The Season 3 finale of the All In: Student Pathways Forward podcast features an engaging panel discussion with three inspiring students and graduates enrolled in or having completed high quality credential programs from different community and technical colleges: Lucy Briseno, a current student at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon; Monique Sallis , a current student at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota, and an apprentice with Aon ; and Cha Zong Yang , a graduate o...
Mar 03, 2025•44 min•Season 3Ep. 309
This episode features interviews with Klamath Community College student Reyna Cunningham , the president of Klamath Community College Dr. Roberto Gutierrez and Dr. Theresa Anderson , a Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute . Reyna, a dedicated student parent pursuing a pathway in Early Childhood Education, describes her experience in a quality non-degree career pathways credential program at the college, and highlights the importance of holistic supports for students on campus and through communi...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 308
In this episode, host Marc Goldberg interviews Bishop State Community College graduate Ms. Andrea Heningburg McCants , Bishop State Community College President Olivier Charles and Ms. Michelle Burris , Fellow and Cohort Manager for The Industry and Inclusion Team at The Century Foundation . Ms. McCants shares both of her chapters as a student at Bishop State, particularly her most recent when she enrolled in and completed a quality non-degree credential program as a working professional enhancin...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 307
This episode features interviews with Olive-Harvey College Rivian Technical Trades program graduate Kyle Johnson , Olive-Harvey College president Dr. Kimberly Hollingsworth and the Illinois Community College Board Deputy Executive Director Jennifer Foster. Kyle describes how the Rivian Technical Trades program met his needs as a returning student by providing accelerated training that led to an industry recognized credential in the emerging field of electric vehicles and a clear pathway to a job...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 306
In this episode in honor of Mother's Day, we revisit some clips from past All In podcast student guests who are moms. The host Marc Goldberg also interviews his own mom, Nancy Yelenik Goldberg , who describes her experience as a returning, parenting student at the local community college in the 1970's taking classes in the emerging field of computer science. She elaborates on the trailblazing career she had as as a programmer and eventual executive leader in the technology field and talks about ...
May 13, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 305
In this episode host Marc Goldberg interviews Lane Community College Culinary Commercial Cooking Certificate program graduate Barbara Graham-Adams , college president Dr. Stephanie Bulger and CEO and President of NACCE, the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship , Dr. Rebecca Corbin . Barbara talks about her experience as a returning student who enrolled in a culinary career pathways program to enhance her skills for her existing food cart business, Irie Jamaican Kitchen, wh...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 304
In this episode host Marc Goldberg interviews Clark State College nursing graduate Lemohang Mokhalinyane and then a follow up conversation with both Clark State College President Dr. Jo Blondin and Higher Learning Commission (HLC) President Dr. Barbara Gellman-Danley . Lemoh describes her experience as a student in the nursing pathway at Clark State - first in the Licensed Practical Nursing program leading to employment and then the Registered Nursing program. She highlights the incredible suppo...
Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 303
In this episode host Marc Goldberg interviews Treasure Valley Community College student Jessica Schooley , Treasure Valley Community College president Dr. Dana Young , and the head of design programs at Education Design Lab , Dr. Leslie Daugherty . Jessica talks about the value of stackable credentials in her Natural Resources program along with the holistic supports provided by college staff and faculty and partner agencies like Worksource Oregon. She also describes the work-based learning inte...
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 302
This episode features interviews with Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) graduate Kwame Presley , GRCC President Dr. Charles Lepper and Melissa Goldberg , the Director of Competencies and Credentials at Corporation for a Skilled Workforce , a national non-profit development organization that partners with government, business, education and community leaders to connect workers with education and good jobs. Kwame shares his experience as a parenting student in an accelerated quality non-degree...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 301
In this introductory episode for season three, host Marc Goldberg interviews Dr. Michelle Van Noy, the Director of the Education and Employment Research Center (EERC) at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations . As a leading scholar in the world of quality non-degree credentials, Dr. Van Noy provides important context on this topic to ground us in this season’s podcast theme. She shares research she has led at EERC on the quality non-degree credentials ecosystem and growing interest...
