Podcasts about uw superior

On the season premiere of Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Nick Bursik, the director of athletics at UW-Superior.

The Superior Telegram recently released it's 30th episode of Archive Dive, which is a monthly history podcast where we “dive” into the archives of historic events, people and places in Superior and Douglas County.  In this month's episode, we explore the story of the World War II veteran for whom the Blatnik Bridge was named for. Thousands of motorists cross the bridge daily, yet many may not know about the man himself. As a Minnesota congressman, Chisholm native John Blatnik was instrumental in getting the bridge between Duluth and Superior built. As a captain and paratrooper with the U.S. Army Air Force. Blatnik spent eight months working behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. The work included setting up an escape system for downed American airmen. One of them was a Duluth man: Swante Norlund. For this episode, Telegram reporter Maria Lockwood is joined by Briana Fiandt, curator of collections and exhibits for the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior, as they discuss the life of Blatnik. You can find that episode at superiortelegram.com or wherever you also get this podcast. You can find additional episodes here. In case you missed last month's episode, we are resharing it here. In July, Maria and local historian and retired librarian Teddie Meronek discussed the history of the University of Wisconsin Superior and tell the story about an “astro-nut” who helped raise money for a Superior hospital. Enjoy!

This week we're chatting with Niya Wilson, a member of the UW-Superior women's soccer team, alongside a former member of the program Anna Bratley. The two talk about team pranks, the growth of their program, the future of Division III and more. This podcast is part of Division III's year-long celebration of it's 50th anniversary. For more information, visit on.ncaa.com/diii50. Instagram: www.instagram.com/ncaadiii Twitter: www.twitter.com/ncaadiii TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@ncaa?lang=en Facebook: www.facebook.com/ncaadiii

This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down with Randy Barker from the Pruitt Center for Mindfulness and Well-Being at UW-Superior to talk about mental health and some of the stresses and challenges currently faced by college student-athletes. #WeAreSuperior

On the season five premier of Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by UW-Superior Director of Athletics Nick Bursik to get an update on all the happenings in the athletics department at UW-Superior. #WeAreSuperior

This week on Eye of the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined in studio by Holden Law of UW-Superior marketing and communications to talk about his start in the field and how he and his team continue to make groundbreaking contest for Yellowjacket Athletics.

On this episode of 10,000 Pitches, Dominic Jose Bisogno and Jeremy Rushing break down the latest news and storylines in the world of Minnesota Soccer. Minneapolis City fall to Des Moines Menace 4-2 in US Open Cup Debut Lionel Vang's banger opening goal reaches #2 on SportsCenter's Top 10 Recapping Minnesota United's 1-0 win over San Jose Earthquakes Where do Dotson and Hunou fit in to this roster? What do you do with Tyler Miller? Former Duluth FC and UW-Superior standout Eric Watson heading to England Non-League side Mpls Futures MVP Jakob Popkin signs with NISA's AC Syracuse __ Support - Get the most consistent, dedicated Minnesota soccer coverage at https://my.captivate.fm/SotaSoccer.com (SotaSoccer.com)! - Lend your support to Sota Soccer and get some great early access/bonus content in the process by becoming a Supporter at https://my.captivate.fm/patreon.com/sotasoccer (patreon.com/sotasoccer) Sponsors - Check out https://my.captivate.fm/StimulusAthletic.com (StimulusAthletic.com) for athleisure wear and to outfit your club with quality game gear and apparel at affordable prices from Stimulus Athletic! - Play pickup, reserve field time for yourself, or drink some amazing coffee at Ninth St. Soccer & Coffee! Just visit https://my.captivate.fm/NinthStreetMpls.com (NinthStreetMpls.com) or follow them @NinthStreetMpls - Looking to buy/sell a home in Minneapolis/St. Paul? Contact Nate Pentz and Pentz Homes at https://my.captivate.fm/PentzHomes.com (PentzHomes.com)!

EP 27 - Melissa Fracker head coach of UW-Superior's Softball team.

This week on the Swarm, Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined to PJ Piotrowski, the new head strength and conditioning coach at UW-Superior to talk about him becoming part of the Yellowjacket Athletics staff as well as the different aspects of training and preparation.

Ryan & Wyatt recap another full slate of games from this past weekend and dive into some of the key matchups that have now helped determine potential conference tournament seeding. Reference the timestamps below. 1:54- Women's Week 7 Recap: (Bethany and UNW are on a collision course. Has North Central's identity changed? Another program building win for Crown. UW Superior hanging with tough teams but not getting over the hump.) 18:05- Men's Week 7 Recap: (Thoughts on Showdown in Mankato Friday night. Player of the Year race tightening up before final two games? Micah Filer continues to fill it up. The conference still runs through UNW while Morris, Northland and UW Superior are trending backwards ahead of conference tournament.) 40:27- Fantasy Score/Game Predictions Update To get involved, or if you have any questions, you can email uaotheumac@gmail.com You can also follow us on Twitter: Unlike Any Other The UMAC @uaotheumac Wyatt Morrell & Ryan Mitchell are both graduates from the University of Northwestern in St. Paul, which is a member of Division III athletics and the UMAC conference. Together they have broadcasted over 100 basketball games within the conference and have watched the league for over the past 8 seasons. They are looking to bring fans closer to the action with this podcast through interviews with coaches and players, along with season predictions and covering all the top news from the conference.

