In this episode of the CFI Faculty Lounge podcast, host Eric Magrum invites the Director of JMU’s Center for Economic Education, John Kruggel, to speak about K-12 personal finance education and how JMU’s School of Business interacts with the greater Harrisonburg-Rockingham community.

Tune in as they discuss:

• Why students should learn about economics and personal finance
• How to repackage economic knowledge for younger students
• Strategies for including personal finance lessons in the classroom
• The importance of community service engagement in university settings
• Why students should learn about economics and personal finance

This episode is part one of two with John Kruggel.

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In this episode of the CFI Faculty Lounge podcast, Dr. Scott Lunsford talks with host Eric Magrum about what it’s like to teach sound writing to students and the role that sound writing plays in memorialization.

Tune in as they discuss:

· The uniqueness of podcasts and audio projects as a medium

· How specific sounds influence the listening experience

· The distinction between writing for the eye versus writing for the ear

· How audio can commemorate and honor events, people, and places

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Welcome back to the CFI Faculty Lounge Podcast, where we explore the ideas, experiences, and challenges shaping academic life. In this episode, Dr. Scott Lunsford joins us to talk about sound writing; what it is, how it works, and why it matters as a rhetorical practice.

Dr. Lunsford shares:

• A clear definition of sound writing and its foundations
• How sound operates as a mode of communication and persuasion
• The relationship between sound, text, and meaning
• Examples of how sound writing challenges traditional ideas of composition

Tune in for a thoughtful conversation about the role of sound in rhetoric and the ways it reshapes how we understand writing. This episode is part one of two with Dr. Lunsford.

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CFI Faculty Lounge Podcast would love hearing from you! Do you have a question for our guests, a teaching tip to share, or a story about faculty life? Send us a message by clicking on this text. Your message might make it into a future episode.