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Speaking of PetsThe Magic of the Human-Animal Bond | SOP ep. 32 - Michael Bugary
Join us for an inspiring episode featuring Michael Bugary, head of the Pet Pals program at University Hospitals of Cleveland, along with his faithful companion, Lingo. Michael, a former baseball player for the Boston Red Sox and University of California, Berkeley, faced a life-altering journey that led him to discover the profound power of the human-animal bond after enduring a career-ending injury and battling brain cancer.
In this heartfelt conversation, Michael shares touching stories about how Lingo, an ex-military dog, has brought joy and comfort to countless young patients at Rainbow Babies Children's Hospital. You'll hear about the incredible...
2024-10-0945 min
Brand the InterpreterFrom Translator to Lobbyist with Dr. Bill RiversIn this podcast episode, the host engages in a conversation with Dr. Bill Rivers, a highly respected advocate for language access and diversity. Dr. Rivers shares his extensive background and sheds light on the importance of acculturation over assimilation, the negative effects of shaming students for speaking their home language, and the challenges faced by language access providers due to insufficient funding. Additionally, he highlights the numerous benefits of being bilingual and emphasizes the need for healthcare providers to prioritize language services. This discussion serves as a powerful reminder of the significance of linguistic diversity in the United States...
2023-04-141h 05
DLI LingoGetting to know your studentsMuch of the student experience here is shrouded in mystery, largely because of the unique nature of DLIFLC. Institutions that focus entirely on language are few and far between, let alone a military language institute that teaches to a high level of proficiency. The pace is rapid, the intensity high. For the vast majority of students, it's like nothing they've ever done before. In this podcast, we open up the window into four different students' lives. If you're a past, present or future student, or just curious about DLIFLC, you'll want to hear what they have to say.
2022-06-2743 min
DLI LingoGetting to know your FAOsThis is your chance to meet some of the Foreign Area Officers attending DLIFLC.
2022-06-1523 min
2022-06-0241 min
2022-04-1850 min
DLI LingoGetting to know your leadersThere's been a lot of turnover in the front office over the last year. Here is your chance to get to know DLIFLC's newest command group in this conversational podcast that takes you from books vs movies to worst jobs, bell bottoms and floppy disks.
2021-11-2450 min
National University Podcast SeriesVESC Ep12: Voices from Students and Alumni: Driving Research and PracticeDr. Barnhart interviews 2021 NCU graduate Dr. Pascale Koayess. Dr. Koayess is the Academic Specialist for the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC). She discusses her research on self-efficacy and its impact on burn-out and teacher retention. Dr. Pascale also shares insights into educator evaluations, cognitive load, and experiences with online teaching and learning.
2021-06-2919 min
DLI LingoResiliency: Learning To FailOne of the most important aspects of resiliency when you are hit with curveballs in life is being able to get back up and keep moving. It’s not an easy habit to develop in this technologically advanced world, when it seems like the only effort involves a three-minute musical montage in a movie or video and suddenly you’re on the other side of the challenge.
2021-05-1116 min
DLI LingoResiliency: Taking Care of YourselfIn a world where big ideals like “mission” and “battle buddy” are your career, it is a challenge to take time for yourself. That thought might even be accompanied by guilt, because the core values of your branch simply don’t mention self-care in the list of priorities. But as the saying goes, you have to put your mask on first before you can help someone else with their mask. From hitting golf balls to fixing up cars to better sleep, listen in as several past and present DLIFLC students share how they have learned to take care of themselves.
To learn m...
2021-04-2213 min
DLI LingoResiliency: Building CommunityScience tells us that community, or positive relationships, helps get us through when times are tough. But what does that look like? The Marine Corps Detachment senior enlisted leader, Master Gunnery Sgt. Willy Pascua, has some great insights into how his Marines have weathered the pandemic. He says they make resiliency an everyday practice.
Articles referenced in the podcast:
NPS research helps Navy build more resilient sailor teams https://nps.edu/-/true-grit-nps-research-helps-navy-build-more-resilient-sailors-teams
Pandemic's emotional hammer hits hard https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/09/02/908551297/pandemics-emotional-hammer-hits-hard
Four ways social support makes you more resilient https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/four...
2021-02-0312 min
DLI LingoResiliency: Courage In The ArenaComing out of 2020, resiliency is THE buzzword. But what does it mean? And more importantly, how can you apply it when your world has gone crazy? Courage in the Arena, the first in a series of four episodes, explores how one former DLIFLC student developed grit and determination to make it through the Institute as a young Soldier and then used those learned skills later in his career as a SERE instructor.
EDIT: Joe received his Master's from the Harvard's Graduate School of Education (not business).
