The Juice with Jeff #244

The Juice with Jeff’s Podcast

On this episode of the podcast, Carrie Lewis conducts and co-produces a fantastic, superb, really unique, and very conversational interview with me thru Zoom. This is Carrie's debut/first time on the podcast.

We had a deep two way conversation focusing on College/University Admissions, the process of applying to colleges, and things concerning the experiences I had during my Drake University years. Carrie asked me the following questions:

1. Did you go thru a traditional college search?

2. What do you think were the most important factors for you in your college search? As I answered this question, I explained to Carrie about the Disability Resource Center at Drake and the accomodations they arranged for me to have for some of my tougher classes.

3. Are there any examples you can think of specifically having to take the initiative yourself to go get additional support from the Disability Resource Center or from any of your professors?

4. As far as transitioning from living at home to living on campus (most of the time), tell us about your experience when you lived in the dorms at Drake with some of the specific challenges as well as some of the learning opportunities and your takeaway experiences from that.

5. Tell us about the other connections you made in addition to the staff members and Amy Desenberg-Wines and how do you go about finding or making those? It's during this part where I also share with Carrie the significant changes and major renovations that have taken place in Meredith Hall (especially with the J-School audio and video production facilities on the basement level). I share my experiences of recording an in person interview last October where Sandy Henry and I tour Meredith Hall and other parts of the Drake campus to discuss all the changes.

6. Looking back and knowing what you know now, is there anything you would change about your undergraduate experience?

7. As someone who grew up in Des Moines and went to Drake; in going thru the "Parks Circuit" over the last 3-1/2 years, were there any surprises that you've discovered as you recorded/record these podcast episodes?

8. For others who are searching for colleges/universities that may have special needs or are looking for support services, what advice do you have regarding things for them to consider as they're looking at their college search?

9. Is there anything else in thinking about your Drake experiences that you want to share?

Carrie shares her thoughts on the answers I gave in responding to her questions. And to wrap up the interview, I ask Carrie to share any exciting or special things that have been going on in her life since we last saw each other almost five years ago?

This episode of the podcast was recorded on Sunday August 25, 2024 and it runs 1 hour and 11 minutes long. Our opening and closing theme music is provided by Oleg Kyrylkovv courtesy of Pixabay. Funding for this podcast is provided by RandomKid, Ann Kaatz LoBue, Fran Parr, Sarah Stokes, and Renee Whisnant. Enjoy!!