All In: Student Pathways Forward

Lane Community College (LCC) Culinary program graduate and small business owner, Barbara Graham-Adams, LCC President Dr. Stephanie Bulger & CEO/President of NACCE, Dr. Rebecca Corbin

May 01, 2024 Marc Goldberg Season 3 Episode 304
Lane Community College (LCC) Culinary program graduate and small business owner, Barbara Graham-Adams, LCC President Dr. Stephanie Bulger & CEO/President of NACCE, Dr. Rebecca Corbin
All In: Student Pathways Forward
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All In: Student Pathways Forward
Lane Community College (LCC) Culinary program graduate and small business owner, Barbara Graham-Adams, LCC President Dr. Stephanie Bulger & CEO/President of NACCE, Dr. Rebecca Corbin
May 01, 2024 Season 3 Episode 304
Marc Goldberg

In this episode host Marc Goldberg interviews Lane Community College Culinary Commercial Cooking Certificate program graduate Barbara Graham-Adams, college president Dr. Stephanie Bulger and CEO and President of NACCE, the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship, Dr. Rebecca Corbin.

Barbara talks about her experience as a returning student who enrolled in a culinary career pathways program to enhance her skills for her existing food cart business, Irie Jamaican Kitchen, which has now led to new opportunities through the college. She offers helpful insights to college faculty and staff on additional ways to meet the needs of parenting students and gives great advice to other community college students.

Dr. Bulger shares her reflections from Barbara’s interview and touches on different programs and supports the College provides for small and emerging businesses through the Small Business Development Center, entrepreneurial academic programs and even through the College’s procurement process.

Dr. Corbin describes how NACCE supports colleges across the country in developing an entrepreneurial mindset with students and through college programs and touches on the power of this national network to learn together, co-create and take innovative action.

The All In: Student Pathways Forward podcast is a part of Oregon’s participation in the National Skills Coalition SkillSPAN network and supported by the Lumina Foundation.

Show Notes

In this episode host Marc Goldberg interviews Lane Community College Culinary Commercial Cooking Certificate program graduate Barbara Graham-Adams, college president Dr. Stephanie Bulger and CEO and President of NACCE, the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship, Dr. Rebecca Corbin.

Barbara talks about her experience as a returning student who enrolled in a culinary career pathways program to enhance her skills for her existing food cart business, Irie Jamaican Kitchen, which has now led to new opportunities through the college. She offers helpful insights to college faculty and staff on additional ways to meet the needs of parenting students and gives great advice to other community college students.

Dr. Bulger shares her reflections from Barbara’s interview and touches on different programs and supports the College provides for small and emerging businesses through the Small Business Development Center, entrepreneurial academic programs and even through the College’s procurement process.

Dr. Corbin describes how NACCE supports colleges across the country in developing an entrepreneurial mindset with students and through college programs and touches on the power of this national network to learn together, co-create and take innovative action.

The All In: Student Pathways Forward podcast is a part of Oregon’s participation in the National Skills Coalition SkillSPAN network and supported by the Lumina Foundation.