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December 16, 2020 Season 1 Finale
Summer Cherland & Andrea Rivers
Faculty, South Mountain Community College

December 11, 2020 COVID Kick-Started My Desire
By Anonymous
Student, Great Basin College

December 7, 2020 Some Things I’m Glad For
By Victoria
Student, South Mountain Community College

November 20, 2020 Finishing the Semester Strong
By Juanita
Student, South Mountain Community College

November 13, 2020 “My Whole Career Has Prepared Me For This”
Patricia Herrera
Training and Development Consultant, South Mountain Community College

November 6, 2020, Overwhelmed but Optimistic
By Christine
Student, Great Basin College

October 30, 2020, “Racism is Pandemic as Well”
Drs. Mary Raygoza,  Raina León, and Aaminah Norris
Teacher Education Program, St. Mary’s College of California

October 23, 2020, “Compassion and Empathy are Infinite”
Dr. Stevie Stanford
Stanford Psychological Services

October 16, 2020, Six Months Later
By Holden
Student, South Mountain Community College

October 9, 2020: “Online is the New Normal”
Dennis Kibbe
Computer Information Systems Faculty, Mesa Community College

October 1, 2020: “It’s Time to Breathe”
Melanie Ho & David Attis
Senior VP of Research & Managing Director, EAB

Special Note for September 2020: We took the month of September off to focus on getting our Fall 2020 classes started. We’ll be back in October!

September 1, 2020 “Beyond Making Statements”
M. Gabriela Torres, PhD
Professor and Chair of Anthropology, and Co-Director for Teaching and Learning, Wheaton College

August 21, 2020 “The Best We Can Be is Vulnerable”
Jon Newman-Gonchar
Head Volleyball Coach, University of New Mexico

August 19, 2020 “Coaching & COVID19“
Brittney Matta
Head Softball Coach, South Mountain Community College

August 14, 2020, We Took our Daily Life for Granted
By Belma
Student, South Mountain Community College

August 13, 2020, “A Remarkable Time, and Not a Forever”
Donna Philippot
Drama, Language, and Literature Teacher, Hopkins West Middle School (MN)

August 12, 2020, I Wanted to Explore my School
By Angelica
Student, South Mountain Community College

August 11, 2020, “Black Engineering Faculty Speak”
Dr. Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman University
Monica F. Cox, Ohio State University
Tahira Reid, Purdue University
Brooke Coley, Arizona State University
Leroy Long III, Embry-Riddle University

August 10, 2020, I Thought it was Going to be a Great Year
By Vanessa
Student, South Mountain Community College

July 30, 2020 “People Do Great Things When Presented with a Challenge”
Denise El Habach
High School Counselor, Moon Valley High School

July 29, 2020, Vulnerable, Sad, and Restless
By Ana
Student, South Mountain Community College

July 28, 2020 “Privileged Just to Witness”
Dawne Anderson
Adjunct Faculty, South Mountain Community College

July 23, 2020 “You Need to Un-Learn the Things You Were Taught”
Miranda Rivers
Senior Program Assistant- Nonviolent Action, United States Institute of Peace

July 18, 2020 “I’m Living Through History”
Paul
Student, South Mountain Community College

July 17, 2020 Weekly Recap III
Andrea Rivers & Summer Cherland
Faculty, South Mountain Community College

July 16, 2020, “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times”
Jessamyn Neuhaus, PhD
Professor of Popular Culture and History, State University of New York, Plattsburgh

July 15, 2020 It’s Just Wrong
By Tationnya
Student, South Mountain Community College

July 14, 2020, “Sit in the Discomfort”
Guy Goodman
Dean of Enrollment Services, South Mountain Community College

July 13, 2020, This Too Shall Pass
By Lashonna
Student, South Mountain Community College

July 10, 2020 Weekly Recap II
Andrea Rivers & Summer Cherland
Faculty, South Mountain Community College

