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Talk Line: Jon Mandrell talks bachelor degrees and Impact Program at SVCC · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, sok Valley, and welcome back to the Waking
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  Speaker 1: Crew here on FM ninety five one and AM fourteen
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  Speaker 1: sixty w i XN. It's eight sixteen on your Monday,
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  Speaker 1: July twentieth morning, and we're starting off the new week
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  Speaker 1: here with talk Line. I'm joined today by my good
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  Speaker 1: friend and president of Sock Valley Community College, John Mandrel. John,
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  Speaker 1: how are you, man?
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  Speaker 2: I'm great. Wonderful start to the morning. Always great to
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  Speaker 2: sit here and have morning coffee and chats with one
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  Speaker 2: of our greatest alum ever, Brandy Brandon Clark. We've been
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  Speaker 2: at this a long time. We have been at this
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  Speaker 2: a long time, all the way back to when you
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  Speaker 2: were writing for the student newspaper.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, bothering you for a comment, and you are
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  Speaker 1: always willing and accommodating to provide one or get me
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  Speaker 1: to whoever needed it. So and here we are. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: as you said, it's a man, long time comment.
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  Speaker 3: Life's changed for both of us. I think.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, mister President, first time in the booth now, is
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  Speaker 1: that how's that going?
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  Speaker 3: How's that feeling? It's great? I'd ask you the same.
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  Speaker 2: It sounds like the Waking Crew has been a wonderful
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  Speaker 2: addition to the radio programming. And we're all living it
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  Speaker 2: out there and following your success too, and things are great.
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  Speaker 3: Things are great at the college. You know.
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  Speaker 2: It is such an honor to succeed doctor Helmick as
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  Speaker 2: the seventh president. He was a wonderful mentor to work for.
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  Speaker 2: He was with us for eleven years. Feels like yesterday
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  Speaker 2: it already came and went.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, the.
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  Speaker 2: College and the community have just done so much collaborative
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  Speaker 2: work together that we wouldn't be here without everyone together.
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  Speaker 2: And our greatest success is you are alum and you know,
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  Speaker 2: just so proud to be part of the community and
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  Speaker 2: the college's future.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I just can never say enough great
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  Speaker 1: things about the college. Having gone there, I get to
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  Speaker 1: have that first day and experience so that it's I
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  Speaker 1: can tell people it's not just lip service. It's what's
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  Speaker 1: going on over at the college is something that I
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  Speaker 1: think should get modeled throughout the country, especially you know,
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to impact program. You know, and I
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  Speaker 1: wasn't even a high school student when that was a thing,
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  Speaker 1: but I've been telling everybody who can possibly get a
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  Speaker 1: kid involved to be a part of this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, as mentioned you and I both went there. It
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  Speaker 2: was the greatest learning experience I ever had. You care
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  Speaker 2: that the entire college provided. It was lasting in my
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  Speaker 2: life so much. I just wanted to keep coming back,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I'd always gone there as a kid, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, and to have the opportunity to be a
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  Speaker 2: student and employee there, it's just been I owe everything
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  Speaker 2: to that college.
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  Speaker 3: It really shaped my life.
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  Speaker 2: And so now what we're doing is we're venturing into
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  Speaker 2: new chapters, and the way we're trying to build our
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  Speaker 2: community up even more is through the Impact Program, which
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  Speaker 2: we believe is going to revolutionize the way students enter
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  Speaker 2: our college and work with our community. So currently the
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  Speaker 2: Impact Program has a couple thousand students in it. That
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  Speaker 2: means they're freshmen through senior year, and our first class
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  Speaker 2: comes just this fall. That means all fifteen high schools
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  Speaker 2: we'll have students making their way to us and they've
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  Speaker 2: completed their one hundred hours of community service through high school,
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  Speaker 2: they've earned that tuition, and they have now completed one
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  Speaker 2: hundred and twenty one thousand volunteer hours.
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  Speaker 3: That is just amazing.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, that really is when I think about soccer,
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  Speaker 2: I think about two things I think about curriculum. Of
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  Speaker 2: course great programs, but I also think about community service
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  Speaker 2: and taking care of your community, and this program embodies
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  Speaker 2: both of those really serves our mission well, and it
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  Speaker 2: really helps our students get more connected to the community.
