Welcome back to the Finding Your Place podcast - a series about the college experience made by college students for college students.

Where are they now? In this follow-up episode, we re-connect with FYP producers Emily, Ana, Monte and Tanita to see what's happened for each of them since finishing their work on the podcast project. They also offer listeners some additional advice about how to survive the college bumps and barriers on the way to graduation.

If you're moved by Ana's regret at the end of this episode and you'd like to reach out to the producers, please drop us a line at [email protected] or [email protected]. We'll be sure to pass on your comments and responses.

Music composed and performed by Marcus Bagala from his 2018 album, Materials. Used with permission.

The Finding Your Place Podcast Series has been created with the support of Minnesota State "Shark Tank" grant funding for innovation in higher education. Many thanks also to our colleagues and mentors at Century College, Minnesota State University Mankato, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Minnesota Public Radio.

Welcome to the Finding Your Place podcast - a series about the college experience made by college students for college students.

College is an entirely new way of life, and that can mean that home can take on a different meaning after you've started college. In the eighth episode, our FYP producers take their recorders home, giving us a few of the sights and sounds of home. But the focus of the episode is a story told by Faculty Producer Dave Engen. Engen reflects on the tensions of being caught between two worlds in college: the world of the professional middle class that college was preparing him to join and the working-class community he was raised in.

Music composed and performed by Marcus Bagala from his 2018 album, Materials. Used with permission. Please support his work at www.marcusbagala.com.

The Finding Your Place Podcast Series has been created with the support of Minnesota State "Shark Tank" grant funding for innovation in higher education. Many thanks also to our colleagues and mentors at Century College, Minnesota State University Mankato, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Minnesota Public Radio.

Welcome to the Finding Your Place podcast - a series about the college experience made by college students for college students.

In this episode, we bring the title of our series full circle. Producers Ana, Marko and Monte share sounds from their favorite places on campus, while Producer Marko sits down with Maxwell Poessnecker, Associate Director of Student Life and the Director of the first U.S. community college LGBTQ Center. Together, they examine the specific challenges that LGBTQ+ students can face as they try to find security and visibility, as well as the general challenges that all students face as they seek a space where they truly belong.

Music composed and performed by Marcus Bagala from his 2018 album, Materials. Used with permission. Please support his work at www.marcusbagala.com.

The Finding Your Place Podcast Series has been created with the support of Minnesota State "Shark Tank" grant funding for innovation in higher education. Many thanks also to our colleagues and mentors at Century College, Minnesota State University Mankato, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Minnesota Public Radio.

Welcome to the Finding Your Place podcast - a series about the college experience made by college students for college students.

In this episode, we dare to ask a question that many of you are wondering about: why do you have to take all of these general education courses? Our producer team chats about the good and bad of their gen ed experiences, and then Producer Monte Brown reflects on a general education course that ended up having a huge impact on the way he saw himself as an African-American man and a scholar.

Music composed and performed by Marcus Bagala from his 2018 album, Materials. Used with permission. Please support his work at www.marcusbagala.com.

The Finding Your Place Podcast Series has been created with the support of Minnesota State "Shark Tank" grant funding for innovation in higher education. Many thanks also to our colleagues and mentors at Century College, Minnesota State University Mankato, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Minnesota Public Radio.

Welcome to the Finding Your Place podcast - a series about the college experience made by college students for college students.

Depending on how you're raised, talking with people in authority can be frightening, frustrating and something you'd rather avoid. In our final core episode, Producer Tanita Cronk bravely seeks out one of her professors during office hours to learn more about office visits, while other college and university faculty offer their advice for making the most out of your in-class and out-of-class interactions with your professors.

LIKE WHAT YOU'VE HEARD? Join us for the ongoing Finding Your Place Supplementary Series, a series of focused, in-depth episodes on additional aspects of the college experience.

Music composed and performed by Marcus Bagala from his 2018 album, Materials. Used with permission. Please support his work at www.marcusbagala.com.

