, though, Lisa Yates 20:20 right? It would it would be it's firmly entrenched in the language, though. Because this, I'm Nick, if you look it up in the dictionary means Sure. Michael Hingson 20:31 So yeah, but but the if you look up, see in the dictionary, S E. People always talk about a being with the eye, but one of the definitions in the dictionary is to perceive, yeah, for sure you can you can separate it out. Or you can say disability as a word has a different meaning than we think it does without interrupting the cons, you know, we don't serve seem to have a problem with the word discourse, right? And so there are a lot of ways that we can change words, Lisa Yates 21:02 I think discourse is used a lot less frequently than disabled. But, Michael Hingson 21:06 but Well, I agree, but but it still has a different meaning for discourse as a word, then the negative context of dis. And so it's all about Lisa Yates 21:17 Well, it's kind of similar, but Well, Michael Hingson 21:21 yeah. But the point is that we can change meanings and we can change attitudes. Lisa Yates 21:27 Yes. And my perspective is, and this is based on my research as a, you know, doctoral student, is that how can I say this? Person, sorry, what's the word predicament is a generic, unbiased term, that can be applied to all humanity. And when I use the word disabled, I use it in reference to how the environment disables a person, not the person's disability. And I do that because I believe that the cognitive, physical, mental, and mobile vision hearing conditions are significant and real, and are predicaments for sure. But it's the environment that further disables the person. And so that's how I use disabled or disability in terms of what we need to address in the environment to make it less. And again, my perspective is based on being in education, and supporting students, whereas yours is based on technology and your lived experience as a blind person. So we're going to come at it differently, Michael Hingson 22:53 somewhat, but I think we end up at the same place. And environment also can very much dictate the severity or seriousness of a or challenge of a predicament to absolutely, absolutely. So with, with people who are classified as having a disability and so on, how do we improve success rate as they get to college? And how do we get more of them into college environments and give them more of the opportunities that they should have the right to have? Lisa Yates 23:30 Yeah, so the state of California, I can only speak about state of California. Yeah, that's where I am, has, you know, mandated equal access to education. And so like in high school, special education counselors have to provide a transition plan for students with disabilities, including an offering them options to go to college. And so that's, that's one thing. And then once they get to college, and also in high school teachers provide modifications to assignments and accommodations, like extra time for testing and things like that. Once they come to college, then if they want to disclose and that's part of the problem, they have to disclose their their challenges their predicament. If they want to disclose that, then they can get accommodations in college like a note taker, to assist them with taking notes because my view is an again, I've worked with students with vision hearing, chronic pain, cancer, pregnancy, learning disabilities, ADHD, depression, anxiety, all schizophrenia, right? All of those and my view as a learning disability specialist, and I would say now I'm more of a learning specialist than I am a learning disability specialist. Is that all challenge? Does all physical body mining segments? Yeah, body mind predicaments in particular impacts students learning efficiency, so not their intellectual ability. And the problem is a lot of teachers think they hear the word disabled, and they think, intellectually disabled, which used to be called mentally retarded, or they think, irrational, erratic, that these, whatever the challenge is, it's going to mean that they can't keep up with the rest of the students, they're not going to succeed. And my, what I've learned is that it's about processing efficiency. So students, whether whatever their challenge is, the brain becomes distracted by whatever their symptoms are. And that interferes with either visual processing, or auditory processing, or both. And in the college environment, the reason the college environment is disabling is because teachers talk very, very fast, they don't use a lot of repetition, they will often, if they're referring to a PowerPoint presentation, say, over here on the right, when somebody may have a vision impairment in class, and not know what they're referring to over on the right, or show their slides very, very quickly, so that somebody who has whose sight is fine, but their visual processing speed is challenged, they don't have the chance to really take it in, right, where they speak very quickly. And in somebody with an auditory processing challenge, they're still thinking about what the teacher said a few minutes ago, and the teachers have moved on to this new topic. And so they're having trouble processing that auditory information. And so what we do is we provide digital recorders, so students can use those in the classroom. And then they can hear the lecture over and over again, no takers, like I said, we have speech to text software where students can have their, where they can speak their words like Dragon or something like that into the computer, or text to speech where they can have their books uploaded to a computer, and the computer can read to them. And those are all accommodations based on the 20th century model of disability support and education. My view is that we need to evolve it to a 21st century model, and stop being reactive, and be more proactive with students in order to increase their success outcomes. Michael Hingson 27:45 And what do you mean by that? Lisa Yates 27:47 I mean, collaborating with instructors, a lot of times, disability professionals tend to keep the knowledge that we have in house, in our department. And we just work with the students. And I think that more and more we need to be leaving our department and educating educators about about intellectual ability and how about this, how disabilities affect learning efficiency and not intelligence. And from what I've been studying, and my experience with intellectual IQ, intellectual quotient, IQ, the way we measure it is wrong. And I think that it's, we need to, like really be examining how we measure intellectual ability, because determining if somebody has a learning disability is based on their IQ, if we measure IQ, wrong, right? If we measure IQ wrong, then how can we determine if there's actually a learning disability? If we're basing it on an inaccurate measurement of IQ, that kind of thing? Well, Michael Hingson 28:59 I, you know, it's interesting, I would add another dimension to some of that, which does go back to the student a little bit. One of the problems well, let me rephrase it, one of the the values of colleges that you're starting to learn to be prepared to live outside of the college and the school environment, much more than high school and elementary school and so on. And that's good. And that's the way it should be. I would say for blind students, and I'm talking about students who simply have a vision impairment, whether it's total or partial. There are some things that really need to not be done that a lot of offices tend to do, like provide notetakers and such. And the reason I say that is one you're right, we all need to work with the professors and the faculty. The students need to be encouraged to have those discussions with the faculty and then be able to you Use the office of students with disabilities as a backup, in case they can't get the support and the cooperation and the opportunity to teach that they should have with a professor. But the other side of it is, when you graduate college, you won't have access to people to take notes for you. And that's why I think it's extremely important. And I understand I'm only dealing it with it from the standpoint of vision impairments. But the problem with providing no takers is it's covering up something that students need to learn, which is to take responsibility and to take charge. And again, if the student can get cooperation from faculty, that's where the office and the rest of the administration come in, which is why your concept and your comment about educating and really moving us into the 21st century is so important. Lisa Yates 30:56 So let me just address a couple of things there. Students come from K through 12, lacking advocacy skills, lacking self advocacy, most part, they've been in IEP meetings with teachers and parents, and the teachers and parents talk over them. So it's actually kind of the reverse of what you said, they need us in the beginning. And my job, my goal, and Michael Hingson 31:23 let me just interrupt, I'm not saying that they don't need you. So 31:26 I'm not I'm not offended, I'm just addressing the timeline of what you said, I'm saying that what I tell parents when they first come for their intake is my goal is to have them get to a point where they don't need the parents, and they don't need me. But at first, they do need me. And especially until they develop the skills of self advocating, as far as the note taker is concerned. And usually, that's what happens. It's a bittersweet kind of thing. Because, you know, after a year or so I suddenly don't see them anymore. And then I see them at graduation. And I'm like, so excited, because I know that they stopped coming to me because they didn't need me anymore. But they develop those skills. Even when they use a note taker, they develop the skills by modeling their notes against no takers, they might use a note taker for the first year, and then not use note takers anymore. So I'm telling you, this is what often happens, they start off using accommodations, and they gradually wean themselves from them. As far as leaving education, unprepared for the world, the purpose of education, and I have this conversation with nursing faculty all the time, because they're like, if they can't do this quickly, they won't be able to do it in the real world. And my point is, no, they're supposed to learn how to do it here, right? Most likely, right? Most of the things that we are able to do on the job, we learn on the job, we don't learn at school, school prepares us with the tools, and then we get to work and we learn we build off of those. So yeah, I kind of disagree. 33:13 Well, no, I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm agreeing with what you're saying. The college is the place to teach those things. And the college is the place because it won't happen earlier, where students learn to become advocates. And what I'm saying is, I think that's the most important thing that your office and similar offices can provide, and should provide, is making sure that students become self advocates. That's the most important thing that you can do it yeah, so So the kinds of things that I see and I hear today, from many students in college still is, oh, we have a test to do. The professor sends it over to the Office for Students with Disabilities. And I go there and I take the test and so on, that doesn't serve a useful purpose, the student, your office, and the professors, and I say your office because oftentimes professors are very stubborn because they haven't been educated by you yet. So the three have to work to get an environment that helps students to understand why they need to work with the professor, to be able to take that test and not have to use the Office for Students with Disabilities. And I see this often. 34:45 Let me explain why it does serve a purpose. So students within again, you're you might be coming from the perspective of somebody who's blind who doesn't need extra time for testing, although, in my experience, most of my blind student and use extra time for testing. The reason it serves a purpose is because there are so many different types of disabilities. 