Wyatt and Ryan talk about this weekend's loaded slate across the conference, previewing all 6 women's matchups and all 6 men's matchups. Highlighting the most tantalizing matchup on each side, unpacking why this Saturday may be the best opportunity for the UNW men to get beat, the pressure on the UW Superior women to hold serve at home, and so much more. Monday night's NCU at UMM women's thriller recap- 1:57 Women's Game Picks- 5:23 Men's Game Picks- 24:17 To get involved, or if you have any questions, you can email uaotheumac@gmail.com You can also follow us on Twitter: Unlike Any Other The UMAC @uaotheumac Wyatt Morrell & Ryan Mitchell are both graduates from the University of Northwestern in St. Paul, which is a member of Division III athletics and the UMAC conference. Together they have broadcasted over 100 basketball games within the conference and have watched the league for over the past 8 seasons. They are looking to bring fans closer to the action with this podcast through interviews with coaches and players, along with season predictions and covering all the top news from the conference.

This week hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down with UW-Superior head men's soccer coach Joe Mooney and senior Blake Perry, who last week set the program's all-time scoring record.

How do we ensure all students can access the curriculum plus find it relevant and engaging?Angela Di Michele Lalor, author of Making Curriculum Matter: How to Build SEL, Equity, and Other Priorities into Daily Instruction, offers a guide for teachers and leaders to begin this work.In our conversation, we discuss:Why it is important to prepare for an uncertain future,The five lense for viewing our instructional plans, andHow purchasing curriculum resources is not enough.As Angela points out, “curriculum can impact student learning because it's more than just a product; it's a process.”Recommended ResourcesAudio + TranscriptPurchase the BookAngela’s WebsiteListen on Apple Podcasts and Leave a Rating!Full TranscriptMatt Renwick (00:00):Welcome Angela to the podcast. I'm excited to have you here.Angela Di Michele Lalor (00:11):Thank you for having me. I'm excited to be here.Matt Renwick (00:13):I was just sharing with you just how I came across your work. I was teaching curriculum courses for UW-Superior, The University of Wisconsin-Superior. I used your first book, Ensuring High-Quality Curriculum as our primary text. And I appreciated how you described the steps to engage in that work. You made it very clear, lots of examples. So I was excited to learn that you're coming out with a new book and it's now out, Making Curriculum Matter: How to Build SEL, Equity, and Other Priorities into Daily Instruction. It's also through ASCD. If you want to share a little bit about your role in education and how you work with teachers, schools, and districts...Angela Di Michele Lalor (00:55):Sure. So I have been in education now for about 25 years. I started off as a classroom teacher and then started to do professional development with teachers from all different grade levels and subject areas. It was kind of a life transition. I had the opportunity to start working with teachers and share my own story about how I was engaging students in my classroom, using projects and performance-based assessments, and at the same time had my children and was able to make that transition. I've always found that working with educators to be a very satisfying job, because as I have worked with them, I've learned from them. And unfortunately, you know, educators don't have the opportunity to travel from one classroom to the other. And so I have always made it my goal and my mission to share the stories of educators as I traveled from one school to another, and to share their best practices and what I've seen.Matt Renwick (02:03):Yeah. Your book, your newest book, Making Curriculum Matter, it has a lot of nice examples from different grade levels and different subject areas, which I know it can be very hard, especially for an author to highlight all those different stories. So it's relevant to anyone who's reading it. And I thought they were really nice. I liked how you juxtaposed [how] this is what it might look in the beginning, but here's how you can improve it through these five lenses. That's what you offer in the book: practices, deep thinking, social and emotional learning, civic engagement and discourse, and equity, which we can go over in a little bit. I wanted to start in the beginning. You talk about your family a little bit and just how the pandemic gave you a new perspective, especially with your daughter working in the medical field in New York, correct?Angela Di Michele Lalor (02:51):Yes. She was a frontline worker and I have to say, I deeply respect everyone in the medical field: frontline workers, first responders who went through everything that we've gone through in the last two years. And to see my daughter who was a new nurse. So 22 years old, going out every day and working to save lives. That's really what it came down to. As a parent, that was a difficult experience and we wanted to do anything that we could to support her. So, when you ask me that question, there's a lot of things that come to mind, you know, how that whole experience has impacted us as a family, how it's impacted my view on education and just life in general.Matt Renwick (03:54):How did your experience with your daughter, how did that influence your beliefs about education? You mentioned the flying pigs example and what's possible.Angela Di Michele Lalor (04:04):Yeah, initially we weren't sure what was going to happen. And it was very easy to believe that we were, that it was gonna be really difficult to come out of this situation and to see that perseverance, to see the commitment. That's really the piece that stayed with me and that's about, anything is possible when my daughter would go into work. She really did not know what was going to happen while she was there. It was unpredictable. And she would come home sometimes and just say, "Wow, I didn't know if I was going to make it." Because she was used to being an ICU nurse. She was used to having unstable patients, but never so many at the same time. And so I think about that in terms of education. It made me realize that we have to really think about schools as places to prepare kids for the unknown, because this was completely unexpected. No one could predict what was needed, what was necessary. And we were asking people to make decisions based on what limited knowledge they had. And so that's something we had to prepare everyone to do. So I think that's the challenge of education. How do we prepare for a future of unknown?Matt Renwick (05:27):Yeah. Going into this year, 2021 and the fall, we know more. So we feel a little more competent, but then we have all these variables too. Are they masking? Are they not? And I think we're still going to be living that unknown. It kind of related to your book. You have this word cloud of all the initiatives and issues that educators have to deal with and it was just enormous. And I could relate: how do you manage all of these ideas and education? But in your book, you focus on these five ideas. How did you come up with...how did you decide on these five ideas to help frame the book and frame curriculum development?Angela Di Michele Lalor (06:06):So when I wrote Ensuring a High-Quality Curriculum, that was really about, what are the elements of a quality curriculum that could impact student learning? And from there, I started to think about, is this about what the curriculum should look like, what should we be addressing? What are the valued outcomes that need to be addressed in every single curriculum? Because I truly believe that curriculum is a tool that teachers use to make informed decisions about what happens in their classroom. And if that's the case, then we need a curriculum that does more than just focus on content because teachers are expected to do more than just focus on content. And so I started to think about all the professional development initiatives that I've facilitated over the years and the different topics I've been asked to come in and speak about and to work with teachers.Angela Di Michele Lalor (07:00):And that started to really help me to formulate some of those areas of focus, some of the elements of a curriculum that matters. So often I'm brought in to work with subject area teachers and the subject area teachers, discipline-specific teachers. They really know their content very deeply and very well, but there's a part of their content that really is about working with information. And that is the practices. So often I was coming into schools to work with practices. How do we take historical thinking skills, the standard for mathematical practices, and really tie them into content specific practices and use them in the classroom. So part of the different part of the process for me in identifying these elements was on that experience. I was doing a lot of work with districts on developing critical thinkers. So I started to think about the kind of the buckets in terms of what I was being asked to do. And then I was also starting to do a lot of work around the vision and mission of schools. So we started to look at what is the vision and mission and how are you taking your vision and mission and carrying it out in school buildings, and how does your curriculum tie to that? And so that also brought a new way for me to think about what are these main categories that I'm seeing consistently over different, in different places around the country.Matt Renwick (08:32):It's really that lived experience working with all these schools and then seeing their mission and vision, and so very practical. When I read these five, I could not disagree with any of them. And I see a lot of that language in many of the missions and visions as well. So you make a point to, and I think it was important, [that] you're not adding more to the curriculum, but really it's about changing the lens. From the book, "changing the lens for viewing, discussing, and implementing the curriculum" Can you just say a little bit more about that?Angela Di Michele Lalor (09:09):Sure. So one of the things with these categories is that it it's a category. So it allows each school to look at what's in their vision and mission, what's in their curriculum in a way that's very localized and personalized to that school.Matt Renwick (09:25):I want to piggy back off that and say, as a principal, I appreciate having these elements and ideas for myself to view the curriculum and help with the implementation of it. Because I can focus on practices or deep thinking or social emotional learning in any classroom. I think you speak to that in the book and here as well.Angela Di Michele Lalor (09:52):Yeah. I think what happens is that when you categorize something, we're putting it into category, but the lines are really blurry. And that's where you get into that concept of changing the lens. So in order to do something well, we have to be able to identify it, talk about it, and then look at it in terms of implementation. So you need the category in order to do that. Um, and so I think that changing the lens makes it more manageable. You can begin to say, okay, so I'm looking at practices which is taking a look at what professionals are doing in the real world is going to help you to make a connection to the ultimate goal of any curriculum, which is to provide students with equitable learning experiences. So we have to be able to see each of the lenses in the curriculum, which is why we're not adding more, we're being able to identify it, to do it more intentionally in order to build equitable learning experiences for all kids.Matt Renwick (10:58):And I think all five can lead to that. And I just thought, if you could take a moment just to briefly expand on each idea, what it is and why it's important for making curriculum matter. If we can start with the first one, practices.Angela Di Michele Lalor (11:17):I spoke a little bit about practices. Every discipline has a set of practices. And I think when I use the term practice, I guess the best analogy is really thinking about sports or music, right? So I spent a good portion of my life driving my kids to practice. And what did they do at practice? They did drills so that they can improve in a lot of ways. That's what we want to see happen in a classroom. So practices are the kinds of things, strategies that students can use so they can improve in their learning.Matt Renwick (11:49):It's not necessarily teaching practices. Although those are also important. It's the disciplinary...if you're studying, writing, you know, it's the practices of a writer.Angela Di Michele Lalor (12:02):Exactly. And so if we want to grow as writers, then we have to practice writing and we have certain strategies we can use to do that. And when we repeat them, they become a way or a process to become a writer to grow as a writer. So it seems like a logical place for schools to start to really look at their curriculum, because if the practices are not there, it's hard then to build in the other elements. It's not impossible, but it's just checking to see, are they explicitly identified or do we see practices as being, for example, the mathematical practices. Are they not listed in every single unit? Then we're not really emphasized and focusing and giving students tools that they need to access high expectations, which is one of the components of an equitable curriculum.Matt Renwick (12:56):And it makes it more relevant, I would think too, that the practices are associated with that career or vocation of that unit. The next one is deep thinking, where you speak about different levels of cognition and also knowledge.Angela Di Michele Lalor (13:14):Yes. We talked about deep thinking. It's a combination of both. I think about Bloom's revised taxonomy. I think it is an excellent tool for really understanding deep thinking because it's taking in what kind of thinking am I doing? And what am I thinking about? And so any kind of engaging meaningful task is going to require deep thinking because engaging meaningful tasks are usually multiple steps. The other thing is that we engage in deep thinking, when we really want to make sense of something and we want apply new knowledge, we have to recognize when we're giving students the opportunity to engage in deep thinking,Matt Renwick (13:56):Third, social emotional learning. I have personally sometimes struggled with, how do we weave that part of it into the more academic side of things? What are your thoughts on that?Angela Di Michele Lalor (14:07):So the quick answer is there's two ways that we can