August 24, 2021

COVID-19 As a Catalyst for Change on Campus

August 24, 2021/ Kathryn Warren

COVID-19 As a Catalyst for Change on Campus

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Students are registering for classes, buying books, and packing their bags. Residential Assistants are feverishly working on bulletin boards and door decorations. Student Affairs staff are training student leaders, coordinating arrival logistics, and putting the finishing touches on their Welcome Week programs. The new academic year is upon us and many colleges are welcoming students to campus for the first time since Spring 2020.

August 10, 2021

New But Not: Supporting Sophomores in 2021

August 10, 2021/ Bridget DuBrey

New But Not: Supporting Sophomores in 2021

My sophomore year was hard. I had just been dumped by my boyfriend, which meant I needed to find a whole new friend group. I was transitioning into my role as an RA and trying to get more involved with organizations on campus. I felt pressured to declare a major and wasn’t sure what my career path would be.

But I had been on campus before. I knew my way to most of my classes and I knew which dining halls had the best food. I had already survived my first year in a residence hall and developed study techniques that didn’t require parental encouragement.

August 03, 2021

Strategies to Make Your Hybrid Events a Success!

August 03, 2021/ Lucie-Kay Desthuis-Francis

Hybrid events have become the “new normal” for many campuses. While no longer a necessity, many colleges have seen them as an asset from both an event management and student engagement standpoint.

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.

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.