web02.fireside.fm Sat, 02 May 2026 10:17:11 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) LearningWell Radio - Episodes Tagged with “Invented Here” https://learningwellradio.fireside.fm/tags/invented%20here Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:00:00 -0500 LearningWell Radio explores how higher education experiences can lead to improved well-being both on campus and throughout one’s lifetime. Hosted by LearningWell Magazine editor-in-chief Marjorie Malpiede, LearningWell Radio features Our main series, LearningWell Radio, features conversations between LearningWell Magazine editor-in-chief Marjorie Malpiede and higher education leaders, authors, and industry innovators about a wide range of topics relating to higher ed and wellbeing. LearningWell Radio also publishes Invented Here, a series of conversations with faculty, staff, and administrators about how they built the initiatives that transform wellbeing outcomes on their campuses. en-us episodic LearningWell Radio explores how higher education experiences can lead to improved well-being both on campus and throughout one’s lifetime. LearningWell Magazine LearningWell Radio explores how higher education experiences can lead to improved well-being both on campus and throughout one’s lifetime. Hosted by LearningWell Magazine editor-in-chief Marjorie Malpiede, LearningWell Radio features Our main series, LearningWell Radio, features conversations between LearningWell Magazine editor-in-chief Marjorie Malpiede and higher education leaders, authors, and industry innovators about a wide range of topics relating to higher ed and wellbeing. LearningWell Radio also publishes Invented Here, a series of conversations with faculty, staff, and administrators about how they built the initiatives that transform wellbeing outcomes on their campuses. no learningwell, learning, higher, education, higher education, wellbeing, college, colleges, universities, richard miller, marjorie malpiede, dana humphrey, keith buffinton, jean twenge, kelly field, ned laff, scott carlson, sukhwant jhaj, holly white, joe tranquillo LearningWell Magazine eschmidt@learningwellmag.org Invented Here | Character at Scale with Steve Sosland, Texas Tech University System https://learningwellradio.fireside.fm/18 c133b44b-5d0d-46c2-a680-6d5b8505cfa0 Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:00:00 -0500 LearningWell Magazine full LearningWell Magazine 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. 21:36 no 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. 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. To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org. To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org. learning, well, learningwell, higher, education, higher ed, marjorie, malpiede, flourishing, college, students, university, universities, colleges, invented, here, initiatives, learner-centered, education, steve, sosland, texas, tech, university, system, vice, chancellor, leader, culture, development 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.

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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

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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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

]]> Invented Here | Cultivating Purpose-Driven Leaders with Julia Macias, Washington University of St. Louis https://learningwellradio.fireside.fm/17 c96a8770-d87f-4838-b932-c117cc2f8d29 Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:15:00 -0400 LearningWell Magazine full LearningWell Magazine 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. 15:05 no 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, Julia 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. 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. To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org. To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org. learning, well, learningwell, higher, education, higher ed, marjorie, malpiede, flourishing, college, students, university, universities, colleges, invented, here, initiatives, learner-centered, education, julia, macias, washu, washington, university, st., louis, george, carol, bauer, leaders, academy 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, Julia 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.

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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

]]> 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, Julia 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.

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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

]]> Invented Here | Sukhwant Jhaj, Arizona State University https://learningwellradio.fireside.fm/12 1d9f2243-1b45-4479-8c07-4e70bbde7688 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 07:00:00 -0500 LearningWell Magazine full LearningWell Magazine 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/. 22:30 no On this episode of Invented Here, Sukhwant Jhaj, Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Student Achievement at Arizona State University, speaks 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. 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. To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org. To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org. learning, well, learningwell, higher, education, higher ed, marjorie, malpiede, flourishing, college, students, university, universities, colleges, invented, here, initiatives, learner-centered, education, sukhwant, jhaj, arizona, state, university, academic, innovation, student, achievement, asu, work+ On this episode of Invented Here, Sukhwant Jhaj, Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Student Achievement at Arizona State University, speaks 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.

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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

]]> On this episode of Invented Here, Sukhwant Jhaj, Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Student Achievement at Arizona State University, speaks 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.

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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

]]> Invented Here | Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University https://learningwellradio.fireside.fm/10 7b389db3-994c-4790-a361-7b1fbeb4fff9 Tue, 01 Oct 2024 09:30:00 -0400 LearningWell Magazine full LearningWell Magazine 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. To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org. To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org. 43:15 no 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 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. To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org. To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org. learning, well, learningwell, higher, education, higher ed, marjorie, malpiede, flourishing, college, students, university, universities, colleges, invented, here, initiatives, learner-centered, education, bucknell, transformative, teaching, learning, biomedical 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 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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

]]> 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 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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

]]> Invented Here | Angela Lindner, University of Florida https://learningwellradio.fireside.fm/8 2f5c7574-e3ee-4e5c-9cca-92ace6137ccb Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:00:00 -0400 LearningWell Magazine full LearningWell Magazine 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. 37:42 no On this episode of Invented Here, Dana Humphrey is 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 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. To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org. To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org. learning, well, learningwell, higher, education, higher ed, marjorie, malpiede, flourishing, college, students, university, universities, colleges, invented, here, initiatives, learner-centered, education, university, florida, provost, quest On this episode of Invented Here, Dana Humphrey is 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 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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

]]> On this episode of Invented Here, Dana Humphrey is 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 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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

]]> Invented Here | John Volin, University of Maine https://learningwellradio.fireside.fm/7 cf18ea09-8b72-4721-9597-060ddb7aeb65 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0400 LearningWell Magazine full LearningWell Magazine 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. 25:28 no <p>On the first episode of Invented Here, we talk to 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at <a href="http://www.learningwellmag.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">www.learningwellmag.org</a>.</p> <p>To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at <a href="http://www.learningwell.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">www.learningwell.org</a>. </p> learning, well, learningwell, higher, education, higher ed, marjorie, malpiede, flourishing, college, students, university, universities, colleges, invented, here, initiatives, learner-centered, education, john, volin, maine On the first episode of Invented Here, we talk to 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.

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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

]]> On the first episode of Invented Here, we talk to 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.

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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

]]> Introducing Invented Here (Trailer) https://learningwellradio.fireside.fm/6 223bb2d6-3518-4dfc-8109-fe1d7f2bf22b Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0400 LearningWell Magazine trailer LearningWell Magazine 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. 32 no From LearningWell Magazine and the LearningWell Coalition, Invented Here is 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. To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org. To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org. learning, well, learningwell, higher, education, higher ed, marjorie, malpiede, flourishing, college, students, university, universities, colleges, invented, here, initiatives, learner-centered, education From LearningWell Magazine and the LearningWell Coalition, Invented Here is 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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

]]> From LearningWell Magazine and the LearningWell Coalition, Invented Here is 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.

To read more from LearningWell Magazine and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit our website at www.learningwellmag.org.

To learn more about the LearningWell Coalition, visit our website at www.learningwell.org.

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