Oct 30, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 300
In this season finale episode, host Marc Goldberg moderates a panel discussion with four key workforce development and higher education leaders in Oregon discussing the topics of job quality, college and industry partnerships and the Future Ready Oregon legislation– the most significant state investment in workforce training in the state’s history. The panelists include Oregon State Senator Michael Dembrow , Chemeketa Community College President, Dr. Jessica Howard , Advanced Economic Solutions,...
Aug 24, 2023•48 min•Season 2Ep. 210
In this episode, host Marc Goldberg interviews Tillamook Bay Community College graduate and current college Success Coach and adjunct welding faculty Jude Schlotzhauer , college President Dr. Ross Tomlin and Laura Dresser , associate diirector at COWS , a research center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jude discusses how transformative her college experience was as a student and how she is now able to reciprocate the same culture of care with other students in her roles as a success coac...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 209
In this episode, host Marc Goldberg interviews Clatsop Community College student Taylor Falconer , Astoria Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director David Reid and Clatsop Community College President Chris Breitmeyer. Taylor is a working student who participated in the college’s Clatsop Works internship program last summer gaining invaluable experience towards her Business degree. She offers great insights on her own definition of job quality having worked in the restaurant industry ...
May 09, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 208
This special episode features an interview with Steve Jurch, Director of Center for Policy and Practice at the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) and continues the dialogue with workforce development leaders aiming to transform policies and practice to improve job quality, equity and college and industry partnerships. Steve highlights a number of initiatives ACCT has in place under the Center for Policy and Practice providing technical assistance to ACCT college members including a...
Apr 07, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 207
This special episode features an engaging and thought-provoking discussion with Clair Minson , a leading voice and expert on workforce system transformation and the Founder and Principal consultant at Sandra Grace LLC , a change management firm that provides training, consulting and thought partnership to organizations seeking to embed racial equity into their practice and policy work. Clair highlights the intersectionality of job quality, racial equity and systems change work required across th...
Mar 28, 2023•30 min•Season 2Ep. 206
In this episode, host Marc Goldberg interviews Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) graduate and current CHI-St. Anthony Hospital employee, Sheri Warnock , St Anthony Hospital Chief Executive Officer Harry Geller and Blue Mountain Community College President Dr. Mark Browning . Sheri shares her impactful experience as an adult returning student at BMCC and the incredible amount of support she received from faculty and staff throughout her educational journey. She offers her views on how both o...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 205
This special episode was recorded live at the 2022 Oregon Adult Basic Skills Conference in Salem, Oregon on October 24 organized by the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission . Podcast host Marc Goldberg moderates a panel discussion with Rogue Community College (RCC) student and past GED graduate Lynne Hamblin and Columbia Gorge Community College president Dr. Marta Yera Cronin . Lynne shares her own journey through the adult education programs at RCC and what supports have been most he...
Nov 08, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 204
In this episode, host Marc Goldberg interviews Oregon Coast Community College graduate Cameron Vasquez who shares more about his experience in the nursing program at OCCC and now working as a registered nurse at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital . He emphasizes the value of clinical rotations as part of his nursing program and how he views his employment at the hospital as a quality job. This is followed up with engaging conversations with the CEO of Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital Dr. Lesley Og...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 203
In this episode, host Marc Goldberg interviews three graduates from Columbia Gorge Community College ’s Electro-Mechanical Technology program, who are all currently employed at General Electric (GE) Renewable Energy. Brian Irwin , a site supervisor, and Colby Williamson , a wind turbine technician, speak to how valuable the hands-on, practical education and training was at CGCC while also sharing their perspectives on the quality of their jobs and careers at GE. Senior services manager, Tyrel Qu...
