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Season 1 of the next evolution in Higher Education Professional Development. Professional Development in your Earbuds! News and Views on US Higher Education hosted by Dr. Laura De Veau, higher education strategist and thought leader. Recorded weekly on Fireside Live Audio Platform. Be a part of the next show by signing up at firesidechat.com

 “Thriving in Unfamiliar Places” with guest, Dr. Sydney Freeman, Jr., University of Idaho. Dr. Freeman is a groundbreaker. He is a professor in the Department of Leadership and Counseling at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, the first African American male to be promoted to full professor in the university's history. Being a ‘first’ on a predominantly white university campus is one thing,...

Dr De Veau and guest Patrick Romero Alfa’s will be spilling the tea about graduation day and what it takes to make it all look “just right”. We are looking forward to sharing tear jerk moments, the screaming matches, the Diva speakers and the over the top moments that are hard to believe. All in the name of keeping up appearances and tradition. Be a part of the next show by signing up at firesidec...

When Supreme Court Justice, Samuel Alito’s draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked and published by POLITICO, immediate response was felt across the country. The US, a nation that once led and inspired other countries and their reproductive rights activists, was now in a freedom free fall. The abolishment of Roe will have immediate and long term impacts on Higher Education - ranging from...

When Supreme Court Justice, Samuel Alito’s draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked and published by POLITICO, immediate response was felt across the country. The US, a nation that once led and inspired other countries and their reproductive rights activists, was now in a freedom free fall. The abolishment of Roe will have immediate and long term impacts on Higher Education - ranging from...

On April 28 the AAUP released a report of the Special Committee on Governance, Academic Freedom, and Institutional Racism in the University of North Carolina System. On the June 1 episode of “Office Hours with Dr. De Veau” we will be joined by Henry Reichman, a member of the committee to discuss the results of this system wide investigation which ultimately discovered extraordinary partisanship an...

The Final Think Tank Episode of Season 1 and the 2021-22 Academic Year. Let’s Sound Off on the Issues that took Our time during the academic year! Be a part of the next show by signing up at firesidechat.com

On February 22, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then, much of the western world has been united behind the people of Ukraine. For those of us in HIgher Education, we have had to focus on supporting Russian as well as Ukrainian students who may be enrolled at our institutions, but have we considered what it has been like on the ground in Ukraine for Ukrainian educators? Today on Office Hours wi...

Summer is a perfect time to think about the academic year ahead, and your plan for professional development. The queen of training, Nancy Hunter Denney knows the pitfalls, the possibilities and the promise of Pro-Dev. Join us for the final episode of Season 1 of Office Hours with Dr. De Veau on Wednesday, June 22 at 12:00PM ET Be a part of the next show by signing up at firesidechat.com