35:09 I agree with that. And I'm when I'm not arguing with the concept, I'm arguing, I am speaking specifically about blindness. I'm not arguing with the overall concept, because every one is different. And that's why in the very beginning, I said, I'm dealing specifically with a person who has a vision impairment and nothing else because anything else is going to change it. 35:31 So with, okay, if we're just going to talk about blind students, which is really hard for me, because I Michael Hingson 35:37 started Oh, students, you and you're in your right, Lisa Yates 35:40 but and I, I mean, I, yeah. If I'm just going to talk about blind students, there is still the fact the issue of distraction, the brain being distracted. So the reason the distraction reduced room and the extra time for testing helps, is because it's really hard for the brain to focus and pull in the information that the that the person has studied into the working memory part of the brain, and do well on the test when the ears are hearing people turning in their test. And the student is only on number 10, or something like that. And so the distraction reduced room allows students to focus and calm. Michael Hingson 36:26 And that doesn't happen to take place for students with eyesight, who are on number 10, while other students are walking up and turning in their tests. Lisa Yates 36:35 No. It's also I just used because we're talking about blind students. Michael Hingson 36:39 Now I know. But my point is that, why is it different for blind people than it is for sighted people with that scenario, Lisa Yates 36:46 I'm just because Michael Hingson 36:49 because I do Cocytus people are going to be distracted when somebody walks up. And I'm not saying necessarily that the test will take place in the classroom. Because there are challenges with doing that. What I'm saying is that the student and the professor need to, collectively, eventually, they have to be the ones to take responsibility to collectively work out the best way for the student to take the test. And to make it fair, and that's what I'm getting at, Lisa Yates 37:17 you didn't have to be ready to do that. And I'm telling you that most of our students, when they come in are not ready to have those sure patients with the instructor. And as far as the distraction part, absolutely. Lots of people are distracted, the brain is distracted, whether you're sighted or not sighted when you're taking a test. But for students who prefer a distraction, reduced room, and they feel that it helps them to do a better to perform better on a test. Because of that lack less distraction, we have to be able to provide that. And I think it's wrong to say we should just put them out there and tell them to go for it and do the best they can. Without that support. Using again, your scenarios coming in Michael Hingson 38:05 using again, your scenario, however, then sighted people who are easily distracted, distracted, should have that same opportunity. Lisa Yates 38:13 I agree. Michael Hingson 38:15 So I'm fine as long as that's something that is done for everyone. But we don't do that. Now. So that means changing the whole system, which may be the way we have to go. Lisa Yates 38:25 Hold on. So the thing about allowing all sighted people who do not have any kind of body mind predicament to use extra time for testing is that it doesn't it doesn't provide an even playing field for students who are distracted and by their symptoms. Michael Hingson 38:45 And that's why I didn't say and that's why I didn't say extra time. I said distraction. Right? So there's a difference. So if you're a fully sighted person who gets distracted, then why shouldn't I be able to go into a room and be allowed only the same hour that anyone else would be but I'm not going to be distracted because I'm in a quiet room. Lisa Yates 39:07 So here is the other thing that I think you don't understand. Accommodations are there for students to use or not use. If a student doesn't feel like they need extra time for testing. They don't use it. Sure. Student doesn't feel like they need and when you began, you didn't say time or distraction. You said going to the students with disabilities department to take their test. And for me, that is extra time and distraction reduced because they're they're coupled together. That's how it comes as an accommodation. Michael Hingson 39:40 I think. Yeah. Lisa Yates 39:43 All of the accommodations that we provide, it's totally up to the students if they want to. We have students who are deaf or hard of hearing, who we don't give extra time to testing for unless it's an audible test, because they don't need extra time for testing for a written test. If the student has a vision impairment. And during the intake intake process, they say, Oh, I don't need extra time for testing, we don't give it to him is totally up to the student if they use them or don't use them. And it's different for every student, Michael Hingson 40:14 I think you will find, and again, I'm dealing with blindness, that blind people who grow up and go to college and graduate and go into the workforce. There are a significant number of those people who will say that the offices tried to force us to do some things that we didn't need, like extra time, I don't need extra time. They say, a lot of times they offer that, but sighted students don't get don't get that. So why should I simply because I'm blind, we don't force students to you know, I understand that, I understand that you're not forcing a student when Lisa Yates 40:51 you that, I don't know where they had that experience, because that all of the accommodations are completely, completely up to the student to use or not use, Nobody forces, anything on any student. There are plenty of students who have disabilities who never sign up with our department, it's your choice. But if a student comes to our department and says, I want to use accommodations, then we say these are the accommodations you can use, whether it's Braille, if you're talking about somebody who's blind, or a magnet, portable magnifier, if you're talking about that, which again, I'm talking about all students with disabilities, but we don't make students use anything that's like, nobody, I can't even believe that anybody would say that they force me to use anything. Michael Hingson 41:39 No, I didn't. Force and and I and I didn't say that. But you did. There is a there is a difference between expectations and, and offering things to people. That may not be although they'll they may or may not take advantage of it. But offering things continuing to say how you're different rather than helping people learn more to compete in the world that we're going to face. And I think that there's a lot that needs to be done in that regard. But let me ask you this. Where do you see the future of support from offices like yours and other offices going is because life and predicament concepts evolved? Lisa Yates 42:30 Well, I think that because we some of the services we offer are mandated by the state. And you know, who knows how things are going to change with this conservative, you know, Supreme Court, I don't know what's going to happen as far as Special Education and Disability Support and education. But here's the thing, accommodations help. Like I've seen so many studies, conducted with students with disabilities who say things like, I don't know where I would have been, if not for the accommodations or from the support of the Disability Support Department, and coupled with disability friendly instructors who modify or are flexible, because I have, again, I'm not just talking about students who are blind. I have students who get hospitalized, I have students who have mental health flare ups, I have students who and teachers refuse to be flexible about deadlines, and there are so many things that I have students who are blind who need for one reason or another, more flexible deadlines to complete the information because of technology issues, or because of you know, whatever. So I think that as far as where we're going, the accommodations are mandated. And I think that yeah, we need to stretch outside of our department to work more closely with instructors. And I think that we have to attack the intersectionality of racism and disablism or ableism in college, because that's a huge area that is has been neglected, especially when you talk about diversity, income, and I've and disability is another huge area that needs to be addressed. ESL and disability is another huge area that needs to be addressed. We're just, you know, we're still under the mandate of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which, although there was an amendment in 2008, it's still pretty much a 20th century. And the I'm, I am motivated personally by the United Nations and the World Health Organization's imperatives to governments, communities and schools to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities. And I'm, for me, it's the school part because people But with disabilities not talking about blind people, I'm talking about disabled people, disabled by the environment, but also by a condition. Those who complete their degree, they're employed at similar rates to people who don't have a disability who have a degree. But people with disabilities who do not have a degree, they're unemployed at a double rate compared to people without disabilities who don't have a degree. So education matters. But it has to be equal. It has to be equitable, more than equal, it has to be equitable. And that's what accommodations do they help to increase the equity, but the teachers in the classroom have to extend that equity as far as their pedagogy and their practices and their policies especially? Michael Hingson 45:52 Well, yeah, um, can I, I have no problem with the concept of accommodations. And I'm mostly on top of everything that we've discussed, pleased about the concept of doing more to educate professors. And I would say the college administration's as a whole, because they're colleges are a reflection of society for the most part. And it really is important to develop, and get implemented more of a program to educate people at the college level, on campus, about this whole issue of disabilities and inclusion. And that's something that Lisa Yates 46:36 we need to do the whole problem with accommodations. So I'm just saying no, I Michael Hingson 46:41 don't have a problem with accommodations, I have a problem with how they're often used. I'm all for and I think you've misread me because I have no problem with the concept of accommodations. But I do have a problem with what I've seen from talking with many students. And again, I deal mostly with blindness, who talk about how the accommodations are used. And I think that there is an issue that probably needs to be addressed. But we're not going to solve that today. But I'm mostly glad that we talk about education, and how we get to have more people understand the needs, that students with disabilities have, and why we have the accommodations, and that we need to educate people about the fact that just because some of us have a predicament different than they, it doesn't mean that we're mentally challenged unnecessarily, or less capable overall than they. And so I think that that's one of the most important things that we we need to figure out ways to do, which is to do more to, to deal with the education of of college, faculty and staff. And then not enough of that probably occurs across the country. Nope. So it's a it's a real challenge and something that we we do have to face. Well, what's your thesis about? Lisa Yates 48:08 Well, I guess the title is very long. It's a dissertation. It's not a thesis. This is for Master's dissertation. Michael Hingson 48:17 Well, what's your what's your dissertation about? What's your PhD research about? Lisa Yates 48:22 So my research question is using interpretive phenomenological analysis to explore the impact of disability awareness event of a specific disability awareness event on the disability perceptions of college stakeholders. And my original question was only looking at the perceptions of non disabled college stakeholders. Because we have this event beyond the cover every year for disability awareness month where students share what their life their experience, their lived experiences, have been going to school and dealing with disability which the reason I started it was because I really want it faculty to understand because because of the disclosure issues, teachers can't ask students questions about their disability, or they believe they can't ask them unless the student brings it up. And so I thought, if we could have this event every year where students just openly shared, you know, with faculty and with other students, and with administrators and with staff, then it would increase awareness and understanding about disabilities. And so originally it was going to be non disabled college stakeholders, because because I really wanted to build off of this study and then do another study with my students with disabilities who have participated in the event, but I've just changed my mind because this whole time I've been working on my dissertation it's really bothered me that I didn't think lewd people with disabilities in the college stakeholders, I believe firmly in Nothing about us without us. But I was worried that if I included somebody with a disability, it would skew the study. And I've just decided to add that because I want to know the inside perspective, like I have some people who have attended the events who also have a disability. And I didn't include them, because my research question was non disabled college stakeholders. But I talked to my advisor today. And I said, I really want to change this. And she said, yeah, you can change it. So I'm excited about that. Basically, at each event, each beyond the cover event, participants who come to learn, so the students with disabilities are considered living books. And when we used to have it on campus, we always had it in the library. And I had these cute little library cards for each living book with, they would have to come up with we have a website where they have their their picture, they have to come up with a title of their book. And they have to write an abstract a couple of paragraphs or a paragraph about their experience. And so my blind friend, who was one of my first living books, his title was sometimes technology sucks, because in him talking to me about his lived experience, and I was writing as he talked, and I do that for a lot of the students because they're like, I don't know what to say. And I say, just tell me about yourself. And so then I Right. At one point, he talked about his math book in high school, and that it took up, it was a braille book, and it took five boxes. I don't know if it was high school, it might have been high school. So I got five boxes. And I said, Oh, my