do it. One is we can look at what we're teaching students. So you think about the book students are reading or history or the historical figures that they're studying. And you use them as examples or non examples of how social emotional skills and competencies have been used. So when a character makes a responsible decision, you point that out to the students, "What was that decision making process? What did we learn from watching the character making them make that decision make?" Go through that decision making process that you can use yourself. So that's one simple way of how we incorporate it. The other is that we are, [and] it goes back to engagement, if we're truly asking students to engage in their learning, they need to monitor themselves. And so we can't assume that students know how to do that. Multi-step tasks, multi-step projects require students to think about, "I have to do this as a priority first, and when that's done, then I can move to step two." So actually getting into the responsible decision-making and that management process is easily integrated into the curriculum.Matt Renwick (15:24):Yeah, the way you describe it, that seems like a natural fit. Civic engagement and discourse, probably more needed than ever. What entry points do you see with the curriculum?Angela Di Michele Lalor (15:40):So this is one of the elements that came from the vision and mission of schools. Every vision and mission I've read has always said, "We want our students to be responsible, we want them to engage, to be responsible citizens." And then I would ask, "So how, how do you do that?" Most schools don't have have students engaging in the local community or making some kind of contribution to an organization that they choose and they feel that they need to support. And so when I asked that question, "How do you see it?", this is what led to that civic engagement being part of the curriculum. It calls for project-based learning and for students to engage in curriculum embedded assessments, where they are actually engaged in projects that they are learning while they're doing and that become a form of assessment that's real life, authentic experiences.Matt Renwick (16:45):Yeah. I recall one example you put in there about studying a bill that's currently being discussed and debated, and then actually writing a letter to your local representative. And I appreciate that just for the authenticity of it, but also it could actually make an impact. I mean, you could change someone's mind, which is really powerful.Angela Di Michele Lalor (17:09):I've discussed this with other educators and sometimes I'll get the question: "Do you engage in discourse first or in the action itself?" And it's not that one goes in front of the other. It's just a natural integration of both. And I think it's important. We have to teach students how to speak to each other. We have to get them to really understand how to use evidence to support their thinking. And that's part of that civic engagement and discourse that should be completely integrated into all content areas.Matt Renwick (17:43):And how to listen. That flip side to speaking. I don't see it taught a lot in schools, how to listen. So I appreciated seeing that in there. The last one, equity... It seemed like everything listed here kind of leads toward equity. Is that how you designed it with the book?Angela Di Michele Lalor (18:04):Yeah, absolutely. That's where it goes. Changing the lens is so important. So as you are changing the lens to look at each of these different elements, you begin to see how they really are engaging students in learning. And then looking through the lens of equity gives language and actions to what we are doing. We are building a curriculum in this way because it's the intentionality that leads to the equitable learning experiences. But equity is an element in and of itself. Just because you have quality learning experience, doesn't allow for all students to engage in equitable learning experiences. There is an examination of self that needs to go into this. There's an understanding of culturally responsive practices. It's a deep understanding of who the students are in front of you. And that's why it is the ultimate goal, but it's also an element in and of itself.Matt Renwick (19:07):Yeah, your list and your descriptions caused me to already change our professional learning plan this year. I think I need to go back to practices first. I was looking at equity first, and I think we can talk about it, but just going through your resource here it's been helpful for me to think about where to start and where we want to go. So I had one more question for you, and this is just more of a lived experience here. Curriculum development is time-consuming work. I'm sure you've found that. And I have heard educators who are engaging in this work ask, "Why are we doing this?" You know districts will buy a program off the shelf and call it the curriculum. So what about this work helps ensure the curriculum matters to students and teachers versus just finding one and adopting it.Angela Di Michele Lalor (20:01):So I think that curriculum can impact student learning because it's more than just a product; it's a process. And so that's why it's worth the time, effort and energy to take a group of teachers and have them really think about what they're teaching, why they're teaching it, and what students are learning as a result - how students are engaged in that process. So it is something that is ongoing. You're never done once you're done. It's time to start again, even in districts where they do purchase a program. I think it's still important to develop some type of document that really highlights what's most important. This program: Why did we choose this program? How can we use this program to meet the needs of the students who are sitting in front of us? Because if we want equitable learning opportunities for all students, then a pre-packaged program is not going to do that because it doesn't know who the students are, who were sitting in front of the teacher. So even just being able to say, this is how we see, this is how we modify. This is how we can use this program. What's in it to meet the needs of our students is worth the time and effort of going through the curriculum process.Matt Renwick (21:26):You're not against purchasing a resource, but what you're promoting is to make sure you personalize it and make it relevant and meaningful and equitable all your students. Well, I've enjoyed listening to you. I've been taking notes for my own work as you've been talking and should be rereading parts of your book, Making Curriculum Matter: How to Build SEL, Equity and Other Priorities into Daily Instruction. I would also encourage any listeners to check out her previous book, Ensuring High-Quality Curriculum. Where can we go to learn more about your work, Angela?Angela Di Michele Lalor (21:59):So I have a new website, it's adlalorconsulting.com. There's some resources there, some tools, there's also a blog that I occasionally will add to, but that's the best place to find more information about me.Matt Renwick (22:18):Well, thank you Angela and good luck with this upcoming school year.Angela Di Michele Lalor (22:22):Thank you. Thanks for having me, Matt. I appreciate it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readbyexample.substack.com

