Skidmore wraps up first season of podcast
What is Skidmore? This podcast may have the answer. Daniella Nordin and Jackie Vetrano, of the Office of Communications and Marketing, have closed the first season of This is Skidmore, a podcast about the unique elements of Skidmore College.
This Is Skidmore can be found on Soundcloud and is available for download on iTunes.
In our first episode, head tour guides Sarah Green '16, George Dilthey '16, Asher Siegel '16, and Daniela Escudero '16, discuss their Skidmore experience.
We team up with coach Darren Bennett and statistics professor Mike Lopez to talk about sports, stats, and how it all comes together. We even hear some predictions about the 2016 March Madness tournament...were they right?
Scholarship Circle students Tori Eldridge '16 and Matt Lueckheide '17 join us to talk about financial aid at Skidmore College, and what being a part of the Scholarship Circle is all about.
Congratulations to Alexander Nassief ’16, founder of Rum Dogs, for winning the 2016 Kenneth A. Freirich Business Plan Competition! Listen to what it takes to be the winner, and the history of the event from competition coordinator Roy Rotheim, professor of economics at Skidmore.
Ron Seyb, chair of what used to be known as the Department of Government, discusses the thinking behind the original name as well as the renaming to Political Science. He also reflects on a unique interdisciplinary opportunity and his exciting classroom plans for the future.
Max Walker '13 and Riley Alsman '13, co-founders of Windrush, a data visualization tool, came back to campus for an episode of This Is Skidmore! They chat with us about their Skidmore experience, as well as the first few years of navigating a start-up company after graduation.
In between two huge campus events, Mike Sposili, executive director of Alumni Relations & College Events, shares what his office is up to. It is responsible for planning Commencement and Reunion, but what exactly goes into it? Listen and find out!
Jessyca Dudley '06, a former Peace Corps public-health worker and teacher in Africa who is now fighting gun violence for the Joyce Foundation, received the Palamountain Award for Young Alumni Achievement at her 10th reunion. Jessyca discusses her life at Skidmore, and how it affected her path beyond graduation.
David Miner '91 and Jared Greenbaum '11 returned to Skidmore to attend milestone reunions, and reflected on their experiences at Skidmore, 25 and 5 years later. Although they are at different stages in life, they shared similar experiences with the National College Comedy Festival and even had the opportunity to work together after their time at Skidmore.
Most Skidmore students know the name Lucy Scribner, but not many find as deep a connection to the founder of the Young Women’s Industrial Club of Saratoga Springs—eventually evolving into Skidmore College—as Special Collections Curator Wendy Anthony. Through her work at Skidmore, Anthony travels back in time, discovering the interesting roots of the college.
With the 2016 Olympics fast approaching, Professor of Health and Exercise Sciences Jeff Segrave offers his opinion on how this large event will affect Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We also discuss his long-time advocacy for a permanent location for both the summer and winter games.
Interim Vice President for Communications and Marketing Debra Townsend and Vice President for Academic Affairs Beau Breslin join Director of Marketing Luke Meyers to discuss ways of differentiating Skidmore from other liberal arts colleges. Debra and Beau shed light on what makes Skidmore special, what challenges it faces as a liberal arts institution, and what incoming students can expect at Skidmore.
