MCC Made

Education

Until now, folks used to say, “I’m just going to community college.” These days, if you live in Omaha, it’s “I’m going to MCC!”How did we get here? We’ll show you how it’s made.From Metropolitan Community College we bring you: MCC Made – the official podcast of the College featuring the people, programs and stories of a community college with no shortage of stories to tell.Recorded at the MCC Fort Omaha Campus, hosted by MCC folks and featuring all things MCC. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to <a href="https://hurrdatmedia.com/network/">HurrdatMedia.com</a> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@hurrdatmedia_">Hurrdat Media YouTube</a> channel!

MCC Made Trailer

Until now, folks used to say, “I’m just going to community college.” These days, if you live in Omaha, it’s “I’m going to MCC!”

How did we get here? We’ll show you how it’s made.

From Metropolitan Community College we bring you: MCC Made – the official podcast of the College featuring the people, programs and stories of a community college with no shortage of stories to tell.

Recorded at the MCC Fort Omaha Campus, hosted by MCC folks and featuring all things MCC.

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Episode 1: Rising Tides Lift All Boats

Hannah Bolte sits down with Emma and Katherine to discuss the partnership between Lozier and MCC. Lozier has participated in the Sponsorship for the Trades program for many years as recruiting and training tool to upskill and reskill their workforce.

For more information about the Sponsorship for the Trades program, visit mccneb.edu/DiscoverSponsorship.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Intro & Emma and Katherine’s Picks of the Week

(10:56) Hannah Bolte Interview

(41:55) Wrap Up

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Episode 2: Repairing Devices, Shaping Careers

Jason DeWater chats with Emma and Katherine about his journey to founding iFixOmaha, the lessons learned along the way and how he’s now passing down those lessons to the next generation of device repair experts in the first of it’s kind Device Repair Academy at MCC. They also discuss Reboot Central in Digital Express on the Fort Omaha Campus offers a full catalog of tech repair services at a discounted price.

To learn more about the Device Repair Academy, visit mccneb.edu/MobileRepair.

For more information about Reboot Central, visit mccneb.edu/RebootCentral

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Intro & Emma and Katherine’s Picks of the Week

(11:39) Jason DeWater Interview

(41:55) Wrap Up

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Episode 3: Ready, Set, Math!

Emma and Katherine sit down with long time MCC employee Mike Flesch to discuss his time at the College and how MCC is getting high school students ready for college credit math courses.

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Episode 4: A Constellation, Not a Spectrum

Marcia Prideaux and Annalise Anderson chat with Emma and Katherine about Autism Action Partnership and its relationship to MCC through the Prosper Academy.

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Episode 5: Progress Over Perfection

Music teacher turned entrepreneur, Julie Hockney sits down with Emma and Katherine to chat about her time at MCC, interior design and her contributions to the MCC Foundation.

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Episode 6: Shout Out MCC Foundation

It’s giving season! Jordan Matukewicz and Patrick Kilcoyne from the MCC Foundation come by to talk scholarships, the 50th Anniversary and the MCC Friends and Alumni Network.

Visit www2.mccneb.edu/Foundaiton for more information about the MCC Foundation or to donate.

Go to mccneb.org/50thBook to purchase the MCC 50th Anniversary Commemorative Book.

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Episode 7: Start Here, Go Anywhere!

Emma chats with Jake Bandy, an MCC alumni who graduated in 2018 with an associate degree in architectural design. Jake now works for HNTB and is on the team designing the new Las Vegas A’s baseball stadium.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro – Emma and Katherine discuss Katherine’s absence

(06:18) Jake Bandy Interview

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Episode 8: Not a Means to an End but a Means to a Beginning

Fremont Public Schools’ Superintendent Mark Shepard stops by to chat about Dual Enrollment, the Career and Technical Education Center and how both are changing the game for high school students.

CHAPTERS

(00:00) Intro

(07:05) Mark Shepard Interview

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Episode 9: Okay, Boomer!

Boomer Strawn stops by to talk all things Fire Science at MCC. As the only Fire Science program in the state of Nebraska, MCC is leading the charge for fire departments of all shapes and sizes.

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