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Partners in Progress
Partners in Progress is hosted by former Miss Arkansas, Cori Keller, a testimonial-driven series featuring conversations with CEOs and industry leaders who have successfully collaborated with Arkansas State. Moving beyond abstract innovation, the show focuses on the specific strategic dividends and ROI achieved through the university’s pipeline. This program serves as a transparent risk-mitigation tool for potential sponsors, proving through peer testimony that a partnership with A-State is a high-yield investment rather than a philanthropic gesture.
Partners in Progress
First Look into: Partners in Progress
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Cori Keller’s career story is proof that the “straight line” is overrated. She starts with Arkansas State University, stacks credentials in exercise science, communication, and a doctorate in healthcare administration, and then builds a real-world path that moves from marketing and ESPN freelance sports reporting to healthcare leadership as a physician liaison with the Baptist Health System.
We talk about what actually carries over when your job title changes: communication skills, showing up prepared, and staying connected to the people who helped you grow. Cori shares how being deeply involved on campus as a Red Wolves dancer, in Greek life, as a campus ambassador, and as Miss A-State 2018 built confidence and relationships that still matter today. The thread running through it all is alumni networking with purpose, not just for nostalgia but for references, opportunities, and long-term professional development.
You’ll also hear why she’s excited to launch the Partners in Progress segment as a casual conversation where listeners can be a fly on the wall and learn how A-State continues to support graduates well beyond their student years. If you care about career growth, alumni success stories, leadership development, higher education impact, or building a network in Arkansas that lasts, this conversation brings practical insight and real momentum. Subscribe, share this with a fellow Red Wolf, and leave a review, then tell us who you want to hear on Partners in Progress next.
Meet Corey Keller
SPEAKER_00Hi everyone, I'm Corey Keller. I'm a 2020 and 2022 graduate of Arkansas State University. I have a degree in exercise science and a master's of communication with an emphasis in sports production, radio, and television. Currently I serve as a physician liaison for the Baptist Health System and recently have graduated with my doctorate of healthcare administration.
Career Path Across Sports Media
SPEAKER_00I've had an interesting career since graduating from A State. When I graduated with my master's degree, I worked for a marketing agency and did sports reporting for ESPN as a freelancer from Arkansas to Tennessee. I kind of did a little bit of everything sports-wise, but now I serve in a different role and um love getting to serve the state of Arkansas in a new capacity after my time was over as Miss Arkansas and helped those that need it most, which are those that we serve through healthcare.
Life And Leadership At A-State
SPEAKER_00So that's a little bit about me. I loved my time at Arkansas State University. I was a Red Bulls dancer. I was involved in Greek life. I was an A-State rep. I was a campus ambassador and gave tours. I was Miss A State 2018. I just really, really loved being involved on campus. And now I get to stay connected through the A-State Young Alumni Network here in Little Rock. So it is just A State is home to me. It is a second family for me and something that I just really cherished and now take into my professional life from the connections and the network it gave me and just the many life lessons it taught me. I get to use it in my professional life and continue to cheer on the Red Wolves any chance that I get, just in a new
Why Partners In Progress Exists
SPEAKER_00capacity. With the Partners in Progress segment, I'm really excited to talk to my peers, to talk to others that are now in our community that to show what A State can do to not only elevate your opportunities, but to continue to support you and love on you well past your time as a student at A-State to help you grow professionally beyond just your academic successes. I hope to make this a casual conversation that people want to listen to and just kind of be a fly on the wall to hear how A-State has impacted their lives and continues to support them and push them professionally now through building their networks, references, whatever it may be to really help them or to help individuals be elevated in their
Invitation To Featured Alumni
SPEAKER_00careers. Well, if any of our outstanding alumni are looking to participate, please let us know. We would love to interview you and hear how A State helped elevate you. Who knows? We might even get former governors on. That would be fun. Um, and really influential people that are shaping Arkansas and continuing to have major impacts. So see.