In the latest episode of What the Health? we dive into CCAP Across The Map's efforts to raise awareness and increase education through our initiative, HPV Ends With Me. We welcome back the co-founders of CCAP Across The Map, Jillian Leaver and Hunter Ackerley to discuss this important educational initiative. HPV is the most prevalent sexually-trans…

In this episode of What the Health? we discuss our domestic initiative, Transcervix. As part of our mission to raise awareness and prevention of cervical cancer, particularly among underserved communities, CCAP Across The Map launched a program to address disparities in preventive screenings among transmasculine individuals. Our initiative, Transce…

Santa Fe College serves hundreds of military veterans each year that bring a rich set of international experiences tot he classroom. How do they continue to grow as global citizens by taking college classes or participating in student clubs? Listen to this podcast with Carmelos Brown and Charlotte Leavins to get a glimpse of how our military vetera…

Why would someone want to study biotechnology in Brazil? Does science change when conducted in another country? Do the techniques used in a lab differ in South America? Or is science simply science anywhere in the world? Join our podcast to learn what our students learned during Santa Fe's biotechnology internship in Brazil.…

Campeche, Mexico is home to a large concentration of indigenous citizens and has one of the most impressive collections of Mayan archeological sites in the world. Join this podcast with Dr. Marcela Murillo and Prof. Mario Mutis as we explore the wonder, artistry, and culture of the indigenous people of Campeche.…

Welcome back to What the Health? In this episode, we highlight CCAP Across The Map's domestic initiative to expand access to preventive care, Paps for POC. Our research shows that People of Color (POC) in the United States are more likely to be uninsured, have higher incidence of cervical cancer, and have a higher mortality rate than white populati…

How do different cultures express affection? How do marriage and family relations vary across the globe? How can a diverse student body help us appreciate these differences? Listen to this conversation with Dr. Georgia Bianchi, professor of sociology at Santa Fe College, to understand when and how she began observing social relations. Learn how she…

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by listening to two SF faculty members explain how they are connecting their students to Ireland. Discover how ethnomathematics can be used to explore history, and cultures. Learn about the relationship between Irish literature and the American Civil Rights movement. Learn what makes Ireland unique and distinct from eith…

Dr. Li Ren-Kaplan describes her journey from the People's Republic of China to the United States. Learn how she and others at Santa Fe College have helped students learn more about Asia through the internationalization of the curriculum and study abroad.By Santa Fe College

Celebrate Black History Month by learning about the MBK Global Scholars Program, an innovative educational program that has helped make international education and study abroad programs more accessible to African-American students at Santa Fe College. Hear from two MBK students, Jamaal Baptiste and Kevin Savoi, to learn how they have grown in their…

Santa Fe College faculty have maintained a vibrant virtual and face-to-face exchange with counterparts in Orebro, Sweden for over a decade (double check this from the audio file). Join our conversation with Professor Doug Diekow and representatives from the Thoren Business School to learn more about the Swedish-Gainesville connection and how this h…

As part of our series on CCAP Across The Map's initiatives, this episode focuses on CCAP in Senegal. Launched in July 2022, CCAP in Senegal was a joint project with our partner organization, Nouroudine Mobile Clinic (NMC) . The initiative involved working with Senegalese midwives to provide free cervical cancer screenings to the community. In addit…

As part of our series on CCAP Across The Map's initiatives, this episode focuses on CCAP in Ghana. Launched in July 2022, CCAP in Ghana was a joint project with our partner organizations, CervCa is Real and the Ghana Registered Midwifes Association (GRMA). The initiative involved conducting educational seminars, training Ghanaian midwives in cancer…

Santa Fe College graduate Abigail Dumonceau visits with Dr. Vilma Fuentes several years after graduating from SF and receiving award notice for the Boren Scholarship for study abroad funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP). Unfortunately, Abigail has yet to travel since the award notification due to study abroad limitations brought…

In season 4, episode 4 of Developing Global Citizens we discuss the connection between food and culture in teaching the Humanities. And several SF students and faculty talk about their personal experiences with some of the foods highlighted in the Florida Heritage Foods Initiative, www.floridaheritagefoods.com. The Florida Heritage Foods Initiative…

