The Huntington Way - Episode 08 with Guest Jenna Hinkle

Originally Aired: May 14, 2022
Guest: Jenna Hinkle
Huntington Learning Center Website: https://huntingtonhelps.com/center/colorado-springs
Huntington Learning Center Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuntingtonColoradoSpringsCO/
Huntington Learning Center YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCur1jYqh8vCL2IwjYzpULcg
 
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A Colorado Springs native, Jenna began playing the cello at the age of 10. She holds a Bachelor of Innovation from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, graduating Summa Cum Laude and with Highest Distinction. She was an active member of the UCCS Arts Community, participating in Theatre Works’ Lysistrata, the UCCS String Quartet, Professor Jon Forshee’s Telequartet, the UCCS Honors Ensemble, and several student recitals. She has performed original compositions by several of her fellow students, including works by Conor Bourgal, Noel Armendariz, Amanda Dillon, and Kitty Robinson. She performed in “Romancing the Strings” at Broadmoor Community Church in February 2020. Her primary mentors both musically and academically are Paul Rule, Jane Chan, Leah Hansen, and Colleen Stiles.
Alpenglow Music Program is an organization of small ensembles providing affordable and flexible music education to students of all ages and skill levels. Top-tier coaches facilitate growth and connection while our opportunity-driven model relieves excessive academic pressures in order to maximize the growth of each student.
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The Huntington Way - Episode 07 with Guest Steve Schuck

Originally Aired: May 7, 2022
Guest: Steve Schuck
Huntington Learning Center Website: https://huntingtonhelps.com/center/colorado-springs
Huntington Learning Center Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuntingtonColoradoSpringsCO/
Huntington Learning Center YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCur1jYqh8vCL2IwjYzpULcg
Steve Schuck’s career resume reads more like an adventure, a mission to succeed and to lead. It began with an economics degree from the Wharton School of the Universityof Pennsylvania. Following graduation, he became a math teacher and head football coach at Manlius, prep school for WestPoint. After two years in New York City, he and his wife, Joyce, a published author, headed west. They have three children, six granddaughters, two grandsons and three great granddaughters.
 
The business Steve founded is wholly owned by the Schuck family. In the more than 50 years since its beginnings, the company has grown from a small real estatebrokerage enterprise to a major developer of commercial, residential, industrial and mixed-use projects in multiple markets.
The Schucks have, or had, more than 50 joint ventures and partnerships, creating and developing more than 5,000 residential home sites and 10,000 acres of commercialprojects in the Denver, Colorado Springs, Portland, and Phoenix markets, valued in the billions of dollars.
Steve Schuck’s leadership has also extended to many community and civic challenges, including being or having been a trustee of the Daniels Fund and Alliance forSchool Choice, Life Skills Center, Rocky Mountain Community Foundation, Step 13, the Bighorn Center, the Colorado Alliance for Reform in Education, Independence Institute (past Chairman), CACI, Kids Voting, The Career Building Academy, Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, Pikes Peak Y-USO, Junior Achievement, Boy Scouts, Western National Bank, Penrose Hospital, National Jewish Hospital, and the UCCS and CU Foundations.
As a founder or co-founder of both the state and the Colorado Springs private economic development programs, the Greater Denver Corporation, the Colorado Leadership Forum, and the Republican Leadership Program (now the Leadership Program of the Rockies), his entrepreneurial accomplishments reach far beyond business. 
 
Presently his focus is on improving public policy, both in Colorado and nationally, so that all parents, regardless of their circumstances, are empowered to choose the education they think is best for their children.  In early 2003, his efforts contributed to the passage of Colorado’s HB 1160,then the country’s newest and strongest school choice legislation.  And he and Joyce have backed up their commitment to education by creating and funding Parents Challenge, which has provided scholarships and grants to more than 1700 disadvantaged kids in both public and private schools.
 
