EPISODE · Dec 1, 2025 · 43 MIN
BEHIND THE SCENES of Convocation | The Room Where It All Began | Grad School Discussions
from ItsKayToBeKaren Season 1 · host shruti_kx
Ardalan Askarian, has recently completed his education at the university with an Honors in Computer Science and is working towards his Grad School preparations. What started off with an English Learning Center ended off with a Computer Science degree in his hands. This is a story of determination, a story of pure grit and a story of keeping himself humble. Knowing him in real life, I can attest that Ardalan has been a guest with raw and real emotions and has shared a lot about his knowledge of the subject, his plans for the future, and some of his regrets that he has had. With all his experiences in his classroom studies, he sees value in them and has been applying them into his studies in the Accelerated Master’s program. Come join us in appreciating Ardalan for his success and his recent graduation! We congratulate Ardalan for all the great work that he has been doing and hope that our audience was able to learn a lot from his experiences! We also want to thank our sponsors, Westgate Books and Peryton Books, for sponsoring gift cards to our guests. Westgate Books is located on Louis Avenue and the owners, Luke and Nikki, are extremely knowledgeable and passionate about all the books that you are looking for! They are a bookstore that sells used books at half the retail price with newly stocked collections every season! They originally began in 1972 and since then, they have been working towards making the bookstore bigger and better for all the book-lovers. If you are a cat lover, they have a little cat at the bookstore that you could come say HI to! Here is their address and phone number: Address: 1022A Louise Avenue, SK S7H 2P6Phone Number: 306-382-5252Peryton Books is located on 20th Street West. Their journey began in 2019 and also worked towards selling used books to all our book-lovers in the audience. The most interesting thing about them is that they have collaborated with the ZenZED bicycle courier team who could get your book delivered to you for free at no cost! Come and visit this lovely bookstore in our local city and support them to work towards gaining more collections of books for you! Here is their address and phone number: Address: 408 20th Street West, SK S7M 0X4Phone Number: 306-244-1442If you enjoyed the podcast and want to share a token of appreciation to our podcast team, feel free to buy us a cup of coffee: coff.ee/shruti_kxTo stay updated, click the subscribe and bell icon button. For more content, feel free to follow me at my social media account: https://www.instagram.com/kaytobekaren
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Ardalan Askarian, has recently completed his education at the university with an Honors in Computer Science and is working towards his Grad School preparations. What started off with an English Learning Center ended off with a Computer Science degree in his hands. This is a story of determination, a story of pure grit and a story of keeping himself humble. Knowing him in real life, I can attest that Ardalan has been a guest with raw and real emotions and has shared a lot about his knowledge of the subject, his plans for the future, and some of his regrets that he has had. With all his experiences in his classroom studies, he sees value in them and has been applying them into his studies in the Accelerated Master’s program. Come join us in appreciating Ardalan for his success and his recent graduation! We congratulate Ardalan for all the great work that he has been doing and hope that our audience was able to learn a lot from his experiences! We also want to thank our sponsors, Westgate Books and Peryton Books, for sponsoring gift cards to our guests. Westgate Books is located on Louis Avenue and the owners, Luke and Nikki, are extremely knowledgeable and passionate about all the books that you are looking for! They are a bookstore that sells used books at half the retail price with newly stocked collections every season! They originally began in 1972 and since then, they have been working towards making the bookstore bigger and better for all the book-lovers. If you are a cat lover, they have a little cat at the bookstore that you could come say HI to! Here is their address and phone number: Address: 1022A Louise Avenue, SK S7H 2P6Phone Number: 306-382-5252Peryton Books is located on 20th Street West. Their journey began in 2019 and also worked towards selling used books to all our book-lovers in the audience. The most interesting thing about them is that they have collaborated with the ZenZED bicycle courier team who could get your book delivered to you for free at no cost! Come and visit this lovely bookstore in our local city and support them to work towards gaining more collections of books for you! Here is their address and phone number: Address: 408 20th Street West, SK S7M 0X4Phone Number: 306-244-1442If you enjoyed the podcast and want to share a token of appreciation to our podcast team, feel free to buy us a cup of coffee: coff.ee/shruti_kxTo stay updated, click the subscribe and bell icon button. For more content, feel free to follow me at my social media account: https://www.instagram.com/kaytobekaren
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