Student Transitions: Turning Learning Into Talent

by Michael Preston, Ed.D.

The Student Transitions Podcast from the Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Research Universities is where you will hear from a who's who of higher ed student success professionals. This podcast is a think tank of ideas, innovations, and impactful best practices to help students turn learning into talent for Florida. A big thanks to our partner Helios Education Foundation and our member institutions #FIU 🐾#UCF ⚔ #USF 🤘
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Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • Student Transitions: FUSE Pathway Program with USF'S Dr. Fai Howard

    Student Transitions: FUSE Pathway Program with USF'S Dr. Fai Howard

    S01 E03
    Aug 12, 2022
    42:58

    The University of South Florida’s FUSE Pathway Program is turning transfer students into Bulls before they articulate to USF. In today's episode, the Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Research Universities Executive Director Michael Preston talks to Dr. Fai Howard Assistant Dean, Transition & Academic Growth, at the University of South Florida, about FUSE., how the program grew its roots from Merton’s Anticipatory Socialization, who qualifies, and how the program is infusing talent into Tampa Bay’s and Florida’s workforce.

  • Student Transitions: Course Equivalency with Dr. Jennifer Bravo, FIU

    Student Transitions: Course Equivalency with Dr. Jennifer Bravo, FIU

    S01 E02
    Jun 1, 2022
    33:48

    “Transfer students all have a story” (Bravo, 2022), and those stories uniquely shape their transition to Consortium member institutions like Florida International University. Join us this week as Dr. Jennifer Bravo, Director of Transfer and Transition Services at FIU joins us to talk about Course Equivalency and how FIU’s innovative programs like Connect4Success and the Transfer Equivalency Database or T.E.D. creates opportunities and savings for Transfer Students.

  • Student Transitions: Student Academic Coaching with Dr. Jenny Sumner

    Student Transitions: Student Academic Coaching with Dr. Jenny Sumner

    S01 E01
    Mar 3, 2022
    47:36

    This week we dive into Student Academic Coaching with our guest Dr. Jenny Sumner of the University of Central Florida the Assistant Vice Provost for the Division of Digital Learning. Dr. Sumner is a member of our Consortium Transfer Success Network and partnered with Dr. Preston to complete a transfer success review process called Foundations of Excellence for the Gardner Institute. She is the project lead on the new Consortium Coaching Collaborative with three upcoming cohorts at UCF, the University of South Florida, and Florida International University.