WCSUPodcasts

The inaugural episode of The Wolf Den podcast with WestConn Associate Athletic Director Brian Leighton. Brian is here with recaps and previews of all of your WestConn Wolves matches as well as coach and player spotlights and interviews and any other info you could possibly want about your Wolves student athletes.

This week, Leslie turns over the reins of the TIPpl podcast to Dr. Pauline Assenza. Dr. Assenza is joined by WCSU President, Dr. Manohar Singh, and WCSU Professor Dr. Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox for a discussion of AI how it may or may not affect higher education.

@WCSU is back! Paul is joined by Dr. Albert Garcia-Romeu from the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research to preview the keynote address for this year's Western Research Day on May 3, 2024

Leslie is joined by WCSU student, SGA representative to CELT, and future Kindergarten teacher, Sarah Fayed, to get her perspective on learning, teaching, and writing from the other side of the lectern.

Your host, CELT Director and Professor of History, Dr. Leslie Lindenauer is joined by Dr. Howell Williams, Associate Professor of Political Science to discuss bad courses they have attended but also taught. What are some of the worst courses you've ever taken... or given... Let us know by email or send us an audio recording of yourself at podcasts@wcsu.edu

Leslie Lindenauer is joined by Joshua Rosenthal, professor of history at WCSU to discuss alternative assessment methods or "ungrading". Have you ever felt like grading was a little too subjective or not subjective enough? Like maybe there should be a little more to it than just numbers on a scale?

Leslie is joined by Dr. Don Gagnon and Dr. Kate Allocco to discuss what to do when your reference is met with crickets. How can teachers bridge the divide when they (and their cultural references) keep getting older and their students stay the same age.

WCSUMedia's newest podcast is here. Pull up a stool and join us for a tipple. WCSU's Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, CELT, is here to bring you pint sized stories, lectures, and interviews about everything from worst courses ever taken, to pop culture reference swings and misses, to how to ungrade your classes. Cheers.

We stopped by training camp to hear from Coach Loth and the rest of the Wolves before the season kicks off this Saturday 9/2 at The WAC. Noon kick-off. Don't miss it.

Bart and Coach Loth are back in the studio to break down this upcoming season's schedule.

Dr. Kevin Gutzman returns to join Paul on the show this week to talk about his most recent book, "The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe". Dr. Gutzman always blows us away and makes us want to renroll in college so we can take his courses.

Paul is joined by Dr. Mitch Wagener, WCSU professor of Ecology and Climate Change Education to talk about this wild winter we've just had. Is it really that strange? Will it have consequences for the year to come? Then we get into some much more global climate change talk. If you enjoyed this conversation please check out Dr. Wagener's talks both at WCSU and around the community. Upcoming Climate...

Paul is joined by Allison Ruiz, the president of Latino Scholarship Fund which is based here in Danbury, CT. They've been doing great work for our community since 1994 and it was a pleasure to have her on the show. What a terrific guest and a wonderful organization. Please check them out at latinoscholarshipfund.com

Paul is joined by Dr. Christine Hegel to talk about her research into canning. No, not that kind of canning, I thought that too. You'll see. Then Destiny is back for a recap of Fashion Show and Thanksgiving and what her plans are for the winter break.

Paul is joined, in studio, by Dr. Mary O'Neill. Dr. O'Neill is a professor, podcaster, and entrepreneur. She teaches a series of courses on Designing Your Life through the WCSU Career Success Center. She also writes for Main Street Magazine and co-hosts the Main Street Moxie podcast. Our student co-host Destiny Samuel is back to talk about her last fall semester and give us the info on some upcomi...

Special pod this week. The Men's and Women's Soccer coaches, Joe Mingachos and Alex Harrison, are here to chat with Bart before their LEC Semifinal matches and Destiny Samuel, our new student co-host, says hello!

Paul is joined this week by Dr. Matt Doiron, the recipient of the 2022 Provost's Award for Teaching. Dr. Doiron has a fantastic story of how he got to where he is and what he plans to do now. Dr. Rayda Krell also comes back to @WCSU to answer a few questions from Paul and Pete and has a few of her own.

Paul is joined by WCSU alum, former music camp counselor, and one of the best pianists to go through the WCSU department of music in a long time. Darren talks about his journey including his time here at WestConn and about his new album, My Horizon, which includes many other WCSU graduates. Great stuff from a great guy.

Bart and Coach Loth are joined by Desmond Cabrera: former player, current record holder, donor, ambassador, and all around great friend of the program. The guys also recap the last two weeks of Wolves Football and preview this weekend's matchup against Plymouth State. Thanks to presenting sponsor Tactical Construction Services, LLC http://tacticalconstructionsvcs.com/

Coach Loth and Bart are joined by one of WestConn's greats, Greg Boucher. Greg shares his wisdom about football, college, and life and even has a Cervino story, which has become a regular segment on the WFP. Bart and The Coach recap last weeks victory over Westfield State and preview this weekend's homecoming game against Bridgewater State.

Kicking off WCSU's celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month we have a very special guest on the pod this week. Jessica Coronel, the Assistant Director of the WCSU Pre-Collegiate and Access Programs, joins Paul to talk about her journey to and her experience here at WCSU.

This week's guest is a man with many connections to the WestConn Football program and to Coach Loth, Tanner McCormick. Played for Coach and coached with Coach and then went on to coach programs all over the country at all levels of play and has now returned to Ohio after a brief stopover in... Peru...? Also a recap of the Wolves' week 2 win and a preview of their week 3 matchup against Westfield S...

Coach Loth and Bart are joined this week by former WestConn player and current Waterbury Police Officer, Mike Nicol. Mike has some great stories about his time here and where his education and time playing football has gotten him in his life. We'll also recap the Wolves Week 1 loss to William Patterson and look ahead to Week 2's matchup at Albright.

WestConn Football all-time sack record holder and hall of famer James Prunty is on the show this week with Bart and Coach Loth. They talk records, Colonial football in the 80s, and life after college football. The Wolves are off to William Patterson tomorrow for their season opener against the Pioneers. If you can't make the trip you can watch live at westconnathletics.com

@WCSU is back. Paul Steinmetz is joined by WCSU Interim President Paul Beran to discuss how the University will move forward under his leadership.