Real Stories with Mike Buckman

This is the final of three common challenges faced by many first-generation college students when they transition from college to the professional workforce. Just like the prior 19 podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast...

This is the second of three common challenges faced by many first-generation college students when they transitionfrom college to the professional workforce. Just like the prior 18 podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast...

This is the first of three common challenges faced by many first-generation college students when they transitionfrom college to the professional workforce. Just like the prior 17 podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast...

This is the third of three common financial challenges faced by many first-generation college students. Just like the prior 16 podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast you will have already learned 119 success strategies....

This is the second of three common financial challenges faced by many first-generation college students. Just like the prior 15 podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast you will have already learned 112 success strategies...

This is the first of three common financial challenges faced by many first-generation college students. Just like the prior 14 podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast you will have already learned 105 success strategies....

This is the fifth of five common personal or individual challenges faced by many first-generation college students. Just like the prior 13 podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast you will have already learned 98 successs...

This is the fourth of five common personal or individual challenges faced by many first-generation collegestudents. Just like the prior twelve podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast you will have already learned 91 succ...

This is the third of five common personal or individual challenges faced by many first-generation collegestudents. Just like the prior 11 podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast you will have already learned 84 success s...

This is the second of five common personal or individual challenges faced by many first-generation college students. Just like the prior ten podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast you will have already learned 77 succes...

This is the first of five common personal or individual challenges faced by many first-generation college students. Just like the prior nine podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast you will have already learned 70 succes...

This is the fifth of five common challenges faced by first generation college students when interacting with college administration and processes. Just like the prior eight podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast you wil...

This is the fourth of five common challenges faced by first generation college students when interacting with college administration and processes. Just like the prior seven podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommendseven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast you wil...

This is the third of five common challenges faced by first generation college students when interacting with college administration and processes. Just like the prior six podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast you will...

This is the second of five common challenges faced by first generation college students when interacting with collegeadministration and processes. Just like the prior five podcasts of this series, this podcast will discuss a particular challenge and recommend seven strategies to successfully navigate or manage it. If you are listening to this series in sequence, at the end of this podcast you will...

Navigating bureaucracy is challenging for everyone, but first-generation students face unique barriers. 1. Unfamiliar Language Colleges love acronyms: FAFSA, FERPA, GPA, and RAs,… This jargon can feel overwhelming if no one has explained it before. 2. Hidden Processes Many procedures—like adding classes, dropping classes, appealing charges, or registering for housing—have unspoken steps that are n...

Cultural barriers occur when the norms and expectations of your home culture differ from those of the college environment. For example: 1. Communication Differences At home, you might be taught to be humble, quiet, or deferential. In college, professors expect you to speak up, ask questions, and advocate for yourself. 2. Views on Asking for Help Some families value independence so deeply that aski...

Many of you came to college while still holding responsibilities at home— caring for siblings, supporting parents, translating documents, working to help with bills, managing family crises, or being the person everyone turns to. These responsibilities did not disappear when you stepped onto campus. You didn’t just pack clothes and notebooks; you packed your family’s hopes, their needs, and their s...

As first-generation college students, you’re not just earning a degree. You represent your family. You’re fulfilling dreams that may have begun long before you were born. You’re carrying the hopes, sacrifices, and expectations of parents,grandparents, siblings, and entire communities. In this episode, we’re going to talk openly about that pressure— the pressure to succeed for your family. We’ll ex...

This episode outlines challenges facing first-generation college students and offers seven strategies to overcome them. The strategies include: 1. Learn the System with Purpose 2.Build a Support Network 3. Use Campus Resources Before You Need Them 4. Become Financially Literate 5. Communicate with Your Family About College Life 6. Start Preparing for Your Career Early 7. Embrace Your First-Gen Ide...

If you are a public university student or a first-generation college graduate, you may not always hear how powerful, capable, and valuable you truly are. You may look around and see others who had advantages you didn’t—financial resources, mentorship, family experience, or networks that smoothed the path for them. You may have wondered whether your journey, full of obstacles, uncertainty, and self...

Author Malcolm Gladwell has stated that, “Truly successfuldecision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.” This raises interesting questions: 1. When do you have enough information? 2. What information is reliable and credible? 3. Who should you rely on or trust for guidance? Whether you decide to do or not to do something you have made a decision.   

You can overcome your fear of public speaking. You will need to : 1. Practice! 2. Join a group that helps others to improve their speaking skills. 3. Identify and incorporate techniques used by skilled presenters. 4. Eliminate bad and distracting habits. 5. Get past your comfort zone.

Whether you think you can or think you cannot either way you are right. Henry Ford, industrialist When faced with an obstacle , how do you move from 'cannot' to 'can'.?

Episode 3 builds on the theme- It is not where you start, but where you finish. Four term senator from New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan and NBC News legend, Tim Russert were a generation apart but shared a similar background. Russert referred to Moynihan as his greatest teacher. This episode tells the story of how they met and delivers one of the many great lessons Moynihan taught to Russert.