In Episode 10, Dr. Hurd speaks with Jordan Kijewski, College Advising Corps adviser at the University of Virginia, and Victoria Thach, College Advising Corps adviser at the University of Michigan. In this episode, we highlight the shared values of our advisers and our partners at the Panda Cares Foundation, including character building and college access and success.
Do you like to build toys, Take them apart and have fun with science? Do you want to know how stuff is made and make your own inventions? Then this course is perfect for you. In this course, there will be engineering, design, smart science, simple machines and much more
Welcome to Coding for Kids! This course is a gentle introduction to Python coding.
Coding is writing logical instructions for a computer to follow. In our modern world, coding is used to create computer programs that power the microchips in your microwave, car, phone and every modern device you know.
This course makes it easier for people to start a company, regardless of who or where they are!
It’s the perfect course to introduce kids to becoming a future entrepreneur.
Growing up, you played soccer, tennis, took swimming or karate classes; suddenly – you want to dance but hesitate to go to ballet school. This online ballet class for the beginners with Ms. Irina is your solution. Since it is an ongoing class, students can practice dance skills every week.
In this 12-week online course, students will learn how to film using either a phone or camera and edit through iMovie.
Students, teens, house moms, VA, salesmen, secretaries, marketers, or any newbie – start making professional videos now!
An economics class explaining why people invest, how the stock market works, and how inflation affects us all.
In this introduction to finance course from Michigan learn to apply frameworks and smart tools for understanding and making everyday financial decisions.
Complete step-by-step guide to teaching kids financial knowledge using real life concepts, examples, and checklists.
Learn about the factors that impact your take home pay.
Learn about different options for investing your money and saving for retirement.
What factors influence your credit score? What is the impact of only paying the minimum balance on your credit card? Build your knowledge of these key financial topics.
Learn basic strategies for creating a budget and saving money each month.
This budgeting class will help your teenagers manage money responsibly now and beyond high school.
Learning dynamic muscle memory movement for self-defense. These videos are 1-3mins long. We get straight to the point.
Write Your Own Mystery with Steve Reifman, National Board Certified Teacher and Award-Winning Children’s Mystery Author.
You have the freedom to write what you want, but you also gain the discipline of writing craft.
There are no grades, no exams, no wrong answers—just creative writing
In this camp, students will learn to think more strategically about how they write and how to edit what they write.
Here you will gain an introduction to screenwriting, TV writing, and playwriting. You will learn how these forms are similar and how they’re different.
Here you will gain an introduction to six major forms of creative nonfiction— memoir, personal essay, feature articles, profiles, reviews, and college essays.
This class is going to be offering information on certain topics in short story writing, such as point of view, tense, introducing your story and your characters, how to use dialogue and dialect, and how to end your story.
In this one-time, 75-minute class students learn the expectations of a college-level instructors when it comes to a research writing assignment that will make up all or much of a course grade.
Learn how performance of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice provides occasions for creative, thoughtful communication across personal, historical, and cultural boundaries on topics including language and theatricality, gender relations, and religious prejudice.
Building confidence in creative writing while building a foundation for inspiration.
Learn creative writing at home / homeschool for children, kids and young adults.
This course will help focus young writers by offering an open forum for craft discussions—including prompts and writing exercises—led by a master of fine arts in creative writing.
In this flexible schedule class, we will explore advanced writing skills like character development, perspective, visual storytelling and descriptive language to help creative writers enrich their skills.
DREAM BIG! Do you dream of being an actor? Learn what it takes to start an acting career in film and TV in this one-time overview and Q&A with a professional actress. TOPICS: Training Theatre VS Film/TV Headshots Agents & Casting Directors Auditions Actor’s Mindset.
This 12 week class will elevate your skills and take your acting to the next level! Learn famous method acting techniques and implement them into fun and challenging exercises & scene work. Become a more confident and bookable actor!
In this dance class for teens we will work on advanced ballet vocabulary going through barre and center exercises.
This class gives dancers a chance to work one on one with a working professional.
Growing up, you played soccer, tennis, took swimming or karate classes; suddenly – you want to dance but hesitate to go to ballet school. This online ballet class for the beginners with Ms. Irina is your solution. Since it is an ongoing class, students can practice dance skills every week.
In this class students will learn a theatre dance combination! After a comprehensive warm up, we will learn steps commonly found in theatre jazz and then apply these skills to a short combination. A new combo is taught each week!
The perfect home-based jazz dance class for intermediate-advanced dancers. We’ll hone our jazz & traditional ballet technique while dancing to an upbeat, popular song in this fun 1-hr class!