gosh, that must be so much better now with technology. And he said, Yeah, but sometimes technology sucks. Yeah, we decided to go with that title. Because sometimes technology sucks for all of us, right? That's not a blind thing, versus a sighted thing is just a thing. And so he titled his, sometimes technology sucks. And a lot of people wanted to come and talk to him, because they're like, yeah, it does, right. But then when they came to talk to him, we realized he realized how many people didn't understand his life, and that he, you know, watch his movies, and he, you know, has a life and he doesn't just sit in a dark room all day long. And the students with bipolar and schizophrenia and depression, you know, sharing what it's like for them to try to, you know, manage school, and family, and work and their disability. And so people would come and talk to them, and come away. And then at the end of each event, they complete the surveys. And I always ask them, Did you learn something new? And if so, what did you learn? What surprised you? Lisa Yates 53:07 And I don't know the couple other questions, but those are the two questions that I'm using from their surveys for my study. So I'm going to meet with my participants, read what they wrote on their survey, and explore it and expand it to see, first of all what they meant by it, but also to see if in the time since they attended the event, if that learning or that perception has lasted, if they acted on it, if it changed them in any way, especially teachers if it changed how they teach, or how they approach students with disabilities. And then, yeah, my next study is going to be with the living books themselves, to talk about what it was like for them to share their experiences with strangers in a climate where up until recently, people didn't do that. So yeah, that's my study, Michael Hingson 54:05 an interesting topic that you mentioned, which is you're developing theory of the ability spectrum. Tell me about that. That sounds kind of fascinating. Lisa Yates 54:16 Um, I just did a presentation at Disability Conference in Baltimore on this topic, actually. And so like I said, as a learning disability specialist, I was trained to assess IQ, right. And then we use the intelligence or the ability quotient, that the organic kind of supposedly natural abilities, and we compare that to achievement in English, math, different things like that. And then we look for a discrepancy. And that's how we would determine if there's a learning disability. But over the years of doing it, I've met with so many students who I would read their intelligence quotient either that I conducted or somebody else conducted. And it would say that they were in the intellectual disability range, which used to be known as mental retardation. And I would be like, but you're not that person like, this doesn't match with what the paperwork says here. And so I started researching how intelligence tests came about how they're used, how they're whether or not they include people with disabilities when they construct them. And just there's a lot of problems with IQ tests, racial issues, they stem from they stem from I can't think of the word right now, you know, the eugenics eugenics was the father of intelligence test. And the whole purpose was to prove that the white male race might that white males were more intelligent than women more intelligent than people of color. And so I there's, they're flawed from the beginning. And they've definitely gotten better. They include more diverse populations now in their sample size, when they're, when they're norming them, but even the word norming? Yes, yes, that there's a standard that is based on something. And that thing that it's based on is usually that white male standard. And so I have, I just have problems with it. And so my idea, my research is that we can't just look at so intelligence tests look at verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, which is visual spatial processing speed, and working memory, those four things determine a person's IQ. And my premise is that there's so many other things that go into IQ, like mindset, like predicaments, you know, if you are being tested for your IQ on this day, and you're hungry, because you haven't eaten in a couple of days, or you're going through a divorce, or your parents are abusing you, like that affects how well you respond on an IQ test, right? If you the school district that you grew up in your K through 12, lacked resources, that's going to show up on your IQ tests, there are so many things. And so my view is that intelligence is not linear with this bell curve of normal in the middle, which is 85 to 115. Intelligence is spectral, and it spirals out like a pinwheel. And all of those spirals kind of overlap each other when we're talking about intelligence. And we can't just say, you know, you, you're at 81. So you're below normal, when they're all these other things that go into your intelligence. Michael Hingson 58:04 Well, you mentioned though, you called it ability spectrum. And that's what was sounded really fascinating. Lisa Yates 58:10 So yeah, the ability and intelligence are kind of used interchangeably doing an intelligence test, you're looking at organic abilities, but you're only looking at those four abilities processing speed working with you now. And so yeah, that's they're kind of interchangeable. Michael Hingson 58:27 So it sounds interestingly, like we need to reevaluate the whole concept of what goes into an IQ test, as it were. Absolutely. Lisa Yates 58:36 And they are, I mean, you know, they're every five years or so they re Vamp the IQ tests, and they try to, for what, for instance, one thing they were having problems with, like between, I'm gonna say the 80s and the 90s. With the I think it was the waist IQ test was they had a picture of an ashtray. And it used to be that everybody identified that has an ashtray. Everybody who was sighted, identified that as an ashtray. Well, as people stopped smoking, all the sudden people were like, scoring low on their perceptual reasoning because nobody knew what the picture was anymore. And a friend of mine who's doing learning disability assessments now. They've just recently moved to a new adaptation of the ways she's finding more and more African Americans are testing in the intellectually disabled category than ever before. Something they did in changing the new test is not working right. It's not accurate, because why do we all of a sudden have so many intellectually disabled African Americans, right, so and then there was one question on there that she told me about that. It was a nun onsens word. And for Latinx people, this nonsense word was a racial slur. But the people who made the test didn't know that. And so, you know, you're trying to test somebody and they're like, I'm not gonna say that word. You know? Michael Hingson 1:00:17 Does this mean that one test shouldn't fit all anymore? Lisa Yates 1:00:22 One test should never have fit all. Never, ever, ever. Michael Hingson 1:00:27 Good for you? Yeah, and that's really the point, right? I mean, it's, there are so many factors that go into it. Yeah, I think I'll deal with and we still go ahead. Lisa Yates 1:00:41 I was just gonna say I think that people will always try to find a way to make other people seem less. Yeah, that's it. And it's not just that we teach them. One of the authors that I cite in my dissertation is Zygmunt Bauman. And he wrote a series of books. He was a World War Two, his family escaped. I can't remember now, his family escaped Poland, I think, right at the beginning of World War Two. And he wrote about, gosh, I can't remember. Not collective unconsciousness. But he talked about people, we have this innate need to be better than other people. Because back in the day, you know, hundreds of years ago, yeah, 1000s of years ago, people looked up at the sky. And they were overwhelmed by their, the, the magnitude of it, and the weather and the stars and the vastness of the universe. And that, because of that they felt little. And so because they felt little, they need to make other people feel a little littler than they Yeah, I can't remember. It's not collective unconsciousness. It's I can't think of the word. But it's a good phrase. It's in my dissertation, but I haven't looked at my dissertation. months. So yeah, it's Well, eventually. Michael Hingson 1:02:21 That's okay. Well, we've been doing this a while. And I will tell you, I have learned a lot. It's been very educational. And I hope it's been fun for you. Yeah, to, to do this. And, and we got to do it again, especially when you get your dissertation closer to being done. Or whenever you want to come back, we'd love to hear more about the study and how all that goes. If people want to reach out to you, and maybe learn more about you or talk with you or whatever, how can they do that? Lisa Yates 1:02:50 Well, I just want to say to that, it was really interesting for me as well, I think I rarely talk to people outside of academia, about disabilities and accommodations and how we support students with disabilities. And so it is really interesting to me to hear your view of accommodations, even though of course, it's coming from the perspective of blind students, but it's, it's, it's gonna give me something to think about. Michael Hingson 1:03:18 But I also do understand what you're talking about in terms of, there's a lot more than blindness in terms of what you have to deal with, concerning accommodations. And that's fine. Lisa Yates 1:03:28 I mean, honestly, blind students are a small percentage of students. Mental health is the fastest growing, it was the fastest growing disability category before the pandemic, and now it's the fastest growing in the country. So when Michael Hingson 1:03:43 if we were going to turn really obnoxious and we'd say much less, what about politicians? How can we ever do anything with them? But that's another story. Yeah, Lisa Yates 1:03:50 no, I'm not gonna go. Michael Hingson 1:03:53 What kind of a test can we get for them? But anyway? Lisa Yates 1:03:57 No, don't don't? Don't have me go there. No, no, it really, um, it's important to hear other people's perspectives. And I just wanted you to understand what we do in terms of supporting and then it is important for students who need it, students who want it to get it at the beginning, because if they don't, they end up a year after coming to us and their grade point average has gone down and they're like, I need help. And it's like, you should have come you know, at the beginning. So, but yeah, I'm, uh, I'm on LinkedIn, Lisa Yates on LinkedIn. I think I have a thing but I don't know what my, My callsign is on LinkedIn. I have an Instagram that I never look at, because I'm just always working, working working. But you can find me on LinkedIn. I'm also on Facebook for sure. And I check that a little more often, but not as much as I used to I'm I work at Mount San Jacinto College, you can look me up there. And, yeah, I'm just really motivated in wanting to do my part to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities. And I do not say that to mean that everybody who has a disability needs their life improved, I do not think that at all. But for those who want to, and those who need to, through education, my goal is to do whatever I can do to help that. Michael Hingson 1:05:34 I will, I will tell you that anytime anyone wants to be involved in help educate and help improve, and help raise awareness. That totally works for me. So I really appreciate what you're doing. And I'm glad you're going to continue to do that. We're, we're excited. And I'm very serious. I'd love to learn more as your study progresses, and so on. And if there's ever a way that we can help you know how to reach me, and I'd love to definitely stay in touch and have you back on when you have one to talk about regarding your dissertation and the study and so on. Lisa Yates 1:06:14 Yeah, I'm, I'm game for that, for sure. I'm excited to see what happens after my study, like, I'm sure that there will be people who will be like, yeah, I forgot everything, you know, the next day after the event. And, you know, that's what science is about. It's getting all perspectives, but I just really believe in this, like, before, people started being more expressive about disabilities. We were doing this and we were saying, we need to be talking about this, we need to not just be hiding it behind closed doors. And I think, you know, if you know somebody who has a challenge, it reduces your, your prejudice and your bias. And you see that people are just people with predicaments. You know, that's what we are, 1:07:10 which is a good way to end it. And I really appreciate you doing that. Well, thank you very much for being here. And I hope everyone has enjoyed this conversation today. It has been a lot of fun. And I hope that you will reach out to Lisa and also reach out to us. 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On Wednesday's show: We bring you the results from Primary Election Day in Texas with analysis of the races and other developments in the news in our weekly poltical roundup. Also this hour: Today is the 186th anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico. But who were these original Texans who sought independence on March 2, 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos? And we learn about the man known as "Da Mayor of the Fifth Ward," longtime Houston activist, writer, and former Chicago Black Panther Robert “Bob” E. Lee.
