This podcast is meant to provide occasional updates and insights on happenings within the Pacific Lutheran University First Year Experience Program (FYEP).
Cover art by Alison Bryant.
Intro and Outro music by White_Records.
All Thing FYEP: Fostering democratic discussion skills in FYEP courses
We're back! With midterms quickly approaching, many of our students are both eager and wary of talking about politics in our courses. In this first episode of the 2026-2027 academic year, I talk with Dr. Michael Artime, Associate Professor of Political Science, about how FYEP instructors can partner with students to manage, facilitate, and foster more empathetic and thoughtful political discussions in their FYEP courses.
3 Apr 2026
All Things FYEP: A Talk with Mount Rainier High School Teachers
In this episode of the ATF podcast, I go to Mount Rainier High School to talk to two teachers, Ashley Stiles and Brooke Folgers, about their teaching, what works best for their population of students, and a little of what we can expect when we visit their school and classrooms.
13 Mar 2026
All Things FYEP: Dr. JRD and caring for our first year students.
In this episode, I talk with Dr. Joanna Royce-Davis, the Vice President for Student Life, about how instructors and staff can help support our first-year students as they navigate their first Spring term at PLU.
1 Mar 2026
All Things FYEP: Spring reminders, updates, and words of encouragement
In this short episode of All Things FYEP, I share some reminders and updates about upcoming faculty development opportunities and some words of encouragement as we continue to work to support our first year students.
1 Dec 2025
All Things FYEP: A conversation with Pastor Jen Rude
In this episode, I welcome Pastor Jen Rude into the studio to discuss her path to PLU and the ministry, how she approaches the craft of writing opening blessings and prayers, and the beliefs that anchor how she thinks about teaching in all its forms. We also talk about ways people can find center amidst the chaos of the present moment.
13 Nov 2025
All Things FYEP: Teaching Excellence with Nicola Justice and Kate Luther
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Nicola Justice and Dr. Kate Luther, the two 2024 Faculty Excellence in Teaching award recipients, to discuss how they think about teaching, why they think their teaching seems to work for students, and where their teaching is headed next. If you're looking for a conversation to inspire you to do something or be someone different in the classroom, this episode is for you!
7 Nov 2025
All Things FYEP: Supporting Neurodiverse Students
In this episode, I sit down with Austin Beiermann and Dr. John Wright to discuss neurodiverse students, who they are, and how we can best support them in our classrooms.
29 Oct 2025
All Things FYEP: Inclusive Pedagogy with Jen Smith
In this episode I talk with Dr. Jen Smith, Dean of Inclusive Excellence, about inclusive pedagogy and how it can be used to better serve our first year students. Dr. Smith provides a description for inclusive pedagogy along with specific practices and strategies FYEP instructors can use to establish classrooms of belonging, community, and rigor. Don't miss the end of the episode where we finish with three questions made famous by the late James Lipton's "Inside the Actor Studio." Explicit language shenanigans ensue.
16 Oct 2025
All Things FYEP: Previewing the Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Wendy Gardiner, The Jolita Hylland Benson Endowed Chair, to discuss this year's Benson Lecture and the speaker, Kyle Lukoff.
6 Oct 2025
All Things FYEP: The Value of FYEP at PLU
In this episode, I discuss the value of FYEP with Dr. Marnie Ritchie, Dr. Ron Gerhardstein, and Dr. Jes Takla to discuss their FYEP courses, why they choose to teach in FYEP, and the difference they see it making with their first year students. Timed strategically to coincide with the upcoming Bjug Days, you are welcome to share this episode with any donor you think might want to help the program provide more support to FYEP teaching faculty and staff and first year students.
30 Sept 2025
All Things FYEP: All About Knack
Knack is a peer-tutoring tool, available to all students, that helps them access the support they need to persist through challenging coursework. Supports like Knack are especially important at this time in the term when students start to feel overwhelmed. In this episode, Dr. Bridget Yaden and Dr. Angie Hambrick discuss the value of Knack for student retention and persistence to graduation and how instructors can promote student success by promoting its use.
16 Sept 2025
All Things FYEP: PLUS 100 with Jes Takla
As part of students' larger first year experience (FYEP) coursework, PLUS 100 (https://www.plu.edu/nso/plus-100-course/) is a one-credit course designed for new first year students to support their transition to PLU. In this first episode of the "All Things FYEP" podcast, I speak with Jes Takla, the PLUS 100 coordinator, to find out more about the program and why it's become such a crucial part of helping students find their place at PLU.
For more information on PLUS 100, click on the link (https://www.plu.edu/nso/plus-100-course/).
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