Latest "college student" Podcast Episodes
#111 – What’s Next? No Longer “Almost” a College Student: the Job Starts Now!
College Parent Central Podcast - May 15, 2024 10:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsOnce your student makes their final college decision and puts down that important deposit, they enter a new leg of the college journey. Sure, you know there will be lots of preparation work ahead – summer decisions, shopping, good-byes, packing – but your student may be thinking they’ll really b...
#110 – A Guide to Your College Student’s Health: A Conversation with Dr. Jill Grimes the “College Doc”
College Parent Central Podcast - May 01, 2024 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWhen our student heads off to college, we worry about a lot of things, and one of the primary concerns is our student’s health and well-being. We first interviewed Dr. Jill Grimes, often dubbed the “College Doc” because of her focus on the health of college aged students, back in Episode #024 in...
#109 – Encore Episode -The College Decision Dilemma: What Happens Once Those Admission Letters Arrive?
College Parent Central Podcast - April 17, 2024 11:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsHere’s an encore of an earlier podcast episode that we think is so important it deserves to be released again. If your student is making their decision right now, you may need to hear this. The college admission process begins earlier and earlier and sometimes seems to go on forever. When those ...
#108 – A Conversation About Education, Parenting, and Race
College Parent Central Podcast - April 03, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn this second crossover episode with a Facebook Live even hosted with cohost Elizabeth Hamblet, we were joined by Timothy L. Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown, authors of The Black Family’s Guide to College Admissions now out in its second edition. Tim and Shereem shared how the book came to be,...
#107 - Waiting to Fail: Holding on to Hope
College Parent Central Podcast - March 20, 2024 11:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWe recently received an email from a parent with a question. This mom was concerned that in spite of a number of supports, her son was struggling and not doing well. She could see far enough down the road to be fairly certain he was going to fail and she wondered whether failing was the only way...
#106 – Academic Advising Matters: What You Need to Know
College Parent Central Podcast - March 06, 2024 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsVicki and Sarah spent some time recently at the Region 1 conference of NACADA - the National Advising Association. There's a lot to learn about how staff and faculty advisors work to guide your student throughout their college career. In this episode, Vicki and Sarah compare notes and share some...
#105 – Q & A on College Supports for Students with Learning Disabilities
College Parent Central Podcast - February 21, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn this, our first crossover episode, we joined with Elizabeth Hamblet (one of our new cohosts) as she hosted a Facebook Live discussion with four guests who work in programs for students with disabilities - Brittany Cortinas of the University of Arizona's SALT Center, Ann-Marie Stripling of Foc...
#104 Meet the Team: Student Support Roles
College Parent Central Podcast - February 07, 2024 11:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn this episode we’re “meeting the team” in two different ways. We introduce you to our new College Parent Central podcasting team as we are joined by new cohosts Elizabeth Hamblet and Sarah Shane, and we also reintroduce Vicki Nelson and Lynn Abrahams for new listeners. But we’re also talking a...
#103 – Encore Episode – Second Semester of College: The Transition No One Talks About
College Parent Central Podcast - January 17, 2024 12:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThe transition to second semester of college is so important – and often hidden – that we’ve decided to share this episode again. You and your student may be taken by surprise when the start of the second semester of college seems so difficult. In this episode, Vicki and Lynn explore why some st...
#102 – Helping Students Develop Relationships with Professors Beyond the Classroom
College Parent Central Podcast - January 03, 2024 12:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsAs a follow-up to our earlier episode on communicating with professors (#83), Lynn and Vicki explore some of the benefits of relationships with professors, what those relationships might look like, and how students might approach and work with faculty members outside of the classroom. We often a...
#101 – What’s Ahead for College Parent Central?
College Parent Central Podcast - December 06, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn this episode Vicki and Lynn take a look ahead to Season 5 of the podcast and describe some of the exciting changes we’re planning. We introduce two new co-hosts who will be joining the College Parent Central Podcast Team. Elizabeth Hamblet and Sarah Share will be adding their voices to the s...
#100 – Celebrating our 100th Episode: Reflecting on Four Seasons of the College Parent Central Podcast
College Parent Central Podcast - November 15, 2023 12:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWe’re 100 episodes in! Lynn and Vicki take some time to look back at some of our most popular episodes, some of our favorites, some trends and themes we’ve noticed, and what we’ve loved about getting together to create this podcast. We also take a look at some of the themes we think might surfac...
#099 – Navigating College Financial Decisions: An Interview with New York Times Bestselling Author Ron Lieber
College Parent Central Podcast - November 01, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsVicki and Lynn spent this episode in conversation with Ron Lieber author of The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make. Ron helped us unpack how complicated the financial aid system is and how crucial it is to understand ...
#098 – College Lingo – Can You Talk the Talk? – Part 3
College Parent Central Podcast - October 18, 2023 11:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsSo many mysterious terms and acronyms to understand when your student heads off to college! In this third College Lingo installment Vicki and Lynn define and discuss several of the insider terms that colleges use that may not be clear to parents. We cover topics from Disability Services and Prio...
#097 – Why Do Students Have Trouble Asking for the Help They Need?
College Parent Central Podcast - October 04, 2023 11:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIt’s natural for students to struggle with college work. The problem we see isn’t the struggle or challenge, it is that students don’t always ask for the help they need. Colleges work hard to make sure students know about the resources available, so why don’t more students make use of them? In t...
