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Welcome to At Scale: The tnAchieves Podcast, where we tap into the wisdom, insights, and bold ideas of our partners to fuel the mission of tnAchieves—expanding college access and success for Tennessee students.
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The World's Paper Company Rooted in Memphis (opens the original)
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Sylvamo spun off from International Paper five years ago, but its Memphis roots run much deeper. On this episode of At Scale, Neki Catron, Global Community Engagement Manager at Sylvamo, sits down with hosts Krissy DeAlejandro and Tyler Ford to talk about how a global paper company builds real community engagement at home. Neki walks through her own path from Memphis native to what she calls her dream job, the culture of volunteerism inside Sylvamo and why she frames education investment as stra
Accelerating Economic Prosperity for Tennessee Students (opens the original)
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Economic prosperity has always been the goal. For nearly two decades, tnAchieves has helped Tennessee students navigate the journey from high school to college, from college to graduation and, increasingly, from graduation to a meaningful career. What began as a local idea has become a statewide model built on a simple conviction: opportunity only matters when students can turn it into lasting economic prosperity. tnAchieves is more than programs. We represent a student-centered continuum, drivi
A Statewide Mentoring Program: College Access and Workforce Mentoring (opens the original)
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Mentor registration for the tnAchieves class of 2027 is open, and this episode of At Scale is dedicated entirely to the mentor program: why it exists, how it has changed, and what it looks like today. tnAchieves Chief Content Officer Ben Sterling and Chief Community and Government Affairs Officer Graham Thomas open the episode by revisiting 2008, when the mentor program launched with 165 volunteers in Knox County working with fewer than 500 students. From there, Vice President of Workforce Tyler
Hilton's Playbook for Growing Local Talent (opens the original)
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Hilton has stood alongside tnAchieves since 2011, making it one of the organization's longest-standing corporate partners. On this episode of At Scale, hosts Ben Sterling and Tyler Ford sit down with Hope Thomas, Senior Manager of HR Consulting at Hilton, to talk about what that partnership looks like today and why Hilton continues to invest in it, even as Tennessee's economy and workforce needs have changed over the past decade and a half. Thomas walks through the full arc of Hilton's student i
Is College Still Worth It? What is a "Good Job?" with Dr. Jeff Strohl of Georgetown's Center on Education & the Workforce (opens the original)
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Everyone's asking if college is still worth it. Dr. Jeff Strohl, Director of Research at Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce, brings 20+ years of labor market data to answer that question — and to define what actually makes a job "good." He talks with At Scale hosts Ben Sterling and Tyler Ford about earnings variance, underemployment myths, credentialing, and what it takes to connect a post-secondary credential to a career, not just a job. A must-listen for anyone thinking about c
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