The GSD crew has a wide-ranging discussion with Dr. Khendum Gyabak, Senior Director for Teaching and Learning Excellence at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD). We explore the unique challenges and opportunities that the College is encountering as it serves a world-wide learner population. Plus, we talk about how MCAD is wrestling with the use of AI in an arts curriculum.

GSD Episode 7: Dr. Khendum Gyabak

Kevin and Fritz talk to Dr. Nick Pace, whose career has taken him from teacher, to principal, to faculty member, to his new role as Dean of the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. Nick provides some very useful insights about how to step into a leadership role as well as the special meaning of buckeyes (the seed, not the university in Ohio...) in his family.

GSD Episode 6: Dr. Nick Pace

For Episode 5, Kevin, Kelvin, and Fritz welcome their first guest, Dr. Michael Edmondson, Associate Provost for Continued Learning at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Michael walks us through his path from first generation undergraduate student to private sector market research to leading non-degree credential initiatives at NJIT. And there's a healthy dose of laughter along the way!

GSD Episode 5: Our First Guest, Dr. Michael Edmondson

We conclude our getting to know your hosts episodes with Fritz Vandover, whose unexpected path during (and out of) a Ph.D. in American History started him on his unique career path in higher education.

GSD Episode 4: Get to Know Fritz Vandover

Kevin Shriner is up this week in our getting to know your hosts episodes. We will talk about how his life as the son of a member of the military took him all over the US and even Europe and had an impact on his path into higher education.

GSD Episode 3: Get to Know Kevin Shriner

We'll get to know Kelvin Bentley, one of the three hosts of GSD Higher Ed hosts, and hear about his fascinating career in higher education and edtech, including his ventures into online education in the bad old days of the 1990s.

GSD Episode 2: Get to Know Kelvin Bentley

In their first episode, Fritz, Kelvin, and Kevin discuss why they are launching the Gettin' Stuff Done in Higher Education podcast.

GSD Episode 1: Why a Podcast

There are plenty of higher ed podcasts out there, but most focus on broad trends, big headlines, or surface-level commentary. What’s often missing are the authentic voices of the people who actually move things forward on campus every day. 

That’s why Fritz Vandover, Kelvin Bentley, and Kevin Shriner created the GSD Podcast. Collectively, we bring more than 80 years of lived experience across teaching, administration, policy, technology, and leadership. We’ve built programs, sat in cabinet meetings, navigated layoffs, and wrestled with the realities of enrollment cliffs, accreditation, and innovation fatigue.

Gettin' Stuff Done in Higher Education

Join Fritz Vandover, Kelvin Bentley, and Kevin Shriner [https://gsdhighered.com/] to talk all things higher education with the people who make it work.

GSD in Higher Education

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