The BRIDGE Room: Recent Episodes
LeBow College of Business
We invite you to The BRIDGE Room, a sacred space where our hosts and guests will share their acquired knowledge, personal experiences and emerging passions. Come in and take a seat.
Join us as we talk with Brian Ellis, PhD, founder of the BRIDGE program and associate dean for academic programs administration at Drexel LeBow, about the importance of servanthood. Explore the impact of this principle through Ellis’s education, career path and vision in starting the BRIDGE program. Learn about the centrality of this BRIDGE pillar and how you can continue the legacy by serving forward in your life!
Through the shared stories of BRIDGE students, this episode explores how to get involved in the program and recollects several favorite BRIDGE memories — from risky ropes courses to fun spring break trips. Join your host, Jaaziel Cooper ’24, and past and present BRIDGE students, Jordan Belfield ’23 and TJ Bridwell ’27, as they share their BRIDGE experiences.
Between the start of a new academic year and preparing for a new calendar year, this is the perfect season to reset. Join your host, Jaaziel Cooper ’24, and our guest, BRIDGE Co-chair Sam Gedeon ’24, as they discuss extracurriculars, their personal lives and goals, and how to re-center and refresh in preparation for a new year with new beginnings!
Welcome to the BRIDGE Room podcast! In this episode, you will learn all about LeBow BRIDGE, the history and benefits of the program, and how you can get more involved in it. If you are unfamiliar with LeBow BRIDGE, want to send a friend a quick spiel about it or need a reminder of all the program entails, this is the episode for you!
Thank you for listening and feel free to contact us at bridge@drexel.edu with any questions.
Get to know BRIDGE member Olisa Uche-Anya, BSBA marketing and technology innovation management ’22, as he talks about his passion for music. We’ll discuss his natural-born music talent, what sparked his interest in creating music, and his creative process for making this podcast’s intro tune come to life.
Meet BRIDGE first-year students Sam Gedeon, BS economics and BSBA finance ’25, and John Solano, BSBA finance and management information systems ’24, as they share their experiences of beginning college during a global pandemic. They’ll be talking about the challenges of acclimating to academics and extracurriculars in a virtual environment and the little things that kept them sane during this tough time.
Tune in as we continue our conversation with E-Board members Bianca Mitchell and Camryn Honesty about what BRIDGE means to them.
Get to know E-Board members Bianca Mitchell and Camryn Honesty as they discuss what it's been like as acting Co-Chairs of BRIDGE this year. We'll be talking about everything from time management and spring break trips to giving back to a program which has already given so much.