The Follow UP Podcast

Kristofer Stubbs•thefollowup.blubrry.net

TheFollowUP provides strategies & tips for navigating the college experience and the career development process.

The podcast is hosted by Kris Stubbs, M.Ed., a College Student Affairs Administrator with over 10 years of experience working in education as an Academic Advisor, Director of Technology, Career Counselor, Adjunct Professor, and Early College High School Coordinator.

Learn how-to-do what you love while making great money doing it!

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Why Community Colleges Provide Value That Most Universities Can’t #86

https://youtu.be/rMJysSPKk6Y Watch The Video Edition of This Post 1. Save Money Nearly every institution has what is commonly referred to as "foundational" courses (e.g. English 101, Public Speaking, Computer Basics, etc.). These courses (and their credits) can usually be transferred to another school because they are essentially the same course. The question people have to ask themselves is "would you rather pay $800/per credit at a big-time university or $200/per credit at a community college ...

May 27, 2019•4 min

How To Find Summer Internships – #85

How To Get Summer Internships

May 12, 2019•3 min

#084: Becoming an Eye Doctor – Dr. Charlton Butts, O.D.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Charlton Butts, O.D. to discuss his journey to becoming a Black Doctor of Optometry. Questions asked to Dr. Charlton Butts during TheFollowUP interview: 00:25 - What is Optometry? 02:44 - How did you get introduced to Optometry? 05:12 - What race was the person who introduced you to Optometry? 07:06 - How did you relate to someone that didn't look like you? 09:00 - Why did you start doing research on Optometry? 12:44 - Advice for someone wanting to become an ...

May 06, 2019•48 min

#083: Advice For 1st Generation College Students

In this episode of TheFollowUP, the focus is on 1st generation college students. Many of these students do not know what to expect in college. We discuss the culture shock of college and students must take advantage of peer relationships.

May 02, 2019•3 min

#081: Plan For The Next (& Next) Step

In this episode of The Follow UP Podcast, I speak on the importance of planning for both your next step (and) the step after that. A lot of people make the mistake of only planning for the next step without considering how step 1 effects step 2. This is a common mistake when it comes to planning and I shed some light on it by providing examples in this podcast. Enjoy! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefollowup/support

Jan 17, 2019

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