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  Speaker 2: And it's great that the students enroll after their eighth
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  Speaker 2: grade year, so we get to know them and their
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  Speaker 2: families all throughout high school. It's not just a senior
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  Speaker 2: year thing anymore. And we're able to talk more with
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  Speaker 2: students and kind of channel them into new careers. And
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  Speaker 2: there's so many great careers out there that many of
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  Speaker 2: us just know nothing about until we meet that someone
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  Speaker 2: that influences us, whether it's a person or just an organization,
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  Speaker 2: and a whole new career starts.
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  Speaker 3: You can probably relate to that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, And I mean it really is is solving so
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  Speaker 1: many things on multiple front that's really right. Like you know,
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  Speaker 1: you take at it, a look at it from the
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  Speaker 1: surface level, and you think these kids are earning. They're
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  Speaker 1: earning their tuition, which is fantastic in itself. I've been
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  Speaker 1: saying this, if the entire country modeled this, you know,
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  Speaker 1: around here, you'd be literally taking care of that first
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  Speaker 1: barrier that so many people face when thinking about their
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  Speaker 1: kids with college right there alone. Second, the volunteerism. You know,
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  Speaker 1: my time as a reporter, volunteerism has dropped in this
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  Speaker 1: across the board in this country, and this you know,
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  Speaker 1: in our area in the Souk Valley, we've only seen
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  Speaker 1: it rise with all the different organizations that are partnered
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  Speaker 1: with Impact to bring these students in here. So now
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  Speaker 1: we're solving that problem. But it's also, like you said,
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  Speaker 1: they're getting to be involved in their community. They're getting
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  Speaker 1: the network, which so many kids, you know, early on
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  Speaker 1: they hear this as this buzzword coming from adult. Right,
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  Speaker 1: it's like networking, networking, Oh my god, yeahs LinkedIn and
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  Speaker 1: it's like no, it's talking. It's getting that first hand experience.
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  Speaker 1: And so many kids, you know, and mind talking to
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  Speaker 1: them about like what am I going to do? I
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  Speaker 1: don't know. What really helps answer that question is go
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  Speaker 1: do it. Go have a conversation, Go get involved, volunteer,
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  Speaker 1: see if you can be a part of it hands on,
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  Speaker 1: and then you're really going to start to know.
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  Speaker 3: It's the connectivity.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, you say the word networking, but it's
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  Speaker 2: really building relationships with the students. And they build relationships
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  Speaker 2: with the community too. It's really it's your next generation
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  Speaker 2: of leaders in your community. So you know, if you
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  Speaker 2: ask some of our youth today about different service organizations
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  Speaker 2: around the community, they may not know them understandably, and
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  Speaker 2: now they're given a chance to volunteer with them, work
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  Speaker 2: with them, and then become a part of those organizations
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  Speaker 2: as well as they're in their tuition. And the same
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  Speaker 2: way with exploring a new career. You know, I hear
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  Speaker 2: a lot of students say I want to get into healthcare,
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  Speaker 2: and immediately they say, I think that's nursing. Well then
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  Speaker 2: they realize, oh my, it's so much more than that.
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  Speaker 2: It's rad tech, it's scenography, it's everything within a hospital
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  Speaker 2: on a clinic. There's just so many other careers out
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  Speaker 2: there that they may not realize. And the same with
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  Speaker 2: public service and the same with education. There's just business.
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  Speaker 2: There's so much out there to explore, and we were
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  Speaker 2: able to work with them sooner than ever now and
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  Speaker 2: we help them with those things that they may be
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  Speaker 2: fearful of, like applying for financial aid and going through
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  Speaker 2: that process. We have a team that helps them throughout
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  Speaker 2: their entire duration of high school, to get them onto
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  Speaker 2: their next.
