Overcoming challenges, embracing opportunities, and using your resources: A compilation of advice from faculty

Welcome back to the CFI Faculty Lounge Podcast, where we explore the experiences, challenges, and strategies of dedicated educators. In this special episode, host Eric Magrum shares a collection of interviews with various faculty members, each responding to the question: If you could go back in time, and meet yourself before your first day at JMU, what advice would you give -- and why?

Faculty members share advice on:

• Staying present
• Networking
• Recognizing your skills
• Planning
• Community-building
• Being open to new experiences
• Using campus resources
• Engaging in meaningful teaching

Tune in for an inspiring compilation of faculty members reflecting on their early experiences at JMU.

Listen to advice from various JMU faculty members at the timestamps indicated below

Dr. Bobby Vaziri 0:30 – 1:42

Dr. Chen Guo 1:43 – 3:05

Professor Colleen Watson 3:06 – 4:20

Dr. Delores Phillips 4:21 – 5:18

Dr. Elizabeth Brown 5:19 – 6:44

Dr. Eric Guinivan 6:45 – 7:59

Dr. Leonard Richards 8:00 – 10:16

Dr. Modjadji Choshi 10:17 –12:41

Dr. Robyn Kondrad 12:42 – 14:05

Dr. Tiara Brown 14:06 – 15:15

Dr. Timothy Ball 15:16 – 18:58

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