Join host Ryan Tripp as FACCC PAC Student Coordinators Logan Fisher and Jacob Roe share their unique journeys through the California Community Colleges system. While their paths differ, both have benefited from the resources, workshops, and connections they’ve built within the higher education community. We are deeply appreciative of their contributions to the FACCC organization, especially in navigating the challenging legislative and election seasons. Their efforts have truly made a difference!

Student Leaders Shaping California Higher Ed

Today we continue Spooky Season ’24 with Robert Rodriguez’s THE FACULTY (spoilers throughout)! We discuss the huge influence this had on Steven, the era of Dimension Films and similar teen slasher movies in the wake of Scream, and the soundtrack that contains many cover songs and some odd choices!

We also talk about this stuff: The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes, Coven book by Richard Pace, Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey 2 (2024), Late Night with the Devil (2023), rainbow popcorn, monocles, and the pronunciation of giclée!

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Faces of Manufacturing is a new show to Michigan Business Network. Cindy Kangas, Executive Director, CAMC, Capital Area Manufacturing Council, Lansing, Michigan, co-hosts with Joy Wagner, HR Manager of Granger Waste Services, also Lansing.

Cindy and Joy strive to share the corporate culture, personal stories, and unique personalities of those making a living in manufacturing today, in Michigan. With that in mind, this month they connected with several members of the LaFontaine family of dealerships. The Family Deal: It’s Not Just What You Get, It’s How You Feel.

For this episode they're speaking with Guests: Lansing Community College - West Campus - Technical Careers Division
Sid Mosley - manufacturing faculty mechatronics
Program director - Brian Skogheim
Student - Tim Smith was in welding - Now in mfg engineering
Makayla Lee - student Welder. 
Questions they anticipated:
Faculty:
What inspired you to pursue a career in the trades?
What advice do you give students who are just starting out in their trade?
What do you see as the biggest opportunities for growth in the trades over the next 5-10 years?
What’s the most rewarding aspect of teaching trades?

Students:
What made you choose a career in the trades, and how did you get started?
What were some misconceptions you had about the trades before you began your education or apprenticeship?
 What advice would you give someone considering a career in the trades but unsure where to start?
 Where do you see yourself five years from now in your career?
Added Questions for Time
Career Pathways
Can you share your current field of study and what drew you to it?
What career paths have you considered, and how did you decide on your current one?
How has your experience at Lansing Community College shaped your career goals?
Childhood Aspirations
What did you want to be when you grew up, and how does that compare to your current ambitions?
Who or what inspired your early career dreams?
High School Experience
Which high school did you attend, and how did it prepare you for your college experience?
Were there any specific teachers or mentors in high school who influenced your career choices?
Technology and Future Trends
Where do you think technology is headed in your field of study?
How do you see technology impacting the job market in the next five to ten years?
What role do you believe technology will play in your future career?
Balancing Life and School
How do you manage your time between classes, studying, and personal life?
What strategies do you use to stay organized and focused amidst your responsibilities?
Can you share any challenges you've faced balancing school with home life and how you overcame them?
Personal Growth and Development
What has been your biggest personal growth experience at LCC so far?
Are there any extracurricular activities or clubs you participate in that have enriched your college experience?
Future Aspirations
What are your plans after graduating from Lansing Community College?
How do you envision your ideal job or work environment after completing your education?
Advice and Insights
What advice would you give to incoming students about navigating college life?
Looking back, what is one thing you wish you had known before starting your college journey?
Final Thoughts
If you could sum up your college experience in one word or phrase, what would it be and why?

Along with questions for students, teachers and administrators

Faces of Manufacturing | Episode 15 - LCC West - Technical Careers

Dr. Jiachen Zhang, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at USC CEE, talks to us about her research in air pollution, climate change, and environmental justice. 

Episode 10: Driving Public Policy Changes Through Research

For this episode of the UC Irvine Anteater Insider, host Sheri Ledbetter interviews Astrud Reed, UC Irvine campus community of practice manager in the Office of Information Technology, about UCI Compass, a campus-wide initiative to improve data literacy and data-driven practices to promote student success.

UC Irvine Anteater Insider: Community of practice for digital excellence

Daily Bruin Podcast contributor Megan Vahdat sat down with UCLA professor Tonya Kane to discuss her journey to UCLA, travels abroad and advice for undergraduates. A transcript is available at dailybruin.com/category/podcasts.

Bruin to Bruin: Exploring Marine Biology with Tonya Kane

“Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.” That’s a memorable line from the 2013 tune “Happy,” by Pharrell Williams – a song that reached No. 1 in the charts in over 20 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada and was the most played song of the 2010s.

