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What does it mean to help guide a community college through a time of change? BCC Board of Trustees Chair Julia Bowen joins Jonah and Adam to discuss her connection to the College, her approach to leadership and the important role trustees play behind the scenes. Along the way, Julia reflects on service, relationships and why Berkshire Community College remains so essential to the community it cal...

Join Adam Klepetar and Jonah Sykes in a conversation with President Ellen Kennedy who is retiring from Berkshire Community College at the end of his fiscal year. Learn about her background, her history of supporting the Berkshires for more than 40 years, and what’s next for her as she continues to support higher education across the Commonwealth.

Join Adam and Jonah at Bristol Community College for a podcast that was recorded in front of a live audience at the Teaching and Learning and Student Development conference with special guest Christina Wynn for her second time on the pod and Shua Visser for in-person mobile technical support.

Join co-hosts Adam Klepetar and Jonah Sykes in a conversation with two of the College’s academic deans, Matthew Kenny, Dean of Science and Business and Lori Moon, Dean of Nursing, Health & Wellness. Learn more about retirements, anti-retirements, Commencement addresses, their leaderships styles and what they’ve learned from the faculty they’ve both worked with here at BCC.

Join Adam Klepetar and Jonah Sykes in a conversation with internationally renowned environmental scientist Tom Tyning, professor at BCC, as they talk about the Hoffmann building on campus and all of the creatures inside, traveling snakes, student and staff trips abroad, and how important it is to be an advocate for a planet that could use some TLC right now.

Join co-hosts Adam Klepetar and Jonah Sykes in conversation with BCC’s SGA President Bri Booker and the SGA Parliamentarian, Nick Bellora, as they talk about why they chose BCC and how it’s prepared them for transferring, graduation, and incredible student success.

Join cohosts Adam Klepetar and Jonah Sykes for a conversation with Abby Powers, Student Engagement and Communications Specialist and Akinyemi Blackshear, Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications, about what it really takes to engage students at Berkshire Community College. From unpacking BCC’s standout Net Promoter Score through Achieving the Dream to sharing practical strategies for con...

Join co-hosts Adam Klepetar and Jonah Sykes in a conversation with Daryl Shreve, the Director of Recreation Services at BCC and all things Paterson Field House. Learn more about all of the exciting opportunities taking place as this local community gym, including how many famous people have played cello in the space in the past five years. This show has everything, so give it a listen and enjoy!

Join host Adam Klepetar and co-host Jonah Sykes in a conversation with Megan Lussier, the Director of Admissions at Berkshire Community College in the first podcast of 2026. Learn about the CRM, what it takes to be an enrollment counselor, and how the BCC Admissions process is a well oiled machine thanks to the idiosyncratic professionalism of its fearless leader.

Join hosts Adam Klepetar and Jonah Sykes as they sit down with Dean of Students Celia Norcross. Learn more about how the greatest dean there ever was became the way she is today and how being humble can make all of the difference in how you perceive your fellow man. It’s the one year anniversary of the pod, and there are a lot of falsehoods up front about Kate Bush and the Cure. Enjoy, and happy h...

Description: Join Adam Klepetar and Jonah Sykes in conversation with Tiffany Moreno, Jess Pemble and Eilis Maynard, Program Managers in Workforce Development at BCC in their first Halloween episode. Listen to topics that range from what movies came out in 1995 per Adam’s historical recollection, what’s happening on the ground in the Workforce and Community Education department at the College, and...

Join hosts Adam Klepetar and Jonah Sykes of Berkshire Community College in a conversation with resident Burke’s Cafe chef Ajayi Jackson as they chat about the New York Yankees and how they’re the best baseball team, provide a whole host of breaking news, and allow Ajayi to reflect on all things culinary at the College.

Join Adam Klepetar and Jonah Sykes as they discuss all things BCC STEM Week with Linden Crane, Associate Professor Biology, Amanda Meier, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Tsz Fun Hung, Associate Professor of Mathematics. Learn more about the pancreas and how it feels above the film “Dirty Dancing,” and then learn about how course sequencing matters!

This episode of this podcast could have been an email introduces Workforce and Community Education with Executive Director of Workforce, Linda Clairmont, and Associate Director of Workforce, Jen Hoffman, who chat about noncredit programming, their irrational fears, and listen to poetry about rainbows.

Join hosts Adam Klepetar and Jonah Sykes as they chat with Jim Mancall, the VP of Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement and Rebecca Wehry, the Executive Director of Development. Everything from the 65th anniversary of BCC, to employee giving, to opinions on LA Confidential and whether or not the hosts would make good bridge runners. It’s all here in this podcast could have been an email,...

Adam Klepetar, VP of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management and his co-host Jonah Sykes, Director of Marketing and Communications at Berkshire Community College chat with the VP for Academic Affairs, Laurie Gordy about the upcoming fall semester, changes in higher education that could impact BCC, and Women’s basketball on this episode of This Podcast Could’ve Been An Email.

Join co-hosts Adam Klepetar and Jonah Sykes from Berkshire Community College in a conversation about the BCC Magazine published called the BCC Zine Journal of Literary and Visual Arts, with guests Julianna Spallholz, Professor of English, and Deirdre Sullivan, Adjunct Instructor of English. The Zine includes artwork, poetry, creative writing and more literary submissions from students, faculty and...

Adam Klepetar, VP of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, hosts the fifth episode of this podcast could have been an email with co-host Jonah Sykes, Director of Marketing and Communications, with special guest Matthew Muller, dean of humanities, behavioral and social sciences at the College and the author of “First Aid for Choking Victims,” a published book of short stories. Learn more about...

Description: Join Adam Klepetar, VP of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, and Jonah Sykes, Director of Marketing and Communications, in a conversation with Student Government Association (SGA) President Davey Castegnaro and SGA Parliamentarian Victor Reyes at Berkshire Community College. Learn more about the student governance experience, gain some helpful tips on how to engage students, a...

Host Adam Klepetar, VP of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, and co-host Jonah Sykes, Director of Marketing and Communications, discuss all things STEM Starter Academy with Colin Wilson, Director of the Berkshire Science Commons, and Kathy Baugh and Nordica Holochuck, Program Coordinators for STEM Starter Academy. Learn about how this program supports our BCC students and find out which Si...

This podcast could have been an email episode 2 – putting the Bees in BCC. Adam Klepetar, VP of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management and Jonah Sykes, Director of Marketing and Communications at Berkshire Community College chat about the College’s three bee colonies with Colin Wilson, Director of the Berkshire Science Commons and Gabriela Sheehan, Director of TRiO. Colin and Gabriela, both bee...

Berkshire Community College’s podcast for faculty, staff and students on and off campus about anything and everything related to what’s going on at the first community college in the Commonwealth. Hosted by Adam Klepetar, Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, and Jonah Sykes, Director of Marketing and Communications, this show is a casual, interview style format where guests...