#37: Celebrating the Value of Liberal Arts Education: Opportunities for the Future
Release Date: 01/26/2015
#335: The Jakes of 2023: After Comps
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features Jakob Faber ’23, Jakob Goodwin ’23, and Jacob Paige ’23 just after completing their comprehensive exams ahead of their final semester at Wabash (Episode 335).
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#334: Immersion: Czech Puppetry
Wabash On My Mind
This episode featured returning members of the Czech Puppetry classroom immersion trip to Prague, discussing carving a face from a block a wood, preferences toward specific chisels, and the sense memories of architecture, language, and food (Episode 334).
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#333: The FIJIs of 1982
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features five members of the FIJI fraternity at Wabash Greg Bruzas ’82, Scott Dreher ’82, Joe Pfennig ’82, David Newby ’82, and Laurent Kahl ’82, reminiscing on their history as friends and fraters at the 2022 Big Bash Reunion (Episode 333).
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#332: Dr. Emiliano Aguilar ’15
Wabash On My Mind
This episode featured historian Dr. Emiliano Aguilar ahead of a postdoctoral year at the University of Notre Dame, discussing how his research into Midwestern Latina/o politics is informed from the fraternities, associations, and multi-generational traditions he found at Wabash (Episode 332).
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#331: Wabash Wrestling 2023
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features two members of the Little Giant Wrestling squad, Jack Heldt ’23 and Daniel Uribe ’24, discussing their peers on the mat, prudential poundage, and the discipline behind treating wrestling as a verb (Episode 331).
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#330: Moot Court Finals 2022
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features co-winners of the 2022 Moot Court competition, Seth Kirkpatrick ’24 and Liam Buckley ’23, as they discuss the secret skills needed to succeed in front of an experienced panel of judges and lawyers (Episode 330).
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#329: Coach Kyle Brumett
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features Head Basketball Coach Kyle Brumett discussing the Little Giants squad ahead of the 2022-23 season, on the heels of last year’s appearance in the Final Four (Episode 329).
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#328: Dr. Cheryl Hughes
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features Professor of Philosophy Emeritus Dr. Cheryl Hughes, discussing her tenure at the College, helping students feel that they belong, and her plan for retirement (Episode 328).
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#327: Dr. Bronwen Wickkiser
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features Dr. Bronwen Wickkiser, the 42nd LaFollette Lecturer, discussing 5th century Athens’ approach to a pandemic, the values of a single-sex education, and visiting the Crimea on an archaeological dig (Episode 327).
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#326: Rudolph Scholars 2022
Wabash On My Mind
This episode features Brayden Lentz ’23 and Liam Thompson ’24, two recipients of this year’s Kenneth Rhys Rudolph Memorial Scholarship for European summer study abroad. Brayden and Liam discuss their different living arrangements, how other cultures treat meals, and the advice they give to others seeking immersion learning (Episode 326).
info_outlineThe final panel in the Celebrating the Value of Liberal Arts Education series addresses the question: What must be changed or preserved about the liberal arts to ensure its relevance and effectiveness for the future?
Panel Chair: Robert Wedgeworth Jr. '59, fmr. Dean of Columbia University and retired CEO of ProLiteracy Worldwide
Panelists: Bob Connor, fmr. President of the Teagle Foundation; Cecilia A. Conrad, VP of the MacArthur Program; Kelly Pfledderer '96, CEO and Founder of Apparatus. (Episode 37)