Besides getting sidetracked in audiophile talk, we covered a lot of news today: FSA Electronic Announcement regarding Active DUNS numbers Emergency Broadband Benefit program for Pell Grant recipients Update on CSAC's WebGrants for Institutions improvements Free training from Attigo on Hitting the Reset Button, Balancing Act of Work and Home, and more. FA Director job opening at UW Superior. NASFAA article on Negative EFCs and the report it comes from. A major donation to the Foundation for California Community Colleges. Find out more about CCCSFAAA at cccsfaaa.org.  Have feedback for Dennis and Dana?  Got a topic you want us to discuss?  Email us at wbcccsfaaa@gmail.com. "What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?" is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.

Tracy Krueger was a beloved husband, father, teacher, coach, and referee whose impact could be seen throughout the state of Wisconsin. He was widely known to use sports as a vehicle for “growing the good” in the world around him. In this SGG episode, Tracy's son, Brendan, joined us to reflect upon some memories of his father. We discussed: 1. The role sports played in Tracy's life growing up, including participating as an athlete at UW-Stevens Point and UW-Superior. 2. Tracy's guidance for his own kids in sports: If you start it, finish it. Remain committed. Never pressured kids to play sports. “Find that passion and share it with others.” 3. How Tracy made coaching a family affair. 4. What led Tracy into coaching. 5. Tracy's infectious passion and energy in coaching. 6. Finding joy and fulfillment when young people developed. 7. Appreciating “unsung heroes.” 8. Why Tracy became an official and how he went about it. “He was really a people person.” 9. Why Tracy spent time with and appreciated the maintenance personnel. 10. A note from a former student. “He believed in me.” 11. Celebrating small victories. 12.“I know you can do it!” 13. “He was sharing what he loved.” 14. Tracy as a mentor and supporter of others. “How can I help this person out?” 15. Baking treats for others.

We sit down to talk with Coach Greg Polkowski to discuss the 2008-09 basketball season at UW-Superior. That was the first season in college coaching for Greg and myself (Marcus Wiegert) at UWS. We talk about expectations, stories and lessons learned. Take a listen! Make sure to subscribe and leave a review on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Breaker, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic or Spotify!

COLLEGE CONVERSATIONFirst generation students and Upward Bound program graduates from The University of Minnesota, The University of Wisconsin Superior and The College of Saint Scholastica join us to talk about their path to college and beyond. These students talk about when the dream of college became a reality for them and the resources they used to get there. Should you apply to schools close to home or venture off further away? Should you move in with a friend or go random for your first year roommate? What do you do if you are failing a class? How do I make friends in college? Our panelists offer their advice and share their personal experiences for all of these questions and more. FOLLOW OUR PANELISTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA Reach Out to Lexie on Instagram: @alericksonj Reach Out to John on Instagram: @johnsevilleja Reach out to Isaac on Instagram @iboediisaac Reach out to Samantha on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samantha.seboe * SUBSCRIBE TO BEFORE COLLEGE TV GET THE LATEST INTERVIEWS * TEXT HARLAN: 321-345-9070 * INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/HarlanCohen* FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/HelpMeHarlan/* TWITTER: http://Twitter.com/HarlanCohen* WEBSITE: www.HarlanCohen.com | www.BeforeCollegeTV * BEFORE COLLEGE TV: HOSTED BY HARLAN COHEN | @HarlanCohen

This week, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson talk about a return to sports for the Yellowjackets, and in the second segment they're joined by Rich McKenna, the head coach of the Yellowjacket men's hockey team. The Yellowjacket hockey teams will be the first UW-Superior teams to face outside competition in 2021.

This week, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson enjoy a great conversation with Melissa Fracker, the new softball coach at UW-Superior. Learn about how coach arrived here, how she and her team are navigating the pandemic, and catch a great round of Rapid Fire.

WE APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU! If you wouldn't mind please go leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Thanks! Welcome back to Episode 74 of On the Spot Sports and in today's episode we have college hockey d-man from University of Wisconsin - Superior and former University of Nebraska - Omaha, Lawson McDonald on the show! Lawson and I talked about his junior path with the Winkler Flyers that led him to playing NCAA Division I hockey with University of Nebraska-Omaha and how his season went over there before transferring to UW-Superior. We also talk about the differences and similarities of Division I hockey vs Division III hockey along with the transfer process. Lawson is also very active on YouTube so we talked about his channel and what goes into making his high quality videos. I hope you guys enjoy this episode! I also want to thank Lawson for coming on to the show! I had a blast! Follow us on Instagram @on_the_spot_sports and take a listen on YouTube, Spotify and Apple/Google Podcasts @ On The Spot Sports Get $25 off our guy Jamie Phillips Nutrition book for Hockey Players with the discount code "ONTHESPOT" on victoremnutrition.com Living Sisu link: https://livingsisu.com/app/devenirmem... *BECOME A MEMBER TODAY* Lawson's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAram982MNDtDsq0l5PiQ1Q

