Forester Radio - Rooted

In this episode of Rooted: Tenacious Teachers, Megan Hochstetler interviews Melissa Hochstetler, a 2nd-grade teacher at Covington Elementary School in Fort Wayne, IN. Listen in as Mrs. Hochstetler talks about watching students grow, setting boundaries, and keeping it fun in the classroom. This season on Rooted, join Huntington University students as they interview local educators. Hear their inspiring stories and how they've overcome unique challenges in the education world. If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a teacher in modern-day Northeast Indiana, this special series, Tenacious Teachers, is for you!

In this episode of Rooted: Tenacious Teachers, Ash Weill interviews Matt and Mandy Stephenson, who have an impressive 38 years of teaching experience between the two of them. Mr. Stephenson teaches math at Huntington North High School, and Mrs. Stephenson teaches 5th grade at Lincoln Elementary School. Listen in as Mr. & Mrs. Stephenson discuss their paths through the teaching profession and how their experiences and classroom are both similar and different. This season on Rooted, join Huntington University students as they interview local educators. Hear their inspiring stories and how they've overcome unique challenges in the education world. If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a teacher in modern-day Northeast Indiana, this special series, Tenacious Teachers, is for you!

Melissa Farthing interviews Mr. Nick Altman from Huntington North High School in this introductory episode of Rooted: Tenacious Teachers. Mr. Altman teaches broadcasting classes at Huntington North. He oversees the weekly video announcements, HNHS Today, and the student-led radio station, 91.9 FM WVSH, the second-oldest high school radio station in Indiana. Listen in as Mr. Altman recounts his journey to becoming a teacher and what teaching broadcasting means to him. This season on Rooted, join Huntington University students as they interview local educators. Hear their inspiring stories and how they've overcome unique challenges in the education world. If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a teacher in modern-day Northeast Indiana, this special series, Tenacious Teachers, is for you!

On this episode of Rooted, join Bryce Lippe as he talks with Campus Pastor Mark Vincenti. Hear about Vincenti's upbringing, college years, and current goals at HU. This is Vincenti's first year as HU decided to hire on a campus pastor.

On this episode of Rooted, Miranda Gust sits down with Dr. Lance Clark to take a deep dive into the story of Glenn Frank and the new Capstone program in HU's film department. Enjoy hearing about Glenn's inspiring life as he impacts the community, industry professionals coming to HU, and the future of Huntington University's film program.

On this episode of Rooted, Amanda Morris-Campbell joins Ryan Walker to talk about the rebranding from Campus Ministry Coordinators to Sojourners. Enjoy hearing who Amanda is and her role here on campus, where the idea of Sojourners stems from, and the purpose behind the rebrand.

On this special episode of Rooted, Joy Heisey sits down with both Professor Ballinger and Professor Addessi from HU's Animation Department. Hear about their artistic journeys and why this campus is so special to them. Descriptions of past shenanigans like food bombs and unique nicknames are explained as well as sharing memories and inspiration for current and future creative students at HU.

In this season premiere of Rooted, Vanessa Brown sits down with freshman cancer survivor Maddie Schultis. Cancer is already a challenging battle but with the addition of COVID and an upcoming transition to college life, hear how Maddie has overcome it all.

On this special episode of Rooted, Melissa Farthing speaks with Les Petroff, the general manager of Sodexo Campus Services at Huntington University. Learn what goes into making sure students are served a variety of fresh foods at the Dining Commons and how the student body's feedback has affected these choices. Make sure you listen until the end for a sneak peek of what is to come at the newly renovated HUB building!

In the fourth episode of this season, Ashley Weill sits down with Michael Cripe, owner of Healthy Hut in Huntington, IN. Tune in to hear the story of how Healthy Hut began, how it navigated through the pandemic and new ways that customers can engage with Healthy Hut, in or outside the store.

In this episode of Rooted, Ryan Walker speaks with freshman Kallen Kelsheimer about how he came to Huntington University, being on the men's baseball team, his hopes for his major, a Vietnam missions trip and a few other surprises.

In this episode of Rooted, Grace O'Brien speaks with Huntington University president Sherilyn Emberton to learn more about her experience in a bluegrass band as a child. Learn how her musical background shaped her into the person she is today.

Mireille Rhodes sits down with Laura Caicedo, a senior journalism student who hails from Colombia. Listen as Laura details her journey of choosing the right college in America and her experience of transitioning to life in another country.

For the final episode of Senior Conversations, Miss Emma Grace interviewed the entire Forester Digital Network Senior class to talk about their experience at Huntington University as a whole. This episode will give you a taste of the bonds that are formed in our department and what it means to be a Forester as a broadcasting major. You also will learn the dreams and aspirations of each of them after graduation despite Covid-19. We also have a video version of this episode available on foresterradio.com

On this week's edition of Rooted - Senior Conversation's listen in as Grace talks with Andrew about his semester in NY, what led him to HU and the Huntington University Theatre Company, and how COVID-19 has affected his senior year

On this week's episode of Senior Conversation's listen in as Bryce Lippe talks with Senior, Alex McCutcheon about having his senior collegiate baseball season canceled due to COVID-19 and what his next year is going to look like.

On this weeks episode of Senior Conversations David Dowling talks with Rachel Blauert about her senior golf season being cut short and her experience at Huntington University.

On episode two of Senior Conversations, Paige Schreiber talks with Shelby Price about her last semester out in L.A. and what it was like learning her experience would be cut short due to COVID-19.

On our first episode of Rooted - Senior Conversations listen in as Miss Emma Grace, and Paige Schreiber talk about how their transition to online schooling has gone and their journey at Huntington University as broadcasting majors!

Bryce Lippe sits down with Sophomore David Dowling to talk about playing soccer as an adaptive sport and having the opportunity to play for Team USA.