Ep. 407 Julia & Margo on Gap Years vs. Coronavirus feat. Drew Beasley

05/11/20 • 38 min

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Today on the pod we are rounding out Season Four of Gap Year Radio with a feature from your cohosts, Margo and Julia. We discuss gap year and college planning in the time of COVID, something we know so many high school seniors are grappling with this year. For the second half of the show you will hear from Drew Beasley, a gap year alumni who started college both with and without gap time, and speaks to the important that time abroad had on his future, and his current work helping to promote the gap year movement.

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Ep. 406 Gary Robinson on Wellness While Planning for Gap Year or College

Joining us on the podcast is Gary Robinson of P3 Mental Health. For the last twenty years Gary has been the Director of Counseling at Hartwick College, and has dedicated himself for over 30 years to helping high school and college-aged students to maximize their potential and overcome barriers to learning. He has also spent a number of years working with various gap year and summer programs for field staff training as well as crisis management consulting while students are in the field. He discusses with us the current mental health climate in regards to COVID-19 as well as suggesting a number of wellness tips to help people through this challenging time.

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Ep. 501 Katy Oliveira of Collegehood Advice

Ok, so here's what we know in September of 2020: There are a TON of students taking a gap year this year! And they are finding creative and meaningful ways to spend their year. We want to help students make the most of their gap year this year- especially if was unexpected. With that in mind, we invited College Success Expert Katy Oliveira to tell us about skill-building. Katy walks us through the three sets of skills that college students need to be able to thrive on campus and how to build those skills on your gap year. Find Katy at collegehoodadvice.com or on instagram @collegehoodadvice Follow Gap Year Radio on instagram @gapyearradio