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Michelle Prange is the Athletic Success Coordinator here at Grand View. She joined me to discuss her role in advising students at a university where roughly 65% of the students are student athletes.

She is extremely important to Grand View University. Thank you Michelle for all you do!

Dr. Josh Woods is a psychology professor here at Grand View University.

Topics discussed include:
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)
Malleability of the brain
Psychedelic drugs/hallucinations
Psychology application in the real world

Dr. Kevin Gannon is a Professor of History and the Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
Dr. Gannon was feature in a Netflix documentary, 13th. He was also recently published by the Washington Post.

Topics discussed:
13th Amendment
Private prisons
Washington Post article
Pedagogy
Politics on social media

Kyle Boulanger is a senior at Grand View studying biochemistry. Boulanger has served as the Vice President of Academic Affairs with Viking Council for the past two years.
Boulanger spent the summer in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins University researching stem cells. Additionally, he'll be presenting research performed with Dr. Idit Hazan in the National Association of Biology Teachers Conference in San Diego in November as part of the Mentored Undergraduate Research poster competition.
Topics discussed:
Student Leadership
Research at Johns Hopkins
Other interesting science
Gene sequencing

Nick Mitchell is the head wrestling coach here at Grand View University. Coach Mitchell and the Vikings have won SEVEN CONSECUTIVE national championships.
Topics discussed:
Championship Lifestyle
Do it anyway, Do More, Do it with Purpose and Passion
His days as a competitor
Transition to coaching
Grand View vs. D1?
Challenging workouts "will testers"
Wrestling translating to other sports