-The ball stops dribbling at some point. Wanted to stay a part of the game. -“You find something you love to do and you will never work a day in your life.” -Working for Bryan Hacker, Lee Rabas and Frank Schade. Learning from them and the differences. -Got his chance to organize, run practices, deal with parents and kids at a young age. Ran around 200 practices over 5-6 years. Always thought of coaching in college. -Compliment in Oshkosh Northwestern from Spud Schade gave him a great compliment that gave him a ton of confidence. -Working Lawrence Yearbook Camp -Incredibly lucky to work for Don Meyer -Process of obtaining graduate assistantship at Northern State. -Aberdeen reminds him of Stevens Point. Size of town, community supports institution and basketball program is strong. -Don Meyer had a PhD -Servant leadership -Smallest office in Northern State athletic office. Enjoyed the desk and office. Didn’t need anything special. “Did not have a corner office mentality.” -Shared Ownership Shared Suffering Individual Responsibility Collective Pride -“Anybody can pick captains. It doesn’t mean they are going to be your leaders.” - Don Meyer -Make The Big Time Where Your At - Frosty Westering -“Quality knows no level.” - Don Meyer -NCAA Tournament run at Northern State -Opportunity to get in the door at D1. Wanted to give highest level a shot. -Learning on the fly with flights, hotels, meals, film exchange (VHS), directed all the camps and marketed them, oversaw managers, high school coaches newsletter (free info to coaches-giving back) and recruiting mailouts. -Currently has four bookshelf full binders with articles, newsletters, sets and clinic notes. -Be organize and collect as much information as you can. -Alumni and Coaches Newsletters -Connection to Coach Buchanan through Coach Rabas (both attended UW La Crosse together). -Wanted to be back on the floor coaching and recruiting. -All the responsibility as head assistant and in second season had opportunity to become interim head coach. -As interim head coach knew he had to run the program his way. -Has one of the better winning seasons at UW-Superior in his interim year. -After going through the head coaching process he didn’t feel comfortable that he was going to get the job. -Was close with Jeff Nicholas who helped him get on staff at UMD. -Wife had a great job in the Duluth area and he loved it up there. Made for a smooth transition. -Enjoyed being back at the scholarship level and having money to play with. -Fifth move in seven years going from Duluth area to Bismarck. Tough to find housing due to oil boom. Moved in with a few graduate assistants until he found housing. -In charge with offering scholarships immediately. Mistake he made with recruiting was went for long-athletes. But missed out on some more skilled players that other NSIC teams had. -Did a good job staying positive with players but just couldn’t get over the hump and had a ton of injuries. -Process of moving home and trying to figure out where his next stop would be. -Connection to Brian Butch from high school. Butch called him about working him out and that is how the Brian Butch camps evolved. -Coach Meyer put together a 15 page plan about what to do better the following season after a 27-6 record and Sweet 16 appearance. -Wouldn’t shorten his bench. Believes in giving bench guys minutes and resting starters a few more minutes. -Worry about being out recruiting less. Being with your current team more, keeping mental balance and at the bottom day they are making a decision based on cost. “Collect all the information, but you can only use what you need.” - Don Meyer --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

-Eli Crogan and Watertown boys basketball -Watertown reached state finals 1983 when Dave was in 5th grade -Knew he wanted to get into coaching at an early age -“The impact you have somebody’s future and their coaching career and path is huge.” -Coached at a lot of summer camps during sophomore year in college connecting with other coaches -Competed at UW-La Crosse in a tough and competitive WIAC -Making the jump from high school to college -The importance of youth coaches when running a high school program -Developing people has always been a staple of his philosophy -Helping his players gets recruited made him intrigued with possibility of working at college level -His connections to Luke Reigel and getting hired at UW-Parkside -Domino effect of coaching -“All these little dominos can lead to you getting an opportunity without even realizing it.” -Taking a pay cut to go work at UW-Parkside -Getting head coaching job at UW-Superior and putting mark on program -Identity. Work ethic. Recruiting the right people and in the right radius. People the local community can embrace. Hire enthusiastic people. -Relentless recruiting mindset -Depth and consistency of recruits locally -Coaching mindset change in taking over Carroll from being at UW-Superior -Seeing players through four years at Carroll -Midwest Conference Tournament run using simple actions and not over complicating it -The lesson of “celebrating too much” -“The successes that turn into failures prior so you can avoid those. Also, understand the failures that turn into success.” -NCAA Tournament defeating Transylvania on their home court with tornado warning in the area and not tipping off until 9:55pm -“Less is more.” -Transition to Division 1 and Drake University with director of basketball operations position -The challenges of Division 1, the sour taste, international recruiting, etc -What it was like being let go at Drake -Always been about the relationships within the game -“Always that next game, practice, film, recruit call to make.” -Enjoyment of working for Northwestern Mutual -The one thing he would do differently if he ever got back in --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It's been a while, and we're glad to be back, loyal listeners. This week Jon Garver and Matt Johnson return to the air and have a conversation with UW-Superior athletics director Nick Bursik about the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes the cancellation of the spring sports season.

We recap City's showing in matchweek 2 of the Lower League eCup, talk about the disastrous decision to shutter the DA, and welcome UW-Superior men's soccer head coach Joe Mooney to the show. Listen to Joe's podcast, The Next Level, here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-level-podcast/id1501527565 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-peoples-pitch/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-peoples-pitch/support

This edition of the UNW Flock Talk podcast covers the Eagles matchups with UW-Superior on Wednesday night, We look back at our predictions and fantasy players from the games and preview the Softball teams first game of the season against St. Olaf this Saturday.

This week on Episode 18 of Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson are joined by Vid Milenkovic, a senior on the Yellowjacket men's basketball team. Vid is poised to become the next member of the 1,000-point club at UW-Superior.

On Episode 17 of Eye of the Swarm, hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson sit down for a state of the department conversation with Nick Bursik, Director of Athletics at UW-Superior.

Episode 5 of the Eye of the Swarm Podcast with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson, featuring UW-Superior baseball head coach Frank Pufall.

Episode 4 of the Eye of the Swarm Podcast with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson, featuring UW-Superior golf head coach Paul Eberhardt.

Episode 3 of the Eye of the Swarm Podcast with hosts Jon Garver and Matt Johnson, featuring UW-Superior women's soccer head coach Allison DeGroot.

