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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john delony & the other one fifty three

May 10, 2019 | Disability Services, First Year Experience, Graduate School, Leadership, Mentoring, New Students, Residence Life, Student Affairs, Student Conduct, Student Organizations, Student Success

John Delony playing guitar on stageOn this week’s episode, we talk sit down with John Delony, the Associate Provost and Dean of Students at Belmont University. John talks about how his own mental health challenges proved to be an important turning point in his life. Those events inspired him to take counseling classes at Texas Tech and join a crisis team to help grieving families. All of these experiences have profoundly shaped his approach to working with students. 

 

Episode 160

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andy shaw & the mommy blogs

Jul 12, 2018 | Admissions, Communications, Digital Media, First Year Experience, Marketing, New Students, Social Media

Get ready for a VERY lively episode this week. Lougan and Jackie talked with the hilarious Andy Shaw, director of enrollment communications at York College of Pennsylvania. Andy loves his job because he makes stuff that get students to come to his college. He also teaches a class about comedy for freshmen to help them build confidence in public speaking. Andy is a new father, and that’s become a very important part of his life. He has an upcoming book titled The New Mom’s Guide to New Dads which helps new mom’s understand the minds of new dads. We talk about that and his experiences being a dad!

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Episode 120

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peyton lipscomb, a camel, a mariachi band, a three legged gator & a cat colony

Apr 19, 2018 | Advising, Campus Life, First Year Experience, New Students, Residence Life, Retention, Student Affairs

Peyton Lipscomb is the retention initiatives coordinator at University of West Florida. Her undergraduate advisor in economics suggested her pursue a career a higher education since she loved serving the campus of Mississippi State. She oversees an initiative called Anchor Down for freshmen. Their events are focused around a theme and it issues stickers to professors and students with questions to ignite conversation.

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Episode 108

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brady griffith & don’t worry, lougan cut out the spoiler

Dec 30, 2015 | Advising, Campus Life, Career Development, First Year Experience, Student Affairs

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Portable Network Graphics image-5DF2B92E1A50-1Episode 47 welcomes recent graduate Brady Griffith, Life Coach at Maryville University. Naturally, we talk about Star Wars because Lougan had seen the new release since our last episode…more than once. Don’t worry, listeners, we cut out the spoilers. We determine that Lougan is in fact not a Star Wars uberfan, but does own a $600 lightsaber. We finally get around to asking Brady what a Life Coach really is, and he explained the relatively new concept in Higher Education and at Maryville. As a Maryville alumnus, Brady describes his transition from student to Life Coach, and how it benefits his new position. We’re excited to bring Brady back on the show to hear how the program has evolved!

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