TalkinUpward: Recent Episodes
Reggie Holifield
Welcome to TalkinUpward, the show where we discuss all things TRIO and explore the critical aspects of TRIO programs including higher education, scholarships, and policy. Ultimately, we discover what educators and students need to know by examining our shared experiences and discussing how we all can stay on the path Upward.
University of Montevallo Student Success Coordinator, Elisabeth Ownbey, recounts her first-generation experience from foster care to post-secondary graduate.
Alumni Jeremey Russell stops by the podcast and talks about preparing for the next level and his TRIO success story.
In this episode, University of Montevallo TRIO Upward Bound Alumni Damian Mitchell and Nick Preston reflect on their inspirations and tools used to not only navigate college as Black males but to graduate and earn a degree.
Former Program Coordinator for Bevill State Community College Upward Bound – now Director of TRIO SSS for Bevill State Community College – Jeremy Harkness, helps us to develop a Mind, set for College.
Former University of Montevallo TRIO Upward Bound Director Sharon Gilbert joins us to give some words of inspiration!