Teri Zamora is the Vice Chancellor of Fiscal Affairs at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas. In this episode, Zamora joins our host Donna Schiele to talk about connecting to varied community college populations, giving your team what they need to become what you want them to be, and building in SMORs - Small Moments of Reflection - to your schedule. “I try to build in five to 10 minutes between appointments so I can actually make notes on what I need to follow up on,” she says. She continues that it's incredibly easy to forget those small details when you don't take the time to make the notes. “Being too busy is not good. Try to build in to act on those things you just talked about,” she says. Join us for a conversation with Zamora as she talks about what she's brought with her from her past careers, being accountable for yourself, and the importance of always keeping students at the center of all the decisions you make.
This week on Clear Lake Connections Podcast presented by UTMB Health: Meet Rob Carlson, Business Advisor for the San Jacinto College, Small Business Development Center. In this week's episode, Rob discusses the work the Small Business Development Center does to support the small businesses in our community, the guidance they offer people who are on their small business journey and how being involved with the Chamber is a natural fit. Rob also talks about his rich background and experience in the business world and his tips for someone who is looking to start a business of their own.
Jaston Williams is an American humorist, playwright, actor, director, producer, essayist and novelist. He is best known as the co-author and co-actor of the Greater Tuna quartet of plays. Greater Tuna is the first in a series of four comedic plays (followed by A Tuna Christmas, Red, White and Tuna, and Tuna Does Vegas), are each set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. In 1971, Williams left Texas Tech University and moved to San Antonio to begin his acting career, where he joined the "First Repertory Company in San Antonio." He gained footing in the industry with the Taos Magic Mirror Players and TransAct Theatre of Austin. Along the way, he collected material for volumes of plays, essays and other writings. One of his popular true-to-life stories featured in his one-man show, I'm Not Lying, is a counterculture experience involving Williams wearing a chicken suit and performing at a Renaissance Fair at Dennis Hopper's mansion in Taos. Williams' performances have played on and off Broadway at the Kennedy Center, the Edinburgh International Arts Festival, the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. and all over America. Jaston received the L.A. Dramalogue Award for both Greater Tuna and A Tuna Christmas. A Tuna Christmas was published in "Best Plays of 1995." For several years, he toured in Larry Shue's The Foreigner. He performed in The Fantasticks and directed the musical, Bad Girls Upset by The Truth. Jaston received the Texas Governor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts by a Native Texan, and has performed command performances at the White House on three occasions. He has appeared at the State Theatre in Eugene Ionesco's The Chairs and at Zachary Scott Theatre in Jay Preston Allen's Tru, for which he received the Austin Critics Table Award for Best Actor in a drama. He appeared at Zachary Scott Theatre in The Laramie Project. Awards and nominations In 2018, Williams received the national Marquee Award, a lifetime achievement award, from the League of Historic American Theatres. Williams has received five nominations for the Helen Hayes Award in Washington, D. C., the Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award for acting and writing, the San Francisco Bay Critics Award for acting and writing, He has also received the Distinguished Alumni Award at Texas Tech University (2015), the Texas Governor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts, and, along with Joe Sears, the first Paramount Theatre Marquee Walk of Fame Award. Jaston is the recipient of the 2013 Texas Medal of the Arts and has been inducted into the Buddy Holly Walk of Fame in Lubbock. Jaston is the son of a West Texas farmer and a school teacher, (James P. Williams and Vivian Lindley), He was born in El Paso, Texas, and spent his first six years on a farm between Valentine and Van Horn, Texas. His family moved to Olton, Texas, and then to Crosbyton, where he graduated from Crosbyton High School. He attended San Jacinto College, Texas State University and Texas Tech University. Williams was married to his high school girlfriend, Larita Stephens from 1971 to1973, and they had one son, Patrick Shane Williams (b.May 9, 1971). Patrick died in an automobile accident on December 27, 1995. Jaston's older brother, Corky Williams, was a cowboy poet, actor and writer. In an interview with the Washington Post, Williams reminisces about his late mother, "one of the toughest, funniest and occasionally meanest people I've ever known"; his brother, who "talks like Yosemite Sam"; his mother's best girlfriend, a pilot with emphysema who had to stop smoking for months every time she wanted to fly (something about the oxygen); and that lady's son, a hairdresser who worked in the big city but regularly came back home and fixed all the women up with identical helmet hair ("you need it, what with that wind!"). In 2007, Williams married Dr. Kevin Mooney, a musicologist who teaches at Texas State University, and they have one son, Song Williams. “Here was a jazz musician who had never smoked weed, never been arrested,” Williams says of his husband, Kevin. “And I had never had a boyfriend who hadn't been on the Post Office wall.” But it worked out, and the two eventually adopted a 7-year-old Chinese boy with special needs. Song, 21, graduated from Lockhart (Texas) High School in 2019, lives with his fathers, and is the light of their lives. Williams says that they got the best child in China, out of millions.
This week on Clear Lake Connections Podcast presented by UTMB Health: Meet Rob Carlson, Business Advisor for the San Jacinto College, Small Business Development Center. In this weeks episode, Rob discusses the work the Small Business Development Center does to support the small businesses in our community, the guidance they offer people who are on their small business journey and how being involved with the Chamber is a natural fit. Rob also talks about his rich background and experience in the business world and his tips for someone who is looking to start a business of their own.
Host Steve Parkhurst sits down with former Cougars pitcher Rick Brewer. Brewer pitched for Lovette Hill's Cougars in 1966 and 1967. In the 1967 College World Series in Omaha, Rick went 2-0 on the mound, the last two victories for the Cougars program in Omaha. Rick grew up in Pasadena and attended San Jacinto College, when that program was new, before attending UH. Rick also has a connection of sorts with a Cougars freshman pitcher. All of this and more in episode 34.
Last year’s virtual convention forced us to postpone the Hall of Fame banquet. In order to celebrate the 2021 class we did a series of podcasts with the inductees. We are using Christmas break here to reissue last year’s episodes to once again celebrate the 2021 class. We are so excited for the Chicago convention and to be able to honor the 2021 and 2022 classes at the Hall of Fame banquet on Friday January 7th. We can’t thank all of you enough for your continued trust and support. I hope you all enjoy listening to these legends of the game. In our fifth installment of the ABCA Hall of Fame Podcasts, we speak with Wayne Graham. He coached for 38 seasons between high school, San Jacinto College and Rice University. In 11 seasons at San Jac he won 675 games, had an .875 winning percentage and won five national championships in six seasons. He was named JUCO Coach of the Century by Baseball America. In 1992, he took over a Rice University program which had seven winning seasons and no postseason appearances in 78 years. From 1995-2017, Rice made 23-straight NCAA Regional appearances, seven College World Series appearances and won the national championship in 2003. Graham embodies winning and also balance. He had a keen recruiting eye for finding diamonds in the rough. The ABCA Podcast is presented by Netting Pros. Netting Professionals are improving programs one facility at a time, specializing in the design, fabrication and installation of custom netting for backstops, batting cages, dugouts, bp screens and ball carts. They also design and install digital graphic wall padding windscreen, turf, turf protectors, dugout benches, dugout cubbies and more.