2021-01-2314 min
DLI LingoA Hero's Journey: Instructor Edition - Tehran, IranThere's an old Czech proverb that says, “Those who know many languages live as many lives as the languages they know." Our instructors embody that proverb, none more than Persian Farsi faculty Ali Ghassemi. Listen to his story in our final podcast of the series, "A Hero's Journey: Instructor Edition."
2020-04-2411 min
DLI LingoA Hero's Journey: Instructor Edition - Madrid, SpainSometimes learning a new language comes down to what motivates you. For Spanish instructor Lucia Artacho, it was, as she describes it, "dancy" music that helped her.
2020-04-1809 min
DLI LingoA Hero's Journey: Instructor Edition - Shaanxi Province, ChinaThe effects of poverty on education are well-documented. But because education is one of the few ways out of poverty, it leads to a cycle that is difficult to break. For Edward Wang, a Chinese Mandarin instructor at DLIFLC, it was one he knew well, thanks to the extremely poor and rural area where he was born and raised. It was a cycle his mother was determined to break for her children.
2020-04-1013 min
DLI LingoA Hero's Journey: Instructor Edition - Baghdad, IraqBaghdad wasn't always a war-torn city. To hear native-born Atoor Lawandow tell it, the Iraqi city is the center of the world. For more about Baghdad and how Atoor's journey brought her to Monterey, listen to the latest episode in our podcast, DLIFLC Lingo.
2020-04-0209 min
DLI LingoA Hero's Journey: Instructor Edition - Tashkent, UzbekistanKamola Umarova was born and raised in Uzbekistan, speaking both Uzbek and Russian with her family. A former Army linguist herself, Kamola talks about life before and after the Soviet Union, and what brought her to DLIFLC.
2020-03-2710 min
DLI LingoA Hero's Journey: Instructor Edition - Seoul, KoreaCurtis Powell is part of the 5% of instructors at DLIFLC who aren't native speakers. That means Curtis is so good at his second language that he can teach others to speak it at a high proficiency. From Maryland to Seoul, South Korea to DLIFLC, listen as Curtis tells his story.
2020-03-1913 min
DLI LingoA Hero's Journey: Instructor Edition - Basra, IraqIn 1985, Lana Al Mudhaffar and her family moved from the peace of northern England to a war zone in Basra, Iraq. Over 30 years later, Lana shares her experiences living in Iraq and the journey that led her to DLIFLC.
2020-03-1213 min
DLI LingoSpecial podcast: 30th Anniversary of the Romanian Revolution30 years ago this December, Ceausescu's brutal regime abruptly ended in a public execution. Two-time DLIFLC graduate Branko Marinovich was a foreign area officer with the embassy at the time of revolution.
2019-12-1816 min
DLI LingoOh the Place you Can Go (with DLI) - The Iranian hostage crisis Part 2When the Navy called for a Persian Farsi linguist to deploy to the Persian Gulf and cover the Iranian revolution in late 1979, the only options Tom Chesno had to offer were three Airmen who had just finished their schooling. This is their story.
2019-08-2118 min
DLI LingoOh the Places you Can Go (With DLI) - The Iranian hostage crisis Part 1On the outset of the Iranian Revolution of 1978/1979, there were only a few Persian Farsi military linguists ready to jump into action. Michael Ruhm, Michael Sherman and Don Huntington, recent graduates of Persian Farsi, were working for Tom Chesno, when the embassy hostage crisis began.
2019-08-1411 min
DLI LingoOh the Places you Can Go (with DLI) - From Army Ranger to teacherAs if it being a military linguist wasn't challenge enough, Sgt. First Class Matthew Peterson took it a step further by becoming an Army Ranger. Now he's back at DLIFLC for a third round, this time as a Military Language Instructor, passing on his Pashto knowledge and experiences in Afghanistan.
2019-08-0713 min
DLI LingoOh the Places you Can Go (with DLI) - Brushes in history with the Soviet UnionJohn Sullivan served 4 years in the Army as a Russian linguist in the late 70s and early 80s, a time when the Soviet Union was alive and well and very active. Some of the historical events John brushed up against back then still reverberate today.
2019-07-3113 min
DLI LingoOh the Places you Can Go (with DLI) - Reunited: A PodumentaryJerry Spivey and Vinnie Zinck began their Army careers during the Vietnam era. Back then, the draft was alive and well, their unofficial title was "lingies," and Asian languages were a hot commodity. This is their podumentary.
2019-07-2112 min
DLI LingoOh the Places you Can Go (with DLI) - The Berlin Wall StoryHenry Klaput didn't start his military career with plans to become a linguist. It wasn't until 1961 that Henry found himself stationed in Berlin, freshly graduated from DLIFLC. Here is one man's account of life as a Russian interpreter at Checkpoint Charlie when the Wall went up.
2019-07-1714 min