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Supporting Differently Abled Students with Dr. Perry LaRoque, Author of Taking Flight: The Guide to College for Diverse Learners and Non-Traditional Students and Founder of Mansfield Hall

IlluminatED - October 16, 2022 04:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Dr. Perry LaRoque is the author of Taking Flight: The Guide to College for Diverse Learners and Non-Traditional Students and the Founder of Mansfield Hall, a residential college support program in Vermont, Wisconsin, and Oregon. He has earned his doctorate and special education from the Universi...

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A Simple Gathering to Help Bridge Our Divides: An Update on Neighbor's Table - Sarah Harmeyer

Our Voices Matter Podcast - October 13, 2022 23:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
I was on vacation recently with a group of friends and, without a doubt, the best memories were created gathered around the table.   There’s something magical about sharing food and conversation, sitting shoulder to shoulder.  And no one understands that better than this week’s return guest, th...

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EP27 - How Entrepreneurship Changes Lives

Illuminated Mind® - October 10, 2022 09:11 - 39 minutes ★★★ - 4 ratings
Matthew J. Brownstein hosts Tatiana Tsoir in this special episode of Illuminated Mind. Tatiana is a CPA as her MBA. She's an award winning accountant, best selling author, speaker and entrepreneur mindset coach, a fervent believer that the key to freedom lies and entrepreneurship. She now focuse...

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"Feed Me To The Birds" with Dr. Gina Belton, Psychology Faculty at Saybrook University

IlluminatED - October 09, 2022 04:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Dr. Gina Belton, Core faculty in the Mind Body Medicine Program and Specialization Coordinator for Contemplative End of Life Care at Saybrook University.   Gina Subia Belton, Ph.D., is core faculty in the Mind-Body Medicine Program and Coordinator for the Contemplative End of Life Care Special...

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Why Trust is Pivotal to Elections, Immigration and Saving Our Democracy - Ali Noorani

Our Voices Matter Podcast - October 06, 2022 23:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
The midterm elections are less than 30 days away. Before ballots are cast, some already cast doubt about the eventual outcome. Not to mention growing distrust of our institutions, our systems and our leaders. Yet, our guest this week remains hopeful about our future.  Why?   "Because as long...

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EP26 - Walking through Life with an Open Heart

Illuminated Mind® - October 03, 2022 17:31 - 37 minutes ★★★ - 4 ratings
Matthew J. Brownstein hosts Amanda Andrade in this special episode of Illuminated Mind. Amanda is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Transpersonal Hypnotherapist, and Reiki Practitioner from the Institute of Interpersonal Hypnotherapy.

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Raise Your Inner Game with David Levin, Author of Raise Your Inner Game and Founder of Raise Your Inner Game Sports Academy

IlluminatED - October 02, 2022 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
In 1922, David Levin was a struggling singer-songwriter whose career (and life) were going nowhere. But then he had a surprising “Wizard of Oz  Moment” that changed the course of his life forever. He discovered the three fundamental skills for personal development - cognitive control, emotional ...

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Bourbon and Learn with Dr. Michael Torrence, President of Motlow State Community College

IlluminatED - September 25, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Dr. Michael Torrance is the seventh seated President of Montlo State Community College, since being named President in 2018 Montlo State has scaled its presence to the International arenas connecting its rich history and location that Directly Dice Institution, the world-famous Jack Daniel Disti...

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Excelling in Standardized Tests with Dr. Kelly Frindell, Owner of InHouse Test Prep

IlluminatED - September 18, 2022 04:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Dr. Kelly Frindell is the owner of InHouse Test Prep and has been providing expert, effective test prep for the SSAT, ISEE, SAT and ACT since 2001. For over 20 years, she has assisted thousands students in achieving testing success and providing students with the tools to get into the schools of...

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Danny Frounfelkner - How Quitting Alcohol Saved His Life and Disrupted an Industry

Our Voices Matter Podcast - September 15, 2022 23:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
My daughter and I walked into Texas' first, non-alcoholic bottle shop to look, learn and buy.  We walked out having done all that, and feeling appreciative for an unexpected bonus -- a riveting conversation that created an instant bonding with the man behind the bottles.  He shared a bit abo...