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  Speaker 3: Pathway with us.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, And what's nice is, no matter how much the
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  Speaker 1: college has grown, we still have that personal touch out
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  Speaker 1: at SOCK. So I always love telling the story and
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  Speaker 1: it's nothing against you know, the bigger school. I had
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  Speaker 1: went on to NIU for my bachelor and journalism, but
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  Speaker 1: one of the big first things I noticed, right so
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  Speaker 1: writing for the Skyhawk paper. Anytime I needed to come
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  Speaker 1: talk to you, come talk to Dave, I'd go knock
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  Speaker 1: on your office. See, oh he's not here, where's he at?
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  Speaker 1: Let me go see when he's got some free time.
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  Speaker 3: Boom.
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  Speaker 1: First time I wanted to get a comment from somebody
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  Speaker 1: when I was writing for NIU, I did the same
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  Speaker 1: thing and everybody was like, I my editor immediately gets
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  Speaker 1: this email. There's this meeting, and nobody was mad. But
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  Speaker 1: they're like, you have to go through their their receptionist
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  Speaker 1: or that this is this, or that there's a there's
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  Speaker 1: a gate key person and this is who you have
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  Speaker 1: to go through if you want to talk to them.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm like, but I found their number and I called,
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  Speaker 1: so I don't need to do that, Like I skip
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  Speaker 1: that stuff. And they're like, no, no, this is just
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  Speaker 1: how it's done, and I'm like, it doesn't seem like.
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  Speaker 3: It has to be.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't have to do that, and and so it's
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  Speaker 1: just always that funny thing that I was just like, wow, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: you know.
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  Speaker 2: There's one saying that that I think represents that our
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  Speaker 2: size is our strength. Yeah, Like at Sock, if you
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  Speaker 2: need to talk to us, we just provide a really great,
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  Speaker 2: high touch, in person service. That's just core to us,
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  Speaker 2: and that's that's just so important to us to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that we're they're taking care of people and work,
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  Speaker 2: communicating rapidly and helping you, helping resolve things and helping
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  Speaker 2: you get to the next step.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, yeah, we're really proud of that.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: That is I will say a hallmark of a reural
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  Speaker 2: community college is.
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  Speaker 3: Connecting with others.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, one thing we're always so proud about
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  Speaker 2: to as many of our alums stay right here, so
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  Speaker 2: we're going to see you again, like here.
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  Speaker 3: You and I are right. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, this is like our second or third time around
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  Speaker 2: in different roles doing things together. So it's really exciting
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  Speaker 2: to see it so fulfilling. I guess I would say
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  Speaker 2: to see that work right in front of your eyes
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  Speaker 2: and your community grow with the people.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and for me getting to watch the college grow,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's been the new technology that's brought in, the
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  Speaker 1: different programs, the police Academy, and now talk really really
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  Speaker 1: excited at this as the possibility with bachelor programs.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So this is a statewide movement. There is legislation proposed
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  Speaker 2: and there has been legislation over your proposed to authorized
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  Speaker 2: community colleges to have bachelor's degrees for many of those
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  Speaker 2: high demand areas. So there's so many right now, but
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  Speaker 2: primarily education, healthcare, and computer science. There are twenty four states,
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  Speaker 2: it's twenty four. Half the country has bachelor's degrees in
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  Speaker 2: their community colleges.
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  Speaker 3: In Illinois is not yet one of those.
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  Speaker 2: So for us, it's all about serving the community, workforce development,
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  Speaker 2: giving people access to education at an affordable cost. So
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  Speaker 2: we are encouraged by what we are seeing right now
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  Speaker 2: with the ability to possibly offer bachelor's degrees at the
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  Speaker 2: state level. Our first interest would probably be nursing. We
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  Speaker 2: believe we're well positioned to provide a bachelor's degree in nursing.
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  Speaker 2: We believe that represents the needs of our local community
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  Speaker 2: too as well. As I mean anything in public service
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  Speaker 2: right now, whether it's teaching, nursing, law enforcement, we can't
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  Speaker 2: produce enough, so we would always be interested. But we
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  Speaker 2: believe it will provide greater access to education in our community.
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  Speaker 2: And we're very close to our universities. We work where
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  Speaker 2: they are wonderful partners and we always will be. I
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  Speaker 2: think everyone's just coming to realize too, there's a room
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  Speaker 2: for all of us to coexists. There's just a lot
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  Speaker 2: of workforce needs out there, and education has greater access
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  Speaker 2: than ever, whether you're going on line, in person, hybrid.
