Knowledge For College Show
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsKnowledge for College is an informative and inspiring podcast hosted weekly by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., founder and CEO of College Advising Corps. College Advising Corps is a service organization dedicated to increasing the number of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented high school students enrolling in higher education. The corps partners with 31 universities across the country to enlist more than 800 recent college graduates who then serve as advisers in underserved high schools in 17 states. The near-peer advisers serve full-time for two years, helping students navigate the complex college application process and realize their dreams for higher education.
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Episode 12: Yarbrah Peeples, Ph.D.
March 08, 2022 19:30 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBPreviously Senior Regional Director-East, Yarbrah Peeples, Ph.D., was recently appointed Chief Program Officer. Yarbrah has devoted the entirety of her career to ensuring equitable college access for our nation’s low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students. On this, International Women's Day, learn more about her plans to further our mission in her new leadership role, including enhancing programs, reaching more high school students, and recruiting recent college graduates to ...
Episode 11: Believing In Our Students
April 30, 2021 20:17 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBWelcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. In Episode 11, Dr. Hurd speaks with Lamisha Alston, a College Advising Corps adviser with AdmitHub/Common App, and Elauna Pettigrew, a College Advising Corps adviser with CollegePoint. Dr. Hurd and her guests discuss college advising in the digital age and the impact COVID has had on this year's Decision Day. To learn more about College Advising Corps' mission to i...
Episode 10: Pillars of Impact
April 28, 2021 20:28 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MBWelcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. In Episode 10, Dr. Hurd speaks with Jordan Kijewski, College Advising Corps adviser at University of Virginia, and also with Victoria Thach, College Advising Corps adviser at University of Michigan. In this episode, we highlight the shared values of our advisers and our partners at the Panda Cares Foundation, including character building and college access and succ...
Episode 9: CAC Alumni Making a Difference
February 26, 2021 19:14 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBWelcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. In Episode 9, Dr. Hurd speaks with Ryan McBride, former CAC adviser with the Michigan College Advising Corps and current College Access Coach at New Tech Network, and Ebonie Williams, former CAC adviser with the Carolina College Advising Corps and current Senior Director of Post-Secondary Program and Partnerships at One Goal. Williams is one of the "Original Four" t...
Episode 9: First Gen & Changing The World
January 06, 2021 18:14 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBIn Episode 9, the first of 2021, host Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., founder and CEO, College Advising Corps, speaks to her guests about their journeys as first-generation college students and how their pursuit of a postsecondary education impacts their communities, their states, and the world. Heidi Estrada, a former CAC advisee, is a junior at George Washington University. She is the recipient of Taco Bell’s Live Más scholarship. Heidi talks about how the scholarship has enabled her to realize ...
Episode 8: First Gen & Changing The World
January 06, 2021 18:14 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBIn Episode 8, the first of 2021, host Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., founder and CEO, College Advising Corps, speaks to her guests about their journeys as first-generation college students and how their pursuit of a postsecondary education impacts their communities, their states, and the world. Heidi Estrada, a former CAC advisee, is a junior at George Washington University. She is the recipient of Taco Bell’s Live Más scholarship. Heidi talks about how the scholarship has enabled her to realize ...
Episode 8: They Told Me I Couldn't. That's Why I Did.
November 20, 2020 17:50 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBWelcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. In Episode 8, Dr. Hurd speaks with Louisiana community medicine physician Eric "Doc Griggs" Griggs M.D. “I wear scrubs so the kids can see it. I didn't see very many Black doctors growing up. I didn't know I could be one until I could see it. So, I wear scrubs all the time . . . My challenge is: I want you to be better than me. So that's what motivates me is find...
Episode 7: Inspiring Potential in Each Other
November 12, 2020 16:16 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBWelcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. In Episode 7, Dr. Hurd speaks with Daveed Diggs, actor, producer, and CAC board member, and Cameron Schmidt-Temple, College Adviser Fellow, University of California, Berkeley. (This episode contains some strong language.) “Going to college opened so many doors for me both professionally and intellectually. Many students in this country miss out on higher education d...
Episode 6: When We All Vote
October 29, 2020 13:47 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBWelcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. In Episode 6, Dr. Hurd speaks with Kyle Lierman, CEO, When We All Vote (https://www.whenweallvote.org/), a non-profit, nonpartisan organization increasing participation in every election. "Do something for yourself, do something for your country, do something for your community by making your voice heard on the issues that you care about.," says Kyle Lierman. To lea...
Episode 5: Self Care
October 21, 2020 14:06 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBWelcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. Dr. Hurd's fifth episode features Dolly Klock, M.D., founder of ADOLESSONS (https://www.adolessonsla.com/), and Jasmine N. Tucker, M.Ed, LCDC-I, 6th grade school counselor, Crowley Middle School (https://www.jasminentucker.com/). To learn more about College Advising Corps' mission to increase the number of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students ente...
Episode 4: Personal Statements
October 14, 2020 13:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBWelcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. Dr. Hurd's fourth episode features Eric Waldo, Executive Director for Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Initiative and Vice President for Access and Equity at Common App; Elisa Castillo, former CAC adviser at USC and now CAC Program Coordinator at USC; and Carla Veliz, former CAC adviser at USC and now Academic Advisor at Biola University. To learn more about College Advisi...
Episode 3: Partnership
October 08, 2020 14:06 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBWelcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. Dr. Hurd's third episode features Eric Waldo, Executive Director for Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Initiative and Vice President for Access and Equity at Common App; Elisa Castillo, College Advising Corps alumna and now College Advising Corps Program Coordinator at USC; and Carla Veliz, CAC alumna and now Academic Advisor at Biola University. To learn more about College...
Episode 2: Be Brave
September 30, 2020 13:25 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBWelcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. Dr. Hurd's second episode features Rep. Joaquin Castro, a member of CAC's Board of Directors, and Jobrina Perez, a former College Advising Corps adviser at Texas A&M University. To learn more about College Advising Corps' mission to increase the number of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students entering higher education, visit https://collegeadvis...
Episode 1: Lift Off
September 16, 2020 12:03 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBWelcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by College Advising Corps founder and CEO Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D. Dr. Hurd's first-ever episode features former college advisers Ariel Cochrane-Brown, Ph.D., and Donovan Livingston, Ph.D. Production by dogwoodcreative.co