Get Inspired with the Valley College Connection Podcast
New episodes featuring Meghan Cason, Chauncey Maddren and Luis Cabrera! Hear to inspiring stories from LAVC alumni, students, faculty and staff on our website, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify.

The LAVC in partnership with KVCM Monarch Radio has a weekly podcast featuring engaging conversations about success with educators, students and alumni.
Each week, host Dr. John Kawai, professor of mathematics, and Scott Weigand, professor of English, sits down with a different guest to find out ways they have had to plan, persevere, and overcome to be where they are now. The show also highlights resources and services that are working to make a difference at Valley College.
Check out the Valley College Connection's selection of podcasts featuring interviews with:
- Luis Cabrera, STEM outreach & mentoring coordinator
- Chauncey Maddren, Academic Senate president and professor of music
- Dr. Ron Mossler – chair of the Psychology Department
- Sabrina Luna, LAVC alumna/UC Berkeley student/philosophy major
- A Conversation on Happiness with Scott Weigand and Dr. John Kawai
- Miguel Sandoval, EOPS counselor
- Howard Levine, professor of accounting
- Meghan Gaynor Cason, Librarian and faculty member
- Amber Angel, LAVC/CSUN alumna and Family Resource Center coordinator
- A Conversation about the George Floyd Protests with Dr. Llanet Martin, Scott Weigand, and Dr. John Kawai
- Dr. Annie Reed, associate dean of student services
- Florentino Manzano, vice president of student services
- Jonathan Arnold, Esq.., Extension director
- Ellie Rabani, CalWORKs director
- Scott Weigand, Academic Resource Center director
- April Forest, LAVC/Pitzer College alumnae
- Dr. Erika Endrijonas, former LAVC president
- Dr. Darby Southgate, professor of sociology
- Clive Gordon, career counselor
- Dr. John Kawai, assistant professor of mathematics
- Ana Trujillo, associate professor of mathematics
- Kassidy Miller, STEM counselor
- Michelle Fowles, dean of institutional effectiveness
- Dr. Elliott Coney, Black Scholars counselor
- George Caleodis, associate professor of mathematics
- Dr. Llanet Martin, associate dean of student equity
Listen online on the Valley College Connection Podcast webpage, or stream the podcast on iTunes Podcast, Stitcher, Google Podcast, and Spotify.
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LAVC PR Office on
8/2/2021 5:01:00 PM