NACCE continues our conversation on creating a culture of CARE as Jeff Smith interviews Dr. Calandra Stringer, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Tallahassee Community College. They explore how to truly close the equity gap by helping students achieve excellence. In this episode, Dr. Stringer talks about her journey from math teacher to provost, how to find mission and purpose in life, and also how to use design thinking to bring a culture of CARE to higher education. Hear her strategies to address equity challenges, as she works to ensure individuals from diverse backgrounds can pursue their gifts and talents in fields like Math and Science and inspires us all to make our way forward.
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Do you want to be a guest speaker and meet our hosts? Email NACCE Podcast Producer Nataliia Berezhna, or learn more at nacce.com/podcast.
NACCE Meets
Have you joined our online community NACCE Meets? We are excited to have a platform dedicated to our members to network, connect, exchange ideas and support your entrepreneurial initiatives. Join the community at NACCEMeets. NACCE.com
EEVF
We launched phase 3 of EEVF, the Everyday Entrepreneur Fund. EEVF’s mission is to launch underfunded community college entrepreneurs into business. With a focus on community-based start-ups, scale-ups of existing businesses, and the implementation of proven replicable business models, EEVF addresses one of the most urgent needs of our country – supporting local economies through entrepreneurship. Learn more at NACCE.com/EEVF
Tune in to listen to an episode with NACCE’s friend Betsey Suchanic, Program Manager with Urban Libraries Council. Dr. Rebecca Corbin interviews her about the role that libraries play in our communities and together they explore how libraries address equity and access challenges across the country. Serving as community anchors, libraries have varied ways to support entrepreneurship, such as makerspace with 3D technology, business service librarians, and diverse databases. Learn about how to bridge the digital divide in rural and urban areas as well as how to increase staff engagement in remote areas.
Subscribe to our podcast and share your insights and comments from this episode on your favorite platform. Connect with @NACCE on social media, and use hashtags #NACCEPodcast and #MakingOurWayFoward in your posts. We welcome NACCE members to continue the conversation on NACCEMeets, our exclusive member forum.
Do you want to be a guest speaker and meet our hosts? Email NACCE Podcast Producer Nataliia Berezhna, or learn more at nacce.com/podcast.
NACCE Meets
Have you joined our online community NACCE Meets? We are excited to have a platform dedicated to our members to network, connect, exchange ideas and support your entrepreneurial initiatives. Join the community at NACCEMeets. NACCE.com
EEVF
We launched phase 3 of EEVF, the Everyday Entrepreneur Fund. EEVF’s mission is to launch underfunded community college entrepreneurs into business. With a focus on community-based start-ups, scale-ups of existing businesses, and the implementation of proven replicable business models, EEVF addresses one of the most urgent needs of our country – supporting local economies through entrepreneurship. Learn more at NACCE.com/EEVF
Join Dr. Rebecca Corbin as she talks with Mike Moss, president of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP), about integrated planning and leading from the middle. Learn how disruptions and new approaches offer new pathways to change management, and how the SCUP “Garage” won over the competition through innovative collaboration.
Subscribe to our podcast, and share your insights and comments from this episode on your favorite platform. Connect with @NACCE on social media, and use hashtags #NACCEPodcast and #MakingOurWayFoward in your posts. We welcome NACCE members to continue the conversation on NACCEMeets, our exclusive member forum.
Do you want to be a guest speaker and meet our hosts? Email NACCE Podcast Producer Nataliia Berezhna, or learn more at nacce.com/podcast.
NACCE Meets
Have you joined our online community NACCE Meets? We are excited to have a platform dedicated to our members to network, connect, exchange ideas and support your entrepreneurial initiatives. Join the community at NACCEMeets. NACCE.com
EEVF
We launched phase 3 of EEVF, the Everyday Entrepreneur Fund. EEVF’s mission is to launch underfunded community college entrepreneurs into business. With a focus on community-based start-ups, scale-ups of existing businesses, and the implementation of proven replicable business models, EEVF addresses one of the most urgent needs of our country – supporting local economies through entrepreneurship. Learn more at NACCE.com/EEVF
There are many ways in which women contribute to society – they are leaders in STEM, arts, and culture. We strive towards equality and nurture change. NACCE closes Women's History Month and the CTCC Innovation in the Energy Workforce webinar series with a special guest. Join Dr. Rebecca Corbin as she connects with Christy L. Jackiewicz, an advocate for change at the Department of Energy (DOE).
