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Speaker 1 (00:03):
You're a news radio eight forty wh s. Terry miners here.
Whenever I want to learn who's going to lead us
in the future, I know one guy to turn to.
He's the assistant Dean Thought Leadership, Citic, Engagement Guide the
University of Louisville School Business and all around solid citizen
nat Irvin the second. Welcome again, buddy. How are you
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good to see you? You're always hanging with the smartest
people in town. What is today? I'll tell you that.
How's every thing in school business? Everything's going great.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
We're growing.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
The University of Louisville is growing, the College of Business
is growing, Enrollment undergraduate is growing, our NBA program is steady,
and we're continuing to be a bright life or business
in this state commonwealth.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
We're doing.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
We have great return on the investment by the citizens
of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Fantastic. I've had a good time talking with these students
who are in the studio with us right now, who
are all phenomenal in their own way. I guess this
interview is kind of centered on math. I had a
few moments in school where I was a little confused,
but I have a sense of where all these young
folks are headed. They're not as confused as I am.
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Let's just start over here and everybody introduce themselves.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
Hi.
Speaker 5 (01:15):
I'm Shohan and I'm the head of one of the
programs at LMM.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
LMM is LMM is a leg of Mission Math. That's
our loyal Mission Math. Okay, good.
Speaker 6 (01:26):
Hi. My name is Lucy and I'm also one of
the program heads at Louisville Mission Math.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Fantastic.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
My name is Alia. I'm starting a new program at LMM.
It's a biology based program.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
You're a junior. Everybody else is a senior.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
All ye, yes, I'm a junior.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Very good.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Hi.
Speaker 7 (01:40):
My name is Chilie Choy. I'm a senior at DuPont
Manuel and I'm the co director of the Little Mission Math.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
We love us from Manual High School around here.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Hi, my name is Tajusvngla. I'm a senior at DuPont
Manue High School and I'm the other co director of
Global Mission Math.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Tajun will start with you. Tell me what's happening. Is
this a program that's spreading to other schools?
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Yeah, so it actually started Emanuel and now we want
to go through the whole city. Because we're trying to
reach the whole city. So we're going through other high
schools and asking people want to work with us, work
with us within the program. So we're actually going to
a program called LYPC and we're going to pitch our
nonprofit and see if other high schoolers want to join
our program.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Pitch your nonprofit in high school. That's so nice. I
wish i'ld have thought of that when I was in school. Man,
I didn't have a moment like that.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Well, you know, that's one of the benefits of having
an organization like the Louisville Youth Philanthropy Group, which is
what these kids are all a part of. And that's
what Judgement was talking about, being able to pitch that
pitch their idea to a group of young people who
are learning all about leading nonprofits in the future. And
that's the part of the group that's you know, that's
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why I get to bring these kids annually. These are
some representatives from LYPC and so this program here is
a great example of what young people, not adults. Young
people can do create their own organization and then being
able to develop an get financial support. So they're the
future right here.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
What does Louisville Mission Math mean played out Mousie.
Speaker 6 (03:08):
Yeah, it is a wonderful organization helping kids all around Louisville.
I would say a lot of the demographic is going
to be like middle school or elementary schoolers, and these
schools can be titled one schools. They're a little more
underserved and we love just helping them. And for us,
we had the math Coounts program, So we go over
to like Omstead Academy of South and these girls they're
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switching teachers like every month, so they're not having this
consistent math course and they have to start over every
single time. So it means a lot to us. Now
we get to be their kind of consistent person that
gets to teach them with hands on activities and of
course after school snacks. Who doesn't like food. But other
than that, it's really meaningful for us.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
What guys like Nat and me and our age group,
what we've heard for the last twenty five years is
over and over again. We got to bolster the ranks
of STEM students and then it became steam but it's
all still good. How is it going? Do you find
more students are interested in science technology?
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (04:07):
So what I've found is that students just really don't
have the resources to achieve the things they want to. So,
like at Olmstead Academy South, for example, when we were
at the open house, and especially just throughout our time
at the program, we've noticed that there's a lot of
kids that have like a ton of interest in math,
but they're just like unaware of or to find resources
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and things like that. And so by starting our programs
at different places, we're able to give them the resources
they need, especially with also the three D printer program,
which is one that I had, and they're a lot
of like underfunded schools don't have access to three D
printers because they're expensive. But there's so many like bright
kids that I've seen, and like there's like dozens of
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bright kids at these schools that just need those resources
and a few people to get them going. And then
after that, like the world is their oyster basically as.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
The way the world should be. That's a whole three
D printer concept. I think some people look at it.
Is that nefarious? Is that helpful? How is it helpful?
Speaker 7 (05:07):
Yeah? Honestly, for me, I'm actually a big robotics person,
and three D printing has been a large part of
my journey in robotics, and so we actually started from
the security officer in my elementary school who had a
small three D printer in his closet, and that's how
I got into three D printing. And so I really
wanted to bring this three D printing opportunity to other
schools out there that might not have access to three
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D printers, and so we had some amazing updates. We've
been able to donate around two printers to two different
schools Nights and then Characters, So it's been amazing seeing
these kids work these three D printers print off objects.
I would also say it's a big part of lemm's
mission to make learning more hands on and more hands
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on in STEM, especially so even in our Math Counts program,
we would teach probability by having kids like calculate risk
using dice frolling and Hershey's the E in Hershey's and
for like the three D printing program, we love kids
making their own keychains and having learning be more hands on.
