1861: The North Central College Podcast
1861: The North Central College Podcast
Podcast Description
With countless great stories across the North Central College campus and the wider Cardinal community, we’ve created a new way to share them.
Welcome to 1861, the North Central College Podcast.
Join us on this journey. Let’s see where it leads. A liberal arts education is about examining diverse perspectives, asking questions, and engaging in dialogue, so we’ll aim to have conversations that will get you thinking — and maybe inspire and challenge you. And even smile or laugh.
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The podcast focuses on personal narratives, educational experiences, and community achievements, featuring episodes that highlight the journeys of students, alumni, and faculty. Examples include deep dives into coaching legacies in sports with guests like Al Carius and Frank Gramarosso, and discussions of academic pursuits and personal growth with students like Olivia Rosenberg, who shares her transformative college experience.
With countless great stories across the North Central College campus and the wider Cardinal community, we’ve created a new way to share them.
Welcome to 1861, the North Central College Podcast.
Join us on this journey. Let’s see where it leads. A liberal arts education is about examining diverse perspectives, asking questions, and engaging in dialogue, so we’ll aim to have conversations that will get you thinking — and maybe inspire and challenge you. And even smile or laugh.
North Central’s new Master’s Entry to Nursing Practice (MENP) program will welcome its first cohort of students in fall 2026. The program is designed, in part, as an opportunity for career changers to enter the College’s master’s level nursing program, regardless of their undergraduate major.
Our guest, Dr. Christina Nordick, founding director of the MENP program, knows a thing or two about career changes. The first-generation college graduate was a Naval officer before becoming a nurse practitioner, and then a teacher.
Nordick reflects on the winding road—which started on a goat farm in Wisconsin—that led to her own nursing career, how she developed her teaching philosophy, and how North Central’s nursing program stands out from the pack through their passion for nursing and integration of lifestyle medicine.
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