Aug 10, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 202
In the next episode of the All In: Student Pathways Forward podcast, host Marc Goldberg interviews Klamath Community College (KCC) graduate and current Cascade Comprehensive Care employee Emily Geise , Cascade Comprehensive Care CEO Tayo Akins and KCC president, Dr. Roberto Gutierrez . As a worker and college graduate from the Health Information Management (HIM) program , Emily shares her definition of job quality and highlights how her current position and career at Cascade Comprehensive Care a...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 201
The All In: Student Pathways Forward season two launches with an introductory episode featuring a conversation with Maureen Conway , the Executive Director of the Aspen Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program . This season will continue to elevate Oregon community college student voices to shape inclusive policies, practice and partnerships, but shifts the discussion to job quality and equity from season one’s focus on student basic needs insecurity. Job quality was a common issue raised by c...
May 24, 2022•42 min•Season 2Ep. 200
In the season finale of the All In: Student Pathways Forward podcast, host Marc Goldberg facilitates a panel discussion with leaders in Oregon who were instrumental in landmark legislation that funds Benefits Navigators at all 24 public community college and universities to help students access benefits and resources that will support them to complete college and gain careers with economic mobility. The panelists include: Venus Barnes , Organizer-Community Food Justice at Partners for a Hunger-F...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 112
In the next episode of the All In: Student Pathways Forward podcast, host Marc Goldberg interviews Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC) student Zac Warner, college president, Dr. Patty Scott, and The Hope Center for College, Community and Justice Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy, Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield. Zac is a parenting student studying electrical engineering, who began in the college’s GED program. Zac speaks to the culture of care on campus sharing insightful recommendations ...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 111
This is part II of this All In: Student Pathways Forward episode that includes the second half of an interview by host Marc Goldberg with Portland Community College (PCC) President Mark Mitsui and then a conversation with Kermit Kaleba, the Strategy Director for Employer Aligned Credential Programs at Lumina Foundation . Both President Mitsui and Kermit share reflections on the featured interview in part I with PCC Career Pathways student Shalease Williams . President Mitsui speaks further on th...
Jan 06, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 110
In the latest All In: Student Pathways Forward podcast episode, host Marc Goldberg interviews Portland Community College Career Pathways student Shalease Williams as well as President Mark Mitsui. Shalease speaks passionately about the value of stackable credentials for adult students and lifts up the resources and holistic faculty and staff support that are essential for adult and parenting students. President Mitsui reflects on the interview with Shalease and elaborates on the systemic barrier...
Dec 13, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 109
This special edition of the All In: Student Pathway Forward podcast is focused on federal policy with a featured guest who is one of the strongest legislative champions in Congress for community colleges and workforce development, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici , serving Oregon's 1st congressional district. Congresswoman Bonamici discusses how her federal policy work supporting community college students and workers has been shaped by her own community college student experience at Lane Communit...
Nov 22, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 108
This episode features an interview with Clackamas Community College student Jacob Sieler who is studying Machine Tool Technology as a parenting student at the college. Jacob talks about how different staff and faculty at the college have helped him address financial constraints through accessing resources available to students including the STEP grant, Tech Hire and Metallica Scholars Initiative grants. Clackamas Community College President Dr. Tim Cook shares his reactions to Jacob’s interview ...
Oct 25, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 107
This episode features an interview with Rogue Community College (RCC) student Lynne Hamblin who returned to school to get her GED and enroll in the college’s award winning co-enrollment/integrated education and training program that offered simultaneous access to credit courses and additional wraparound supports. Lynne was honored as the selected student speaker for the 2021 College Commencement ceremony last spring. RCC College President Dr. Cathy Kemper-Pelle talks about the importance of adul...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 106
This episode features an interview with Central Oregon Community College (COCC) student Dray Aguirre, who offers great insights from his advocacy work at the local, state and national levels focused on student basic needs insecurity. Dray emphasizes the importance of students shaping policies and shares some of his own lived experience as a student facing basic needs insecurity. Dray was highlighted in a recent KLCC NPR story focused on food and housing insecurity among college students in Orego...
Aug 09, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 105
This episode features Lane Community College (LCC) student Maria Cristina Cruz , who is enrolled in an innovative Early Childhood Education program that integrates Career Technical Education coursework with foundational skills leading to a college credential. Cristina is a parenting student who has found employment in her field of study while still in school and has accessed different resources at LCC to make it all work. Lane Community College President Dr. Margaret Hamilton shares her enthusia...
Jun 23, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 104