As Chief of the Minority Educational Institution Division in DOE’s Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, Christy engages with program offices, laboratories, and field sites to establish internships, research opportunities, grants, and cooperative agreements with Minority Serving Institutions that greatly contribute to a diverse pipeline of STEM and energy leaders for the future of the American workforce.
Tune in to learn what led Christy to this work at the DOE and the ways this engagement expands opportunities for all people and reduces the hardships of the most vulnerable. Subscribe to our podcast, and share your insights and comments from this episode on your favorite platform. Connect with @NACCE on social media, and use hashtags #NACCEPodcast and #MakingOurWayFoward in your posts. We welcome NACCE members to continue the conversation on NACCEMeets, our exclusive member forum.
Do you want to be a guest speaker and meet our hosts? Email NACCE Podcast Producer Nataliia Berezhna, or learn more at nacce.com/podcast.
How do you create a culture of CARE? Join Jeff Smith and Dr. Angela Long, Director of Strategic Engagement at Tallahassee Community College, as they explore how to intentionally find your inner voice, shed fear, tackle sensitive subjects, and address equity and diversity in underserved communities. Author of first-of-its-kind “Overcoming Educational Racism in the Community College,” and co-editor of the “Innovative Ideas for Community Colleges” book series, Dr. Long has served as a leader both nationally and at TCC in addressing the educational disparities that exist among students of color. Stay tuned to the end for a chance to win a copy of Dr. Long’s book and some NACCE swag!
Subscribe to our podcast and share your insights and comments from this episode on your favorite platform. Connect with @NACCE on social media, and use hashtags #NACCEPodcast and #MakingOurWayFoward in your posts. We welcome NACCE members to continue the conversation on NACCEMeets, our exclusive member forum.
Do you want to be a guest speaker and meet our hosts? Email NACCE Podcast Producer Nataliia Berezhna, or learn more at nacce.com/podcast.
In this episode of Making Our Way Forward, the podcast team celebrates our first month anniversary of this podcast. It’s a lesson during times of challenge that we can keep dreaming and reflecting on the past as beacons of hope. We made our way forward through the pandemic by celebrating ‘micro-wins.’
Becky shares memories of being at The White House five years ago during Women’s History Month. Jeff talks about his twin brother being his mentor and his quest for meaning in his work. Nataliia shares the quote that helps her navigate her international life and reveals upcoming episodes and series.
This is an invitation to our audience to dream, reflect and celebrate micro-wins in your own life.
Please share your insights from this episode on your favorite podcast platform leaving us your comments or tag us on social media @nacce with #NACCEPodcast #MakingOurWayFoward hashtags. We also welcome NACCE members to participate in the community discussion thread on NACCE Meets.
Subscribe to this podcast, connect with us on social media and learn more at nacce.com/podcast.
Do you want to be a guest speaker & meet our hosts? Email Podcast Producer Nataliia Berezhna at [email protected].
#NACCEPodcast | #MakingOurWayFoward
NACCE Meets
Have you joined our online community NACCE Meets? We are excited to have a platform dedicated to our members to network, connect, exchange ideas and support your entrepreneurial initiatives. Join the community at NACCEMeets. NACCE.com
EEVF
We launched phase 3 of EEVF, the Everyday Entrepreneur Fund. EEVF’s mission is to launch underfunded community college entrepreneurs into business. With a focus on community-based start-ups, scale-ups of existing businesses, and the implementation of proven replicable business models, EEVF addresses one of the most urgent needs of our country – supporting local economies through entrepreneurship. Learn more at NACCE.com/EEVF
Tune in to part two of our interview with the “gentle disruptor,” Certified Executive and Change Coach Dr. Monica Curry and NACCE Director of Innovation and Equity, Jeff Smith.
Together they explore the true meaning of equity by sharing their life experience and speaking their truth. Hear stories of vulnerability and action, courage and perseverance – transformative change fueled by the ability to overcome fear and self-doubt. What advice would Dr. Curry give herself if she could go back in time?
To learn more about our guest, please visit https://www.impactingsquared.com/.