If you are new to origami, this step-by-step class will guide you through many basic concepts and vocabulary as you fold the Quilt Star.
These paper crafts lessons are perfect when you work from home and need to change activities. You can also give these lessons to your kids to make them busy while you work.
Shoot better video by learning the video production techniques used by Hollywood filmmakers. And get paid to do it!
“Growth as an actor and growth as a human being are synonymous.” – Stella Adler. This ideal sits at the core of the fundamentals of acting. New to acting? Curious about the artform
This class gives dancers a chance to work one on one with a working professional.
Students will learn about some of the things that veterinarians and veterinary technicians do to help keep animals happy and healthy. A brief overview of a variety of topics will be discussed with future classes to be offered with more detail.
This is a short and sweet and simple class to teach students the basics of household plumbing. We will cover some of the essentials about how plumbing works for sinks and toilets.
In this 4 week online course, students will learn what financial markets are, their history, how they operate and potential careers in stock trading. The students will run their own simulated portfolio (a MarketWatch account is necessary). This is the perfect class for kids 9-14 yeas old.
In this 4 week online course, students will learn what financial markets are, their history, how they operate and potential careers in stock trading. The students will run their own simulated portfolio (a MarketWatch account is necessary). This is the perfect class for kids 9-14 yeas old.
Now more than ever it’s important to understand at an early age how money works!
This two session class covers what money is, how it works and focus specifically on financial understanding and how to use credit cards and loans responsibly. This is the perfect class for kids 9-16 yeas old.
Do you like to build toys, Take them apart and have fun with science? Do you want to know how stuff is made and make your own inventions? Then this course is perfect for you. In this course, there will be engineering, design, smart science, simple machines and much more
Computer Aided Design(CAD) takes an important role in the technology development. Could you imagine any field without CAD? CAD along with 3D Printing has reached far than expected in the technological field. Also, with the booming virtual reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) market, we can clearly understand the need of CAD skills in the future.
In this Guitar for Kids (7+) course designed for beginners, kids 7 years old and over will learn basic skills and some of the most famous songs of all time. With a fun, engaging, easy to follow and hands-on methodology, your kid will start playing the guitar quickly while having lots of fun.
My French Adventure is an online French course designed for children between 5 and 10 years old. It is the ideal course to introduce children to the basics of French. How does a baby acquire language? Through playing and singing. My French adventure takes this approach in order to teach kids French.
My German Adventure is a German course designed for children around the ages of 5 and 10 years. It is the ideal course to introduce children to the basics of German. How does a baby acquire language? Through playing, singing and repetition. My German Adventure takes this approach in order to teach kids German.
Has your child always wanted to learn to sew? Not quite sure how to get started? Have no fear, I’ve got you covered!
This course makes it easier for people to start a company, regardless of who or where they are!
It’s the perfect course to introduce kids to becoming a future entrepreneur.
The Interactive Drawing for Kids course may be just what you are looking for! Designed with beginners in mind, this drawing course is perfect for ages 5-10 years old. The teaching process used is a kid-tested, step-by-step method that will both inspire and delight your child into drawing action!
This project-based class is ideal for kids, home schoolers, and anyone wanting to learn about photography in a fun way.
Scratch is a unique programming language that is based on blocks – actual blocks. So no need to worry about creating pages of hand-typed code – all you will need to do is drag and drop. Cool, huh?
Welcome to Coding for Kids! This course is a gentle introduction to Python coding.
Coding is writing logical instructions for a computer to follow. In our modern world, coding is used to create computer programs that power the microchips in your microwave, car, phone and every modern device you know.
Growing up, you played soccer, tennis, took swimming or karate classes; suddenly – you want to dance but hesitate to go to ballet school. This online ballet class for the beginners with Ms. Irina is your solution. Since it is an ongoing class, students can practice dance skills every week.
In this 12-week online course, students will learn how to film using either a phone or camera and edit through iMovie.
Students, teens, house moms, VA, salesmen, secretaries, marketers, or any newbie – start making professional videos now!
An economics class explaining why people invest, how the stock market works, and how inflation affects us all.
In this introduction to finance course from Michigan learn to apply frameworks and smart tools for understanding and making everyday financial decisions.
Complete step-by-step guide to teaching kids financial knowledge using real life concepts, examples, and checklists.
Learn about the factors that impact your take home pay.
Learn about different options for investing your money and saving for retirement.
What factors influence your credit score? What is the impact of only paying the minimum balance on your credit card? Build your knowledge of these key financial topics.
