July 27, 2021

12 Tips to Support First Year Students on Your Campus

July 27, 2021/ Stephanie Chandra

12 Tips to Support First Year Students on Your Campus

There’s no denying it. Freshman year is hard.

The transition between a regimented, organized senior year of high school (living at home and learning in a structured environment) to the first year of college (where built-in frameworks may no longer exist) can be an enormous challenge for many people.

From geographic moves, unfamiliar faces, new living situations, and unexpected social and academic expectations, it can be pretty intimidating for first-year students trying their best to adapt. It’s no wonder that far more students enroll as freshmen than walk across the graduation stage four years later.

July 13, 2021

14 Ways to Gamify Student Engagement & Learning

July 13, 2021/ Stephanie Chandra

14 Ways to Gamify Student Engagement & Learning

Continuously evolving trends and technologies change the way people acquire information.

For college students facing demanding schedules, heavy workloads and an often overwhelming amount of content consumption, campus administrators and faculty are always searching for ways to more effectively engage students in and outside of the classroom to get them more active and involved in campus life.

Implementing gamification is a useful strategy to get students excited and enthusiastic about learning, while transforming even the most difficult or mundane subjects into programs and lessons with which students actually want to engage.

July 06, 2021

How to Empower First Generation Students

July 06, 2021/ Lucie-Kay Desthuis-Francis

First generation college students constitute a large and growing segment of the student body. First generation students face unique challenges. They need additional support throughout the entire college experience, starting with the application process through to graduation. A powerful engagement strategy and dedicated resources are key to attracting and retaining this segment of the student population. Below are 5 ways to empower and increase the success of first generation students.

June 08, 2021

Make Your 2021 Career Fair the Most Successful!

June 08, 2021/ Lucie-Kay Desthuis-Francis

Make your 2021 Career Fair the most successful!

Career fairs provide students with the chance to learn about new companies and make face-to-face connections with potential employers and recruiters. Launched in 2020, as an alternative to in-person fairs, virtual fairs are a product of the Covid-19 Pandemic. They have, however, changed the mindset of how career fairs should be managed forever and are now a mainstay of early talent recruiting.

The benefits of this next-generation student engagement experience are proven. Whether your 2021 career fair will be fully in-person or hybrid, having a virtual guide or app is instrumental to the process from both an efficiency and qualitative perspective. Outlined below are five key takeaways, demonstrating why leveraging an online career fair platform will maximize the success of your next career fair.

May 26, 2021

Flexibility & Adaptability of Technology for a Safe Return to Campus

May 26, 2021/ Stephanie Chandra

12 Fall Restart Strategies for a Safe, Accessible and Remote-Inclusive Return to Campus

As you prepare to welcome your student population back to campus this coming fall, you might be thinking about the best ways to manage a safe return to campus life, while staying mindful to a lot of unknowns.

The new semester will continue to include virtual and hybrid programming as a way to promote safety compliance and also to bring in different types of experiences that are not yet possible with in-person programming.

May 25, 2021

10 Benefits of Virtual Student Involvement Fairs

May 25, 2021/ Lucie-Kay Desthuis-Francis

10 Benefits of Virtual Student Involvement Fairs

Whether your 2021 academic year will be fully in-person, or a hybrid of in-person and virtual, virtual involvement fairs are here to stay. Universities and colleges nationwide will continue to leverage this technology for the foreseeable future as a way to maximize student engagement. Even with the majority of students back on campus, there are many benefits to having an online component to involvement fairs.

Here are 10 benefits of implementing a virtual fair platform for your next student involvement fair.

May 18, 2021

26 Tips for Hosting a Successful & Engaging Virtual Student Orientation

May 18, 2021/ Stephanie Chandra

26 Tips for Hosting a Successful & Engaging Virtual Student Orientation

Connect Your Virtual Community! Whether campus life will be in-person, virtual or blended this fall, administrators in charge of welcoming their newest students are charged with a unique challenge in adapting in-person programming and resources into an engaging online format. The stakes are high, too. Welcome Week is typically the first opportunity to build relationships and introduce new students to the culture and traditions of your campus. With this new challenge, though, comes an enormous opportunity to elevate your orientation programming with virtual components that are accessible, engaging and sustainable over the entire onboarding process. With some creativity, innovation and helpful technologies, your virtual orientation can become a truly immersive and enriching experience for your campus community!