Unsung Talents

By: KAMU Studios
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  • At Texas A&M, numerous skills and talents are on display every day. But on a campus of around 90,000 students, faculty and staff, not all of those talents are visible. This bite-size audio series tells the stories of the important campus jobs you don’t see and the people that do them.
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Episodes
  • Making Biscuits at 5 a.m. – Unsung Talents: Episode #8

    Making Biscuits at 5 a.m. – Unsung Talents: Episode #8
    Jan 17 2025
    Where are you at 5 a.m.? Probably still asleep or just waking up to get ready for the day. But at Sbisa Dining Hall, breakfast cooks are already hard at work. Experience the sounds of a Texas A&M University kitchen as cook Iiesha Thomas - and her 5 a.m. energy that most people would envy - takes just over an hour to make 400 portions of biscuits and gravy, 400 portions of sausage, 300 portions of oatmeal and 150 portions of mushrooms. Hear potatoes frying, oatmeal being stirred and fruit being chopped in preparation for a busy day. Plus - find out just how quickly Thomas pivots from breakfast to lunch. Listen to more episodes at tx.ag/unsungtalents.
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    6 mins
  • Getting Paid on Time – Unsung Talents: Episode #7

    Getting Paid on Time – Unsung Talents: Episode #7
    Dec 18 2024
    It may seem like magic when your paycheck appears in your bank account, but there are a lot of steps to get it there. Meet Dawn Suehs, one of 14 payroll administrators for the university. Together, the payroll team pays 32,575 people every month - that’s a whopping $145,750,649 each month. Find out what goes into getting people paid on time and if Suehs gets jealous seeing what everyone makes. Listen to more episodes at tx.ag/unsungtalents.
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    5 mins
  • Cleaning Bonfire Memorial – Unsung Talents: Episode #6

    Cleaning Bonfire Memorial – Unsung Talents: Episode #6
    Nov 15 2024
    Art won’t stay pretty on its own. It fights the elements. So, on a recent sticky, cloudy morning, volunteers gathered to scrub bronze and sweep granite at Bonfire Memorial. Ahead of the 25th anniversary of Bonfire collapse and the annual ceremony remembering the 12 Aggies who died, join volunteers as they scrub, wash and wax every inch of the memorial. Hear from University Art Galleries collections manager Amanda Neel as she explains every step of the process and hear why Texas A&M students and staff, plus members of Texas Exes, chose to spend their morning helping out. Then, learn more about Neel’s job maintaining about 50 other sculptures and caring for 2,500 pieces of art in the university’s collections. If you’d like to volunteer for future sculpture cleanings, fill out this form to sign up (https://uart.tamu.edu/volunteer/). Listen to more episodes at tx.ag/unsungtalents.
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    6 mins

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