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  Speaker 2: This could really help our communities and our state grow
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  Speaker 2: in terms of its workforce. So many of our students
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  Speaker 2: throughout the state now, because of flexibility needs, are going
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  Speaker 2: to online schools outside of Illinois. So I think everyone's
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  Speaker 2: starting to collaborate to say, we got to keep our
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  Speaker 2: students in Illinois. How could we do that? And authorizing
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  Speaker 2: community colleges to help with some of those high demand
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  Speaker 2: four year degrees would be a step in the right direction.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, do we know like kind of where they're at
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  Speaker 1: or what we're waiting for As far as maybe the
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  Speaker 1: next updates on.
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  Speaker 2: We'll probably hear more of this fall right now. It's
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  Speaker 2: proposed legislation and it's ever evolving a little bit. I
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  Speaker 2: think the idea is to allow up to three programs
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  Speaker 2: and they would be by regions, so not every college
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  Speaker 2: would get them, but you would determine by region what
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  Speaker 2: those needs are. There's some things to work through, but
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  Speaker 2: we're all headed in the right direction together. It's pretty exciting.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. I love hearing about that.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm going to make a note and Lee Ariano,
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  Speaker 1: if you're listening when you're in the booth next time,
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  Speaker 1: I think me and you will talk about this one.
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  Speaker 2: Kenos represent On, Fritz Knows, Tony McCombie. We've all talked.
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  Speaker 2: They've been great. It's really been a bipartisan approach. It's
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  Speaker 2: been exciting.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't see any argument in this across the aisles,
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  Speaker 1: you know, on a matter like this, it's a win
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  Speaker 1: for everybody. So love hearing about that. Business after hours.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we had a wonderful business after hours last Thursday
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  Speaker 2: night out at SoC on our Rotary Plaza. If you
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  Speaker 2: not visited the Roadary Plaza, it's essentially an outdoor patio
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  Speaker 2: riverfront entertainment area. It's got a little stage on it
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  Speaker 2: as well, wonderful furniture.
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  Speaker 3: It was a great night.
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  Speaker 2: So it was a multi chamber night, so we had
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  Speaker 2: the Sock Valley Area Chamber, the Rock Falls Chamber and
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  Speaker 2: discovered Dixon there and despite the grueling heat, the community
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  Speaker 2: came out and it was a wonderful evening together. So
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  Speaker 2: thank you again to everybody who helped coordinate that. We
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  Speaker 2: had a lot of tables up of our local businesses
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  Speaker 2: and supporters and again just another sample of how our
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  Speaker 2: college is really built upon just wonderful community partnerships and support.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, I think that's really the name of the game
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  Speaker 1: is the collaboration as I you know, as I had said,
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  Speaker 1: collaboration is so much a better word than just the
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  Speaker 1: buzz working of networking because it really is about connecting
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  Speaker 1: with everybody and seeing how everyone can find a way
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  Speaker 1: to benefit from what everyone brings to the table.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, I say that, you know, our size
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  Speaker 2: is our strength at the college, but it's really our
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  Speaker 2: community too. The SoC Valley is just exceptional at that
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  Speaker 2: coming to the table together, working together, partnering.
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  Speaker 3: It is one of a kind. I think it's what
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  Speaker 3: makes it a special place.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I can't wait to see what the future
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  Speaker 1: is going to bring, because it's just looking brighter and.
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  Speaker 3: Brighter, changing all the time.
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  Speaker 2: If you haven't been out to the college lately, I
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  Speaker 2: invite everybody to come out walk around. In many ways,
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  Speaker 2: we look the same. In many ways we're new. There's
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  Speaker 2: continual updates, whether it's new space or new programs. Come
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  Speaker 2: out and check us out. Yeah, I got to get
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  Speaker 2: back in there.
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  Speaker 1: I've heard the construction from the last time that I
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  Speaker 1: had been in there, some fantastic stuff that had been done.
