lonely campus podcast

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed. Episode 15 of the lonely campus podcast focuses on Syracuse University staff Michael Mazzaroppi. Michael is an Access Coordinator in the Center for Disability Resources, as well as part-time faculty teaching American Sign Language (ASL) courses.  In this...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed. Episode 14 of the lonely campus podcast focuses on Alex Shaffer, a Renee Crown Honors Program scholar and sociology major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs with minors in political science and psychology.  As a high school student,...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed. Episode 13 of the lonely campus podcast features Prof. Christopher Perrello, an Assistant Teaching Professor at Syracuse University in the School of Information Studies. He also teaches in the Communication and Rhetorical Studies Department in the Colleg...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed. Episode 12 of the lonely campus podcast focuses on postdocs and features Claire Perrott, a Professional Development Postdoctoral Fellow in the Office of Research.  Claire educates the listener on what it means to be a postdoc, with the goal of familiariz...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed. This episode of the lonely campus podcast was originally recorded back in spring 2022, so we are retrofitting this podcast into lonely campus. However, because the podcast falls squarely under the theme of "inclusion and belonging," we think that this 2...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed. This episode of the lonely campus podcast was originally recorded back in spring 2022, so we are retrofitting this podcast into lonely campus. However, because it falls squarely under the theme of "inclusion and belonging," we think that these podcasts a...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed. Episode 9 of the lonely campus podcast features Jennalyn Williamson.  Jennalyn is a first year student from New Hampshire enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences studying psychology and health humanities.  Jennalyn talks openly about her struggle to...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed. Recently, loneliness was declared an epidemic by the United States Surgeon General. Finding community on campus can be a challenge for students. The lonely campus podcast shares the experiences of Syracuse University students who have learned to navigate...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed.  Episode 7 of the lonely campus podcast features student veteran Andrew Hooper.  Andrew is a transfer student studying Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts who comes to Syracuse University from SUNY ESF and On...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed. Episode 6 features Newhouse graduate student Jalyss Agosto, who is studying Broadcast and Digital Journalism. Jalyss is of Puerto Rican and Peruvian descent who was born in the Bronx but grew up in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Jalyss comes to Syracuse from W...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed. Episode 5 of the lonely campus podcast was recorded live at the spring 2024 Campus Forum, an event sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion that took place on Monday March 4th in the Sheraton's Regency Ballroom.  Each semester vice president fo...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed. Episode 4 features Julian Barrios, a first year student studying film in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.  Julian is a proud Posse Scholar from Miami, Florida.  In this podcast, he talks about the vigorous selection proce...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed.  Episode 3 features Nate LeForme, a transfer student studying philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences. Nate grew up on Six Nations Territory in Ontario and currently lives on Seneca Territory. Nate talks openly about the positives and negatives of...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed. Episode 2 features Trinity Jennings-Pagan, a first year student from Staten Island, New York.  Trinity talks about how she ended up at Syracuse University and her experience navigating SU's social landscape.  She delves into her first few days on campus,...

Please note that all podcast episodes were recorded and produced prior to July 31, 2025. The Office and Diversity and Inclusion has since closed.  Episode 1 features Nate Brown, a first year business student from Rochester, NY.  Nate talks about his journey to Syracuse University and his first few days on campus where he watched other students bonding around him but not necessarily with him.  His...