#096 - Parenting Through the College Calendar
College Parent Central Podcast - September 20, 2023 11:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn this episode Lynn and Vicki took a tour through the college calendar. We focused on several of the touchpoints students experience throughout the year. We highlighted conversations to have with your student at the important milestones in each semester. Understanding what is happening for your...
#095 – Learning More About Sexual Assault on Campus: An Interview with Saryfah Bolling of Callisto
College Parent Central Podcast - September 06, 2023 11:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsCallisto is an organization whose mission is to provide resources and to empower survivors of sexual assault. Sarayfah Bolling, Callisto’s Director of Programs and Strategic Engagement joined us in this episode to help us learn more about sexual assault on campus and why parents need to know mor...
#094 – What to Do When (If) Your College Student Is Homesick
College Parent Central Podcast - August 16, 2023 11:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIt isn’t inevitable that your college student will experience homesickness, but if they do, knowing why it happens and what to do will help you be prepared. In this episode, Lynn and Vicki discuss the factors that can cause college student homesickness, how to prevent it, and some strategies for...
#093 – Move-in Day Is Finally Here!
College Parent Central Podcast - August 02, 2023 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsAfter a summer of ups and downs, tension and excitement, the time has arrived to deliver your student to school. In this episode Vicki and Lynn share some of their memories of Move-in Days with their sons and daughters. Along the way they share some of the lessons they learned and some suggestio...
#092 – Can College Pressure Convince Teens to Lie? A Conversation with Young Adult Novelist Tracy Badua
College Parent Central Podcast - July 19, 2023 11:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsTracy Badua, lawyer by day and novelist by night, joined Lynn and Vicki to talk about her new novel This Is Not a Personal Statement. The story follows a graduating high school senior who goes to some great lengths to attend the college of her dreams. Both students and parents will find in the b...
#091 – Parent Transitions: The Empty Nest
College Parent Central Podcast - July 05, 2023 11:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWe’ve spent a lot of time helping parents understand the college experience and talking about how to support their student’s transition to college. It’s time to turn the tables and focus on how parents can take care of themselves as they make their own transition as well. In this episode Lynn an...
#090 – Making the Most of College Visits: A Conversation with Moira McCullough of College Scoops
College Parent Central Podcast - June 21, 2023 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsMoira McCullough joined Lynn and Vicki in this episode to talk about how to reduce the time, money and stress that can go into planning college visits with your student. Moira’s advice about how to communicate with your student will help them discover what matters to them as they begin the colle...
#089 – Summer Reading Suggestions for College Parents
College Parent Central Podcast - June 07, 2023 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn our annual collection of book suggestions for parents, Vicki and Lynn share some of what we’ve been reading this year. This year’s books cover a wide variety of topics that will help parents broaden their understanding of students’ academic and emotional worlds, why they might struggle and ho...
#088 – How Parents’ Fear of Failure Can Influence Students
College Parent Central Podcast - May 17, 2023 11:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsAs parents, it’s in our DNA to worry about our kids. In addition, the messaging about success and failure is all around us and reinforces our worst fears. In this episode, Lynn and Vicki discuss some of the reasons we worry, the effect parental fears can have on our students and how we can addre...
#087 – Exploring the Why and How of the Gap Year Experience: An Interview with Jay Gosselin of Discover Year and Marie Shea, Gap Year Parent
College Parent Central Podcast - May 03, 2023 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn this episode we had a wonderful interview with Jay Gosselin, Founder and Director of Discover Year, a year long program that helps young adults build essential skills for their career and life. We explored why students might need or want a gap year experience and the benefits of taking that y...
#086 – Highlights from Jeff Selingo’s Book There Is Life After College
College Parent Central Podcast - April 19, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsJeff Selingo’s book There is Life After College: What Parents and Students Should Know About Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow is a hidden gem. Whether you have a student in high school, in college, or a recent graduate, this is a wonderful resource to share with your student...
#085 – A Pathway to Success for Students with Disabilities (and everyone else, too!): An Interview with Elizabeth Hamblet
College Parent Central Podcast - April 05, 2023 11:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsElizabeth Hamblet joined us for a second interview to share highlights of the new edition of her book: Seven Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilities. Elizabeth helped us unpack some of the complexities of college accommodations and student responsibilities that help st...
#084 – Join Us for Our First Read-Along Book Group!
College Parent Central Podcast - March 15, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWe’re trying something new and we invite you to join us! If you’re a regular listener you know we love to talk about books that help us in our role as college parents and help us support our students. We’ve picked the book There is Life After College: What Parents and Student Should Know About N...
#083 – Why Are Students Reluctant to Connect with Professors?
College Parent Central Podcast - March 01, 2023 12:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn our post-pandemic teaching we’ve noticed that many students seem nervous about reaching out to their professors and are unsure about how to connect. We know that this relationship is critical to student success. In this episode Lynn and Vicki explore some of the strategies parents can share w...
#082 – Mindfulness for College Students: An Interview with Dr. Eric Loucks
College Parent Central Podcast - February 15, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsLynn and Vicki were joined in this episode by Dr. Eric Loucks author of The Mindful College Student: How to Succeed, Boost Well-Being and Build the Life You Want at University and Beyond to talk about the impact that mindfulness can have on student success. Dr. Loucks helped us understand what m...
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