All In: Student Pathways Forward
This podcast focuses on elevating community college student voices to shape inclusive higher education and workforce development policies, practice and partnerships that create economic mobility.
All In: Student Pathways Forward
Southwestern Oregon Community College student Candra Adolphson, Vice President of Instruction & Student Services Dr. Ali Mageehon & ECMC Foundation Program Officer Amber Angel
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In this episode, host Marc Goldberg interviews Candra Adolphson, a parenting student from Southwestern Oregon Community College, Dr. Ali Mageehon, Vice President of Instruction and Student Services, at Southwestern Oregon Community College and Amber Angel, Program Officer, at ECMC Foundation.
Candra shares more about her college journey which began taking adult education courses working towards her GED before enrolling in the nursing program. She describes how valuable the student supports, coaching and financial assistance were through the STEP and TRIO programs, and as a Ford Scholar with the The Ford Family Foundation.
Dr. Mageehon reflects on Candra’s interview and elaborates on how the college has been focusing enrollment, retention, completion and workforce strategies on adult learners in the college’s district and what that looks like in a rural setting.
Amber talks about ECMC Foundation’s investments in Parenting Student Success and shares her own personal experience as a parenting student and how that shapes the work she leads.
The All In: Student Pathways Forward podcast is a part of Oregon’s participation in the National Skills Coalition SkillSPAN network.