Learning Unboxed

024 | GROOVE U: How an Innovative Post-Secondary Music Industry Career Program is Impacting the K-12 Space | with Dwight Heckleman & Nicholas Burgett


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Today, we’re going to be talking about music and the role of arts, music, and technology in education – and we’re going to be doing that by learning more about the unique and innovative program here in Columbus. GROOVE U is a post-secondary two-year music industry career program focusing on music industry entrepreneurship, with a heavy emphasis on experiential and applied learning. And, impressively, the program boasts a 96% job placement in-field among all its graduates.

Our guests are Dwight Heckelman, the founder and Director at GROOVE U, and Nicholas Burgett, a Metro Early College High School graduate who spent some time as a student at GROOVE U. Nicholas is going to give some insight into how GROOVE U is interacting with the K-12 space in some really intriguing and interesting ways, as well as his perspective on learning in these different learning environments.

To learn more, visit: pastfoundation.org

Resources:

  • Learn more at www.grooveu.edu
  • Instaband @ GROOVE U: www.instaband.org
  • Facebook: www.facebook.com/musiccareerprogram
  • Instagram: www.instagram.com/musiccareerprogram
  • YouTube: www.youtube.com/musiccareerprogram
  • Twitter: www.twitter.com/grooveu


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