Passion and Practicality: A Liberal Arts Podcast
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Episodes
Friday Apr 28, 2023
Wireside Chat: Beth Revis and Joseph Whitworth
Friday Apr 28, 2023
Friday Apr 28, 2023
In which hosts Paul Witcover and Melissa Hart are joined by bestselling author and game writer Beth Revis and game-design instructor Joseph Whitworth to talk about career opportunities for writers in the gaming industry.
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Friday Mar 17, 2023
SNHU Career team member Dana McGrath hosts two representatives from the Static Media hiring team to share details about their company culture, application process and writing trial overview for an exciting freelance writing career! See the video version of this episode here.
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Careers in Media for Liberal Arts Majors Virtual Panel (January 30, 2023)
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Are you considering a career in media? Do you have questions on what it takes to break into this industry and what are the possible career paths? If so, listen this session to hear directly from industry professionals as you think about what your next step is to creating your career in media.
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Our featured guest for this episode is Buster Ratliff, Director of Operations with the Cultural Foundation of the Texas Panhandle & Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. Buster talks with us about the value of building your network and understanding company values.
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Today we have our featured guest, Bonnie Barnes, Executive Director with Keys History and Discovery Center in Florida. Today’s topic is informational interviewing, company research, and different career paths one can explore with a history degree.
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Wireside Chat: Beth Revis
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
In this episode, SNHU Online MFA instructor Beth Revis talks about her new bestselling Star Wars novel, The Princess and the Scoundrel (about the wedding and honeymoon of Leia Organa and Han Solo), work-for-hire projects, and the fun and challenges of writing in someone else's intellectual-property sandbox.
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Jeremy Flagg is a graphic designer, high school teacher, writer, and instructor in Southern New Hampshire University’s Creative Writing MFA program. In this episode, Jeremy discusses his professional background, the business of graphic design, the skills necessary for success in a variety of careers, the value of risk-taking, and the importance of the Liberal Arts. For more on Jeremy, please visit his website: https://remyflagg.com/about/.
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Tim Garrity has served as a hospital administrator and the director of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, from which he recently retired. We have talked to Tim before about his organization, but this time we discuss his view of the liberal arts in general, what liberal arts degree holders bring to various industries, and what liberal arts students should learn to market themselves better for different career paths. For more information on Tim and the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, listen to our earlier conversation here: https://workinghistorians.podbean.com/e/tim-garrity-executive-director-mount-desert-island-historical-society/. Learn more about the Mount Desert Island Historical Society here: https://mdihistory.org/.
Friday Jul 08, 2022
”How I Got Here” with Associate Dean Christopher Lee
Friday Jul 08, 2022
Friday Jul 08, 2022
In this episode, Associate Dean Christopher Lee discusses the career path that led to Southern New Hampshire University.
Friday Jul 01, 2022
”How I Got Here” with Associate Dean Sloan Kelly
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Friday Jul 01, 2022
In this episode, Associate Dean Sloan Kelly discusses the career path that led to Southern New Hampshire University.