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Displaying all 7 Episode of LearningWell Radio with the tag “invented here”.
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Invented Here | Character at Scale with Steve Sosland, Texas Tech University System
November 11th, 2025 | 21 mins 36 secs
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As former Vice Chancellor for Leader & Culture Development for the Texas Tech University System, Steve Sosland oversaw the creation of the Leader & Culture Development office and its opportunities for over 80,000 students across five campuses. On this episode of Invented Here, Steve shares how his office came to be, how they approached top-down leader development, and how to enhance both capacity and capability for students and faculty.
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Invented Here | Cultivating Purpose-Driven Leaders with Julia Macias, Washington University of St. Louis
October 21st, 2025 | 15 mins 5 secs
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Julia Macias believes “leading is not about formal position.” She tells us “everyone, regardless of formal status, has the potential to influence and energize others towards a common goal.” On this episode of Invented Here, Dr. Macias shares the origins of the George and Carol Bauer Leaders Academy at Washington University of St. Louis and how her program has scaled to ensure all WashU students have integrated and immersive opportunities to become purpose driven leaders of character and capability.
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Invented Here | Sukhwant Jhaj, Arizona State University
January 21st, 2025 | 22 mins 30 secs
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Sukhwant Jhaj, Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Student Achievement at Arizona State University, spoke with Dana Humphrey, co-host of Invented Here, about ASU’s Work+ program, a bold and transformative initiative redefining how we think about student employment. Sukhwant shares how Work+ evolved, its impact, and the lessons he’s learned in bringing the initiative to where it is today. Learn more about the Work+ Collective here: https://theworkpluscollective.asu.edu/.
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Invented Here | Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University
October 1st, 2024 | 43 mins 15 secs
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On this episode of Invented Here, we talk to Joe Tranquillo, Associate Provost for Transformative Teaching and Learning and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Bucknell University. Tranquillo is the driving force behind the Thrive Framework, which aims to fulfill the promise laid out in Bucknell’s strategic plan – “to educate individuals and, through that education, change people’s lives…. to offer students a transformative experiences that prepares them to thrive not only at Bucknell but throughout their lives.” The framework has been used to generate over 300 university-wide initiatives that enhance the student experience, addressing the ways students struggle – meeting their basic needs, enhancing their sense of belonging, improving access and use of resources and enabling holistic growth. This episode is part of LearningWell Radio's series “Invented Here,” which spotlights innovative, transformational learning programs at colleges and universities across the country.
This episode is a part of Invented Here, a podcast series from LearningWell Magazine and the LearningWell Coalition featuring stories of innovation in learner-centered education that fosters life-long wellbeing.
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Invented Here | Angela Lindner, University of Florida
August 13th, 2024 | 37 mins 42 secs
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LearningWell Radio co-host Dana Humphrey in conversation with Dr. Angela Lindner, professor and former Associate Provost of Undergraduate Affairs at the University of Florida. Lindner helped create and lead UF Quest, a 4-year signature course aimed at providing intimate, interactive learning communities within the large land-grant university in Gainesville. Part of the general education program that begins with a first year Humanities course, UF Quest engages students with questions that Lindner says “are difficult to answer, but impossible to ignore.”
This episode is part of LearningWell Radio's series “Invented Here,” which spotlights innovative, transformational learning programs at colleges and universities across the country.
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Invented Here | John Volin, University of Maine
July 23rd, 2024 | 25 mins 28 secs
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A conversation with Dr. John Volin, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Maine, on introducing research experiences to first year students as a pathway to belonging, wellbeing and retention.
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Introducing Invented Here (Trailer)
July 19th, 2024 | 32 secs
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From LearningWell and the Coalition for Transformational Education, a new series that features stories of innovation in learner-centered education that fosters life-long wellbeing. Marjorie Malpiede and Dana Humphrey interview the founders of the innovative programs at Coalition schools about the initiatives they built.