Fraternity Foodie

Check out our latest podcast interviews (and food suggestions) from all over North America!

Barbara Limmer and Laura Browne: Interview Techniques for College Students Featured

Barbara Limmer is a professional Career Coach and Consultant who has personally coached thousands of professionals and executives from around the world. She brings extensive experience working in all sides of the hiring process, including career management, human resources, and executive search. She previously worked with MBA students and alumni as a Career Management Director at Thunderbird School of Global Management and in a variety of human resources roles focused on recruiting, training and employee relations for companies including Bank of America and MetLife. She also worked as a “headhunter” in New York City while attending graduate school. In all of her positions, she continually conducted either “real” job interviews or “mock” interviews, providing real-time, detailed and in-depth feedback on what could be improved in their answers. Laura Browne has extensive experience in leadership and management development. She was a Senior Director of Human Resources for a global tech company where she taught managers how to be better interviewers. She is a speaker, trainer, and coach who helps global leaders and individuals be more successful. At Career Coffee Break (www.careercoffeebreak.com) she shows clients how to get promoted and make more money at work by negotiating raises and higher starting salaries....

Meg Grett-Pratt: Helping a Friend in an Abusive Relationship Featured

Over seven years of Meg’s life was like being in a prison day after day, little was in her control. In the beginning she thought it’ll pass, life will get better, but year after year the punishment just got added to earlier means of torture. The physical abuse was scary and many times she didn’t think she’d survive, but the mental controlling games destroyed her from the inside out. She couldn’t escape her mind. If there was a moment of peace it was quickly replaced with some form of his evil game that never let her forget that this wasn’t a nightmare, it was her life. She would torture myself on especially hard days by playing the “if I had only” or “I wish I would have” game. Meg Grett-Pratt is a survivor of abuse – she experienced emotional, financial, sexual, physical, and stalking abuse. Meg studies digital forensics, and is an advocate for victims of domestic and sexual assaults and volunteer for victim crisis hotlines. Her goal is to help prevent and put an end to abuse and violence in relationships. In episode 571 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Meg decided to go to Colorado....

Michael Dixon: Turning Our Unique Members Into Recruiting Power Featured

Michael Dixon received a bachelor’s degree in multidisciplinary studies from North Carolina State University and a master’s degree in college student affairs leadership from Grand Valley State University. Michael is a Doctoral candidate at Indiana State University. Michael is a former higher education administrator with more than 18 years in the industry. He has several research interests and his brief study in philosophy causes him to ask lots of questions. In his free time, you can catch Michael playing a round of disc golf or competing in sports and/or board games. In episode 570 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Michael chose NC State for his undergraduate experience, what made him choose to join the Grad Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., why he enjoys working in DEI spaces, why that DEI work is so critical, how to take our unique members and turn that into recruiting power, what we should do if we struggle with our self-confidence when talking to new members, how we can break down bias in the Fraternity and Sorority recruitment, one part of the recruitment experience that we should reevaluate, practical ways we can improve the new member experience, and how....

Dr. Tharaka Gunarathne: Rocket Fuel Motivation in College Featured

Rocket fuel motivation in college is on the way! Tharaka, also known as “Dr. T”, is a Psychiatrist, TV Doctor and Corporate Event Speaker. He is a three time TEDx Speaker, a Psychiatrist on Channel 4 celebrity shows, a Podcaster and other stuff. He specialized in High Performance, Psychological Cohesion, Cognitive Biases and Memory Training. Dr. T turns complex brain and mind science into actionable strategies for organizations in order to drive more clarity and change. In episode 569 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Dr. T chose the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen Scotland with a focus on Medicine and Surgery, why he is so focused on the field of psychiatry, how we can use the mechanics of memory science for better recall, how we use brain science and memory techniques to align organizations, what is the ‘Mind, Action, Profit’ Blueprint, how brain science of motivation can help keep that motivation sustained over long periods of time, what is something we can do to achieve this level of health and output, and how college students can be less stressed. Enjoy! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfvb79xRjQo