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Dean Vakharia has an interdisciplinary background. An Engineering undergraduate, master’s in arts administration and Phd in Information Science. He has experience working in the corporate sector as well with non-profits.

When the opportunity to be Dean of the HC came up, he threw his hat in the ring.

On this podcast, Dean Vakharia shares his background, his vision for Pennoni Honors College, Honors Programs, Scholarships & Grants, Role of AI, Career Opportunities, and Advice for High Schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with him:

• Dean Neville Vakharia’s Background
• Pennoni Honors College
• Impact of AI
• Career Opportunities

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Dean Vakharia, Pennoni Honors College, Drexel U []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Background []
• Becoming the Dean []
• Vision for Honors College []
• Flagship Programs []
• Custom Design Major []
• Fostering UG Research []
• Fellowship Programs []
• Financial Aid []
• HC Applicants []
• AI Impact []
• Career Opportunities []
• Advice for High Schoolers []
• Closing Thoughts []

Our Guest: Dr. Neville Vakharia is the Dean of the Pennoni Honors College at Drexel University. Dean Vakharia is an Associate Professor in the Arts Administration program at the Antoinette Westphal College.

Memorable Quote: “...put the focus on you as a student, as a learner, and focus on your own growth, and that will get you where you want to go.” Dean Vakharia.

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After finishing High School, Dr. Cannon joined the Marine Corps as an Arabic Cryptologic Linguist. Dr. Cannon loved the process of learning a language. So, after the Marine Corps, Dr Cannon attended the University of Pittsburgh where he discovered archaeology which he combined with his love for languages.

Dr. Cannon joins us on our podcast to talk about UG Research at Frederick Honors College, Research Infrastructure, Research Fellowships, Success stories, and Advice for High Schoolers.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Dr. Josh Cannon, University of Pittsburgh []

• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []

• Background []

• Why Languages? []

• Interest in Research []

• Research Infrastructure and Resources []

• Students’ Research Participation []

• Fellowships []

• Success Stories []

• Advice for High Schoolers []

Our Guest: Dr. Josh Cannon is the Director of Research at Frederick Honors College, University of Pittsburgh.

Memorable Quote: “So if you're going to spend time doing this research, you really should present, or you should try to publish, or you should try to use it as kind of a launching pad for a different research project that you do by yourself or you do with another faculty member. So we kind of work with them on how would that, what would that look like? And how do you find a professional conference that you might want to present at? Oh, you found it now. How do you write an abstract? And how do you submit it?”Dr. Cannon.

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Making sense of the College News. Shveta Bagade, College Counselor gives us her take.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• College Visits and Why you should do them []

Our Guest: Shveta Bagade, College Counselor based in Silicon Valley California.

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