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
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Episode 001: Kathy Hunt ’91 | Professional Writer, Cookbook Author, Chef
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
2021 Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Award - Christine (Bittler ’97) Keener
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
2021 Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Award - Dr. Brian Pall ’94
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
2021 Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Award - A. Christopher Bakken III ’82
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
9/11 In Their Own Words - Immediate Deployment (Steve Frank ’74)
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
On 9/11, Steve Frank '74 was a full-time Army National Guard LTC assigned as Director of Public Works, U.S. Army Engineer Corps. He was on a phone call with the Pentagon when he heard a loud "bang" and the line went dead. He had heard Flight 77 crash into the Pentagon in real-time, and was immediately deployed to Ft. Hood, Texas to assume command of the 4th Infantry Division’s Rear Operations Center (Division) Logistics Command Post. This is his story.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
9/11 In Their Own Words - Exiting the Pentagon (Jim Hogan ’79)
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Jim Hogan '79 was retired from the Air Force and working as a civilian employee in the Freedom of Information Office at the Pentagon on 9/11. He recounts his miraculous evacuation from the building that day.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
9/11 In their own words - Memories from Campus (Tom Gregg ’80)
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tom Gregg '80, former Vice President of Operations, shares his memory of campus life during the events on 9/11. He recollects his day and how the events unfolded, as well as the response from the campus community that day and years later.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
9/11 In their own words - A student‘s perspective (Todd Gibson ’02)
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Todd Gibson '02 was a senior Political Science student and captain of the football team at Grove City College on September 11, 2001. Todd shares his recollection of the day, from hearing about the news to recognizing the impact across campus. He also shares the impact 9/11 had throughout the week with events cancelled or postponed, including football practices and games.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
9/11 In their own words - Standing Room Only in the Chapel (Stan Keehlwetter)
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Former Dean of the Chapel (1999-2018), Stan Keehlwetter, shares his memory of 9/11 on-campus. Stan recalls the student's response as the most moving experience in his 19 years of service at Grove City College.