Penguin Chats Podcast

Lorie is one Clark student who is staying on her path because of guided pathways, an endeavor to keep students on a career path.

Clark students are getting new personalized support as they embark on academic and professional goals. A new framework—called Guided Pathways—has turned around several struggling community colleges across in the nation. Lorie, a full-time card dealer in the gaming industry before an injury put her out of work, is one Clark student who has embraced the new approach in an effort to change her future.

Ellie Alexander is an alumna and author of the popular Bakeshop Mystery series. She was at Clark in July 2018 to launch her book, “Till Death Do Us Tart.” Alexander shared some of her writing tips and ideas for her next books before a live audience, while Clark’s pastry chef shared the secrets of making a no-fail chocolate ganache.

The opinions and ideas expressed by individuals in these podcasts do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies or Clark College Foundation or Clark College.

About the author | Books by the author | Alexander book launch at Clark College

Chef Alison Dolder ’12, Rhonda Morin and Ellie Alexander during a question-and-answer session at the launch party of “‘Till Death Do Us Tart.”

Equal parts, example: 1 pint heavy cream and 16 ounces of good chocolate, such as Callebaut or Scharffen Berger

Chop up chocolate

Bring cream just under a boil

Pour heated heavy cream over chocolate.

Stir with a stick blender (makes a nice emulsion)

Coat something with the ganache or make truffles from it, or put in hot coco or eat a spoonful!

McClaskey Culinary Institute Dining Hours & Menu | About McClaskey Culinary Institute | Cuisine Management program  | Professional Baking and Pastry Arts

Clark’s music program has a reputation for producing some remarkable musicians. Rich Inouye, head of Clark’s band programs and leader of its revered annual Jazz Festival, helped to create that reputation. He recently put his conductor’s baton down for the last time. Clark College Foundation’s Joel B. Munson talked to Inouye about how he went from soaring with a flock of falcons with the prestigious Air Force Academy Band to shaking things up with a jazzy waddle of Clark Penguins.

Trumpet solo by Cootie Williams, DV Archive.  “Yellow” from the Long Blue Line album by the US. Air Force Academy Band, The Falconaires.

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Keith Koplan and Randy Grove

Keith Koplan and Randy Grove are long-time Clark College Foundation board members who recall funny stories such as how area banks stopped selling them certificates of deposit because the foundation owned too many, to serious times too. CEO Lisa Gibert spoke with the two men to reflect on where the organization has been and the exciting places it’s going next.

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Professor Roberto Anitori discusses the MinION with student Georgia Tytler.

Professor Roberto Anitori has spent his career studying extremophiles—organisms that live in extreme environments. He’s worked in Antarctica, researched how extreme organisms live and thrive in volcanoes, deep-sea vents and radioactive hot springs. In this edition of Penguin Chats, Anitori talks about a modern hand-held device his students are using to identify the genetic makeup of dirt. The study could lead to the discovery of new antibiotics to help with the alarming global resistance to current antibiotics.

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Marie Bostwick ’80 is the author of 14 novels. Photo by Deanna Leach

National bestselling author Marie Bostwick ’80 believes it’s never too late to start writing. She’s an example of that having raised three children and moved around the country for her husband’s career before seriously putting pen to paper. Now she’s on fire having published 14 full-length novels in 10 years. Her popular books include two different series, “Cobbled Court Quilt” and “Too Much, Texas.”

Learn more about Marie:

Marie Bostwick’s website

Marie’s Facebook Page

Listen to Marie read from her most recent novel “Just in Time.”

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Illustration by LIGO/Tim Pyle

Clark alumnus Cody Messick spends most of his waking hours out of this world. He’s part of a team of scientists that confirmed the sound of space-time compressing, cosmic events that occurred one billion years ago when black holes collided. Three of the top scientists on the project won a Nobel Prize in physics in October 2017.

Fascinating isn’t it? Want to know more?

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