Who We Are
Academic Impressions was founded by two students at the University of Denver, Amit Mrig & JB DeVries. Their passion for higher education first emerged with the formation of campuscounselor.com, a portal aimed at helping high school students make the right college choice based on both an academic and social criteria. They later created Academic Impressions as a way to pursue their interest in enrollment management - an interest which soon grew to all areas in academic administration. Their goal is simple - foster meaningful dialogue.  They wish to move away from a silo approach of professional development and towards a truly multi-disciplinary environment, effectively involving all stakeholders in the complex factors that influence higher education.

Our Vision
Academic Impressions will foster an environment where the leading edge of higher education can be exhibited and pushed beyond itself.  We are convinced that the combination of collaboration and competition between colleges will encourage institutions to offer the best possible educational environments to their students, professors and communities.  Our interactive forums will create a locus of dialog between all interested parties, including administrators, implementation specialists, topical experts, consultants and other professionals

By offering innovative formatting, Academic Impressions creates an environment specially suited to discussions about emerging trends in higher education.  Intensive classroom workshops help to focus discussions among experts in a particular field, multidirectional online training sessions and seminars enable long-distance connections without the expense or time of travel and conferences that stress substance over all other considerations focus participants on exploring the issue at hand in an otherwise unreachable depth.

In five years, Academic Impressions hopes to be in a position where it can facilitate major positive change in the world of higher education.  By advocating active communication and focusing on detailed, practical discussions directly applicable to institutional change, Academic Impressions will function as a major forum for collaborative methods capable of advancing the education industry as a whole.