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Mixing Data with Politics with Dr. Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller, Senior Lecturer at The Australian National University

IlluminatED - September 11, 2022 04:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Terhi is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities at the Australian National University. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary experimentation into ways digital technologies can support and diversify research in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and in relation to public culture (inc...

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Mapping the Spread of the Pandemic with Dr. Xiurong Zhao, Professor at Renmin University of China

IlluminatED - September 04, 2022 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Dr. Xiurong Zhao, is from China and has been teaching at the Renmin University of China for 22 years, which is in Beijing. She mainly teach Chinese students; but has also taught American students and the Swiss students.   Dr. Zhao was visiting scholar at the University of Harvard, UCL and the U...

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EP25 - How to Become Comfortable Being Alone

Illuminated Mind® - September 01, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★ - 4 ratings
Matthew J. Brownstein is back with a new solo episode talking about how to become comfortable being alone and embracing what it means to be alone. He discusses the value and benefit of being alone.

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Debt Forgiveness is not Enough to Solve the Student Debt Crisis with Phillip Levine, Founder and CEO at MyinTuituon Corp.

IlluminatED - August 28, 2022 04:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
With more than thirty years of executive leadership experience in the private sector, public service, non profit, and higher education, Gregg is a seasoned and proven leader who can be relied upon for good judgment, open communication, honesty, compassion, and transparency. With an acclaimed te...

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EP24 - What is True Love?

Illuminated Mind® - August 25, 2022 11:05 - 1 hour ★★★ - 4 ratings
Matthew J. Brownstein is back with a new solo episode talking about what is true love and the difference between ego and spirit for fear and love. He talks about embracing our pain and past and the importance of forgiveness.

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Rodeo Program, Micro-credentials. and Diversity – Innovations in action with Dr. Gregory T. Busch, President and CEO of Mesalands College

IlluminatED - August 21, 2022 04:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
With more than thirty years of executive leadership experience in the private sector, public service, non profit, and higher education, Gregg is a seasoned and proven leader who can be relied upon for good judgment, open communication, honesty, compassion, and transparency. With an acclaimed te...

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Solving the Student Debt Crisis with Bobby Matson, Founder of Payitoff

IlluminatED - August 14, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Bobby Matson is a University of Michigan grad obsessed with building better infrastructure for all student loan borrowers. Bobby led engineering teams at Carbon Five, where he built technology for Groupon, Fandango, and Stitchfix and shipped software to millions of users.   After codifying stu...

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Psychedelics, Mental Health and Life with Dr. Nathan Long, President of Saybrook University.

IlluminatED - August 07, 2022 04:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Dr. Nathan Long has been in higher education for over 25 years and is currently President of Saybrook University. Saybrook University is an online, private, non-profit graduate university and premier institution for humanistic scholarship and practice. Founded by luminary psychologists, for 50 y...

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Fighting Disinformation with Storytelling (and Facts) with Charles Henry, President of the Council on Library and Information Resource

IlluminatED - July 24, 2022 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Charles is the president of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), a nonprofit that works with libraries, cultural institutions, and higher learning communities to improve research, teaching, and learning environments.     CLIR is supported primarily by annual dues from its o...

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Join the Rebellion Through Experiential Learning with Alejandro Crawford, CEO at RebelBase and Eliza Edge, Head of Digital Learning Content and Communications at RebelBase

IlluminatED - July 17, 2022 04:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Alejandro Juárez Crawford is the co-founder & CEO of RebelBase brings 20+ years experience as a consultant, educator, and entrepreneur developing programs, tools and methodology that bring bottom-up innovation to companies, schools, and communities.   Eliza Edge, is the Head of learning Conten...

