We meant to publish this extended interview last July, but we just kept putting it off.

Okay, enough procrastination jokes.

Each season, we find a few conversations go way too long to fit into a regular episode of the Lunchcast, and we bring them here, to the J Term or Summer Session episodes. Given the format of the last season, we didn't have any - fortunately, this interview with Laurie Kopp Weingarten, President of One-Stop College Counseling in Marlboro, New Jersey was in the vault. During season seven, the Counselor's Choice season, she brought forward the topic and challenge of student procrastination.

Enjoy this interview, currently aged about a year, about an enduring challenge for all of us.

Every season, we have a few interviews that run long - and we release the extended cuts later. Given the format change for the last season, we didn't have that - which means it's quite fortunate that we had this great conversation from season seven.

Originally published in March, 2024, during our Counselor's Choice season, we had this great conversation with Kerri Caruso, College Scholarship Coordinator at Mount Carmel Academy in New Orleans, Louisiana to bring you.

We intentionally held this extended cut back until January, because although the interview is almost a year old, this is the perfect time for the reminder to have onboarding development plans that can launch at any point in time.

The Admissions Directors Lunchcast recently launched an exclusive video podcast series - Lunchcast Live. Twice a month, Teege and Nathan will welcome a guest to discuss a hot topic on their mind. The interview will often be shared here, but the full conversation with the audience is available only to members of the Lunchcast community. If you would like to be added to the invitation list, email [email protected].

For this Lunchcast Live, we were joined by Seinquis Leinen, Senior Director of Strategic Enrollment Management at North Dakota State University discussing staff morale.

The Admissions Directors Lunchcast recently launched an exclusive video podcast series - Lunchcast Live. Twice a month, Teege and Nathan will welcome a guest to discuss a hot topic on their mind. The interview will often be shared here, but the full conversation with the audience is available only to members of the Lunchcast community. If you would like to be added to the invitation list, email [email protected].

The Admissions Directors Lunchcast recently launched an exclusive video podcast series - Lunchcast Live. Twice a month, Teege and Nathan will welcome a guest to discuss a hot topic on their mind. The interview will often be shared here, but the full conversation with the audience is available only to members of the Lunchcast community. If you would like to be added to the invitation list, email [email protected].

For this Lunchcast Live, we were joined by Seth Harris, Senior Principal, Financial Aid Optimization at EAB to update us all on FAFSA 2025.

Okay, let's get into it. What's happening on TikTok as it relates to the college search process, and what should colleges do to manage it?

Jenna Shulman, founder and owner of Get Me Into College helps us see how students are leveraging TikTok as a tool in the college search process.

Natasha Caudill, Digital Communications Specialist at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois steps in as the practitioner with tangible examples of how she manages the Knox College TikTok account.

You've heard them - now let's talk about them. In this episode, we want to address what some of the most common student misconceptions are, and focus on what we should do about them.

Butch Hamilton, Director of College Advising at Saint Mary’s Raiken High School in Lennertown, Maryland and a Certified Educational Planner and Educational Consultant at Golden Educational Consulting begins the conversation as our influencer guest.

John Pyle,

Is this a podcast about ocean life, or college admissions? It might take you a few minutes into the episode to be sure. But, to end the suspense, this episode is about learning loss, and the impact to colleges hovering just below the surface of the demographic cliff.

Ed Venit, Managing Director of Strategic Research at EAB shares with us the results of research and futuring work they've done to understand what's to come.

If you follow higher ed news, you'd think small colleges everywhere are falling faster than when a quarter push machine is shaken. Of course, for every story told about a small college that is struggling or worse - there are stories that aren't told.

So how (and why) are some small colleges thriving in this environment?

To answer that, we have two outstanding guests.

Rachael Stock, Dean of Admissions & Recruiting at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois joins us as a practitioner, helping to dissect what it means when a college is intentionally small.

We've talked about all the different directions enrollment leaders go when they move on: the dark side - the high school side - the independent counseling side - this week we explore a whole new angle: K-12 Admissions.