Maya Cardenas is the Associate Dean of Student Services at Mt. San Jacinto College, and we discuss the nuances of being a queer administrator in higher education. Maya shares her philosophy on leadership, and how she navigates the landscape of higher ed as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. She shares how her educational journey has influenced her leadership style and the important work that is being done at Mt. San Jacinto College. Maya shares helpful tools for practitioners to adopt when problematizing systems and structures in an effort to make them better. Tune in to this wonderful conversation rooted in the LGBTQ+ experience in higher ed! Remember to encourage, empower, and uplift the LGBTQ+ people in your life. Love and support goes a long way in improving our quality of life. A resource shared in this episode is The Trevor Project, to learn more click here. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lpdcast/support
Jonathan Estrada - Out Candidate for Pasadena City Council -- Author Adam-Michael JamesJonathan Estrada was born and raised in Pasadena by parents and grandparents who still live in the neighborhood and he is proud to call this city my home. He is running for Pasadena City Council District E to serve as an advocate for our community because he believes that investing in the district will bring value to the neighborhoods. Growing up, he attended Sparks Elementary School, San Jacinto Intermediate, and Sam Rayburn High School and later attended San Jacinto College before transferring to the University of Houston-Downtown to pursue Political Science and Government. He is currently studying Public Service Leadership at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He recently bought his first home in the district to stay in the community that he knows and loves.Guest: Jonathan Estradahttps://www.estradaforpasadena.com We interview author Adam-Michael James. Adam-Michael James is a child of the '70s who became interested in TV at an early age. "Bewitched" was the springboard; AMJ used to record episodes on cassette. This led to his first two "Bewitched" books: ultimate linear guide "The Bewitched Continuum" and imagined series finale "I, Samantha, Take This Mortal, Darrin." The latest is "Samantha's Seventies", which continues the Stephens saga. In addition, AMJ crafted the book and lyrics for the musical drama "The Nine Lives of L.M. Montgomery," which he hopes to see transferred to the screen, and has been writing opinion columns on soapcentral.com since 2009. AMJ currently lives in Prince Edward Island, Canada with his cat Shadow.Guest: Adam-Michael Jameshttps://www.cinephiled.com/genre/adam-michael-james/
I am excited to introduce you to Frank Rodriguez, an experienced musician and guitar teacher as well as the developer of Villela Guitars. Frank and I talk about how he first got into playing guitar encouraged by the Priest at his church. He then went on to study music and guitar at the High School of the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas.He shares about his experiences playing at local clubs and shows, and eventually moving to Los Angeles. There, he worked and toured as a guitarist for various artists and musicians and even worked as a musical director. He has worked with some of the best musicians in the country and performed in prestigious venues from The Greek Theatre to Madison Square Garden.Frank eventually returned to his hometown of Houston and began teaching at his alma mater, HSPVA. He also has teaching experience at San Jacinto College as well as an international high school in his community. In 2012, he began teaching a guitar class for an inpatient drug rehab program for Memorial Hermann.Currently, Frank works on making and marketing his own line of instruments called Villela guitars. Throughout our conversation, we get a chance to talk about his personal journey, including the highlights and challenges of working in the music industry in L.A. We also talk about his heart for teaching and for working in his community.One of my favorite parts of our conversation was hearing how Frank ‘n’ Strings and Villela Guitars got started, and how interest in the guitars has picked up because of the pandemic. For more info, you can visit his website: https://www.franknstrings.com/Check out our website http://creativeimpactpodcast.com for the full show notes that include Rebecca's biography and links mentioned in this episode. You can be sure not to miss a Creative Impact conversation by subscribing through your favorite podcast app. We are so grateful to have you as a part of the Creative Impact community and would love it if you would share the show with your friends!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/creativeimpactpodcast)
Jose is the Director of Outreach and Recruitment at San Jacinto College in Houston Texas, and today he shares best practices for researching and choosing the right college to fulfill your academic needs. We discuss the nuances of outreach and recruitment during the pandemic and demystify the myths about community colleges. Jose also shares how understanding the various processes of higher education contributes to student success. Tune in to learn about the importance of open access institutions, equity in higher education, and the advice that Jose has for parents and higher-ed practitioners to best support their students. To learn more about San Jacinto College, click here. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lpdcast/support
Jan Goldman serves as a Success Coach and Master advisor at Owensboro Community & Technical College. She graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in English & Political Science and received her master’s degree from Western Kentucky University in Education & Behavioral Science Studies with a concentration on Counseling and Advising.Blair Turpin serves as an Academic Advisor at Wake Tech Community College. She is a double graduate from Appalachian State University with a bachelor’s in health promotion and masters in higher education leadership. Martin Crichlow serves as a student success advisor at Galveston College. He earned an associate degree in history from San Jacinto College, a bachelor’s degree in middle eastern history from Oral Roberts University, and Master of Science in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Colorado State University.
Clear Horizons Early College High School, a CCISD school of choice, was established in 2007 on the South Campus of San Jacinto College to provide opportunities to student populations who are traditionally underrepresented in higher education environments. CHECHS students graduate from San Jac with an associate degree and from Clear Creek ISD with a high school diploma with endorsements. Incoming 9th grade students can apply for a spot in the lottery selection for the following school year beginning each January. Click here to learn more about Clear Horizons.Follow us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterFollow us on Instagram
In this interview, I met with Aimara Flores Esq. We discussed the differences in our upbring and through higher education- she is from the diverse Texas state, and I grew up in the Midwest. Our experiences were far different, but we found a common understanding where we both dealt with balancing our families, cultures, and overcoming barriers are first-generation students. Listen in to find out how Aimara attended community college and is now a district attorney. Aimara was born and raised in Houston TX. After finishing community college at San Jacinto College, she transferred to the University of Houston where she earned her B.S in History. She then went on to South Texas College of Law Houston and passed the TX bar in 2020. She now works as an Assistant District Attorney in Harris County.Daughter to a Peruvian father and Mexican mother, she is the first lawyer in her family. Aimara is a proud mother of a young daughter and has raised her daughter alongside her husband while raising their daughter to believe that she can do anything she sets her mind to. Aimara's daughter has been her #1 cheerleader throughout her career, inspiring her to be the best version of herself. During her free time, Aimara enjoys going for a run with her dog Luna and getting lost in a good book.
In this episode, Jeremy discusses the use of original documents with Julia Fuette, MAHG graduate and online teacher for Veritas Scholars Academy and Mt. San Jacinto College, in partnership with Vista Murrieta High School. The discussion focused on the following two documents, and Julia was kind enough to share her guided reading sheet for them. Letter to R. Lushington, John Jay, 15 March 1786 Fragment on the Constitution and Union, Abraham Lincoln, January 1861 Guided Reading Packet
In our fifth installment of the ABCA Hall of Fame Podcasts, we speak with Wayne Graham. He coached for 38 seasons between high school, San Jacinto College and Rice University. In 11 seasons at San Jac he won 675 games, had an .875 winning percentage and won five national championships in six seasons. He was named JUCO Coach of the Century by Baseball America. In 1992, he took over a Rice University program which had seven winning seasons and no postseason appearances in 78 years. From 1995-2017, Rice made 23-straight NCAA Regional appearances, seven College World Series appearances and won the national championship in 2003. Graham embodies winning and also balance. He had a keen recruiting eye for finding diamonds in the rough.
In our fifth installment of the ABCA Hall of Fame Podcasts, we speak with Wayne Graham. He coached for 38 seasons between high school, San Jacinto College and Rice University. In 11 seasons at San Jac he won 675 games, had an .875 winning percentage and won five national championships in six seasons. He was named JUCO Coach of the Century by Baseball America. In 1992, he took over a Rice University program which had seven winning seasons and no postseason appearances in 78 years. From 1995-2017, Rice made 23-straight NCAA Regional appearances, seven College World Series appearances and won the national championship in 2003. Graham embodies winning and also balance. He had a keen recruiting eye for finding diamonds in the rough.
In our fifth installment of the ABCA Hall of Fame Podcasts, we speak with Wayne Graham. He coached for 38 seasons between high school, San Jacinto College and Rice University. In 11 seasons at San Jac he won 675 games, had an .875 winning percentage and won five national championships in six seasons. He was named JUCO Coach of the Century by Baseball America. In 1992, he took over a Rice University program which had seven winning seasons and no postseason appearances in 78 years. From 1995-2017, Rice made 23-straight NCAA Regional appearances, seven College World Series appearances and won the national championship in 2003. Graham embodies winning and also balance. He had a keen recruiting eye for finding diamonds in the rough.
Shonah Jefferson began her culinary career at the tender age of 11 – by helping her dad at his local Houston restaurant. After spending many years in business and as a practicing attorney, she returned to her culinary roots by managing the family restaurant for a few years while obtaining a degree in Culinary Arts from San Jacinto College.Shonah has always had an interest in giving back to others because “to whom much is given, much is required.” Being a Chefs for Seniors owner and personal chef gives her an opportunity to “do well by doing good” and to combine her love of people, business and the culinary arts. She and her team of chefs primarily serve the seniors of the North Houston area.Shonah attended The University of Texas at Austin, where she received a B.B.A. in Finance and a B.A. in Plan II Honors Liberal Arts. She also has a law degree from Georgia State University College of Law. She brings over 25 years of business and legal experience to the table as the owner of Chefs for Seniors – North Houston.In this episode, Shonah, an avid green tea drinker, shares her journey of doing well and doing good. Her career in law was inspired by her senior thesis on transracial adoption and the Honorable Judge Hatchett, who years ago shifted her career from corporate law to presiding as juvenile court judge. Similarly, Shonah shares why she chose to leave a 6-figure job to work in spaces that fed her spirit. A question she asked herself that is relevant to us in the work is "Can I bring this work home with me?". Better yet, "is this work where my heart is?" Driven by faith and her conviction that faith can indeed be centered in her work, Shonah invested in her entrepreneurial journey to blend advocacy and culinary arts. Now in the space of cheffing up meals, love and meaning for an undervalued and often overlooked population, the elderly, Shonah reminds us of the importance of our elders. With personal and professional reflections on mental health, depression and disparate rates of suicide in the aging community, Shonah offers up wisdom on what we should bear in mind for our elders and the Black community at large. We feed our spirits, cultivate our minds and center faith in the work as we share Forward 4O’s platform with this phenomenal WOC in the nonprofit and social enterprise sector.Stay connected with Shonah on LinkedIn Chef for Seniors website and Facebook. Follow Forward 40(4tea) on IG and Twitter @forward4tea. Continue to support and nominate a guest to be on the show. You can also learn more about the host Coach Faith here.
