Welcome to the CECI Connect Podcast! Join the Undergraduate Advising Team in the College of Education and Community Innovation at GVSU as they explore resources in Advising, Community Connecting, and Networking.
Human Skills in an AI World with Dr. Denton Bobeldyk
AI tools are everywhere, and so is the pressure to figure out college on your own. In this episode, Melanie sits down with an AI professor to talk honestly about what it means to be prepared for college right now: why tech fluency matters, why it isn't enough, and what gets lost when students avoid both the tools and the people around them. Whether you're just arriving or already a few weeks in, this one is for you.
27 Apr 2026
Here's What Nobody Told Me: A guide to your first semester
College feels different than anything you’ve done before, and in this episode, Melanie gets specific about what actually helps in your first semester — from reading your syllabus to asking for help to building the kind of belonging that makes you want to stay.
20 Mar 2026
Dare to Understand with Dr. Paul Bylsma
Learning isn't just about information — it's about courage. In this conversation, Melanie and Paul explore the idea that real growth requires two things working together: the empathy to meet something new on its own terms, and the bravery to step into discomfort without knowing what's on the other side.
Whether it's a new subject, a new environment, or a new person, learning asks us to reach beyond ourselves — to suspend judgment, sit with uncertainty, and try anyway. When we have the right resources around us, what's left is a choice: will we dare to understand?
Guest: Dr. Paul Bylsma is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Counseling and the Graduate Program Director for the CECI M.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration (HESAA). Paul's research utilizes sociomaterial theories to explore teaching, learning, knowledge, assessment, and practice in a higher education context as a complex encounter between people, space, and time.
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