eric stoller & the lunch episode

Oct 31, 2019 | Academics, Admissions, Advising, Campus Life, Communications, Conferences, Consulting, Data, Digital Media, Financial Aid, First Year Experience, Marketing, Professional Development, Public Relations, Retention, Side Hustles, Social Media, Student Success, Web

Photo of Eric StollerEric Stoller is the vice president of digital strategy at GeckoEngage. You may know him from his articles on Inside Higher Ed, his speaking engagements and his consulting work around digital engagement. He’s always loved doing marketing and public relations, but never wanted to work for an agency. Eric’s experiences in student development services at University of Illinois Chicago and enrollment management at Oregon State University really cemented interest in the intersection of technology and student success. He’s had an incredible and unique journey through the world of higher education. 

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Episode 173

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#heweb19 & the return of the golden nuggets

Oct 24, 2019 | Conferences, Data, Digital Media, Marketing, Outside Higher Ed, Public Relations, Social Media, Video Production, Web

What’s better than actually going to the HighEdWeb Conference? Recording an episode with your friends that actually went! At least that’s what Lougan is telling himself this week as he welcomes Jackie and Jon-Stephen back to the show along with new guest Alaina Wiens. We chat about what it’s like running social media for the conference, and the various presentations they gave. We also talk about the “golden nuggets” they are taking back home this year. 

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Episode 172

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REBROADCAST: jon mcbride & the sesquicentennial episode

Oct 17, 2019 | Rebroadcast

It’s been a crazy week, and we’ll be back next week with a new episode. For now, enjoy this rebroadcast episode with Jon McBride!

Jon McBride works at Brigham Young University as the media relations and social media manager. Since he started at BYU 6 years ago, he has begun to develop a strong and creative social media strategy. In this episode, he explained how he loves that his department is adaptive to the field of communication. Jon tells us about the time he pitched Beyonce’s publicist, and also chats with Lougan and Jackie about his student social media team and their thoughtful Instagram stories on tough campus topics.

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Episode 150 REBROADCAST

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ashley alvarado & the love of teaching

Oct 10, 2019 | Faculty, Graduate School

Ashley Alvarado is a doctoral student at the University of South Carolina where she serves as a teaching assistant while obtaining her Ph. D in literature. Lougan and Ashley talk about how general education classes teach students to analyze and interpret information, as well as think critically. We also talk about Ashley’s plans for doctoral research, specifically diaries and their place in literature. 

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Episode 171

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lougan & the amazing emma hawes

Oct 3, 2019 | Extra Episode, Podcasting

Back in January of 2018, Emma Hawes joined the Higher Ed Social podcast team with episode 97. This week, Lougan sat down with her to chat about how she came to be on the podcast, her unique college experience as a triplet, her love for the Parks and Recreation and other shows we’re watching. 

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Episode 170.5

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