On Tuesday's Houston Matters: A deadline is approaching for everyone in the country to fill out their census forms. After Aug. 14, census workers will begin going door to door seeking replies from households. And Houston Dash midfielder Sophie Schmidt talks about the team's victory in the NWSL Challenge Cup. Also this hour: Houston City Councilman Greg Travis, who represents District G, answers your questions. And we discuss the track record of Texas statesman Sam... Read More
On Thursday's Houston Matters: As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Greater Houston, local hospitals are struggling to treat the influx of patients. Mayor Sylvester Turner expressed his concern specifically for Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals -- the publicly funded hospitals in the Harris Health System. We check in with the system's CEO, Dr. Esmaeil Porsa. Also this hour: Heading into the Fourth of July weekend, and in light of protests and unrest across the... Read More
Save Meduza!https://support.meduza.io/enThis week's show looks at Russian nationalism, activism in Russia against police brutality, and the American alt-right. We also return specifically to remarks by Mikhail Svetov from last week's show about an initiative he's calling “Russian Lives Matter.” The Black Lives Matter movement in the United States has occasioned a global conversation about racism and institutionalized prejudice. These themes resonate everywhere, even in countries without America's legacy of slavery and segregation. In Russia, some right-wing groups have sought to adapt and appropriate BLM's terminology, both cynically for publicity and deliberately in order to diminish what they've described as a divisive leftist upheaval. In this episode: (4:27) Meduza features editor Hilah Kohen dissects Mikhail Svetov's motivations for the “Russian Lives Matter” initiative. (5:33) Marlene Laruelle — an associate director and research professor at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University and the co-director of PONARS — breaks down what Russian nationalism actually is. (21:56) Investigative journalist Casey Michel explains America's alt-right. (30:25) “Pussy Riot” activist and Mediazona publisher Peter Verzilov talks about sustained activism in Russia against brutality in the justice system. (40:31) Poet, musician, and socialist activist Kirill Medvedev argues that “Russian Lives Matter” is how nationalists “wink” at each other while pretending to be inclusive. (44:53) Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon, a history instructor at San Jacinto College, responds to Mikhail Svetov's interpretation of the American Civil Rights Movement. “The Naked Pravda” comes out on Fridays (or sometimes Saturdays). Catch every new episode by subscribing at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or other platforms. If you have a question or comment about the show, please write to Kevin Rothrock at kevin@meduza.io with the subject line: “The Naked Pravda.”
Save Meduza!https://support.meduza.io/enOn today's episode, we'll hear from five guests about race and injustice in Russia and the Soviet Union, including from the activist behind a new initiative against police brutality in Russia built around the slogan “Russian Lives Matter.” As you may have guessed, this adapts the better known phrase “Black Lives Matter,” which is the rallying cry for an enormous social movement that is sweeping the United States. Both of these slogans are ostensibly about opposition to police brutality, but they embody very different perspectives on injustice. Black Lives Matter, or BLM, has dominated the news cycle in the U.S., largely supplanting coronavirus as the nation's leading story. The movement has attracted attention in Russia, as well, where the state media has geopolitical reasons to highlight how the United States is a racist and failed democracy, and where many anti-Kremlin, typically Western-leaning oppositionists look to places like the United States as an example for better governance and civil society. In other words, they're watching the U.S. from Russia, and Black Lives Matter is now front and center. In this episode: (5:56) Libertarian Party member and “Civil Society” movement head Mikhail Svetov explains the “Russian Lives Matter” initiative. (17:24) Meduza features editor Hilah Kohen argues that BLM is wrongly portrayed as riots and divisiveness. (22:59) Rogers Sure, a Kenyan man who studies engineering in Yekaterinburg, describes what it's like to be African in Russia. (30:54) Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon, a history instructor at San Jacinto College, summarizes her fieldwork and research into African Americans living in the USSR and minority scholars in Slavic studies. (44:53) Meredith Clark, an associate professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia, breaks down the fundamentals of Black Lives Matter, about which you can learn more here. “The Naked Pravda” comes out on Fridays (or sometimes Saturdays). Catch every new episode by subscribing at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or other platforms. If you have a question or comment about the show, please write to Kevin Rothrock at kevin@meduza.io with the subject line: “The Naked Pravda.”
Josh Daeche and David Ulak speak with Albert Talley Jr who is the Department of Chair of Child Development Education and Psychology at San Jacinto College in Houston. Albert talks about his experiences over the past two months within his own department and the college since COVID-19 hit. How professors adapted to teaching online classes with student engagement. The changes San Jacinto are making as they prepare to reenter a new normal for students and faculty for summer and fall semester.
New Astros & Rockets "Team Describe" caps from New Era...Students in Pasadena ISD have an opportunity to attend San Jacinto College tuition-free up to three years...and Typhoon Texas in Katy is hiring for the upcoming season!
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In this episode I sit down with Boerne - Samuel V. Champion Head Baseball Coach, Chuck Foster. We start off in Pampa and head out to Odessa during his childhood, before moving on to the Houston suburb of Deer Park, San Jacinto College, Clemson University, and then a return home to coach all kinds of sports back at Deer Park. In 2002, Chuck Foster would make a big move into the head coaching world and take over the helm of the Boerne Greyhounds, where in 2004 they would capture the UIL Class 4A Championship. Join us for a great career retrospective that includes a lot of discussion of growing up in Houston during the 80s, a magical baseball journey, and continued success today as the Head Coach of The Champion Chargers. We dig deep into the weeds, discuss lots of former Boerne players, and forever memorialize a tremendous career in education. Want to know what it takes to be a great assistant? Woooo! Wait until we tell you about some of the great qualities of longtime assistant coach, John Uecker. So, put on your helmet and step up to the plate, because this episode of the Tale Lights Podcast is guaranteed to be great. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erik-thormaehlen/support
Join us for a Colloquium with Dr. Steven Peña! Dr. Peña, who received his PhD from the Center for Thomistic Studies, and now teaches philosophy at San Jacinto College, speaks here on "Marx, MacIntyre and Metahistory". This paper was given on October 4th, 2019. About the Center for Thomistic Studies: The Center for Thomistic Studies, located at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, is the only graduate program in the United States uniquely dedicated to the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. Find out more about the Center at our website: stthom.edu/CTS. For news and updates about future events, like our Facebook page: facebook.com/thomisticstudies Producer: Peter J. Gardner Announcer: Peter J. Gardner Intro and outro music: Clare Jensen, "Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude" by J.S. Bach.
Houston City Councilman Jack Christie is making waves in Houston, taking a stand for the health and well being of his community! And he should know first hand! Super fit at 70 years young, he has been living The 100 Year Lifestyle for decades. In this episode, Jack talks about health, prescription medications, the politics of health care and what you and your family can do to educate yourselves and keep yourself healthy.Jack is a native Texan, businessman, chiropractic physician and community leader. Jack's broad range of experience has taken him through Houston's numerous and richly diverse neighborhoods, and he is proud to serve the entire city as At-Large Position 5 Council Member.Christie completed his pre-medical studies at San Jacinto College before receiving his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Texas Chiropractic College. He also served in the Army Reserves Medical Corps for six years. He received a certificate in International Relations upon completion of graduate courses at the Bush School of Government at Texas A&M. Additionally, Christie finished seven graduate courses in International Relations at the University of St. Thomas. He owned the Memorial Chiropractic Clinic where he served over 20,000 patients (approximately 400,000 office visits). As a dedicated small business owner for over thirty years, Christie lends his expertise to the local business community through his position on the Board of Directors for the Spring Branch-Memorial Chamber of Commerce.Christie's previous elected positions prior to arriving at Houston City Council include his three terms as a State Board of Education board member and three terms on the Board of Trustees of Spring Branch Independent School District. Christie was elected President of Spring Branch ISD Board of Trustees (that year SBISD was chosen as the most outstanding school board in the state of Texas) and then during the 1990's elected to three terms to the State Board of Education. Christie was appointed chairman by Governor George W. Bush and confirmed unanimously by the Texas Senate. Christie's background in science and education has made him a sought-after education and technology expert. He has appeared on NBC's Today, ABC's World News, CNN and CNN Money networks and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times and Time, Fortune and Wired magazines. After being selected from a pool of nominees by the state's premier names in science, Dr. Jack Christie was inducted into the Texas Science Hall of Fame in 2000. While an accomplished businessman and a recognized name in his many fields, Jack Christie is most clearly defined by his unrelenting drive to serve his community. For thirty-five years Christie organized and founded the Annual 5th Ward Ice Skating Party. He served on the Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Greater Houston Board of Directors for five years; he volunteered as a Big Brother himself for eight years and has had the unparalleled privilege of watching his “littles” grow into successful and self-assured adults in their own rights. Jack is the proud father of John, Katherine and Patrick. He is an Eagle Scout. Jack has been an avid runner for more than forty-five years, competing and finishing marathons and the Ironman triathlon in Hawaii.
Welcome to Season 3 of In The Know with ACCT. This is the first in a month-long series of episodes that deals with safeguarding colleges, in observance of National Campus Safety Month. This episode features an interview with Dr. Brenda Hellyer, Chancellor of San Jacinto College in Houston, who discusses the impact of 2017's hurricane Harvey on the San Jacinto College community. Click for more information on the roles of community college board members in dealing with natural disasters.
