Decipher Podcast: Recent Episodes
Shelly Laurenzo
Navigating college life is no walk in the park and being a William & Mary student is no different. Join experts from around campus as they discuss ways to decipher common college experiences.
Hosted by Lauren Garrett and Shelly Laurenzo.
Lauren and Shelly wrap up season 7 of the Decipher podcast and share some last minute pieces of advice.
Lauren and Shelly catch up with Anna Sease and welcome back Heather Deere to discuss the college transition for families.
Lauren and Shelly sit down with Carlie Carter, a graduate student who works with W&M's first gen and limited income students.
The Decipher Podcast will be taking a short summer break! We'll be back July 17th to talk about New Student Orientation.
In this episode, Lauren and Shelly sit down with Doug Young and Ashleigh Everhardt Queen to discuss how students can build connections with faculty in their first year.
Lauren and Shelly catch up with Megan Sanbury, Associate Director of the Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, to talk about the registration process for incoming students.
Shelly and Lauren sit down with Renard Miles and Kelly O'Shaughnessy from the Office of Career Development & Professional Engagement to talk about their work with students.
Lauren and Shelly are joined by Jeremy Martin, Vice President for Strategy & Innovation, to talk about Vision 2026, William & Mary's strategic plan.
In this episode, Lauren and Shelly chat with Colleen Rogers and Monique Williams from the office of Academic Wellbeing about their services for students.
Shelly Laurenzo and Lauren Garrett welcome incoming students and families to the Decipher Podcast and share a sneak peek of the season ahead.
Anna Sease, Director of Parent & Family Giving and Student Affairs Philanthropy, joins Lauren and Shelly to talk about ways for families to integrate into the William & Mary community.
Lauren and Shelly chat with Jenna Venable, assistant director of programming, and Mika, a student and AMP director, to talk about spring events and programming.
In this episode, Lauren and Shelly talk with Anne Arseneau, director of Student Leadership Development, about campus involvement and leadership development on campus.
Lauren and Shelly review the process for incoming spring 2023 students to register for their courses and how academic advising works at W&M.
Lauren and Shelly, joined by Monica from Admissions, welcome W&M's incoming spring 2023 students.
Lauren and Shelly reflect on season five and look forward to welcoming our new students in the upcoming weeks.
Lauren and Shelly catch up with Phillip Patterson to talk about new student orientation in August.
Lauren and Shelly talk with Carolyn Ward and Charlie Foster about services for student veterans.
Shelly meets up with Kelly O'Shaughnessy to talk about how the career center serves students.
How do you strike a balance between slowing down and completing the Tribe Guide Checklist? Join Lauren and Shelly as they talk about summer procrastination.
Lauren and Shelly touch base with seniors Lilly McClendon and Marissa Incer to talk about their roles as peer advisors.
In this episode, Shelly and Lauren chat with Liz Daube, the transfer services coordinator, about transfer credits.
Marcus Holmes, faculty director for the St Andrews Joint Degree Programme (JDP), joins Lauren and Shelly to welcome our incoming JDP students.
Lauren and Shelly catch up with Monica Pinier and JD Nichols to welcome our Fall 2022 transfer students and their families.
In this episode, Lauren and Shelly discuss the New Student Inventory - what it is and what it is so important.
https://www.wm.edu/offices/step/tribeguide/checklist/newstudentinventory/index.php
Hosts Lauren and Shelly welcome new students and families to the Decipher Podcast and preview topics for our upcoming 5th season.
In this episode, Lauren, Heather and Shelly give an overview of move in and orientation for incoming students and their families.
Lauren and Shelly discuss highlights of the Tribe Guide Check List for January for incoming students.
Lauren and Shelly highlight December task items on the Tribe Guide Check List for student and their families.
Lauren, Heather, and Shelly welcome incoming spring 22 students and talk through different ways to prepare to come on board in January.
Lauren, Shelly, and Heather discuss ways to prepare for tough conversations as we begin to welcome new students for the academic year.
Lauren, Heather and Shelly talk about different ways for students and families to think about their first six weeks on campus.
Lauren, Heather, and Shelly discuss how they make decisions based off of W&M's values.
https://www.wm.edu/about/administration/vision-mission-values/
Lauren, Heather and Shelly share advice for how to approach co-curricular engagement in the first semester.
Lauren Garrett and Shelly Laurenzo review fall registration and housing for incoming students.
Co-hosts Shelly Laurenzo, Heather Deere, and Lauren Garrett wrap up the academic year and share some summer recommendations.
Lauren Garrett discusses move out procedures with Dr. Shylan Scott, Assistant Director for Residence Life.
Shelly talks with Lauren and Heather about ways to explore Williamsburg/James City County.
Shelly Laurenzo interviews Michele King, director of Esports, to learn more about Esports at William & Mary.
On this episode, Shelly Laurenzo and Heather Deere discuss different approaches to determining your summer plans and resources.
Cohen Career Center - Internship Search
Cohen Career Center - FUSE
The Charles Center
Shelly Laurenzo interviews Aria Austin and Sydney Hamrick, two consultants from the Writing Resources Center (WRC).
Lauren Garrett talks with students Jacob Hall and Andrés Bencomo-Magaña about campus engagement.
Shelly Laurenzo talks with Tami Back, Director of Communications & Strategic Planning for Swem Library, and Melissa Simpson, Adult Services Director for Williamsburg Regional Library, about the One Book, One Community initiative.
Heather Deere interviews Dr. Kelly Crace, the Associate Vice President for Health & Wellness, to discuss student wellness and this semester's spring break days.
Lauren Garret chats with Steve Tewksbury, Director of University Events, Adam Stackhouse ’04, Owner, AVAdventure, Liz Sykes ’06, Owner, AVAdventure, and Trici Fredrick M.Ed. ’05, Senior Associate Director, Student Unions & Engagement about the upcoming Charter Day celebrations.
Co-hosts Shelly Laurenzo, Lauren Garrett and Heather Deere welcome our incoming spring 2021 students.
Join hosts Shelly Laurenzo, Lauren Garrett and Heather Deere as they wrap up the first season of the Decipher podcast.
Shelly Laurenzo interviews Dr. Ben Boone, Associate Director of the Center for the Liberal Arts, to discuss the COLL Curriculum.
Co-hosts Heather Deere and Lauren Garrett are back to discuss more preparations for winter break.
Hosts Heather Deere and Lauren Garrett discuss preparing for the upcoming winter break.
As a follow up to Episode 3, Shelly Laurenzo and Heather Deere discuss post election resources.
Lauren Garrett interviews W&M undergrads Courtney Barr '21, Andrew Caietti '21, Neel Simpson '22, and Madeleine McLean '22 to get their perspective on building connections.
Heather Deere interviews Rich Thompson, Associate Director in the Office of Community Engagement, and a member of the Voter Engagement Committee to discussing preparing for the November election.
Jack Armstrong interviews Kelly O'Shaughnessy, Assistant Director for Early Career Engagement in the Cohen Career Center, on how to build connections with faculty and others.
Welcome to the Decipher podcast. This podcast is hosted by W&M staff members who are committed to student success. We all know that this year has been unlike any other and our hope is that this podcast provides a fresh perspective on the challenges our students are facing.