We sat down for our first full UMAC/MIAC/NSIC Player of the Week show featuring Taylor Kenealy from Mankato, Sarah Pasternak from St Thomas (starts at 13:47), and Maddie Gutekunst from UW Superior (starts at 22:37).

This week Kevin Ericson is joined by head women's volleyball coach Brian Laampa. Laampa discusses the move back to the copper country, how he hopes to grow with his young team in his first season and the bonding that takes place on the road. He also talks about the upcoming away games this weekend against UW-Superior and his excitement for the sisu classic at home later in the year.

UW-Superior associate professor of political science Alisa Von Hagel will sit down to discuss this week's State of the Union address and the latest lawsuit in Wisconsin over the lame-duck session.

In this interview, UW-Superior's Callie Ronstrom talks about the driving force behind her first study abroad experience, why the opportunity to obtain scholarships and grants is very real, and the fresh Guatemalan food she misses so much. We also hear an entertaining rat story as well.

Finlandia University and 99.3 The Lift are proud to present This Week in Finlandia Athletics - a weekly live radio show and podcast! This week we welcomed new Finlandia Lions women's soccer coach Jordan Andrews and team captain Zuleiki Wight to the show to talk about the team's incredible start to the season. They've broke more than a dozen team records, they're 4-0 against NCAA Division III opponents, and they have yet to let a D-III opponent score against them.  The squad's home opener is Sunday, Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. against UW-Superior.

Today’s episode features coach, biomechanist and inventor, Adarian Barr.  Adarian has been my primary mentor in the field of human performance over the last year and a half and has completely changed the way I view the majority of athletic movements.  Through a greater awareness of what to watch and look for in athletic movements, to equaling (or bettering) things I did as an athlete in my early 20’s, to completely rewiring my approach to sprint and jump biomechanics, coach Barr’s work has been a complete game changer. Adarian has experience coaching on a variety of levels, and has had a number of stops on the collegiate track and field circuit before his current work as a private coach and consultant.  His methods are innovative, and he has the greatest awareness of various factors that go into a movement outcome that I’ve ever seen. Coach Barr has the ability to pick apart virtually any athletic feat into its core components, and then train those components with athletes of all levels.   On today’s podcast, we talk heavily about asymmetry in athletic performance.  Not too long ago, coaches were talking about Usain Bolt’s asymmetrical stride, and then we just witnessed the longest long jump in the last 20 years, done by a 19 year old from Cuba with an asymmetrical run up and a very long last stride.  Knowing the principles behind the approach and the takeoff allows understanding and subsequent individualization of our athletes to their best performances. In this regards, we’ll be chatting asymmetry in regards to jumping and sprinting, as well as how it plays into plyometrics and timing.  Adarian finishes things off with a conversation on training the foot, and how the foot is not as “weak” as we often think it to be. Today’s episode is brought to you by SimpliFaster, supplier of high-end athletic development tools, such as the Freelap timing system, kBox, Sprint 1080, and more.   Key Points: Thoughts on recent developments in the track and field world The importance of the “arm flap” movement (Rotational vs. Linear Movement) “Big-Step, Little-Step” rhythm Fundamental difference between big last step vs. little last step How to improve/construct your jumping approach The “Big-Little” Rhythm from a 3-point stance/sprint start/block set-up Importance of maintaining rhythm throughout a race Asymmetry in distance runners and field/court based sports The importance of rhythm in double leg jumps and single leg jumps Importance of timing in jumping How to integrate asymmetry and plyometrics Mistakes in training the foot “The backside arm controls the impact of the front side leg” “We need to stop saying bad technique, imperfect technique, incorrect technique.” “Running is the base of every movement.” “Exceptional athletes have exceptional timing.” “Never train anyone how to stop.” “If you’re trying to take up slack, you don’t want to do plyometric training.” “Athletic posture takes up slack in the system.” “A shortened muscle is the best muscle to work with.” Show Notes: Juan Miguel Echevarria Long Jump 8.83   About Adarian Barr Adarian Barr is a track coach and inventor based out of Woodland, California.  His collegiate track and field coaching stops have included UW-Superior, Indiana State, UNC Pembroke, Yuba City Community College. He has invented 9 devices from footwear to sleds to exercise devices. Adarian is a USATF Level II coach in the sprints, jumps, hurdles and relays. He has a master’s degree in Physical Education. Adarian’s unique coaching style gets results, and his work on speed and biomechanics is being adapted by some of the top coaches in the nation. More Adarian Barr Episodes: 64: Adarian Barr on Biomechanical Truths and Coaching Myths in Sprinting 132: Adarian Barr on Ground Impulse as a Biomechanical Lynchpin

The final week of the 2017-18 season is upon us. In a week's time, the topic will be who has punched their tickets to the NCAA tournaments and who is hoping to get selected. This week... we don't know many of the answers and some questions have yet to be considered. Hoopsville returns to the air Sunday night with a jam-packed, and super-sized, edition. Dave welcomes guests from around the country and looks at a lot of the conference tournaments which are getting underway. Can some of the top teams take advantage of home-court advantage? Who may surprise? Who do some NOT want to see lose if they hope to make the tournament themselves? Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. Guests include (in order of appearance): - Tom Glynn, Nichols men's coach - Anne Crutchfield, Emory & Henry women's coach - Kevin Broderick, Nazareth men's coach - Zach Otto-Fisher, UW-Superior interim women's coach - Jon Prevo, No. 24 Rose-Hulman women's coach - Brendan Gulick, Baldwin Wallace broadcaster (Great Lakes recap) - Ryan Scott, "Top 25 Double-take"