Learn basic strategies for creating a budget and saving money each month.
This budgeting class will help your teenagers manage money responsibly now and beyond high school.
Learning dynamic muscle memory movement for self-defense. These videos are 1-3mins long. We get straight to the point.
Write Your Own Mystery with Steve Reifman, National Board Certified Teacher and Award-Winning Children’s Mystery Author.
You have the freedom to write what you want, but you also gain the discipline of writing craft.
There are no grades, no exams, no wrong answers—just creative writing
In this camp, students will learn to think more strategically about how they write and how to edit what they write.
Here you will gain an introduction to screenwriting, TV writing, and playwriting. You will learn how these forms are similar and how they’re different.
Here you will gain an introduction to six major forms of creative nonfiction— memoir, personal essay, feature articles, profiles, reviews, and college essays.
This class is going to be offering information on certain topics in short story writing, such as point of view, tense, introducing your story and your characters, how to use dialogue and dialect, and how to end your story.
In this one-time, 75-minute class students learn the expectations of a college-level instructors when it comes to a research writing assignment that will make up all or much of a course grade.
Learn how performance of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice provides occasions for creative, thoughtful communication across personal, historical, and cultural boundaries on topics including language and theatricality, gender relations, and religious prejudice.
Building confidence in creative writing while building a foundation for inspiration.
Learn creative writing at home / homeschool for children, kids and young adults.
This course will help focus young writers by offering an open forum for craft discussions—including prompts and writing exercises—led by a master of fine arts in creative writing.
In this flexible schedule class, we will explore advanced writing skills like character development, perspective, visual storytelling and descriptive language to help creative writers enrich their skills.
DREAM BIG! Do you dream of being an actor? Learn what it takes to start an acting career in film and TV in this one-time overview and Q&A with a professional actress. TOPICS: Training Theatre VS Film/TV Headshots Agents & Casting Directors Auditions Actor’s Mindset.
This 12 week class will elevate your skills and take your acting to the next level! Learn famous method acting techniques and implement them into fun and challenging exercises & scene work. Become a more confident and bookable actor!
In this dance class for teens we will work on advanced ballet vocabulary going through barre and center exercises.
This class gives dancers a chance to work one on one with a working professional.
Growing up, you played soccer, tennis, took swimming or karate classes; suddenly – you want to dance but hesitate to go to ballet school. This online ballet class for the beginners with Ms. Irina is your solution. Since it is an ongoing class, students can practice dance skills every week.
In this class students will learn a theatre dance combination! After a comprehensive warm up, we will learn steps commonly found in theatre jazz and then apply these skills to a short combination. A new combo is taught each week!
The perfect home-based jazz dance class for intermediate-advanced dancers. We’ll hone our jazz & traditional ballet technique while dancing to an upbeat, popular song in this fun 1-hr class!
If you are new to origami, this step-by-step class will guide you through many basic concepts and vocabulary as you fold the Quilt Star.
These paper crafts lessons are perfect when you work from home and need to change activities. You can also give these lessons to your kids to make them busy while you work.
Shoot better video by learning the video production techniques used by Hollywood filmmakers. And get paid to do it!
“Growth as an actor and growth as a human being are synonymous.” – Stella Adler. This ideal sits at the core of the fundamentals of acting. New to acting? Curious about the artform
This class gives dancers a chance to work one on one with a working professional.
Students will learn about some of the things that veterinarians and veterinary technicians do to help keep animals happy and healthy. A brief overview of a variety of topics will be discussed with future classes to be offered with more detail.
This is a short and sweet and simple class to teach students the basics of household plumbing. We will cover some of the essentials about how plumbing works for sinks and toilets.
In this 4 week online course, students will learn what financial markets are, their history, how they operate and potential careers in stock trading. The students will run their own simulated portfolio (a MarketWatch account is necessary). This is the perfect class for kids 9-14 yeas old.
In this 4 week online course, students will learn what financial markets are, their history, how they operate and potential careers in stock trading. The students will run their own simulated portfolio (a MarketWatch account is necessary). This is the perfect class for kids 9-14 yeas old.
Now more than ever it’s important to understand at an early age how money works!
This two session class covers what money is, how it works and focus specifically on financial understanding and how to use credit cards and loans responsibly. This is the perfect class for kids 9-16 yeas old.
Do you like to build toys, Take them apart and have fun with science? Do you want to know how stuff is made and make your own inventions? Then this course is perfect for you. In this course, there will be engineering, design, smart science, simple machines and much more
Computer Aided Design(CAD) takes an important role in the technology development. Could you imagine any field without CAD? CAD along with 3D Printing has reached far than expected in the technological field. Also, with the booming virtual reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) market, we can clearly understand the need of CAD skills in the future.
