Oct 21, 2026 · 16 min · 11 segments
On today's episode, Ben Kinney speaks with Richard Mathieu, campus president of Johnson & Wales University's Charlotte campus, marking the program's 22 years in the city. Richard traces a higher-ed…
Ben KinneyHostAnd just to give a shout out, here at Johnson & Wales, as you may know, we're known for our food and culinary, but it's greater than that.
We are very involved in the entire hospitality industry and increasingly in the health-related industry, particularly as it relates to food.
And so it's exciting to work with those groups and with the employers that are involved in all that.
And Just to give you one snapshot about Johnson and Wales, sometimes I get asked, what's your favorite part of being the campus president? And once a year, we have a career fair.
And last year we had over 80 employers on our campus, in our gymnasium, here hiring our students.
Everyone's out working with our students, cheering on our students, because we love to see the success at the end when they're interviewing for a job, making the connections with the employers.
And a lot of times the employers that are recruiting are our very own alumni.
Yeah, that's seeing your success firsthand right there, which is a really cool thing that I would imagine to observe for sure.
And just to give a shout out, here at Johnson & Wales, as you may know, we're known for our food and culinary, but it's greater than that.
We are very involved in the entire hospitality industry and increasingly in the health-related industry, particularly as it relates to food.
And so it's exciting to work with those groups and with the employers that are involved in all that.
And Just to give you one snapshot about Johnson and Wales, sometimes I get asked, what's your favorite part of being the campus president? And once a year, we have a career fair.
And last year we had over 80 employers on our campus, in our gymnasium, here hiring our students.
Everyone's out working with our students, cheering on our students, because we love to see the success at the end when they're interviewing for a job, making the connections with the employers.
And a lot of times the employers that are recruiting are our very own alumni.
Yeah, that's seeing your success firsthand right there, which is a really cool thing that I would imagine to observe for sure.
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