The Finding Your Place Podcast Series has been created with the support of Minnesota State "Shark Tank" grant funding for innovation in higher education. Many thanks also to our colleagues and mentors at Century College, Minnesota State University Mankato, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Minnesota Public Radio.

Welcome to the Finding Your Place podcast - a series about the college experience made by college students for college students.

Money is always a challenge, but college expenses make earning, borrowing and managing money even that much more challenging. In this episode, Faculty Producer Dave Engen joins a first-year student on campus as he meets with a financial aid expert, while Producer Tanita Cronk seeks out wisdom from a resources advocate who has experienced college while living in the crisis of poverty.

Music composed and performed by Marcus Bagala from his 2018 album, Materials. Used with permission. Please support his work at www.marcusbagala.com.

The Finding Your Place Podcast Series has been created with the support of Minnesota State "Shark Tank" grant funding for innovation in higher education. Many thanks also to our colleagues and mentors at Century College, Minnesota State University Mankato, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Minnesota Public Radio.

Welcome to the Finding Your Place podcast - a series about the college experience made by college students for college students.

We've said it before, but no one really succeeds in college on their own. In this episode, our FYP Producer team share their thoughts on being mentored in college and how it can make all the difference in achieving your goals. Producer Monte Brown then goes back to interview a crucial mentor he met in his pathway to becoming an elementary instructor.

Music composed and performed by Marcus Bagala from his 2018 album, Materials. Used with permission. Please support his work at www.marcusbagala.com.

The Finding Your Place Podcast Series has been created with the support of Minnesota State "Shark Tank" grant funding for innovation in higher education. Many thanks also to our colleagues and mentors at Century College, Minnesota State University Mankato, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Minnesota Public Radio.

Welcome to the Finding Your Place podcast - a series about the college experience made by college students for college students.

In our ninth episode, we explore the important learning experiences that happen when we leave the college classroom and get involved with student life. Producer Emily Albright reflects on her first shaky steps into on-campus clubs, and then later playfully crashes a celebration for a student-run newspaper, getting the staff members' thoughts on what getting involved on campus means to their college education.

Music composed and performed by Marcus Bagala from his 2018 album, Materials. Used with permission. Please support his work at www.marcusbagala.com.

The Finding Your Place Podcast Series has been created with the support of Minnesota State "Shark Tank" grant funding for innovation in higher education. Many thanks also to our colleagues and mentors at Century College, Minnesota State University Mankato, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Minnesota Public Radio.

Welcome to the Finding Your Place podcast - a series about the college experience made by college students for college students.

Fear is such a common and powerful emotion in college, and if you're feeling anxious, you're certainly not alone. In this episode, Producers Tanita and Ana walk us through their social and personal anxieties in college, examining the ways they've been able to build relationships as well as get the counseling/advising support they've needed to feel more comfortable at college and to keep their fears to manageable proportions.

Music composed and performed by Marcus Bagala from his 2018 album, Materials. Used with permission. Please support his work at www.marcusbagala.com.

The Finding Your Place Podcast Series has been created with the support of Minnesota State "Shark Tank" grant funding for innovation in higher education. Many thanks also to our colleagues and mentors at Century College, Minnesota State University Mankato, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Minnesota Public Radio.

Welcome to the Finding Your Place podcast - a series about the college experience made by college students for college students. We hope this series becomes a resource for you as you start, and continue, your college journey.

In this supplementary episode, Century College student producer Kaitlyn Gerber weaves together her local community and the global community through the experience of meeting, welcoming and becoming friends with international students on campus. International student listeners may appreciate hearing common struggles on US campuses, while domestic student listeners may find that they want to follow Gerber as a boundary-crossing role model.

Music composed and performed by Marcus Bagala from his 2018 album, Materials. Used with permission. Please support his work at www.marcusbagala.com.

The Finding Your Place Podcast Series was created with the support of Minnesota State "Shark Tank" grant funding for innovation in higher education. Special thanks to our colleagues and mentors at Century College, Minnesota State University Mankato, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Minnesota Public Radio.