In the first episode of season 2 of What the Health?, we are joined by co-founders, Jillian Leaver and Hunter Ackerley to discuss CCAP Across The Map's first international initiative, CCAP in Mexico. We talk about the work and preparation that goes in to organizing and launching international initiatives, including developing educational material, …

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In the latest episode of What The Health? CCAP Across The Map Co-Founders Jillian Leaver and Hunter Ackerley talk to Dr. Gail Peterson Hock. Dr. Hock's practice has spanned hospital and school nursing, family planning, and a decade as nursing faculty. Her clinical practice largely focuses on raising immunization awareness and rates in collaboration…

Dr. Vilma Fuentes invites Professor Dr. Javier Sampedro, professor of Humanities, to the studio. Dr. Sampedro, talks about the complex dynamic of growing up in Cuba under communist rule and alternatively living most of his adult life outside his homeland. Dr. Sampedro touches upon the resiliency and joy provided through the arts and the adaptations…

Dr. Vilma Fuentes welcomes two Santa Fe College Latina employees, Olga Asimbaya from the Records office and Ismelda Alvarez from the Admissions office. In advance of Hispanic Heritage Month the two discuss their own history and the paths they took to earn their college degrees. In addition, both Ismelda and Olga discuss why they have chosen to give…

In this episode of What The Health? CCAP Across The Map members Erin Baughman and Michael McPhie discuss the HPV vaccine. Nearly all cases of cervical cancer are caused by the human papillomavirus, or HPV. It is also responsible for the majority of cases of vulvar, vaginal, anal, penile, and orophangeal cancer. In addition, HPV is the most common s…

In this episode of What The Health? we interview the co-founders of CCAP Across the Map, Jillian Leaver and Hunter Ackerley. We have an in-depth discussion about one of the most important factors in preventing cervical cancer, diagnostic screenings. They talk about the different screening methods, such as Pap smears, HPV tests, VIA, and HPV self-sa…

Cervical cancer is a highly preventable and treatable disease yet the World Health Organization has identified it as the fourth most common form of cancer among people with cervixes globally. In this episode, we interview Yolanda Robinson, a member of the Initiatives Committee with CCAP Across The Map, who brings years of knowledge and experience i…

There are hundreds of thousands of new cases of cervical cancer each year, but there are real people and stories behind the numbers. In this episode, we interview Erin Baughman, CCAP Across The Map's International Initiatives Team Lead, who shares her personal journey with cervical cancer. She talks about the need for regular screenings, advocating…

In the first episode of What the Health? we interview co-founders Jillian Leaver and Hunter Ackerley. They discuss their backgrounds and experience founding a non-profit organization just after finishing high school, the challenges they have encountered, how far the organization has come in a short time, and the work the CCAP Across The Map is doin…

Dr. Vilma Fuentes sits down with Santa Fe College chemistry professor, Dr. Alpheus Mautjana to discuss growing up in the era of apartheid in a Bantustan, his educational journey in South African and the United States. Dr. Mautjana discloses how he makes strides to not only connect with his students at Santa Fe College, but also how he continues to …

In this episode Dr. Vilma Fuentes speaks with visiting Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Mona Ahmed Ashour about her experiences in the United States over the past five months. Dr. Ashour discusses some of the fears and misconceptions she faced when she first arrived in the United States. And provides a comparison and contrast of cultural and religious factor…

Join us as we hear from higher education officials from Grenada, St. Lucia and Suriname as we compare and contrast their community colleges and technical vocational education systems and compare them to U.S. community colleges. Our guests participated in a six week Community College Administrator Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State an…

Inspired by the story of William Wilberforce, leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. after watching the movie "Amazing Grace", Santa Fe College Professor Richard Tovar embarks upon a quest to make an impact on the world and live for something greater than himself. More than a decade later, Tovar sits down to talk about the global proble…

Professor of Organizational Management, Mark House and Santa Fe College student Sergio Mejia talk about the Global Solutions Project, a virtual student exchange program providing students the ability to practice cross cultural collaboration and learn about each other’s culture as they engage in the process of design thinking and discuss global issu…