July 9, 2020 “Finding Something Positive”
Megan
Student, Artist, & Entrepreneur
Texas A&M University

July 8, 2020, What if I Could Not Graduate this Year?
By Clare
Student, South Mountain Community College

July 7, 2020, “The Possibilities are Amazing”
Timothy K. Eatman, PhD
Inaugural Dean, Honors Living-Learning Community & Associate Professor, Urban Education, Rutgers University

July 6, 2020, I Can Still Manage
By Anthony
Student, South Mountain Community College

July 1, 2020, We Have to Do Better
By LaKebra
Student, South Mountain Community College

June 30, 2030, June Newsletter
By Summer Cherland, PhD
History Faculty, South Mountain Community College

June 29, 2020, Making the Most Out of a Bad Situation
By Jakob
Student, South Mountain Community College

June 26, 2020 Weekly Recap I
Summer Cherland and Andrea Rivers
Faculty, South Mountain Community College

June 25, 2020, “Equity is Part of the Conversation”
Kevin Kelly, EdD
Higher Education Consultant

June 24, 2020, Is School Open Today?
By Natasha
Great Basin College

June 23, 2020, “2020 Has Been Painful”
Andrea Rivers
English Faculty, South Mountain Community College

June 22, 2020, Not Too Old to Learn New Tricks
By Rhonda
Retired Teacher & Student, South Mountain Community College

June 19, 2020, “What is Juneteenth? (in 8 minutes and 46 seconds)“
By Andrea Rivers
Featuring Faculty and Leadership
South Mountain Community College

June 18, 2020, A Virtual Standstill
By Mary
Student, South Mountain Community College

June 17, 2020, This is Getting Serious
By Alondra
Student, South Mountain Community College

June 16, 2020, “A Better Normal”
Chandra
Student, South Mountain Community College

June 15, 2020, My Children Will See Me Walk
By Chandra
Student, South Mountain Community College

June 11, 2020, My Life in Quarantine
By Anonymous
Student, Great Basin College

June 10, 2020, It Never Leaves My Mind
By Pablo
Student, South Mountain Community College

June 9, 2020, “I Don’t Expect Normalcy”
Liz Warren
Founder, Director & Faculty, Storytelling Institute
South Mountain Community College

June 8, 2020, Incorporating COVID19 Content in College Coursework
Student Public Speaking Project, South Mountain Community College

June 5, 2020, Learning Without School
By Brittani
Student, South Mountain Community College

June 4, 2020, Learning Will Never Be the Same
By Calandra
Student, South Mountain Community College

June 3, 2020, “It’s Not the Great Equalizer”
Jean Beaman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara

June 2, 2020, Blackout Tuesday
We went dark in solidarity

June 1, 2020, But Now, I Am Falling Behind
By Sabrina
Student, Great Basin College

May 14, 2020, Six COVID19 Stories
Six College Students
South Mountain Community College

May 13, 2020, Not Going to Lie, I’m Afraid
By Matthew
Student, South Mountain Community College & Phoenix College

May 12, 2020, “I Have Another Graduation to Look Forward To”
Clarissa
Student, South Mountain Community College

May 11, 2020, The Student in Me Died
By Anonymous
College Student

May 10, 2020 Weekly Roundup V
Summer and Cody Cherland

May 8, 2020 “Always Thinking About the Kids”
Lalo Quezada
Special Education Teacher, Long Beach Unified School District

May 7, 2020, “I’m Still There”
Jennifer Syler
1st Grade Teacher, Peoria School District

May 6, 2020, “Nothing Can Take Away Your Education.”
Special Graduation Episode
Messages of congratulations to SMCC graduates

May 5, 2020, “Connect First; Teach Second”
Stephanie Burke-Liggett
Language Arts Teacher (7th and 8th Grades), Woodrow Wilson Academy

