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Show Description (Live air date: April 6, 2022): “Thriving in Unfamiliar Places” with guest, Dr. Sydney Freeman, Jr., University of Idaho. Dr. Freeman is a groundbreaker. He is a professor in the Department of Leadership and Counseling at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, the first African American male to be promoted to full professor in the university's history. Being a ‘first’ on a predominantly white university campus is one thing, but having moved to Idaho after having spent a good chunk of his career at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, that is something altogether something else. During our time together, I am going to be probing Dr. Freeman’s essay “Thriving in Unfamiliar Places'' where we dig into his thesis that in order to thrive and be their completely authentic selves, it is essential to follow three keys: Knowing Who you are, Knowing Whose you are, Knowing Who you want to become.
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