In this Guitar for Kids (7+) course designed for beginners, kids 7 years old and over will learn basic skills and some of the most famous songs of all time. With a fun, engaging, easy to follow and hands-on methodology, your kid will start playing the guitar quickly while having lots of fun.
My French Adventure is an online French course designed for children between 5 and 10 years old. It is the ideal course to introduce children to the basics of French. How does a baby acquire language? Through playing and singing. My French adventure takes this approach in order to teach kids French.
My German Adventure is a German course designed for children around the ages of 5 and 10 years. It is the ideal course to introduce children to the basics of German. How does a baby acquire language? Through playing, singing and repetition. My German Adventure takes this approach in order to teach kids German.
Has your child always wanted to learn to sew? Not quite sure how to get started? Have no fear, I’ve got you covered!
This course makes it easier for people to start a company, regardless of who or where they are!
It’s the perfect course to introduce kids to becoming a future entrepreneur.
The Interactive Drawing for Kids course may be just what you are looking for! Designed with beginners in mind, this drawing course is perfect for ages 5-10 years old. The teaching process used is a kid-tested, step-by-step method that will both inspire and delight your child into drawing action!
This project-based class is ideal for kids, home schoolers, and anyone wanting to learn about photography in a fun way.
Scratch is a unique programming language that is based on blocks – actual blocks. So no need to worry about creating pages of hand-typed code – all you will need to do is drag and drop. Cool, huh?
Welcome to Coding for Kids! This course is a gentle introduction to Python coding.
Coding is writing logical instructions for a computer to follow. In our modern world, coding is used to create computer programs that power the microchips in your microwave, car, phone and every modern device you know.
Growing up, you played soccer, tennis, took swimming or karate classes; suddenly – you want to dance but hesitate to go to ballet school. This online ballet class for the beginners with Ms. Irina is your solution. Since it is an ongoing class, students can practice dance skills every week.
In this 12-week online course, students will learn how to film using either a phone or camera and edit through iMovie.
Students, teens, house moms, VA, salesmen, secretaries, marketers, or any newbie – start making professional videos now!
An economics class explaining why people invest, how the stock market works, and how inflation affects us all.
In this introduction to finance course from Michigan learn to apply frameworks and smart tools for understanding and making everyday financial decisions.
Complete step-by-step guide to teaching kids financial knowledge using real life concepts, examples, and checklists.
Learn about the factors that impact your take home pay.
Learn about different options for investing your money and saving for retirement.
What factors influence your credit score? What is the impact of only paying the minimum balance on your credit card? Build your knowledge of these key financial topics.
Learn basic strategies for creating a budget and saving money each month.
This budgeting class will help your teenagers manage money responsibly now and beyond high school.
Learning dynamic muscle memory movement for self-defense. These videos are 1-3mins long. We get straight to the point.
Write Your Own Mystery with Steve Reifman, National Board Certified Teacher and Award-Winning Children’s Mystery Author.
You have the freedom to write what you want, but you also gain the discipline of writing craft.
There are no grades, no exams, no wrong answers—just creative writing
In this camp, students will learn to think more strategically about how they write and how to edit what they write.
Here you will gain an introduction to screenwriting, TV writing, and playwriting. You will learn how these forms are similar and how they’re different.
Here you will gain an introduction to six major forms of creative nonfiction— memoir, personal essay, feature articles, profiles, reviews, and college essays.
This class is going to be offering information on certain topics in short story writing, such as point of view, tense, introducing your story and your characters, how to use dialogue and dialect, and how to end your story.
In this one-time, 75-minute class students learn the expectations of a college-level instructors when it comes to a research writing assignment that will make up all or much of a course grade.
Learn how performance of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice provides occasions for creative, thoughtful communication across personal, historical, and cultural boundaries on topics including language and theatricality, gender relations, and religious prejudice.
Building confidence in creative writing while building a foundation for inspiration.
Learn creative writing at home / homeschool for children, kids and young adults.
This course will help focus young writers by offering an open forum for craft discussions—including prompts and writing exercises—led by a master of fine arts in creative writing.
In this flexible schedule class, we will explore advanced writing skills like character development, perspective, visual storytelling and descriptive language to help creative writers enrich their skills.
DREAM BIG! Do you dream of being an actor? Learn what it takes to start an acting career in film and TV in this one-time overview and Q&A with a professional actress. TOPICS: Training Theatre VS Film/TV Headshots Agents & Casting Directors Auditions Actor’s Mindset.
