Previously Senior Regional Director-East, Yarbrah Peeples, Ph.D., was recently appointed Chief Program Officer. Yarbrah has devoted the entirety of her career to ensuring equitable college access for our nation’s low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students. On this, International Women's Day, learn more about her plans to further our mission in her new leadership role, including enhancing programs, reaching more high school students, and recruiting recent college graduates to ser...
Mar 08, 2022•19 min•Ep. 12
Welcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. In Episode 11, Dr. Hurd speaks with Lamisha Alston, a College Advising Corps adviser with AdmitHub/Common App, and Elauna Pettigrew, a College Advising Corps adviser with CollegePoint. Dr. Hurd and her guests discuss college advising in the digital age and the impact COVID has had on this year's Decision Day. To learn more about College Advising Corps' mission to increa...
Apr 30, 2021•23 min•Ep. 11
Welcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. In Episode 10, Dr. Hurd speaks with Jordan Kijewski, College Advising Corps adviser at University of Virginia, and also with Victoria Thach, College Advising Corps adviser at University of Michigan. In this episode, we highlight the shared values of our advisers and our partners at the Panda Cares Foundation, including character building and college access and success. ...
Apr 28, 2021•22 min•Ep. 10
Welcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. In Episode 9, Dr. Hurd speaks with Ryan McBride, former CAC adviser with the Michigan College Advising Corps and current College Access Coach at New Tech Network, and Ebonie Williams, former CAC adviser with the Carolina College Advising Corps and current Senior Director of Post-Secondary Program and Partnerships at One Goal. Williams is one of the "Original Four" that ...
Feb 26, 2021•35 min•Ep. 9
In Episode 8, the first of 2021, host Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., founder and CEO, College Advising Corps, speaks to her guests about their journeys as first-generation college students and how their pursuit of a postsecondary education impacts their communities, their states, and the world. Heidi Estrada, a former CAC advisee, is a junior at George Washington University. She is the recipient of Taco Bell’s Live Más scholarship. Heidi talks about how the scholarship has enabled her to realize her...
Jan 06, 2021•27 min•Ep. 8
Welcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. In Episode 7, Dr. Hurd speaks with Daveed Diggs, actor, producer, and CAC board member, and Cameron Schmidt-Temple, College Adviser Fellow, University of California, Berkeley. (This episode contains some strong language.) “Going to college opened so many doors for me both professionally and intellectually. Many students in this country miss out on higher education due t...
Nov 12, 2020•26 min•Ep. 7
Welcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. In Episode 6, Dr. Hurd speaks with Kyle Lierman, CEO, When We All Vote (https://www.whenweallvote.org/), a non-profit, nonpartisan organization increasing participation in every election. "Do something for yourself, do something for your country, do something for your community by making your voice heard on the issues that you care about.," says Kyle Lierman. To learn m...
Oct 29, 2020•24 min•Ep. 6
Welcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. Dr. Hurd's fifth episode features Dolly Klock, M.D., founder of ADOLESSONS (https://www.adolessonsla.com/), and Jasmine N. Tucker, M.Ed, LCDC-I, 6th grade school counselor, Crowley Middle School (https://www.jasminentucker.com/). To learn more about College Advising Corps' mission to increase the number of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students enterin...
Oct 21, 2020•26 min•Ep. 5
Welcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. Dr. Hurd's fourth episode features Eric Waldo, Executive Director for Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Initiative and Vice President for Access and Equity at Common App; Elisa Castillo, former CAC adviser at USC and now CAC Program Coordinator at USC; and Carla Veliz, former CAC adviser at USC and now Academic Advisor at Biola University. To learn more about College Advising ...
Oct 14, 2020•27 min•Ep. 4
Welcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. Dr. Hurd's third episode features Eric Waldo, Executive Director for Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Initiative and Vice President for Access and Equity at Common App; Elisa Castillo, College Advising Corps alumna and now College Advising Corps Program Coordinator at USC; and Carla Veliz, CAC alumna and now Academic Advisor at Biola University. To learn more about College Ad...
Oct 08, 2020•24 min•Ep. 3
Welcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., College Advising Corps founder and CEO. Dr. Hurd's second episode features Rep. Joaquin Castro, a member of CAC's Board of Directors, and Jobrina Perez, a former College Advising Corps adviser at Texas A&M University. To learn more about College Advising Corps' mission to increase the number of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students entering higher education, visit https://collegeadvi...
Sep 30, 2020•16 min•Ep. 2
Welcome to Knowledge for College, a weekly podcast hosted by College Advising Corps founder and CEO Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D. Dr. Hurd's first-ever episode features former college advisers Ariel Cochrane-Brown, Ph.D., and Donovan Livingston, Ph.D. Production by dogwoodcreative.co
Sep 16, 2020•22 min•Ep. 1