Today’s guest is track and field coach, and inventor, Adarian Barr.  Adarian Barr is based out of Woodland, California.  His collegiate track and field coaching stops have included UW-Superior, Indiana State and UNC Pembroke.  He has written a number of sprint articles for Speedendurance.com. Adarian has invented 9 devices from footwear to sleds to exercise devices.  He is a USATF Level II coach in the sprints, jumps, hurdles and relays.  Adarian’s unique coaching style gets results, and his work on speed and biomechanics is being adapted by many coaches who want a deeper understanding into the innate function of the body. I’ve spent the last year talking to Adarian, as well as learning from him in person, so I’m excited to have him as a guest on the podcast for today.  His perspective on human movement is extremely unique, insightful and intelligent.  I haven’t met any coach like him in my 12 years in the field, and I can say that, when watching elite athletes in action, what he says makes perfect sense.  His work has changed my coaching for the better, and I’m excited to share some of that with you for the podcast today. Topics for this chat will include Adarian’s background, his ideas on sprinting and timing, why a variety of modern coaching cues and ideas on sprinting don’t work (and how athletes often revert to their innate form when going 100%), sprint posture and breathing, foot strike, and more.  This is a great chat for the coach with the hungry mind, and since it goes against the grain, it also promotes good thinking and questions. Today’s episode is brought to you by SimpliFaster, supplier of high-end athletic development tools, such as the Freelap timing system, kBox, Sprint 1080, and more. Key Points Adarian’s background as a coach and athlete What makes Adarian different as a coach Concepts on sprinting and timing Why coaching “high knees” doesn’t work Coaching the arms correctly for sprinting and jumping Ideal sprinting posture, and breathing applications Foot-strike, dorsiflexion and proper lower limb mechanics “One of the first things I try to understand is “what is technique”… one of the biggest components is the timing of it” “To me, one of the critical timing factors is, “where is your weight when you push?” (in a sprint cycle) “Triple extension is a result of the push, but a lot of people think of triple extension as the push.  If you interpret triple extension as the push, your timing is off… well off” “The match-up is not high knees, the match-up is stride length and stride frequency” “We have a visual bias, we always tend to copy the losers” “From me, I try to get away from cueing, and actually give instructions” “One of the truths we know is that we can use the arms to control what’s going on in the legs” “If I don’t understand how to create vertical lift with my arms, then I’ll probably be a good sprinter, but not a good long jumper” “Wrist flap of the arms doesn’t work if your posture is not set up for it” “That’s how I coach now, setting the body up so it will do something you want to do, rather than trying to force the body to do something it doesn’t understand” “If you run with arms at 90 degrees, with wrists locked, with the fingers pointed, that’s a longer lever.  It takes longer to bring that hand back to the front with the fingers pointed, than with the wrist flexed” “I see people doing what I call “toe raises” as they run to get the vertical impulse, you get the vertical impulse, but then you don’t go forward, you go up and down.  You gotta set the foot up” “I want to go from torque to force, if I can create the torque, I can apply the force” Show Notes Christian Coleman’s Fast Arms Wrist Flap in An Elite Sprinter About Adarian Barr Adarian Barr is a track coach and inventor based out of Woodland, California.

He was former Duluth Mayor Don Ness' right-hand man, then we went across the bridge to UW-Superior and now he is back in Duluth at Lake Superior College. This week on Pressroom Podcast we catch up with Daniel Fanning and see what he's up to these days. We grill the father-to-be of three about his future political aspirations and see what passion projects he is still involved in around the Twin Ports.  Follow us on Facebook at Pressroom Podcast and email us at podcast@duluthnews.com. 

All of the sudden the month of January is coming to a close! It wasn't that long ago we were watching how teams would perform during holiday tournaments and after long breaks. Now, we are wondering how most teams will weather the second half of conference play. Thursday night on Hoopsville, Dave tried to take the temperature of Division III basketball. Just how good are the teams nationally ranked and near the top of some conference? Are there teams lurking who are about to emerge and disrupt things? Of course the focus on this show was primarily the East, Mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes, and West Regions, but there was still plenty to talk about nationwide including the common theme: upsets and parity. Guests included a coach who won his 400th on Wednesday, three nationally ranked teams, and seven total losses. Dave also discussed the recently launch Hoopsville Fundraising efforts and the upcoming annual marathon show. Don't forget to contribute to the new "Hoopsville Mailbag" segment. Email questions you may have to hoopsville@d3hoops.com. Dave will answer them tonight or on a future show. Guests scheduled to appear (in order of appearance): - Frank Marcinek, No. 11 Susquehanna men's coach - Luke Flockerzi, No. 7 Rochester men's coach - Don Mulhern, UW-Superior women's coach - Michele Durand, No. 8 Ohio Northern women's coach

For many teams, it is already win or go home. Win your conference tournament or you might not make it into the NCAA tournament. On Thursday's super-sized Hoopsville, Dave McHugh talked to a number of teams who need to make sure they win or do their best to position themselves for an at-large bids. Guests included Centre, Illinois Wesleyan, No. 23 Penn State-Behrend, and Whitman men's teams along with Muhlenberg, St. Lawrence, and UW-Superior women's teams.

Micah and Chad discuss their possible next rifles , and Chad comments on UW-Superior traveling to North Dakota State University (NDSU) for weekend competition.

Micah and Chad discuss their possible next rifles , and Chad comments on UW-Superior traveling to North Dakota State University (NDSU) for weekend competition.