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Episode 6: Challenges to Today’s Volunteer Fire Services

In this episode, as communities change, Christopher Schultz, Assistant Dean, Heavin School of Arts, Sciences, and Technology, discusses issues of recruitment and retention of fire service volunteers with guest, William F. Jenaway, Ph.D. Jenaway is a 12-year incumbent municipal elected official, former fire chief, former International Association of Fire Chiefs - Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year, and President of the Congressional Fire Service Institute. 

Episode 5: Cultural Competency in K-12 Classrooms

In this episode, moderator Dr. Joseph Youngblood, dean of the John S. Watson School of Public Service, is joined by Ana I. Berdecia, M.Ed., Senior Fellow/Director of the Center for the Positive Development of Urban Children (CPDUC) at the John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy, and Sandra GB Iturbides, supervisor of ESL, Bilingual and World Language Program for Secondary Schools for the Trenton School District, to discuss cross-cultural awareness and practice in our children’s classrooms.

Episode 4: A Public Health Crisis and How Hospitals Have Responded

In this Episode, Moderator Dr. Joseph Youngblood, dean of the John S. Watson School of Public Service, discusses the COVID-19 pandemic and how two local hospitals have responded to this public health crisis. Youngblood is joined by Dan Moen, president and chief executive officer, St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton and Michelle Morrison, chief hospital executive at Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin.

Episode 3: Our Voices Count, Your Vote is Your Commodity

In this episode, Ann Prime-Monaghan, assistant dean of the John S. Watson School of Public Service, discusses voter registration history and the importance of civic engagement through voting with Gloria Frederick, PhD., and Barbara George-Johnson, executive director of the The John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy.

Episode 2: Public Service Leadership

In this episode, Christopher Schultz, assistant dean of the Watson School, sits down with Dean Joe Youngblood to discuss the origins, mission, and motivations of the both the Watson School and Institute.

Episode 1: Social Engineering

Dr. Jane LeClair, president of the Washington Center for Cybersecurity Research and Development, Cybersecurity advisory board member and Cybersecurity program advisor for Thomas Edison State University, explores why social engineering is a people problem and how serious this threat can be, impacting nearly 4 out of every 5 breaches today. So, what can we do to halt hackers' activities?