I think that's a really big thing that we're trying
to push for as well.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Isn't that interesting though, you know you see somebody who's
got this probably a pretty rudimentary three D printer, and
then and then it opens gates for you, and then
all you've done is walk down the path. Look where
you are today.
Speaker 7 (06:25):
Yeah, honestly, I started like three D printing, just like
cubes and like small boxes. But nowadays I'm printing like
robotic hands. I'm printing human old robots. And I was
just named the regenera on top three hundred scientists. And
I just love seeing my pathway from small child who
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was introduced to like a really old three D printer,
all the way to where I've come. And I just
really want to bring that same passion, that same opportunity
to a lot.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Of these schools. It's fantastic. You just sound like you're
a fifty year old guy, but how are all of
you seventeen eighteen? Yeah, that's fantastic. And then in terms
of philanthropy, you are raising some kind of money somehow
to do. How's that done? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
So we are just using our connections. So, as doctor
mant Irvin said, I'm part of LYPC and the moment
I joined, I talked to Iana Miller and she really
connected me with all these people, including doctor nt Irvin.
And through that we were able to get a lot
of sponsorships from the ul Engineering School. We've been able
to connect with people like Jack Harlow's mom, who's actually
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giving us the donation soon. And it would have been
done if we weren't able to have the access to
that opportunity. And through that, I was able to just
talk to so many people and now I'm here in
front of the radio. So it's pretty crazy how like
my journey's started from last year to now.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Jack Harlow's Mom's been on these several times over the years.
She used to conduct a women's mechanic clinic. She came
from a car dealership family, and it was just to
help women learn more about cars so that they weren't
taken advantage of by people talking a bunch over their
heads about parts and necessary or whatever. So you can
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always pick her brain about that sort of thing. Yeah,
she's a great she's quite a character.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
He's tremendous.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
And uh, I think Jack he popped another song online
today today. Yeah, job, Wait a minute, Uh okay, here,
now I get to entertain the teenagers. Here we go.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
But I know I need to, I know I need to,
I know I need, so I need to.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Set you free, move on with your life.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
Just let you free.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Hold the hands in the back of a SUV. Anybody
else su be for you. I believe, I believe for you.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
I'm on Tim fifteen for you. I love you, but
I love my freedom too.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
I know what I must do, but I'm really just
scared to be. It's John Carlow and it's called sets
You Free, just dropped a little while ago.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
I love him. I listened to him all the time
and he's a really great musician.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Goold to have support like that locally, that's for sure,
all right. So last thing for everybody where's everybody at
You're the junior, so you get a little more time
to think about this, but you're you're already casting your
your lot out in a few places. What's the dream?
Speaker 4 (09:08):
I really really want to go to California. It's just
the vibe of the place, and I've had a few
friends who have like moved there. Just recently. One of
my friends just went to Stanford, and I would just
absolutely love to go to school like Berkeley.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
You've been to California and I have been to California. Yeah,
so you get a little taste of all that, and
you're like, oh, I'm addicted. I could get used to
this quickly. Well, I hope that works out for you.
Everybody else is in your last semester of seniors, right, ye,
what's the plan? Where we headed?
Speaker 5 (09:36):
So so far we're still waiting on our acceptances, of course,
but right now my top choice is Georgia Tech, and
so I want to become an aerospace engineer and just
work to you know, solve humanity these problems even more fantastic.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
I can't believe that Georgia Tech's not banging on the
door right please. They ought to be sending you the cupcakes,
you know, loose. Where are you? What's the plan?
Speaker 3 (09:59):
I am?
Speaker 6 (10:00):
I'm still waiting on a couple of schools, but most excitingly,
I did get into MI T. I'm super excited for
the opportunities there. I'll be going for pre medicine. But
most excitedly, I mean, my friends say, Boston's food's amazing.
So that's another part of it.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
That university run along with Charles River. You just get
smarter looking over at those buildings.
Speaker 6 (10:21):
Well, I sure hope.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
So the MIT is on your list. You're in a
good spot there too. All right, guys, well, last tell
me about where you're headed. What's up.
Speaker 7 (10:31):
I'm still waiting on my colleague decisions, but I guess
I'll find out in March. But there's any people from
mi T, Berkeley, Celtech call me out, Jillie Choy, let
me in, Jillie CHII.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
We're on it.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
And so I've gone in a couple of schools, but
my top choices are UNC or Georgia Tech. I'm really
interested in engineering and also business. So the hopes would
be to have my own my own business and be
able to start something like that in the future and
eventually do something philanthropy of my own.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
So that's the goal. Well, congratulations to it for all
the hard work, because I get it. Man, you're working.
You've worked hard since your little kids, and this is just,
you know, just the next passage that you're headed through.
There's so many great things ahead of you. But just
savor all these last several weeks you have with each other,
and then so many great new, amazing moments are headed
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your way because you worked for them and you deserve it.
You keep it up. It's great to meet all of you.
Math counts counts that sound good. And remember when when
someone says, where'd you hear the new Jack Harlowe, say oh,
on Terry Minor Show, He's the home of the hits.
That's where we go. Love you, Nath, good to see
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you again, Terry, Thank you so much. Congratulations students Manual
High School. Best ever. My sons are grads too. All right,
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