#33: Celebrating the Value of Liberal Arts Education: Leadership
Release Date: 12/29/2014
#373: Rudolph Scholars 2024
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features Lewis Dellinger ’25, Ethan Hendricks ’25, and Oscar Jacome Huesca ’25, recipients of this year’s Kenneth Rhys Rudolph Memorial Scholarship for European summer study abroad. The three students discuss their travels to Italy, Ireland, and Austria, and the advice they would give to others aspiring to study abroad (Episode 373).
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#372: Dr. Bob ’77 and Lea Anne Einterz
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features Dr. Bob ’77 and his wife Lea Anne Einterz, co-founders of AMPATH, a global health network that seeks to improve the health of the Kenyan population and prevent the spread of HIV in the region. Rich and the pair discuss the tough trials of trailblazing, the raising of their children around the Kenyan culture, and how the power of one relationship can be foundational for an entire program (Episode 372).
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#371: Dr. Crystal Benedicks
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features Dr. Crystal Benedicks, the 44th LaFollette Lecturer, discussing her study of the Spasmodics, balancing the teaching and researching of writing, and how to craft an English Department course (Episode 371).
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#370: Dr. Rick Gunderman ’83
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies at Indiana University, Dr. Richard Gunderman ’83, discussing how to create thin spaces, why he chose a career in radiology, and many words of wisdom (Episode 370).
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#369: Swimming & Diving
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features senior member of the Little Giants Swimming and Diving team Connor Craig ’25 and Head Coach Will Bernhardt, discussing what they like to see on the pool deck during a meet, the status of the team this season, and their unlikely meeting sixteen years prior (Episode 369).
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#368: The Wabash Women’s Collective
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features philanthropists and deeply-connected leaders of the newly-formed Wabash Women’s Collective, as they share their first impressions of Wabash from their past, their motivation for helping Wabash men, and how to assume a mantle of philanthropic vision and execution (Episode 368).
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#367: Paul ’75 and Betty H’75 Woolls
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features the two co-chairs of the recently wrapped Giant Steps capital campaign for Wabash College, Paul and Betty Woolls, Wabash alumnus and honorary alumnae of the class of 1975, discussing viticultural pursuits, acclimating to their own college experiences, and how they met (Episode 367).
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#366: Fall Sports Preview 2024
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features a preview of Little Giants Cross Country and Soccer teams ahead of the 2024 Fall sports season. Student athletes Will Neubauer ’25, Brayden Curnutt ’25, and Justin Santiago ’25 discuss what they wished casual fans knew about the pre-season grind for the Redpack, and midfielder Bryce Kinnaman ’27 discusses the lack of restrictions present in the Beautiful Game (Episode 366).
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#365: Drs. Scott and John
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features two long-serving medical physicians now entering retirement from their careers at Wabash and beyond, Dr. Scott Douglas ’84 and Dr. John Roberts ’83, as they discuss the entire community’s COVID response, favorite Wabash men and memories, and the fading away of the multi-generational hometown doctor (Episode 365).
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#364: Dr. Jennifer Abbott
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features Dr. Jennifer Abbott, Professor of Rhetoric and this year’s recipient of the McLain-McTurnan-Arnold Excellence in Teaching Award. Dr. Abbott discusses navigating a digital revision to her textbook, teaching on hard topics and the news, and shifting from hating to loving teaching as a career (Episode 364).
info_outlineThe first panel in the Celebrating the Value of Liberal Arts Education series addresses the question: How did the liberal arts benefit each panelist's development of leadership skills?
Panel Chair: Alecia A. DeCoudreaux, President of Mills College
Panelists: Stephen L. Ferguson, Chairman of Cook Group Incorporated; Lee Hamilton, Director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University and Former United States Congressman; and Gregory Hess, President of Wabash College. (Episode 33)