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Andrew Naylor

Andrew is a campus housing professional with 22 years of experience. At FIU, Andrew has worked closely with the Fostering Panther Pride program for the last five years to ensure homeless students and students from foster homes are provided housing on campus as they transition into the university. Partnering with their success coach, Andrew meets […]

Changes that Make a Big Impact on Peer Leader Training

The main element missing from most peer leader programs is training rooted in outcomes-based learning strategies. Without this, your peer leaders may clearly understand what’s expected of them, but be ill equipped to meet those expectations. Join us online to learn how you can reconfigure your peer leader training by utilizing outcome-based, active learning strategies […]

Crafting Personalized Stewardship Plans for Top Donors

Learn a process for developing creative and customized stewardship plans for your highest-level donors. How can you learn unique information about your donors and use it to form stewardship plans that create meaningful moments and encourage subsequent gifts? Join us online to get a collection of creative ideas for your top donor stewardship plans – […]

Elizabeth Chapman

Betsy Chapman is responsible for communications with undergraduate parents across a variety of platforms, including the Parents’ Page website and the Daily Deac blog, as well as parent content for Facebook and Twitter. She also works with the Wake Forest Parents’ Council and is responsible for the Council’s operations, meetings, and member fundraising. Betsy also […]

Academic Success Coaching: Keys to an Effective Approach

Given voluminous research on the impact of individualized attention on at-risk students’ academic performance and persistence, more institutions are innovating new ways to leverage both peer mentors and professional academic success coaches. To learn more about the second approach (which has not yet been as widely adopted), we reached out to Derek Moore, a key […]

7 Ways Academic Leaders Can Cultivate Creativity

This article continues a series focused on Creating an Innovative Institutional Mindset. More articles will follow. The previous article in this series is: Creative thinking skills are more important than ever if we are to deal with the vast and complex array of challenges facing many colleges and universities. In my last article I discussed the difficulty […]

Bynum Walter, AICP

Bynum, a campus planner that specializes in student life planning for Ayers Saint Gross, has 15 years of experience. Her student life planning projects include Washington & Lee University, Wake Forest University, and Kansas State University, among others. Bynum is a member of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) Mid-Atlantic Regional Council and […]

Victoria Matthew

Victoria has a background in K-12, public, and private higher education, as well as in online teaching and learning. Her interest lies in creating innovative programming that meets the needs of diverse audiences. Victoria has presented both locally and nationally program innovation, transformational learning, and the educational uses of blogs and wikis.

John Greene

John Greene has been in a leadership position within a higher education facilities department for 37 years, nearly all with Trinity University.  He has been active member within APPA: The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers; serving on its international board of directors, president of an eight-state regional association, member of national/regional committees and host […]

Networking Fundamentals for Research Development Professionals

Whether you’re a new research development professional (RDP) or an RDP new to your institution, you need to orient to your institution’s structure and research landscape. Where can you gather tools and intel that will further your institution’s research mission, and how can you share them widely? Join us online to learn the fundamentals of […]