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  Speaker 1: I want to go check out the coffee bar. I
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  Speaker 1: know I'd passed through a couple of times, and I
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  Speaker 1: know that's been around, but I never actually stopped to
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  Speaker 1: get a cup because we were just in and I
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  Speaker 1: had to always rush off to the next convery.
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  Speaker 3: It's interesting.
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  Speaker 2: Every year we do an annual remodel, We update something
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  Speaker 2: and we as we asked the students what they'd like
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  Speaker 2: to see, and it's not so much about walls anymore.
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  Speaker 2: It's about furniture, power and coffee. Okay, Yeah, so we
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  Speaker 2: finally said, let's just put a coffee shop in because
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  Speaker 2: they're asking for it in every department anyhow. Yeah, so coffee,
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  Speaker 2: can it seems like it can exist anywhere.
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  Speaker 3: It really can. You're not wrong.
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  Speaker 1: And that was quite often where you'd find me with
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  Speaker 1: a cup of coffee in hand, or at least on
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  Speaker 1: my way when I was there, and it was always
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  Speaker 1: up to the cafeteria. So to have a dedicated space
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  Speaker 1: for it, it resonates with me.
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  Speaker 3: I get it. Yep.
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  Speaker 2: Another update that's happened, and many folks have probably seen
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  Speaker 2: this every day pass and bye we are. We are
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  Speaker 2: resurfacing our baseball field, updating the updating the grounds entirely
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  Speaker 2: around us. We're excited for that because we've always felt
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  Speaker 2: the baseball field is really our front yard and we
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  Speaker 2: wanted to update that this summer. So the sprinklers are
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  Speaker 2: running twenty four to seven out there. We're gonna do
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  Speaker 2: some new things with the dugouts. Skyhawk Athletics has hoppen.
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  Speaker 2: We have eleven sports teams and this is a we
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  Speaker 2: have some great We've had some great seasons, a lot
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  Speaker 2: of national finalists lately too, so I want to thank
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  Speaker 2: our coaches and our athletic director Darren sellers Fall has
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  Speaker 2: work in that too. So it's not just about inside.
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  Speaker 2: We've been doing a lot outside too. There's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of new, exciting things happening.
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  Speaker 3: I love it.
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  Speaker 1: We all got about a minute two left, John, anything
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  Speaker 1: else you wanted to share before we go.
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  Speaker 2: No, you know we have new school year coming up
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  Speaker 2: starting just about a month, so if you're thinking about
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  Speaker 2: coming to SOCC come on out. It's about that time
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  Speaker 2: to get the process going. Classes are filling up fast.
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  Speaker 2: We'd love to have you show year round. We've got
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  Speaker 2: some orientations going to for our new students, and you
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  Speaker 2: know we're here to help our community in all ways,
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  Speaker 2: so come check us out.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, don't delay on getting registered or having questions. You
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  Speaker 1: can make those appointments, walk in, request to talk to somebody.
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  Speaker 1: They will always be there and happy to help you.
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  Speaker 1: And as always John, if anybody wants any more information
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  Speaker 1: on anything we've talked about, or anything saw cast off,
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  Speaker 1: or what's the best way to do it?
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  Speaker 2: Well, if they want to talk to a great sock success,
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: come here and talk to Brandon Clark.
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: So I love having conversations in the booth.
• 15:23
  Speaker 2: Yes, best way to do it, There's so many different ways.
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: You stop on out, you walk right into our student
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: services there on the first floor, beautiful space, and call
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: us two eight eight, five to five one one.
• 15:32
  Speaker 3: You can email us.
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: There's so many ways to connect with us on our
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: socials anyway. We would love to connect with you.
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: They absolutely will, and I love having you in the
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: booth John, for all the updates, all the hard work
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: you've been doing over the years. I again, congratulations mister President.
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: Ah god man, it's.
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: I can't imagine being anywhere else. I've been my whole life,
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: and it's such an honor.
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: I couldn't imagine have had it had been anybody else,
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: I think I would have rioted.
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: So there's no place like Sock. So thank you to
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: everybody for their support, and thank you for supporting our college.
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: It's really just one of a kind and we're not
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: here without the stock Valley community.
• 16:05
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: Absolutely, and we'll be having more updates from President John
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: Mandrel as we move forward together into the future.