He has been named “Citizen of the Year” by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, the Colorado Association of Homebuilders, the Urban League, the Board of Realtors, the El Paso County Republican Party, and has received a medal of merit from the University of Colorado Board of Regents, Step 13’s first award of leadership, the David S. D’Evelyn Award for Inspired Leadership from the Independence Institute, the YMCA’s Woodgate Award and the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise’s Achievement Against the Odds “Pharaoh” Award and, with Joyce, was chairperson of the Easter Seals Telethon, the March of Dimes Mothers March, and received the Lions Heart Award from CSCS. 
Gov. Owens proclaimed Oct. 15, 2004 as Steve Schuck Day.  Steve also received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award, was named Honorary Dean of Real Estate by the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, received the Colorado Springs Gazette newspaper’s Freedom of Spirit Award, was honored by the Red Cross with its Humanitarian Award, and by the mayor of Colorado Springs with his “Spirit of the Springs” award.
 
Steve Schuck believes passionately that “Everyone will benefit when business entrepreneurs bring their real world experience and talent, developed in the competitivemarketplace, to society’s challenges.”
 
So he took his thoughts on improving government even a step further. He ran for the Republican nomination for Governor of Colorado in 1986, hoping to apply hiscommunity and business leadership to the challenges facing his state. He lost by fewer than 3,000 votes, but made, and still makes, important contributions to the political landscape. As a candidate, he was endorsed by the Denver Post, which praised his “restless energy, driving intelligence, infectious humor and contagious need to do something.”

The Huntington Way - Episode 06 with Guest Lenie de Castro

Originally Aired: Apr 30, 2022
Guest: Lenie de Castro
Huntington Learning Center Website: https://huntingtonhelps.com/center/colorado-springs
Huntington Learning Center Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuntingtonColoradoSpringsCO/
Huntington Learning Center YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCur1jYqh8vCL2IwjYzpULcg
 

The Huntington Way - Episode 05 with Guest Ben Honeycutt

Originally Aired: Apr 23, 2022
Guest: Ben Honeycutt
Huntington Learning Center Website: https://huntingtonhelps.com/center/colorado-springs
Huntington Learning Center Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuntingtonColoradoSpringsCO/
Huntington Learning Center YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCur1jYqh8vCL2IwjYzpULcg
Benjamin Honeycutt is a Middle School Technology and STEAM Teacher at Woodland Park Middle School. He has been a classroom teacher for 6 years and has taught at both charter and public schools in Southern Colorado. Ben published a young adult book called Bleak centered on the bullying issue in 2020, and co-founded an educational non-profit called Open World Cause that helped fund the construction of classrooms in Nepal and Kenya, work Ben has helped oversee since 2010. Ben’s experiences have inspired him to make his classroom a place where all students can succeed and to give his students as many real-world entrepreneurial opportunities as possible. In his second year of teaching, Ben’s students were internationally recognized by Microsoft in Education for their successful campaign to save the HIPAfrica school in Kenya. 
 
To find out more about Ben, you can visit benhoneycutt.com or get involved with his non-profit at openworldcause.org. Ben challenges himself with the belief that students have the power to change the world from the screens of their devices, so what’s stopping them? 
 

The Huntington Way - Episode 04 with Guest Deborah Hendrix

Originally Aired: Apr 2, 2022
Guest: Deborah Hendrix
Huntington Learning Center Website: https://huntingtonhelps.com/center/colorado-springs
Huntington Learning Center Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuntingtonColoradoSpringsCO/
Huntington Learning Center YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCur1jYqh8vCL2IwjYzpULcg
Deborah Hendrix – Is an Advocate for education and is currently the Executive Director for Parents Challenge, an organization that supports parental choice in education.  She believes in volunteering and serves on several boards in the community. Deborah served on the Harrison School District 2 Board for 8 years, 6 years as President and Colorado Early Colleges, a charter school for 12 years as board President.  She serves on the boards of Goodwill of Colorado, Pikes Peak United Way, Colorado Springs Community Cultural Collective at City Auditorium, The Legacy Institute and the Youth Transformation Center, a restoration justice organization, and an advisory member of The Colorado Springs Conservatory. Deborah has her own training and consulting business, is a certified Dale Carnegie instructor and most importantly a mom to 2 beautiful daughters – Catherine and Danielle.  She has been married to Charles for 30 years and her most favorite pastime is putting together puzzles.  Deborah is the Past President of the Colorado Springs (CO) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and a member of the Colorado Springs Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
 

