Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Ron Carlson Never at a Loss for Words



You can write a novel spending just 20 minutes per day, or at least Ron Carlson can. He's the director of UCI’s M.F.A. program in fiction and professor of English as well as an award-winning author of several short story collections and six novels, including the newly published The Signal. Listen.


A Student of Life is a weekly interview show that examines how to maximize your talents despite a college degree. The host is Judy Alexander, author and photographer.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Paint Your Way to Independence



Kirk Miller is a successful artist, painting instructor, author, and owner of the Kirk Miller Art Studio. He traveled from Selma, Alabama to Sydney, Australia, to Southern California to become the artist he was meant to be. Listen.


A Student of Life is a weekly interview show that examines how to maximize your talents despite a college degree. The host is Judy Alexander, author and photographer.

Community Is More Important than Money












Lori Nadeau was a preschool teacher who asked for more money and didn't get it. She decided it was time to establish her own company. So she strapped on her roller skates and went door-to-door asking to wash windows. As the owner of A Lady's Touch, she's still washing windows, but also able to give back to her community. Listen.


A Student of Life is a weekly interview show that examines how to maximize your talents despite a college degree. The host is Judy Alexander, author and photographer.


Photo by Judy Alexander: Lori Nadeau, left, gives a birthday card to her grandmother.

Monday, May 11, 2009

From Bar Room to Boardroom



After college, Marie Moran hit the road as a night club singer. When she was ready to come home, how could she translate her performance experience into marketable business skills? Find out how she successfully became the founder of Mari Moran & Company, an executive coaching firm, and the designer of a workshop that helps other people, too, reinvent themselves. Listen.


A Student of Life is a weekly interview show that examines how to maximize your talents despite a college degree. The host is Judy Alexander, author and photographer.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Consulting Career Result of Encouragement




Geri Lopker of Geri Lopker & Associates started out her professional life as an occupational therapist, helping patients recover the use of their bodies after an illness or trauma. Now, she does the same thing for corporations, as a corporate trainer and performance consultant. She's also on a personal mission to re-introduce gratitude in an impatient world. Listen.

A Student of Life is a weekly interview show that examines how to maximize your talents despite a college degree. The host is Judy Alexander, author and photographer.