Professor of anthropology Ann Laffey talks about her travel to Bolivia. She discusses the hospitality of a Quechuan village, mishaps in communication between non-native Spanish speakers, an encounter with a traditional spiritual healer and the profound impact of being present in Bolivia during the electoral process.…

On the 20 year anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, host Vilma Fuentes sat down with current and former Santa Fe College students to ask them an important question - in what ways they had grown as global citizens in the last 20 years. Drawing on their common experience of enrolling at SF after serving in the military, alums David Du…

Santa Fe College Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs, Vilma Fuentes, talks with Humanities and Foreign Languages Chair, Bill Stephenson and Professor Kerri Blumenthal, as they examine the challenges and adaptations required to internationalize virtual classrooms, as a result of Dr. Blumenthal's unexpected and extended Covid-19 quarantine i…

Vilma Fuentes talks with Jessica Cassidy, SF's International Education coordinator; Dr. Anna Ageicheva, Dean of Humanities at the National University Poltava Polytechnic in Ukraine; Dr. Regiani Zacarias, professor of English language at the Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho in Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Dr. Marcela Murillo, Spanish…

Santa Fe College assistant professor of Humanities, Dr. Sarah Cervone, talks about her work as a graduate student in Morocco and how she translates what she has learned in Africa to students here at SF.By Santa Fe College

In 2008, Brazil passed legislation to help promote inclusive education. Now, Santa Fe College has partnered with the State University of Sao Paulo to bring several inclusive projects to light. Join our host Dr. Vilma Fuentes as she speaks with Klaus and Eliza Schlünzen, two visiting professors from Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), as well as two…

What compels a person to travel across oceans and continents to enroll at Santa Fe College? Join our host Vilma Fuentes as she speaks with four students from Mali, Sweden, Venezuela and Syria whose lives have now intersected. You’ll be surprised which countries have free college but zero accommodations for disabilities, and just how far some studen…

Hold onto your heart. In this episode, host Vilma Fuentes speaks with Lila Guertin, cardiovascular technology professor at SF, one month after the passing of Lila's mother Azza Guertin. Azza, a biology professor, was "Santa Fe-mous" for her glamour, humor, and commitment to science education at the college. Hear Lila share the international love st…

Join our host Vilma Fuentes as she speaks with SF's American Sign Language professor Michelle Freas about all the ways Santa Fe College has expanded its deaf culture curriculum to include the global community. With grant funding from the U.S. Department of State, she and other faculty members have been able to travel and form partnerships with deaf…

Dr. Jackson Sasser launched his term as the fourth president of Santa Fe College in the shadow of 9/11. The event literally affected his travel during his interview process. Over the 17 years that followed, he developed many programs to internationalize the college. In this interview with host Vilma Fuentes, he discusses these programs and his moti…

The American Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in the United States in 1990, creating a culture shift for many Americans. Ukraine has no such legislation in place, and life for Ukrainians with disabilities can be very limited. In this episode of Developing Global Citizens, your host Vilma Fuentes speaks with Santa Fe College AVP Dug Jones, alumna N…

Twenty-five years after the end of Apartheid, 16 delegates from South Africa visited Santa Fe College and shared their rich experiences of living, and educating, in a young democracy. Their visit was part of the Community College Administrator Program (CCAP) funded by the United States Department of State. In this episode of Developing Global Citiz…

Did you know Santa Fe College has an AZA accredited Teaching Zoo? Our host Dr. Vilme Fuentes speaks with the zoo director, Jonathan Miot and Jade Salamone, the zoo's conservation education curator. They share stories about species they have helped rescue from habitat loss and near total extinction and tips for being a more sustainable global citize…

This fall, Santa Fe College welcomes the American Ballet Theatre and the New York Dance Project to its Fine Arts Hall for an historic event. For the first time since 1974, a U.S. audience will experience “Carmen Suite” performed with a live orchestra. The ballet was choreographed by the legendary Alberto Alonso, who after leaving Cuba came to teach…