LRN: Finding your Bearings: Recent Episodes

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Want to know what’s happening in and out of the den? This show will keep informed of all local events on and around campus. When’s the next concert or community event? What are the best discounts available in town? Where’s the college hang out? What’s the next big thing on campus? Wake up from hibernation and see what Hickory has to offer! Tune in to our social butterflies that know the ins and outs of everything Hickory.

Opinions expressed are solely those of the podcast participants and do not express the views or opinions of Lenoir-Rhyne University.

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Tune into this episode to learn all about Hickory’s Sails Original Music Series, which takes place in Downtown Hickory on Union Square. Hear the process that goes into the event before bands hit the stage. Additionally, hear this year’s lineup of artists.

A new feature to the series is a college night for LR students. Dana Kaminske and Bob Sinclair are special guests for this episode. Kaminske is the Communications and Marketing Manager for the City of Hickory. Sinclair is the City’s contracted coordinator of the series. 

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This episode features an LR alumni as well as an Ole Miss and what and how LR has impacted them as well as what it means to be an alumni and how they can give back one day.

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Tune into this episode to learn all about Hickory’s latest events and projects. Learn how the city is changing and what those changes mean for Lenoir-Rhyne students. Hear city employees speak about the new City Walk that will begin at the corner of campus and connect you to downtown. Additionally, find out in this episode about internship opportunities you can obtain through the city and organizations available that you can be part of after college life. Guests include: Dana Kaminske, Communications and Marketing Manager and Yaidee Fox, Assistant to the City Manager

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Host Amber McKnight, along with guess Jennifer Drum from the LRU Counseling Services, discusses various stressors that college students at LR face. Topics such as money, and anxiety to making good grades are highlighted. Drum also discusses various things she does to handle stress and how stress is so common among college students.

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Join host, Wayne Burton and his guest, Sarah Wood, manager of Downtown Hickory Farmers Market as they discuss what the market entails in an effort to encourage L-R students to frequent the Downtown Hickory Farmers Market. Types of produce, foods, and other products are addressed with a focus on the benefits of buying/consuming local. Interviews with some of the vendors and customers of the market will also be on the show to give listeners a more personal feel for the market and its participants.

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What’s the 411 in the dorm rooms? What’s going on in Ike, Morgan, LLC and Price? Get to know all about the crazy antics going on behind the doors of the residence halls. Students come to tell their latest stories of interest and RA’s join them to give their view on the situations as well. What rules are the easiest to break? How can students avoid that dreaded write-up slip and keep on the straight-and-narrow? What do students think about all of the rules and which ones do they think are unnecessary. Tune into this episde of Dorm Room Dabble with Cigi Sparks to discuss the recent issues on LR's campus and she talks about the wrong, the rights, the stereotypes and the biggest issues of them all.

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What’s the 411 in the dorm rooms? What’s going on in Ike, Morgan, LLC and Price? Get to know all about the crazy antics going on behind the doors of the residence halls. Students come to tell their latest stories of interest and RA’s join them to give their view on the situations as well. What rules are the easiest to break? How can students avoid that dreaded write-up slip and keep on the straight-and-narrow? What do students think about all of the rules and which ones do they think are unnecessary. Tune into this episode of Dorm Room Dabble with host Cigi Sparks and guest RA Megan Liner as they discuss what's happening so far this year in the LRU dorms!

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Trickery and Shakespearean insults...can you think of a better way to spend Wednesday evening? Learn some witty ways to insult those who have been annoying you. Join your four hosts for a night of reminiscing high school moments in English class, everything from our favorite Shakespearean plays to Jane Austin.