The Huntington Way - Episode 03 with Guest Kevin Honeycutt

Originally Aired: Apr 9, 2022
Guest: Kevin Honeycutt
Huntington Learning Center Website: https://huntingtonhelps.com/center/colorado-springs
Huntington Learning Center Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuntingtonColoradoSpringsCO/
Huntington Learning Center YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCur1jYqh8vCL2IwjYzpULcg
Kevin grew up in poverty, attending school in more than 20 states before becoming the first high school and college graduate in his family. He taught K-12 art, summer art camps and wrote and directed high school plays for 13 years. During that time he was nominated for Sallie Mae Master Teacher, Kansas Master Teacher and won the Making IT Happen Award, as well as being published in art education journals.
Kevin then transitioned to a role as a staff developer and keynote speaker at an educational non-profit service agency for the next 17 years. There, he conceived and developed multiple research based programs in the areas of project based learning, trauma/poverty informed instruction, SEL, STEM/STEAM education, and Digital Legacy. His podcast, Driving Questions in Education, was the number one rated podcast in K-12 video education for multiple years and featured best selling authors and leading educational thinkers from around the world. He was an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2011 and delivered a TEDx talk in 2015.
Kevin has worked with teachers and students in 49 states plus Puerto Rico and has delivered keynotes to audiences all over the world in places such as Oslo Norway, Hong Kong, Shanghai, New Zealand, London, Manila, multiple provinces in Canada and multiple cities in Australia including locations in the Outback such as Groote Eylandt.
Kevin is a husband, father, grandfather, published author, and entrepreneur. In 2021 he partnered with his wife of 31 years to start his own company, Honeycutt Consulting, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Company website: honeycuttconsultinginc.com
Email: bookinginfo@honeycuttconsultinginc.comTwitter & LinkedIn: @kevinhoneycuttInstagram: @kevin_honeycutt

The Huntington Way - Episode 02 with Guest Katy Crumpton

Originally Aired: Apr 2, 2022
Guest: Katy Crumpton
Huntington Learning Center Website: https://huntingtonhelps.com/center/colorado-springs
Huntington Learning Center Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuntingtonColoradoSpringsCO/
Huntington Learning Center YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCur1jYqh8vCL2IwjYzpULcg
Katy Crumpton has been homeschooling her four boys for almost 12 years. She grew up 15 minutes from downtown Dallas and had never crossed paths with any homeschooler until she met her husband in college. She is a musician, teacher, wanderluster, reader, artist and always chasing "awe" for herself and her kids. She loves to take her family on long roadtrips that can last weeks, usually focusing on National Parks or bustling cities. This curiosity for anything and everything inspiring and wonderful has taken her family from coast to coast, experiencing the world as authentically as possible.
If your child is interested in joining her Homeschool Choir (for teens aged 12 and up), search for "Colorado Springs Homeschool Vocal Ensemble" on Facebook or Google to learn more! You can find her musings on Instagram at @katycrumpton or on Facebook. She used to have a blog you could access, but life got too crazy. New to Coloradofrom Texas, her family is always on the lookout for great Mexican food, but thinks it's a perfectly fine swap for mountain views, beautiful hiking, and no tornadoes. Katy hopes to inspire other homeschooling parents to follow their own path and not feel trapped in one thing forever. The desire to throw in the towel is an every-couple-of-months cycle for her, and no one ever feels like they are doing the very best anyway. So do what you can, right now, with what you have, and take a moment to be thankful.
 
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The Huntington Way - Episode 01 with Guest Ethan Gonzales

Originally Aired: Mar 26, 2022
Guest: Ethan Gonzales
Huntington Learning Center Website: https://huntingtonhelps.com/center/colorado-springs
Huntington Learning Center Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuntingtonColoradoSpringsCO/
Huntington Learning Center YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCur1jYqh8vCL2IwjYzpULcg
Based in Colorado, USA, Ethan Gonzales has always been proud to share and express his identity and culture to people around him. Alongside martial arts and learning different languages such as Spanish and Korean, Ethan is an aspiring video-creator on YouTube, known on his several platforms as TheEthanGonzales. He wants to some day be able to use his platform, either through his videos or even his writing, to inspire others, especially Filipinos worldwide, to be proud of who they are and to never be afraid to be bold. He plans to graduate high school this year.
Social media links:
YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/TheEthanGonzalesSocial Media: www.linktree.com/TheEthanGonzalesPodcast: https://anchor.fm/theethangonzales