One truth about happiness: It’s among the many positive emotions that people can use to counter stress, which affects thoughts, feelings, behaviors and physical health. Unchecked stress can lead to myriad health problems like hypertension, heart disease, stroke, obesity and diabetes.

Sarah Pressman, UC Irvine professor of psychological science, has made examining the health benefits of positive emotions her life’s work. In this episode of The UC Irvine Podcast, Pressman explains how researchers analyze the protective properties of positivity, relates their findings and suggests simple steps people can take to improve their own happiness.

“High Life,” the music for this episode, was provided by The Mini Vandals, featuring Mamadou Koita and Lasso, via the audio library in YouTube Studio.

The power of positive emotions

Host Ryan Tripp speaks with Milton Clarke, author of The Community College Reform Movement: Contentions and Ideological Origins, about how today's reform agenda, rooted in acceleration, completion, and performance metrics, often overlooks the lived realities of students and faculty. Clarke reflects on the limits of market-driven policy and the need for structural investment in public education:

“You're still throwing students into a credit bearing class when they're not ready to do it, or they don't have the support, and that would be one of my biggest complaints.”

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The Community College Reform Movement
Contentions and Ideological Origins
By Milton E. Clarke 

"This book critically examines the rise of the higher education reform movement, often referred to as the “completion agenda,” which, since the early 2000s, has sought to restructure core aspects of the community college experience. Using community colleges from across nine U.S. states as practical examples, it explores the major higher education reforms, including dual enrollment, the demise of developmental education, corequisites, and performance-based funding. Against the popular view that support for such policies is tied to neoliberalism, it argues for a more nuanced understanding of the complicated and often indistinct ideological foundation of the reform movement, demonstrating that supporters and detractors alike draw on similar concepts such as equity, student success, and affordability. This complication is further clarified through an account of the history, processes, functions, and institutions that paved the way for the advent of the higher education reform movement."

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Rethinking Reform: Equity, Neoliberalism, and the Future of Community Colleges

In his 1988 semiautobiographical novel "The Beautiful Room Is Empty," author Edmund White relates his experiences on the night of June 28, 1969, as he and others passed by the Stonewall Inn, a New York City gay bar: “I suppose the police expected us to run away into the night, as we’d always done before, but we stood across the street on the sidewalk of the small triangular park. … Everyone booed the cops, just as though they were committing a shameful act. We kept exchanging peripheral glances, excited and afraid.”

The uprising that White witnessed is described by the Library of Congress as a “tipping point” for the gay liberation movement in the United States. One year later, the first Pride marches were held in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago – the beginning of an annual June tradition of events commemorating Stonewall and the continuation of prior decades of activism and demonstrations for equal rights for LGBTQ+ people.

White, the author of over 30 books of fiction and nonfiction and hundreds of essays and articles, died on June 3, 2025. He’s called a “towering figure in American literature” who is “most justly known as one of the singular lights of gay letters” by Jonathan Alexander, UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor of English and informatics who’s been named the next chair of the campus’s nationally ranked Department of English.

In this wide-ranging episode of The UC Irvine Podcast, Alexander reflects on both White and Pride. He also describes how he thinks about fear in the face of uncertainty, his vision for the future of the UC Irvine English department, and what he’s learning through his current research on how the craft of writing affects University of California graduates.

“Shadowing,” the music for this episode, was provided by Corbyn Kites, via the audio library in YouTube Studio.

On writing, a pioneer writer, Pride and maintaining one's courage

A Conversation with FACCC Executive Director Stephanie Goldman

In this engaging episode, we're thrilled to welcome Stephanie Goldman, the new Executive Director of the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC), to explore her journey, vision, and bold ambitions for the future of the organization. Stephanie shares candid insights into her leadership style, the unique structure of FACCC, and her commitment to uplifting part-time faculty, expanding grassroots power, and building strategic partnerships statewide and in D.C.

With warmth and clarity, she reflects on the legacy of past directors, discusses immediate priorities, and offers an inspiring call to action for deeper member engagement.

A Conversation with FACCC Executive Director Stephanie Goldman

Behind-the-scenes in the world of civil and environmental engineering at USC Viterbi

UC Irvine Anteater Insider is a podcast channel of, by and for members of the campus community at the University of California, Irvine.

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About the University of California, Irvine: Founded in 1965, UCI is the youngest member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced three Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UCI has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide. For more on UCI, visit www.uci.edu.

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