How does a campus’s physical, organizational, and socially constructed environments affect students? What environmental conditions influence student success? How can campus “architects” in and beyond student affairs work to foster inclusion, safety, engagement, and community? And, what adjustments to these models are required when students’ primary learning environment is virtual?

In Designing for Learning: Creating Campus Environments for Student Success, the acclaimed 2nd edition of their groundbreaking book Educating by Design (2001), Strange and Banning provide a practical guide based on research and theory that shows how colleges and universities can build learning environments that foster student success.

Join host Heather Shea Gasser as she connects with two thought leaders in campus ecology and environmental design, Dr. C. Carney Strange and Dr. James H. Banning on Student Affairs Live. Email your questions to [email protected] or tweet to @higheredlive or @heathergasser during the show.

The annual AMA Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education is November 15-18 in Chicago. With more than 1,000 attendees, it is the largest event exploring the challenges and trends shaping marketing in higher education. In this episode of Marketing Live, conference keynote speaker Dan Dillon Jr. and conference co-chair Deb Maue will join host Rob Zinkan to preview #AMAHigherEd and the key topics and issues to be discussed.

What are the implications of using terms like residence hall versus dorm? What are the advantages of living on-campus in a residence hall versus off-campus? How do diverse living arrangements impact critical thinking and a sense of belonging? What are some intentional strategies or steps to consider when attempting to build community? How can we use research to inform a roommate selection process that will lead to student success? What are the pros and cons of a traditional versus curricular approach to designing learning experiences and programs? How do you effectively recruit, train, and retain residence life staff?

Join Tony Doody as he talks with Dr. Greg Blimling, author of the The Resident Assistant speak about his new book Student Learning in College Residence Halls.

The needs of post-graduate program alumni are different than those of undergraduates. Post-graduate alumni are older, more likely to be at an advanced career stage, and often have affinities for their undergraduate institutions that supersede a post-graduate alma mater. Alumni relations strategies designed to engage alumni of MBA programs must take into account these distinctions. In this episode of Advancement Live, host Ryan Catherwood explores some of the differences in engaging MBA program alumni with guests Christoper Vlahos of the Thunderbird Independent Alumni Association and Robert Bochnak of Harvard Business School. Vlahos and Bochnak will cover tips for engaging MBA alumni through regional networks, digital communication strategies, on-campus events, and career services.

You can't form a communication plan that works without understanding audience motivations. In this episode of Admissions Live, guest host Erin Supinka speaks with two higher education research professionals about what it means to be audience-centric, best practices for tracking audience behaviors and needs, strategies for conducting research and universal characteristics of prospective students and parents.

Is your orientation program filled with "talking head" administrators and presentations filled with text-laden slides? Have you implemented the latest technology and instructional methods to meet the needs and expectations of the modern-day student? Do you partner effectively with your colleagues across the university to leverage other areas of expertise and knowledge? Are you recruiting and developing a diverse set of orientation leaders that go beyond a traditional stereotype of a high-energy extrovert?

On this episode we'll explore a variety of high-impact orientation practices that are engaging and challenging students to learn more effectively. Join Tony Doody as he speaks with Matthew Ferguson (Rutgers University), Michelle Nightingale (Tompkins Cortland Community College), and Beth Lingren Clark (University of Minnesota) as they discuss orientation models use of technology, storytelling, multimedia, flipped classrooms, social media engagement, instructional design, peer-to-peer learning, moderated panels, game shows, simulations, interactive tours, and more.

Can custom content help colleges and universities take their broad-based engagement and fundraising strategies to the next level?

As concepts of personas and audience segmentation begin to pop up in higher ed communications, alumni affairs, and fundraising contexts, it’s clear that institutions sense opportunity in moving beyond conventional one-size-fits-all engagement strategies. But is differentiating between audiences enough to make a difference? Will colleges and universities ever be able to engage the broad base of their constituents at the individual level, with fully customized and personalizable content? In this conversation with QuadWrangle CEO and Co-founder Nick Zeckets and the MIT Alumni Association’s Christine Tempesta, we’ll examine why this is a goal worth pursuing, as well as some developments suggesting that it’s not as far off as it may seem.

Have you ever approached a faculty member with an opportunity to speak to the media or perhaps speak at an event, only to hear responses like these?

“I don’t have time to do this.”

“I don’t think I’m the right expert.”

“My subject area is too specific.”

Asking certain faculty members to help serve as experts can be challenging. While it’s becoming more widely accepted by faculty that responding to such requests is a great way to build their personal reputation – as well as the institution’s – there is still work to be done in this area.

We have all suffered through hours of bad presentations. Learn how to transform standard presentations into an engaging journey from communications industry leader Duarte's Vice President of Academy and Marketing, Laura Wall Klieves.

What is the field of Student Affairs? How does one go about preparing for and then building a career in Student Affairs? What are the possible areas of employment within the field how does one locate resources to learn more about possible careers? What are the benefits and challenges that student affairs professionals face?

Tune in if you:

are an undergraduate student or recent graduate considering a career in student affairs

are investigating professional preparation programs and professional associations

interact with students on your campus who may be interested in pursuing a career in student affairs and want to learn about resources to share with them!

On this episode of Student Affairs Live, host Heather Shea Gasser connects with six student affairs educators who are engaged in the field as new professionals, mid-level professionals, faculty members, and senior student affairs officers at a variety of institutional types.