Lorcan Collins spoke as part of the Eccles APEX speaker series at SUU on September 11, 2025

Joan & Loki Mullholland spoke at the Eccles APEX series at Southern Utah University on October 9, 2025. They then joined the APEX team for this conversation.

Michael Schmidt, the dean for SUU's College of Performing & Visual Arts, joins us in this bonus episode of the APEX podcast.

Dr. Elaine Vickers, SUU Chemistry professor and acclaimed author, joins the A.P.E.X. podcast team on this bonus episode.

John DiAntonio from the Utah Shakespeare Festival joins the A.P.E.X. podcast team for a bonus episode.

*** Eccles APEX Website: https://www.suu.edu/apex

*** Eccles APEX Website: https://www.suu.edu/apex

*** Eccles APEX Website: https://www.suu.edu/apex

*** Eccles APEX Website: https://www.suu.edu/apex

*** Eccles APEX Website: https://www.suu.edu/apex

Sibusiso Vilane is a climber and adventurer who spoke at SUU in the A.P.E.X. speaker series on February 6, 2025.

Carrie Snow joins us in this bonus episode of the APEX Radio Hour.

Dr. Crystal Koenig, SUU Assistant Professor, Anthropology

The SUU Eccles APEX presentation on November 7 featured Author and Professor Dr. Rik Scarce. His presentation was titled “Exploring the Civil War’s Timeless Legacy”. Dr. Rik Scarce joined Skidmore College faculty in 2003, where he currently works as a Professor for Environmental Sociology, Social Theories of Environment, Visual Sociology, Video Ethnography, and Contemporary Social Theory. He has created multiple films and authored multiple books, from his film on barefoot running titled Impact: Mobility and Modernity Reconsidered, and his most recent book, Creating Sustainable Communities: Lessons from the Hudson River Region.

The SUU Eccles APEX presentation on October 31 featured mental health advocate and former Major League Baseball player Drew Robinson. His presentation was titled “Strength Isn’t Always Physical”. Drew Robinson was drafted by the Texas Rangers out of high school, and played parts of 12 seasons with the Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Francisco Giants, whom he currently works with as a Mental Health Advocate. In 2020, he miraculously survived a suicide attempt, resulting in a newfound purpose of de-strigmatizing mental health and helping others.

Dr Kevin Stein, Professor of Communication

The SUU Eccles APEX presentation on October 17 featured Poet Paisley Rekdal. Her presentation was titled “West: A Translation”. Paisley Rekdal has authored multiple non-fiction books and several collections of poetry, her most recent titled Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically. Her work, West: A Translation was the subject of her presentation.

The SUU Eccles APEX presentation on October 10 featured Journalist and Writer Lauren Markham. Her presentation was titled “The Myth of the Border”.

The Grace A. Tanner Lecture on October 3, 2024, featured Poet Camille Dungy. Her presentation was called, “Soil, African Diaspora, and American Land”. She has taught many creative writing and poetry workshops and courses, including as a Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at Colorado State University.

Playwright Lauren Gunderson spoke as part of the Eccles A.P.E.X. series and joins us on the podcast.