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Leading and Learning With Empathy and Grit feat. Dr. Emad Rahim

IlluminatED - July 10, 2022 04:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
In this episode of Illuminate Higher Education, Kiran Kodithala, CEO of N2N Services, conducts a fascinating conversation with Dr. Emad Rahim, genocide survivor and refugee, about educating with empathy and grit, and what that entails, including technology for a hands-on approach. The end goal: ...

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Disruptive Transformation in Higher Education feat. Matt Alex, Co-Founder and Partner, Beyond Academics

IlluminatED - July 03, 2022 04:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Matt Alex, Co-Founder and Partner of Beyond Academics, joins this episode of Illuminate Higher Education to talk about transforming higher education. Matt oversees Beyond Academics’ Future of Work and Digital Transformation practices. Matt begins by discussing the difference between “repaving” ...

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Democratizing Access to Higher Education feat. Dr. Eloy Oakley, Chancellor, California Community Colleges

IlluminatED - June 19, 2022 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Dr. Eloy Oakley, Chancellor at California Community Colleges, joins this episode of Illuminate Higher Education to discuss how community colleges are different from traditional institutions. They are uniquely suited to create equitable access to education for students of all backgrounds. In thi...

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Finding the Right College – Mission Impossible? with Jed Macosko, Professor of Physics at Wake Forest University and Research Director at Academic Influence

IlluminatED - June 05, 2022 04:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Originally from Minneapolis, Professor Jed Macosko has lived in Minsk, Princeton, Belfast, Tashkent, Chicago, Copenhagen, Moscow, Albuquerque, and Strasbourg. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from MIT and earned his doctorate at UC Berkeley. After a postdoctoral research stint with Howard...

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Enrollment Management Challenges and Software Solutions with Lawrence Levy, Founder, and President of Enrollment Rx

IlluminatED - May 29, 2022 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Lawrence founded Enrollment Rx in 2008 after he identified the growing need to improve upon traditional CRM technologies in the Higher Ed sector. Lawrence is committed to helping colleges and universities maximize the Salesforce Education Cloud. Lawrence earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spee...

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Breaking Stereotypes and Accepting Facts with Dr. Joshua Moon-Johnson, Author of Beyond Surviving: From Religious Oppression to Queer Activism

IlluminatED - May 22, 2022 04:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Dr. Joshua Moon-Johnson (he/him) is an award-winning author, activist, and educator with nearly two decades of experience as an educational administrator and consultant. He serves as a Dean of Student Services & Title IX Coordinator at American River College and as a Managing Partner at PMJ Cons...

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nSquared- Closing Remarks with Kiran Kodithala, Founder and CEO of N2N Services Inc

IlluminatED - May 18, 2022 04:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
As a graduate assistant at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Kiran Kodithala worked closely with the enterprise architecture, functional stakeholders, quality insurance teams and others to integrate systems at three campuses. During this time, Kodithala realized that most institutions strug...

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Understanding Internet Dependency, Pt. 2 with Roger Sands, Co-Founder and CEO of Wyebot

IlluminatED - May 15, 2022 04:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Roger Sands is a co-founder and CEO of Wyebot Inc. Roger has 17 years of executive management positions in successful networking startups and Fortune 500 companies. Prior to Wyebot, Roger was the Business Line Manager for Hewlett-Packard’s WW WLAN business growing it from #6 to #2 market share. ...

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Diversity Matters - Pauline Chiou

Our Voices Matter Podcast - May 12, 2022 23:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
If you’ve ever wondered why diversity matters, especially in newsrooms, this week’s guest has some answers for you. And then some. Pauline Chiou is a media executive who cut her journalism teeth as a reporter in local TV and network newsrooms across the U.S. From there, it was on to Hong Kong ...

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nSquared- Minerva Project Keynote with Ben Nelson, Chairman and CEO of Minerva Project

IlluminatED - May 11, 2022 04:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Ben Nelson is the Founder of Minerva, and a visionary with a passion to reinvent higher education. Prior to Minerva, Nelson spent more than 10 years at Snapfish, where he helped build the company from startup to the world’s largest personal publishing service. With over 42 million transactions a...

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