Please share your insights from this episode on your favorite podcast platform leaving us your comments or tag us on social media @nacce with #NACCEPodcast #MakingOurWayFoward hashtags. We also welcome NACCE members to participate in the community discussion thread on NACCE Meets.
Subscribe to this podcast, connect with us on social media and learn more at nacce.com/podcast.
Do you want to be a guest speaker & meet our hosts? Email Podcast Producer Nataliia Berezhna at [email protected].
#NACCEPodcast | #MakingOurWayFoward
Join the conversation hosted by Dr. Rebecca Corbin with the “gentle disruptor” Dr. Monica Curry, Certified Executive and Change Coach with Impacting Squared, in the work that she does coaching people and groups to excellence.
Listen to her entrepreneurial journey revealing how she transitioned from working for corporate America for 20+ years and then becoming an entrepreneur herself, accelerating her business in November 2019…right before the pandemic.
The story of zest, courage, trust, synergy, humility, discipline, and commitment. About asking the right self-reflective questions to move forward through crucial conversation. To learn more about our guest, please visit https://www.impactingsquared.com/.
For those who would like to get a complimentary copy of IMPACT ED book https://www.nacce.com/impacted, please e-mail [email protected] and share your insights from this episode.
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Tune in to listen to the story of Chip and Stuart Weismiller, founders of the Everyday Entrepreneur Venture Fund (EEVF). Our host, Dr. Rebecca Corbin, interviews them in NACCE's virtual studio and learns the answers to the following.
1. What inspired them to create EEVF?
2. What lessons did they learn from their respective careers as a financial leader (Stuart) and an entrepreneur (Chip) that help them in this work?
3. What student entrepreneurial stories they would like to share with our audience?
4. What are their aspirations for EEVF in the next few years?
Subscribe to this podcast, connect with us on social media and learn more at nacce.com/podcast.
NACCE Meets
Have you joined our online community NACCE Meets? We are excited to have a platform dedicated to our members to network, connect, exchange ideas and support your entrepreneurial initiatives. Join the community at NACCEMeets. NACCE.com
EEVF
We launched phase 3 of EEVF, the Everyday Entrepreneur Fund. EEVF’s mission is to launch underfunded community college entrepreneurs into business. With a focus on community-based start-ups, scale-ups of existing businesses, and the implementation of proven replicable business models, EEVF addresses one of the most urgent needs of our country – supporting local economies through entrepreneurship. Learn more at NACCE.com/EEVF
Tune in to hear what our hosts, Dr. Rebecca Corbin, President and CEO, and Jeff Smith, Director for Innovation and Equity, learned from 2020. As well, you'll learn more about our team's motto for 2021...hint: it's the name of our podcast!
Please visit us at nacce.com/podcast for more and share on social media with #NACCEPodcast | #MakingOurWayFoward
NACCE Meets
Have you joined our online community NACCE Meets? We are excited to have a platform dedicated to our members to network, connect, exchange ideas and support your entrepreneurial initiatives. Join the community at NACCEMeets. NACCE.com
EEVF
We launched phase 3 of EEVF, the Everyday Entrepreneur Fund. EEVF’s mission is to launch underfunded community college entrepreneurs into business. With a focus on community-based start-ups, scale-ups of existing businesses, and the implementation of proven replicable business models, EEVF addresses one of the most urgent needs of our country – supporting local economies through entrepreneurship. Learn more at NACCE.com/EEVF
Welcome to Making Our Way Forward – a podcast where we share compelling life stories and learn from the experience of everyday entrepreneurs. In this welcome note, please meet our host NACCE's own Dr. Rebecca Corbin, President & CEO.
Our organization reaches all 50 states and far beyond, through community college entrepreneurship. We bring innovative solutions to communities. It’s mindset and practice that helps people achieve success and connect to each other.
We explore the journeys of everyday entrepreneurs … women, people of color, immigrants, and those with limited resources who found their purpose and transformed their lives.
These are your neighbors and people you have never met that had chance meetings with John Travolta, risked their own safety to tutor children during the Boston riots in the 1960s… and those who make the ordinary extraordinary.
Visit us at nacce.com/podcast and tune in on your preferred podcast platform.
Make your way forward together with NACCE!
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