Community Colleges Episodes

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In this episode, President Series #105, YOUR guest is Dr. Thomas M. Huebner, Jr., President at Meridian Community College, YOUR special co-host is Erika Liodice, Incoming Executive Director at the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT), YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio, & YOUR sponsor is Glacier!
What is the education mindset? Listen in as Tom, Joe & Ericka discuss this & other topics, including Mer...

We welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience! In this episode, President Series #103, YOUR guest is Dr. Rowena M. Tomaneng, President at San José City College, & YOUR sponsor is Unmudl!
Listen in as Joe talks with Rowena about what must be done to increase the number of Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) leaders in higher education. YOU will also learn about San Jose City College's designation by the United States Department of Education's (USDOE) ...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience! In this episode, President Series #98, your guest is Dr. Christine Mangino, President at Queensborough Community College, & your sponsor is Unmudl!
Christine comes on the podcast to talk about some of the challenges of starting a presidency in a 2D world. Student challenges didn’t change, in fact, they only got worse. Navigating the complex higher ed environment, especially in 2D, brings a unique set of challenges s...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience! In this episode, President Series Episode #97! your guest is Dr. Jason Morrison, Chancellor at Southern Arkansas University Tech, & your sponsor is Glacier!

Jason comes on EdUp to discuss the role of Southern Arkansas University Tech in its (rural) area. They are in the heart of the defense industry right around companies like Lockheed Martin & Aerotech, & he literally knows when they are testing rockets because th...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience! In this episode, sponsored by the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation, we welcome Dr. Jamal Scott, Vice President, Strategy & Community Development, Waubonsee Community College.


Listen in to hear Jamal talk with Joe & Liz about his very unique title and why he believes everybody is a prospective student.


Another episode sponsored by our great friends at the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation!


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Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience Podcast, sponsored by UnMudl, we welcome Dr. Walter G. Bumphus, President & CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges!


Dr. Bumphus, joins us to discuss community colleges and their critical role in the higher ed ecosystem. Given his unique and important role at AACC, he’s able to drop serious knowledge about the impact and challenges for community colleges today. We discuss confidenc...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #93 & #94. In this episode, sponsored by the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT), we welcome Dr. Leah Bornstein, President at Aims Community College, and Dr. Christine Sobek, President at Waubonsee Community College. These amazing leaders discuss the changes in talent development on by covid, where talent development sits in their priority list, and what the necessary skil...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #89. In this episode, sponsored by Ellucian, we welcome Dr. Larry Johnson Jr., President, Guttman Community College. Larry talks to us about moving an institution from traditional to transformative - and why representation matters. He discusses how disaggregating data and identifying gaps really help administrators understand and better serve underserved populations. Larry says the na...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #88. In this episode, sponsored by the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT) and recorded at the AFIT Summer Institute 2021, we welcome Dr. Terry Murrell, President, Western Iowa Tech Community College! Like Disney says, everything they create is an experience for their customers. This is an important lesson that Terry learned through Disney, and he applied it to WITCC. Hear...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #87. In this episode, sponsored by the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT) and recorded at the AFIT Summer Institute 2021, we welcome Dr. Robert Vela, President, San Antonio College! San Antonio College was the recipient of the 2021 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence AND they received a 15M gift from Makenzie Scott shortly after receiving the award. Simply put, R...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #86. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Kristine H. Strickland, Chancellor, Fletcher Technical Community College! Kristine talks to us about community colleges and why they are necessary to serve specific areas - geographically and for particular education levels. She talks about the great advice she received when she was climbing the ranks, and why she thinks...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #84 & #85. In this episode, sponsored by the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT), we welcome Dr. Daniel Corr, President, Arizona Western College & Dr. Roger Stanford, President, Western Technical College! In this episode, Daniel and Roger discuss how community college-educated students can supercharge our economy and the communities they work in. Skills, workforce training...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this first episode in our “Innovation & Transformation” series, sponsored by the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT), we welcome Dr. Kate Hetherington, President, Howard Community College, & Dr. Jackie Elliott, President, Central Arizona College! This episode includes our 82nd and 83rd Presidents interviewed in our President Series.


Kate and Jackie discuss DEI initiatives and innovative ideas for community colleges to ...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience! In this special episode, sponsored by Anthology, we welcome Brandon Weger, Program Director of Institutional Assessment & Effectiveness, Illinois Eastern Community College! This episode was recorded LIVE and in person at the Anthology Together Conference July 2021! Listen in as Joe talks with Brandon about how he uses the Anthology product in his work with assessment.


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Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #75. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Kenya Ayers-Palmore, President, Tarrant County College! Keyna talks about literally changing the life trajectory for students and their families in one of the largest community college systems in the country. She discusses paying attention to and scaling the opportunity for women of color to ascend to greater roles in hi...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #73. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Jermaine Whirl, President of Augusta Technical College. Guest hosts Holly Owens and Dr. Stacey Gonzales lead the discussion where Jermaine discusses the value of technical and community colleges to their region, but specifically, about creating seamless pathways for students to move to a job or to their next degree witho...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #72. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Michael A. Baston President at Rockland Community College. Michael talks to us about the equitable realities of some communities, including financial fragility and lack of access to high wage and high opportunity jobs. This is why community colleges can be the colleges of first choice - to build bridges for students to f...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee, VP for Student Success at St. Phillip's College & the next President of Community College of Aurora!


Liz and special guest host Maagic Collins, host of Fight the Funk podcast, have a fascinating conversation with Mordecai on a range of higher education topics. Listen in as Mordecai talks about his personal journey to mental and physical health and why ...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #69. In this episode, sponsored by Element451, we welcome Dr. Michael Torrence, President, Motlow State Community College!


Michael covers a range of topics in this episode as he and Joe discussed what's happening in higher ed. At Motlow State Community College, Michael talks about how they turned fact-to-fact content into quality online content - and are not iterating to the next l...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #64. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Angélica Garcia, President, Berkeley City College! Angélica is amazing - through CA Assembly Bill 928, she has advocated for streamlining the student transfer process. She says it plainly - "students don't need to be college-ready, colleges need to be student-ready". Berkeley City College is a student-ready college where...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #62. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Christina Royal, President at Holyoke Community College! Christina talks to us about the myriad of issues students are dealing with including mental health, access to services, and food insecurities. As the first queer female person of color as President of Holyoke Community College, she is passionate about affordability...

This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #56. In this EdUp Embedded episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Jon Bauer, President, East Central College! Joe talks one on one with Jon about the redefinition of higher education post-pandemic. Jon talks about the changes to distance education including splitting time between seated and remote learning. Jon also details that today's students demand flexibility and that institutions should see efficiency in offering online cour...

This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #54. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Carlos Penaloza, Chancellor at Leeward Community College! The Island of Hawaii has seen ups and downs during COVID. Carlos talks to us about how they have handled the pandemic, but how his focus is now shifting to sustainable systems and workforce development. On the sustainability front, Leeward Comunity College is at net-zero energy. Accessibility is a huge focus for Leeward, as th...

This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #53. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Yves Salomon Fernandez, President, Greenfield Community College. Yves talks to us about the challenges and opportunities that exist in operating a rural community college. She talks about how to bounce back from challenges in order to look into the future - at GCC, it's all hands on deck and when Yves is all in, she is all in! Yves has learned to be comfortable with failure, chan...