Iowa State University Alumni Association
Podcast by Iowa State University Alumni Association
Episodes
July 16, 2024 • 46 mins
What to do when you don't know what to do ... that is the question! Entrepreneur and all-around boss lady Kathleen Riessen ('04 advertising & accounting) will walk you through the simple process she uses with her executive clients to eliminate difficult work questions and move forward with confidence. At the end of this podcast, you'll have the tools you need to say, "I know what I should do!"
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April 17, 2024 • 16 mins
ISU Alumni Association president & CEO Jeff Johnson shares how new graduates can tap into the Cyclone network. Whether its looking for a job or connecting with alums in a new city, there are many ways to take advantage of your new grad digital membership!
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September 12, 2023 • 21 mins
Barb Wollan, a human sciences specialist in family well-being with Iowa State Extension and Outreach, gives you tips on how to understand different types of debt and the best ways to pay them off over time. Plus, tips on properly using a credit card and how to check your credit report each year.
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September 12, 2023 • 10 mins
Barb Wollan, a human sciences specialist in family well-being with Iowa State Extension and Outreach, helps you identify financial goals to work toward. Plus, she will help you understand the difference between future goals and lifestyle goals.
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September 12, 2023 • 28 mins
Barb Wollan, a human sciences specialist in family well-being with Iowa State Extension and Outreach, helps you take a clear-eyed look at your financial situation and make a realistic workable monthly spending plan.
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July 31, 2023 • 23 mins
In the first episode of New Grad 101, Iowa State University Alumni Association president & CEO Jeff Johnson talks about the many ways for new graduates to become engaged alums.
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June 2, 2023 • 43 mins
Trent Preszler had an epiphany to make something with the tools he inherited from his father. With no experience in woodcraft, driven only by blind will, he built a canoe. Working with his hands tested Preszler’s limits but ultimately offered him a different perspective on life, and the means to change it. "Little and Often," a USA Today Best Book of 2021, delivers a moving reflection on bereavement and inheritance through a profo...
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June 2, 2023 • 60 mins
Ball Boy follows the adventures of Gray Taylor, a 14-year-old who discovers basketball when his mother moves them from Los Angeles to Beaudelaire, a small town in Kansas. Taylor uses basketball to become someone people notice and later to save the town. Paul Shirley (‘00 mechanical engineering), a former Cyclone basketball and NBA player, is the author of two humor memoirs, a novel, and a how-to book. He has written for ESPN.com, S...
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December 10, 2022 • 5 mins
Does your career fit you? Or do you feel like you’re constantly trying to fit your passions and strengths to your career? In this podcast series, award-winning business coach and Iowa State alumna Erica Carrico (‘02 psychology) explores opportunities for a career that better aligns with your life purpose.
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December 9, 2022 • 7 mins
Does your career fit you? Or do you feel like you’re constantly trying to fit your passions and strengths to your career? In this podcast series, award-winning business coach and Iowa State alumna Erica Carrico (‘02 psychology) explores opportunities for a career that better aligns with your life purpose.
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December 8, 2022 • 9 mins
Does your career fit you? Or do you feel like you’re constantly trying to fit your passions and strengths to your career? In this podcast series, award-winning business coach and Iowa State alumna Erica Carrico (‘02 psychology) explores opportunities for a career that better aligns with your life purpose.
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December 7, 2022 • 11 mins
Does your career fit you? Or do you feel like you’re constantly trying to fit your passions and strengths to your career? In this podcast series, award-winning business coach and Iowa State alumna Erica Carrico (‘02 psychology) explores opportunities for a career that better aligns with your life purpose.
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December 6, 2022 • 7 mins
Does your career fit you? Or do you feel like you’re constantly trying to fit your passions and strengths to your career? In this podcast series, award-winning business coach and Iowa State alumna Erica Carrico (‘02 psychology) explores opportunities for a career that better aligns with your life purpose.
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December 5, 2022 • 15 mins
Does your career fit you? Or do you feel like you’re constantly trying to fit your passions and strengths to your career? In this podcast series, award-winning business coach and Iowa State alumna Erica Carrico (‘02 psychology) explores opportunities for a career that better aligns with your life purpose.
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December 4, 2022 • 18 mins
Does your career fit you? Or do you feel like you’re constantly trying to fit your passions and strengths to your career? In this podcast series, award-winning business coach and Iowa State alumna Erica Carrico (‘02 psychology) explores opportunities for a career that better aligns with your life purpose.
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October 20, 2021 • 12 mins
Brett McIntyre ('08 meteorology, journalism) joins us for a special homecoming edition of Live from Cy's Lounge. The Iowa State alum and meteorologist at Des Moines' WHO 13 News shares stories from covering some of Iowa's largest storms. Plus, get a first look at the weather forecast for Saturday's homecoming football game!
Thank you to Campustown, the exclusive sponsor of Homecoming 2021.
http://www.isualum.org/
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October 6, 2021 • 8 mins
Kelly Norris (A)(MS '11) is an award-winning horticulturist and author of the book "New Naturalism." His work in gardens has been featured in publications including The New York Times and Better Homes and Gardens. Norris also documents his personal project called Three Oaks Garden, which he refers to as a repository of ideas, canvas for personal expression and planting field in a clearing atop an oak-covered hill above the Des Moin...
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September 9, 2021 • 15 mins
Michelle Book (L)('83 accounting) is the president & CEO of the Food Bank of Iowa, a non-profit distribution organization that meets the critical needs of food-insecure Iowans.
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August 26, 2021 • 12 mins
Michael Hanstad (‘17 marketing) and Robert Doan ('18 culinary food science) are the co-founders of Charlotte's Kitchen. What first began as a concept of serving bar patrons quickly turned into one of the most sought-after food trucks in the Des Moines metro. Their specialty? Chicken sandwiches, of course. With flavors ranging from Nashville hot to crab rangoon, the duo of Iowa State alums have combined their marketing and culinary ...
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August 16, 2021 • 12 mins
Katherine Polak (DVM '10) is the head of stray animal care for the non-profit Four Paws in Bangkok, Thailand. In this role, she promotes the welfare of stray cats and dogs through partnerships, and collaborative, sustainable programs.
Polak is the 2021 recipient of the ISU Alumni Association’s Alumni Humanitarian Award.
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