Dominick Stone – KTEC 89.5 FM

15 Nov

First Generation Week Interview Recordings

These are recordings from last week’s interview series for First-Generation Students Week hosted by the Tech Opportunities Program (TOP). These can be downloaded as .mp3 files from the provided links, or listened to directly in your browser.

Interview with Emily Teeter

Interview with Emily Navarro

Interview with Sam Thach Jr.

Interview with Lupe Preciado

Interview with Daniel Blair

Interview with Riley Richards

Interview with Tammie Retherford

01 Nov

First Generation Week Interviews!

November 8 is the official date for the annual National First-Generation College Celebration, which honors the anniversary of the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The Tech Opportunities Program (TOP) here on campus celebrates this as First Generation Week, which seeks to recognize first-generation college students. First Generation week is November 5-11 this year, and TOP reached out to us to do a live interview series of first-generation students and staff/faculty!

These interviews will be on the topic of lived experiences, specifically the unique challenges, complexities, growth, and successes of a first-generation student in college. They will be live on air next week (see schedule below), but will also be recorded with the interviewee’s permission and posted here for later listening. Check them out here on KTEC 89.5 FM!

Emily Teeter — Student

Emily Navarro — Student

Tammie Retherford — Staff

Sam Thach Jr. — Student

Lupe Preciado — Staff

Riley Richards — Faculty

Daniel Blair — Student

24 Oct

Interview with Wendy P. Williams

On October 23rd, 2023, local author Wendy P. Williams sat down with KTEC Station Manager Dominick Stone to discuss her recently released book, Autobiography of a Sea Creature: Healing the Trauma of Infant Surgery. In this book, Williams leads the reader through some of the experiences, thoughts, and obstacles she has had throughout her life resulting from surgery without anesthesia when she was less than a month old. This audio can be found below, and an .mp3 file can be downloaded from the following link: Interview with Wendy P. Williams

Additionally, Williams provided several important resources that she encourages people working to overcome this kind of trauma to explore:

helpfortrauma.com – where you can watch Dr. Linda Gantt’s videos about the Instinctual Trauma Response and find a therapist.
cutdownfilm.com – infant surgery survivor Roey Shmool’s film Cutdown: Infant Surgery without Anesthesia, 58 minutes, free on YouTube.
https://healinginfanttrauma.org – Wendy Williams’ blog, which deals with coping with and healing from PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder).
https://survivinginfantsurgery.wordpress.com – Fred Vanderbom’s blog, which deals more specifically with infant surgery. Articles can be found here.

Suggestions from Williams for types of therapy:

EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reintegration, a body-based therapy, which can work really well with preverbal trauma.
Find a Somatic Experiencing therapist, a body-based technique, developed by Dr. Peter Levine.

Books for parents:

Jolene Philo: Does My Child Have PTSD?
Dr. Peter Levine: Proofing Your Kids: A Parents’ Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience

Want to read Autobiography of a Sea Creature? You can purchase a paperback of the book or download a free PDF here. Additionally, you can visit Wendy P. Williams’ author page to learn more and get in touch with her.