In this episode of “Unwrap Your Candies Now,” Ernie Manouse gets an inside look at A Chorus Line and what it’s like to cast and stage this Broadway classic with Megan Larche Dominick, Theatre Under The Stars’ Associate Artistic Director / Director of New Works. TUTS presents the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that portrays the life of a Broadway dancer, September 10 – 22 at The Hobby Center. Then, Catherine Lu chats with... Read More
The guys sit down with Essence Restaurant Group's very own James Berg and Executive Chef Jeremy Paquin to discuss the group's early days, their core values, humble beginnings, and leadership lessons learned along the way. Chef Jeremy reveals what he eats at home and the guys discuss James' dietary choices. The word "brestaurant" is coined and James and Jeremy list some of their favorite places to eat in the state of Michigan. Visit Essence Restaurant Group at their three locations: Grove Greenwell Bistro Bella Vita James Berg is the Managing Partner at Essence Restaurant Group. He helped open Bistro Bella Vita back in 1996 and formed Essence Restaurant Group with his partners in 2006 to become owners and operators of Bistro Bella Vita, The Green Well and Grove. His goal is to continue to build a collection of restaurants that foster a socially conscious environment and healthy lifestyle for all those who contribute to them. Executive Chef Jeremy Paquin began working for Essence Restaurant Group in 2015 at Bistro Bella Vita before transitioning into the role of Head Chef at Grove. Prior to joining ERG, Jeremy brought the farm-to-table concept to Muskegon with his venture Mia and Grace. Jeremy’s roots of crafting dishes prepared from fresh, local products align with Grove’s fundamental value of thoughtfully prepared cuisine. Jeremy graduated from Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management at San Jacinto College in Houston, TX in 2000.
How many more seasons will Mike D'Antoni coach the Houston Rockets? SportsRadio 610's Rich Lord helps the KHOU 11 Sports team answer the question of the night. San Jacinto College pitcher Jackson Rutledge will likely be one of the top 15 picks Monday in Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft. Jason Bristol profiles the hard-throwing right-hander, who hits 99 miles per hour on the radar gun. Former big league scout Jeremy Booth also weighs in on the area's other top college prospect. Who will win the first-ever Houston sports spelling bee? If you're familiar with George Bjorkman, you'll likely go far in the competition, as well. What does an epic boxing upset mean for all of us and comedian Chinedu? Forwards and Backs features Thretton Palamo of the Houston SaberCats, which ended their season with four-straight wins. Sports Extra (June 2), featuring Jeremy Booth, Jason Bristol, Chinedu, Daniel Gotera, Rich Lord and Matt Musil.
KHOU 11 News anchor Jason Bristol and former major league scout Jeremy Booth are back to discuss all things baseball, with a focus on the Houston Astros.0:40-5:40 the impact of Carlos Correa rib fracture5:41-9:34 Do the Astros have enough depth to remain the first place9:35–10:51 Jeremy’s report on Jack Mayfield10:57-11:52 Astros rotation behind Verlander and Cole11:53-13:52 Jeremy’s review of Corbin Martin13:57-14:52 MLB Draft preview14:53-17:38 Astros preference in first round17:39-18:56 Cy Ranch pitching prospects JJ Goss and Matt Thompson18:57-21:20 Prep pitching prospect Daniel Espino21:21-24:06 San Jacinto College pitcher Jackson Rutledge, the top JUCO prospect in nation24:07-28:11 Bristol’s must-pick for the Astros later in the draft28:12-29:53 Reaction to how rain impacted Mike Trout’s draft status29:54-36:05 MLB moving away from Trackman36:06-39:11 Jeremy reviews his 2015 Garrett Stubbs scouting report39:12-40:54 Top draft prospects from Jeremy’s New Balance Future Star Series’ International Week event40:55-41:52 Jason’s Baseball America admission on publication’s recent format change Watch online: https://youtu.be/kavB-aVL3cw
Our podcast will discuss workforce development and the challenges of finding skilled labor within the industrial/petrochemical industry. Our podcast panel each addressed the problems they are experiencing and the solutions that they have in place. Mark Peters, Director of Strategy and Business Development, BIC Alliance will host; James Griffin, Associate Vice Chancellor/Senior Vice President for the petrochemical training division, San Jacinto College; Craig Beskid, Executive Director of the East Harris County Manufacturers Association (EHCMA); Brandon Mabile, Performance Contractors and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Associated Builders and Contractors Greater Houston
Our launch in the podcast realm discusses workforce development and the challenges of finding skilled labor within the industrial/petrochemical industry. Our podcast panel each addressed the problems they are experiencing and the solutions that they have in place. Mark Peters, Director of Strategy and Business Development, BIC Alliance will host; James Griffin, Associate Vice Chancellor/Senior Vice President for the petrochemical training division, San Jacinto College; Craig Beskid, Executive Director of the East Harris County Manufacturers Association (EHCMA); Brandon Mabile, Performance Contractors and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Associated Builders and Contractors Greater Houston
2/5/2019 Poetic Reflections by Gerling-Mut Duo Poetic Reflections was performed by Dr. Ingrid Gerling (violin/voice) and Dr. Andreea Mut (piano). Each piece in the program was based on meditation, sacred text, or religiously inspired poetry, written by composers of different religious backgrounds and nationalities. Poetic Reflections aimed to share an experience of universal spirituality that can be deeply felt through music. One of Houston's most notable composers, Paul English, debuted a piece composed for Gerling-Mut Duo, centering around the mission of the Rothko Chapel. Gerling-Mut Duo were joined by guest musicians Gabriel Santiago, guitar, and Cassio Duarte, percussion. About Gerling-Mut Duo: Known for their dynamic performances and creative programming, Dr. Ingrid Gerling and Dr. Andreea Muţ are re-energizing the concept of the violin and piano duo. They began their musical collaboration in 2012, while pursuing their Doctorate of Musical Arts degrees at the University of Houston. Upon graduating in 2015, they officially formed the Gerling-Mut Duo with the mission to bring new life to this traditional genre. They perform a wide range of repertoire, and share a strong commitment to performing contemporary music. Since its formation, the Gerling-Mut Duo has given multiple recitals at the University of St. Thomas and performs weekly for the Harmony in the Air series at the Hobby Airport. Their recent performances at San Jacinto College and at the Memorial Classical Music series were received with great enthusiasm, and they have since been invited to give recitals at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church and Grace United Methodist Church. The Gerling-Mut Duo was also featured at Miller Outdoor Theatre and the Rice University Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance as part of the Arts of Tolerance program. Future plans include another series of recitals at University of St. Thomas and other venues in Houston, outreach performances throughout Houston, and a recital tour in Brazil. This program was presented in celebration of World Interfaith Harmony Week | February 1 – 7, 2019 The World Interfaith Harmony Week was first proposed at the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2010 by H.M. King Abdullah II of Jordan. Just under a month later, on October 20, 2010, it was unanimously adopted by the UN. The World Interfaith Harmony Week extends the two common religious commandments: Love of the Good, and Love of the Neighbor, and includes all people of goodwill, those of faith and those with no faith. The week provides a platform when all interfaith groups and other groups of goodwill can show the world what a powerful movement they are. It is hoped that this initiative will provide a focal point from which all people of goodwill can recognize that the common values they hold far outweigh the differences they have, and thus provide a strong dosage of peace and harmony to their communities. For more information on World Interfaith Harmony Week and other events happening around the world, please visit: worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com
Mike Pascoe is a professional pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Believe it or not, he didn’t always have a love for the sport (quite the opposite, actually). Mike tells us all about his journey to being drafted out of San Jacinto College and pursuing his dream to play in the big leagues. At 5’8”, Pascoe can really bring the heat with a 97 mph fastball and a mix of offspeed pitches. Be on the lookout for him in the coming years!
This week we present another installment in our series with Professor James Early of San Jacinto College, in which we're taking a closer look at some of the many stories of Texas in the Civil War. Today we're talking Texas Overland Expedition, an effort by Union forces to invade Texas and restore the Lone Star State to the Union.
Matt Lewis has been a professor of mathematics at San Jacinto College since 2009, and has just recently moved into the position of Qualitative Research Analyst, devoting himself full-time to understanding what works in our efforts to improve student success. Winner of several teaching awards, including the 2017 National ACCT Faculty Award, Matt has both studied the effectiveness of new ideas for improving student outcomes and applied them in his classes. Resources mentioned on today's episode: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas R. Hofstadter Everyday Zen: Love and Work, Charlotte Beck Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl
Description: Solomon Northup is wrenched from his home and life and sold into slavery. He is a free man who never gives up his spirit and belief in himself and his freedom. 12 Years a Slave is a fascinating story and gives us a lens into a dark time in United States history, but also a chance for hope and new beginnings. You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:http://atozhistorypage.com/email: steve@atozhistorypage.comhttp://rss.acast.com/beyondthebigscreenAgora: www.agorapodcastnetwork.comhttps://www.patreon.com/papacyOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Beyondthebigscreen/https://twitter.com/BigScreenBeyondLearn More About our Guest: Professor James Earlyhttp://americanhistoryfanatics.blogspot.comAmerican History Fanatics Facebook GroupAgora Podcaster of the Month:The History of Westeros:http://www.historyofwesteros.com/Music Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Narrator: This is Beyond the Big Screen Podcast with your host, Steve Guerra, an Agora Podcast Network member.Steve Guerra: Today, we're talking about the movie from 2013, 12 Years a Slave, and we're talking today with James Early, who is the administrator of the American History Fanatics Blog, and a very popular Facebook group. James is an adjunct professor of History at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas, outside of Houston. And he's published one book and a number of scholarly articles. Along with running the blog and Facebook group, his main areas of research and interest are Eastern European history, the American Civil War, and the Cold War. Thank you so much for coming on today, James.James Early: My pleasure, Steve. I'm excited to be here.Steve Guerra: Just to briefly introduce 12 Years a Slave, the movie documents the real life events of Solomon Northup, a free black man who lived in the mid-1800s New York, who was captured as a fugitive slave on a trip to Washington, D.C. Northup, also sometimes called Northrup, his freedom, and even his identity are stripped from him, and he continually finds himself in harsher and harsher conditions where he has to make even deeper critical moral decisions. Very briefly, the production details. It's based on the book, 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup. The screenplay is by John Ridley. It's directed by Steve McQueen, a different Steve McQueen, not the Steve McQueen from the '70s. It has a runtime of 134 minutes, and it did very well at the Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. And it has almost 100% Rotten Tomatoes and... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Shawn Silman is the Dean of Liberal Arts at San Jacinto College, which is located in Houston, Texas. Prior to becoming the Dean in 2011, he served for 6 years as San Jacinto's Athletic Director and 11 years as the Head Women's Basketball Coach at San Jacinto. San Jacinto Website: www.SanJac.edu Email: Shawn.Silman@sjcd.edu Twitter: @ShawnSilman How Lucky Can You Be: The Story of Coach Don Meyer by Buster Olney Shawn enjoys listening to the Joe Rogan Experience Shawn would have a hard time living without the Waze Traffic and Navigation app and Microsoft Outlook for scheduling and email. "There is no right time to do the wrong thing; and no wrong time to do the right thing." (Shawn Silman) Today's podcast is brought to you by audible - get a FREE audiobook download and 30-day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/SuccessIsAChoice. Over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player, including books from previous podcast guests Kelly Roach, Micheal Burt, Pat Williams, Jeremie Kubicek, and John Brubaker.
Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Kathy Crabbe. Soul Reader, artist and Lefty Oracle Deck creator, Kathy Crabbe helps awaken your intuition, break through creative blocks and identify your gifts. Kathy’s work has appeared in We’Moon Datebook, Sage Woman Magazine and San Diego Women’s History Museum. She has taught Divine Feminine Moon Classes at Wise Woman University, Mt. San Jacinto College and appeared on HGTV along with starting a writer’s group and artist’s circle in her town. Kathy lives in Temecula, California with her two dogs and architect husband in an adobe style home they built themselves. Catch Kathy’s moonthly art giveaways in her New Moon Museletter at www.kathycrabbe.com Kathy’s newest project is her 54-card Lefty Oracle Deck, painted entirely with her non dominant left hand to help you strengthen your intuition, break through creative blocks and identify your gifts. Perfect for individuals AND groups! this episode Q&A includes: • possible type 1 herpes in the mouth- swollen gums and sores- hypericum tincture.. • brain aneurysm and bringing someone out of a coma- moral choice, laughter, annoyance, inspiration.. • comfrey- where to purchase, what variety? • osteoporosis- do not treat the disease, treat ability to be flexible- walk, gentle yoga, tai chi, chi kung- consume yogurt.. • shiitake mushrooms as a source of vitamin D.. • grain alcohol is 99% alcohol- if you want to use tinctures freely and safely, use 100 proof vodka.. • sleep issues and achieving meditative calmness.. • giardia- antibiotics and wormwood.. • starting a women's circle- shaman, priestess, witch- hold steady and lead..
Episode 7 is our first foray into having guests who remote in via FaceTime (we also have the ability to use Skype, Google Duo and Google Hangouts). Our guest, Pam Wells, Systems Librarian at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas talked to us about life as an Academic Librarian, relocating from the Northeast United States […]
Brick By Brick - with Antonio T. Smith Jr. and Tempestt Smith
Antonio and Tempestt take you behind the scenes as they continue to build their company. Antonio is the guest speaker to the entire freshman class to San Jacinto College. http://www.sanjac.edu Charged with the opportunity to speak to the entire Freshman class, Antonio decided to talk about the the link between success and follow through. For the rest of the story, listen to this podcast now and use the hashtag, #plantbetter on any of your favorite social networks, or on this podcast in the comment section. Information on San Jacinto College: Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, is the first African-American college established in the Lone Star State. The institution was founded in 1873 by Bishop Isaac Wiley of Methodist Episcopal Church and chartered by the Freedman’s Aid Society in 1882. Isaac Wiley grew up with dreams of becoming a minister but instead turned to medicine. In 1850 he was given the opportunity to go to China on a medical missionary trip. Following his return to the United States he entered the ministry and rose through the ranks before becoming a Bishop in 1872. In 1873 he founded Wiley College. The college is now affiliated with the United Methodist Church and is dedicated to the idea of social responsibility and seeks to contribute and revitalize the community, which it serves. Wiley College was established to provide an education to newly freed men and women and to prepare them for a new life. It was also established to train teachers for careers at black elementary and secondary schools in Texas and other states and territories. One of the most notable alumni of Wiley College is James L. Farmer Jr., the son of a long-time Wiley professor. James L. Farmer, Jr. was a distinguished civil rights leader who was one of the founders of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in 1942. He was the National director for CORE from 1961 to 1966 and served as the Assistant Secretary for the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Nixon Administration for one year. Heman Marion Sweatt, the plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court Case in 1950 which desegregated the University of Texas Law School, was also a graduate of the institution. Wiley now offers Associate and Bachelor’s Degrees in 17 areas including: English, biology, business, computer science, and social sciences, along with many more. The college is located on 63 acres of land west of Marshall, Texas between Dallas to the west and Shreveport, Louisiana to the east. The campus is comprised of seventeen buildings that are used for teaching, learning, and research, as well as residence halls for the students. The college also provides opportunities in higher education to non-traditional students through the Wiley Management Institute Program. Wiley College is an open-admissions college meaning that one just needs a high school diploma to gain admission. Wiley adopted the open admissions program in the 1970s to allow more students access to a college education. Sources: Quintard Taylor, In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American West, 1528-1990 (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc: 1998); Wiley College Website, http://www.wileyc.edu/ ; James Farmer Biography, http://www.umw.edu/cas/jfscholars/who/default.php ; Isaac Wiley Biography, http://www.famousamericans.net/isaacwilliamwiley/. - See more at: http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/wiley-college-1873#sthash.qdbIEY7h.dpuf Online Admissions Application: https://secures47.brinkster.com/wileyc/apply/ Source: Black Past.orgSan Jacinto College Timeline 1960: San Jacinto College traces its roots to May, 1960, when voters in five school districts —Channelview, Deer Park, Galena Park, La Porte and Pasadena — approved the creation of East Harris County Union Junior College. 1961: Board of Regents officially changes the name to The San Jacinto Junior College District. The college welcomes 876 students to its first classes, held in a handful of renovated buildings in Pasadena, Texas. Dr. Thomas Spencer is elected first President. 1963: The college earns full membership in the Association of Texas Colleges and Universities 1966: Accreditation is granted by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools 1970: The San Jacinto Men's Basketball team wins the NJCAA National Championship 1975: North Campus opens at 5800 Uvalde Road in Houston, earns accreditation a year later. 1979: South Campus opens at 13735 Beamer Road in Houston, earns accreditation in the fall. 1983: The San Jacinto Men's Basketball team wins the NJCAA National Championship. 1984: The San Jacinto Men's Basketball team wins the NJCAA National Championship. 1985: The San Jacinto Baseball team wins the NJCAA National Championship. 1986: The San Jacinto Baseball team wins the NJCAA National Championship. The San Jacinto Men's Basketball team wins the NJCAA National Championship. 1987: The San Jacinto Baseball team wins the NJCAA National Championship. The San Jacinto Women's Volleyball team wins the NJCAA National Championship. 1989: The San Jacinto Baseball team wins the NJCAA National Championship. 1990: The San Jacinto Baseball team wins the NJCAA National Championship. 1999: Voters approve $91 million in bonds to add state-of-the-art Interactive Learning Centers (ILC) on each campus, Fine Arts Centers and substantial infrastructure improvements. All three campuses are reaccredited. 2003: Four North Campus programs — Health Information Management, Emergency Medical Technology, Computer Information Systems and Legal Assistant — earn exemplary status from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. This is the most of any community college in Texas. 2005: South Campus opens the Biotechnology Life Sciences Center to provide leading-edge training and support workforce needs in industry, research and bio-tech organizations. 2006: The Center for Professional Development opens. 2007: Clear Horizons Early College High School opens on the South Campus. A partnership with Clear Creek ISD, this program allows students to earn an associate degree while also earning a high school diploma. 2008: Voters overwhelmingly approve a $295 million bond referendum to create new allied health and science facilities, library and physical education facility improvements. Hurricane Ike inflicts substantial damage to the three campuses. San Jac leadership and faculty unite to get students back to class in just a few weeks and complete the semester on time. San Jacinto College earns reaccreditation in the fall. 2009: Dr. Brenda Hellyer is named chancellor, the fifth in San Jac’s history. 2010: Men of Honor, an initiative aimed at increasing retention and graduation rates among African-American male students, launches with 71 students. 2011: San Jacinto College celebrates its 50th Anniversary. San Jacinto College is recognized as a leader in the national student completion movement by Achieving the Dream with a designation of Leader College. 2012: More than 200 elected officials, community members, former and current San Jacinto College employees, and the Harris County Historical Commission unveiled a Texas Historical Marker on the College's Central Campus. 2013: San Jacinto College graduated over 5000 students. Here are some extra resources that will help you better understand why everything is your fault: The Importance of Follow Through http://www.businesshorsepower.com/the-importance-of-follow-through/ Commitment: Its Purpose and Power http://www.littlethingsmatter.com/blog/2010/07/15/commitment-its-purpose-and-power/ The Importance of Commitment https://www.lockeinyoursuccess.com/the-importance-of-commitment/ To donate to this podcasts please visit https://www.patreon.com/brickbybrick Please rate and comment and email your ideas or suggestions to info@theatsjr.com or follow Antonio on Facebook: www.facebook.com/theatsjr Email Tempestt at tempestt@theatsjr.com Email Tony at antonio@theatsjr.com Follow Tempestt at https://twitter.com/Mz_Tempestt Follow Brick by Brick podcast on twitter at: https://twitter.com/brickbybrickpod or @brickbybrickpod Weekly Coaching We now offer 1-on-1 coaching! Email us today for more information and for a free consultation. 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