Grove City College strives to be the best Christian liberal arts college in America. We provide a learning experience unlike any other. But not everything you learn comes out of a textbook. At Grove City, faith informs education every bit as much as our esteemed faculty. This one-of-a-kind experience means that while students are preparing for a career, they are also discovering their purpose. This podcast features the alumni and faculty thought leaders of the highest proficiency, purpose, and principles sharing their personal and professional experiences and expertise. In their own words, these are their stories.
Episodes
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Grove City College Alumni Association president and member of the class of 1979, Carol MacGamwell Yannuzzi, has had great success combining her business and fundraising skills with a personal passion for the issue of type 1 diabetes. She has been promoting the research, education, and advocacy of diabetes through her roles at the American Diabetes Association and JDRF, formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Listen in to learn her story from Grove City College, her advocacy for type 1 diabetes, and how she's making an impact in our community.
Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
Christopher Parker, class of 1993, has served as a music educator for 14 years, and he’s also been a high school principal, and even a substitute teacher for a time. Chris is married to Tracy, and they share their lives in Rochester, New York, with their 3 beautiful children, a 10-year-old son and 9-year-old twins, a son and daughter.
Today’s podcast focuses on the story of Chris’ prolonged battle with Covid-19 and his miraculous road to recovery where he has encountered the grace of God at many turns. As a warning to our listeners, some parts of Chris’ story may be difficult to hear.
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
Dr. Andy Sems '95 is one of our most accomplished alumni who will soon be returning to campus for the College’s 142nd Commencement to address our Class of 2022. After graduating from Grove City College, Dr. Sems completed his medical training at The Ohio State University and his orthopaedic surgery residency at The Cleveland Clinic, with fellowships in Austria and at the University of Minnesota/Hennepin County Medical Center.
Since 2005, he has been affiliated with the world-famous Mayo Clinic, where he oversees the Limb Lengthening and Regeneration Clinic. He shares with us his career journey and a sneak preview of his anticipated Commencement address to our Class of 2022.
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
We caught up with Jake Loosararian '13, founder and CEO of Gecko Robotics to talk about his journey from "Grover to Gecko" and points in between. Find out more about Jake and his quickly expanding company that now has a presence in the Netherlands, a brand new 70,000 square foot Pittsburgh headquarters at Nova Place, and the largest 2022 investor funding round ($73M) in the Pittsburgh region to date.
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Our guests on the ‘Mid the Pines podcast are a husband-and-wife team, Nate Mucha, class of 2008 and Amy Fisher Mucha, class of 2009. Nate and Amy live and work in Kent, OH, each owning a growing business while raising a young family together. In work and life, this couple has surrounded themselves with a community of Grove City College alumni!
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Amy Evans from Grove City College is joined by alumna Karin (Hawkins) Reed, class of 1992. Karin is an Emmy award-winning journalist and CEO of Speaker Dynamics, a corporate communications training firm, featured in Forbes. While speaking through a webcam might be relatively new to much of the world, Karin has been teaching business professionals how to be effective on-camera communicators for nearly a decade. A three-time award-winning author, she has been quoted as a thought leader by various prestigious publications, including Inc. (Incorporated) Magazine, Fast Company and Business Insider and was named an “Author who Inspires Us” by McKinsey and Company.
Karin and her team have been the chosen training partner for some of the world’s most recognized companies – from Nike to Lenovo (lə-NOH-voh) – and most respected academic institutions in the world –from Duke University to the Graduate School of Business at Stanford.
In this episode, Karin shares her career journey and practical advice for the virtual and hybrid work environment.
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Joanie Baumgartner from Grove City College talks with alumna Kathy Hunt, class of 1991, also known as “Kitchen Kat.” Kathy is a professional writer, blogger, a trained chef, a cooking class instructor, and lecturer. She’s a lifetime learner with 2 master’s degrees and culinary school rounding out her Grove City College degree.
She’s accomplished all this while also being a consummate world traveler, having visited 51 countries on six continents! She’s just launched her third book, the second cookbook she’s authored, titled “Luscious, Tender, Juicy: Recipes for Perfect Texture in Dinners, Desserts, and More.”
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Christine (Bittler '97) Keener receives the Jack Kennedy Alumni Achievement Award at Homecoming 2021. She is vice president of operations, in Europe and North America, for Alcoa, Inc., where she is responsible for the operational performance of 10 production facilities in Europe and North America employing over 6,300. Most recently, she served as VP Commercial & Strategy where she led marketing, sales, trading, new business development, metal planning, commodity risk management, and customer service for the global primary metal portfolio of $7-8 billion in revenue, and was accountable for setting the strategic direction and managing portfolio decisions and growth projects for the Aluminum business unit.
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Dr. Brian Pall '94, director of Global Clinical Science, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., accepts the Jack Kennedy Alumni Achievement Award at Grove City College's Homecoming 2021. Dr. Pall leads a team of research clinicians who are developing the next generation of contact lens products. Throughout his career, he has focused on soft contact lens product development from prototype to global launch. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and has been granted four patents. He led the clinical development and launch of the world’s first commercially available medication-releasing contact lens.
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022