Hancock Conversations

<p>Hancock Conversations is back! In this episode, we kick off 2024 with AHC Trustee Alejandra Enciso. In this episode, Trustee Enciso (a first-generation Latina American and a Hancock alumna) shares her journey from a...

<p>Hancock's Industrial Hemp Research Program is producing important research and preparing students for careers in a growing job sector. In this episode, we explored this exciting program with AHC Professor Dr. Anjali...

<p>In this episode of Hancock Conversations, we sat down for an interview with Hancock graduate Robert Martinez, also known as BobbyBeenFresh. Martinez has been making and releasing music since high school. His style is...

<p>AHC photographer and videographer Kevin Boland has worked to document life at Hancock for nearly a decade. In this episode, we sat down with him to talk about his career at Hancock and his family's close ties to...

<p>In this episode, we spoke with former Hancock Superintendent/Presidents Dr. Ann Foxworthy Lewellen and Dr. José Ortiz about how their leadership helped shape AHC and its mission to serve students in Northern Santa...

<p>Allan Hancock College's Fire Academy has trained generations of highly skilled firefighters. In this episode, we spoke with Associate Dean of Public Safety Mitch McCann, retired Fire Academy coordinator Andy...

<p>After working as a salon manager and stay-at-home mother, Veronica Van Horn decided to pursue her passion for cooking and baking, going back to school and enrolling in Hancock’s culinary program. After graduating...

<p>Heidi Mendiola is a 2020 Hancock graduate and former Class of 2020 AHC student trustee. In this interview, she shares her journey as a Hancock student and talks about the challenges she and other 2020 graduates faced...

<p>Hancock film professor Chris Hite joins us to talk about his new documentary, Firestorm '77. The film chronicles the true story of a deadly fire near Vandenberg Air Force Base that took place in 1977. Learn more...

<p>As Hancock prepares for the graduation of its centennial class, we talked about the college's history with AHC class of 1954 alumna Marilyn Cronk. Cronk is an art curator and painter who served as the executive...

<p>2020 changed the world for everyone, including Hancock's students. In this episode, we spoke with Hancock 2020 alumnus and former Associated Student Body Government president Tyler Little about the challenges and...

<p>In this episode, we talk about Hancock's history with retired vice president of student services Roger Welt. Welt retired in 2009 after 17 years at Hancock. He is also a Vietnam veteran and holds degrees from Idaho...

<p>Join us as we speak with Hancock alumnus Wally Ajanel. Ajanel is the founder and owner of Wally’s Bicycle Works in San Luis Obispo. In this episode, he shares the story of leaving his home country of Guatemala in...

<p>2020 was an unprecedented year for Hancock students as they learned to adjust to the "new normal" of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, we hear from AHC student ambassadors Ana Rosas Pacheco, David Bautista, and...

<p>In this episode, we talk with Arturo "Cheech" Raygoza, a 2020 Hancock graduate and a co-founding member of the college's Beyond Incarceration Greater Education (BIGE) Club. Raygoza shares his journey as a formerly...