May 4, 2020, From Student to Teacher in the COVID19 Era
Phillip Martinez
Alumni, South Mountain Community College
Student Teacher, Roosevelt School District

April 30, 2020, “Where is the Va?”
Helen Sword, PhD
Professor of Humanities at University of Auckland, New Zealand

April 29, 2020, Learning Through the Network, or a  Network of Problems
By Rimi Nandy, PhD
Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature, Adamas University, Kolkata, India

April 27, 2020, These are Not Normal Times
Esther C.
Student, Phoenix College

April 24, 2020, Weekly Roundup III
By Summer Cherland, PhD
History Faculty, South Mountain Community College

April 24, 2020, “Are you Enthusiastic?”
Peter Facciola, Ph.D.
Communication Faculty, South Mountain Community College (podcast published)

April 23, 2020, When School Closed
Anonymous
Student, South Mountain Community College

April 22, 2020, It Gave Me Purpose
Jessica
Student, South Mountain Community College & Arizona State University

April 21, 2020, Just the Beginning
By Jacinda
Student, South Mountain Community College

April 20, 2020, Student Voices
By Summer Cherland, PhD
History Faculty, South Mountain Community College

April 17, 2020, Weekly Roundup II
By Summer Cherland, PhD
History Faculty, South Mountain Community College

April 16, 2020, How the Virus is Affecting our Lives
Aria
Student, South Mountain Community College

April 15, 2020, “Appreciation for the Game”
Alexa
Student, South Mountain Community College

April 14, 2020, Ready to Give Up
By D.H.
Student, South Mountain Community College

April 13, 2020, A Lack of Effort and Focus
By Carter
South Mountain Community College

April 10, 2020, Weekly Roundup I
By Summer Cherland, PhD
History Faculty, South Mountain Community College

April 9, 2020, An Email to my Classmates
By Anonymous
Student, South Mountain Community College

April 8, 2020, “A smile on my face every day”
Cameron
Student, South Mountain Community College

April 7, 2020, It’s Not “Just an Associates” to Me
By Kazandra
Student, South Mountain Community College

April 6, 2020, Waiting Until Everyone is Asleep
By Gabriela
Student, South Mountain Community College

April 3, 2020, “You’re not working from home. You’re at home, trying to get some work done.”
Rebecca Barrett-Fox, Ph.D.
Sociologist, Arkansas State University

April 2, 2020, The Alligator
Anna Switzer, Ph.D.
Author, Educator, and Facilitator

April 1, 2020, Faculty Work Spaces
Photo Gallery of your creativity

March 31, 2020, “What have you learned about your family or yourself?” Student Survey
Elizabeth (Lisa) Daly
English Instructor, Chandler-Gilbert Community College

March 30, 2020, “Compassion and Empathy are Infinite.”
Stevie Stanford, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Trauma and Addiction Expert

March 27, 2020, “Forty Years Ago”
South Phoenix Oral History Project’s photo gallery of the first time SMCC operated without a campus, back in 1980

March 26, 2020, “The Ceremony Doesn’t Grant You a Degree. The Work Does.”
By Summer Cherland, Ph.D.
History Faculty, South Mountain Community College

March 25, 2020, “Wait – is this seriously happening?”
By Ana Gonzales
Student, South Mountain Community College

March 24, 2020, “Are you Enthusiastic?”
Peter Facciola, Ph.D.
Communication Faculty, South Mountain Community College

March 23, 2020 “Catching the Blue Light”
Azra Mahmood
Communication Faculty, South Mountain Community College

March 20, 2020 “Many Individuals Rely on Me.”
By Ivonne Godinez
Student, South Mountain Community College

March 19, 2020 “No mass, no parades, no late night revelry.” A letter to my students on St. Patrick’s Day
By Niall McCarthy
Computer Information Systems Faculty, South Mountain Community College

March 18, 2020 “I feel less like a teacher every day.”
By Summer Cherland, PhD
History Faculty, South Mountain Community College

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