This 12 week class will elevate your skills and take your acting to the next level! Learn famous method acting techniques and implement them into fun and challenging exercises & scene work. Become a more confident and bookable actor!
In this dance class for teens we will work on advanced ballet vocabulary going through barre and center exercises.
This class gives dancers a chance to work one on one with a working professional.
Growing up, you played soccer, tennis, took swimming or karate classes; suddenly – you want to dance but hesitate to go to ballet school. This online ballet class for the beginners with Ms. Irina is your solution. Since it is an ongoing class, students can practice dance skills every week.
In this class students will learn a theatre dance combination! After a comprehensive warm up, we will learn steps commonly found in theatre jazz and then apply these skills to a short combination. A new combo is taught each week!
The perfect home-based jazz dance class for intermediate-advanced dancers. We’ll hone our jazz & traditional ballet technique while dancing to an upbeat, popular song in this fun 1-hr class!
If you are new to origami, this step-by-step class will guide you through many basic concepts and vocabulary as you fold the Quilt Star.
These paper crafts lessons are perfect when you work from home and need to change activities. You can also give these lessons to your kids to make them busy while you work.
Shoot better video by learning the video production techniques used by Hollywood filmmakers. And get paid to do it!
“Growth as an actor and growth as a human being are synonymous.” – Stella Adler. This ideal sits at the core of the fundamentals of acting. New to acting? Curious about the artform
This class gives dancers a chance to work one on one with a working professional.
Students will learn about some of the things that veterinarians and veterinary technicians do to help keep animals happy and healthy. A brief overview of a variety of topics will be discussed with future classes to be offered with more detail.
This is a short and sweet and simple class to teach students the basics of household plumbing. We will cover some of the essentials about how plumbing works for sinks and toilets.
In this 4 week online course, students will learn what financial markets are, their history, how they operate and potential careers in stock trading. The students will run their own simulated portfolio (a MarketWatch account is necessary). This is the perfect class for kids 9-14 yeas old.
In this 4 week online course, students will learn what financial markets are, their history, how they operate and potential careers in stock trading. The students will run their own simulated portfolio (a MarketWatch account is necessary). This is the perfect class for kids 9-14 yeas old.
Now more than ever it’s important to understand at an early age how money works!
This two session class covers what money is, how it works and focus specifically on financial understanding and how to use credit cards and loans responsibly. This is the perfect class for kids 9-16 yeas old.
Do you like to build toys, Take them apart and have fun with science? Do you want to know how stuff is made and make your own inventions? Then this course is perfect for you. In this course, there will be engineering, design, smart science, simple machines and much more
Computer Aided Design(CAD) takes an important role in the technology development. Could you imagine any field without CAD? CAD along with 3D Printing has reached far than expected in the technological field. Also, with the booming virtual reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) market, we can clearly understand the need of CAD skills in the future.
In this Guitar for Kids (7+) course designed for beginners, kids 7 years old and over will learn basic skills and some of the most famous songs of all time. With a fun, engaging, easy to follow and hands-on methodology, your kid will start playing the guitar quickly while having lots of fun.
My French Adventure is an online French course designed for children between 5 and 10 years old. It is the ideal course to introduce children to the basics of French. How does a baby acquire language? Through playing and singing. My French adventure takes this approach in order to teach kids French.
My German Adventure is a German course designed for children around the ages of 5 and 10 years. It is the ideal course to introduce children to the basics of German. How does a baby acquire language? Through playing, singing and repetition. My German Adventure takes this approach in order to teach kids German.
Has your child always wanted to learn to sew? Not quite sure how to get started? Have no fear, I’ve got you covered!
This course makes it easier for people to start a company, regardless of who or where they are!
It’s the perfect course to introduce kids to becoming a future entrepreneur.
The Interactive Drawing for Kids course may be just what you are looking for! Designed with beginners in mind, this drawing course is perfect for ages 5-10 years old. The teaching process used is a kid-tested, step-by-step method that will both inspire and delight your child into drawing action!
This project-based class is ideal for kids, home schoolers, and anyone wanting to learn about photography in a fun way.
Scratch is a unique programming language that is based on blocks – actual blocks. So no need to worry about creating pages of hand-typed code – all you will need to do is drag and drop. Cool, huh?
Welcome to Coding for Kids! This course is a gentle introduction to Python coding.
Coding is writing logical instructions for a computer to follow. In our modern world, coding is used to create computer programs that power the microchips in your microwave, car, phone and every modern device you know.