Season 4: Episode 4
Title: Latin Lessons in Daily Life
In this Episode, guest Colin Mance, a senior at UAlbany, talks about his life growing up in Albany. He speaks about his military school experience; as well as his trajectory and transition from military high school to UAlbany. Additionally, he discusses how he came to appreciate the Latin language and his great appreciation of his Latin instructor, Charlie Giglio. During the interview, he highlights how UAlbany Faculty members have helped shape his post-graduation plans.
00:00 Intro
00:09 Colin’s Intro
00:20 Living and studying in Albany.
02:10 Experience in a military school
04:39 What’s is military school like?
08:16
Military’s not a passion nor plan anymore.
09:36 Colin’s experience at UAlbany
11:41 Charlie’s Latin class
12:16 Knowledge is power.
12:49 Colin’s parents were UAlbany students.
13:13 Track and Colin’s UAlbany journey
15:37 Going to UAlbany was fate.
16:36 What made Charlie Giglio’s Latin class so important for you?
21:59 UAlbany professors care about you
23:08 “What are your plans after graduation?”
26:14 Outro
Contributors:
Colin Mance (Storyteller), Yesenia Melo (Host), J-Lyn Thomas (Host), Brandon Lemus (Editor), Yehara Gutierrez Rodriguez (Marketing), Christopher Miller (Marketing), Carmen Serrano (Editor/Executive Producer). UAlbany Student Stories, Season 4, Episode 2 [podcast]. Music from El Pañuelo de Pepa by Javier Colina and Pepe Rivero. José Cruz, Executive Producer.
More about the Group: https://www.albany.edu/news-center/news/2022-indigenous-students-host-vigil-honoring-residential-school-survivors
Funding provided by the UAlbany Faculty Research Awards Program (FRAP).
Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio.
Email Carmen Serrano: cserrano4@albany.edu or the Podcast team: GRP-uastudentstories@albany.edu
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