Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 9, 2020

Welcome to July’s Issue: Alumni experiences Since we received a large amount of contributions for last month’s issue on ‘Student Transitions’, we decided to expand it and slightly shorten this month’s issue that will focus on the ‘Alumni experience and connecting learning and teaching in the workplace’.

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Alumni Medical Student Engagement Research 52

Campus Groups

AUGUST 2, 2022

We know how critical the fall is for student engagement. It is when new students immerse themselves in college life and returning students renew with campus activities and traditions. This article outlines 5 student engagement strategies for the fall.

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Kay Peterson

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As a leader in Experiential Education, Dr. McCabe collaborates with students, faculty, administrators, alumni, and external partners to develop experiential curricula using the principles of Experiential Learning Theory, i.e., the Experiential Learning Cycle, Learning Styles and Preferences, and Educator Role Preferences.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 3, 2025

In this program, students engage in a year-long research project under faculty mentorship, culminating in a thesis or creative work. The college consistently attracts a diverse student body from across the United States and around the world. 98% of the student population lives in campus housing, and the age range is 18-24.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

LinkedIn data suggests the college has nearly 9,000 alumni , with 1,400 residing in Indiana and 366 in the Richmond area. Through programs like the Center for Social Justice and the Bonner Scholars Program , Earlham students engage in community service projects throughout Richmond. Notable Alumni: Michael C.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The standout feature of the recorded presentations were the student voices and whilst these were enjoyed by teaching team, it represents a further opportunity for peer learning and student engagement. LinkedIn Profile Global Health and Infectious Diseases postgraduate alumni (and current students!) Feb 27, 2025

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

APRIL 9, 2025

Adult students may prefer adult-specific messaging that relates to their lives, such as information about work-life-school balance, family-centered goals, and increased earning potential. Connect students with faculty and alumni. Send positive messages to students letting them know theyre near the finish line.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JUNE 4, 2024

It’s a vital part of an institution’s engagement strategy, weaving together voices from across the campus and beyond. From bright-eyed prospective students and nostalgic alumni to supportive parents and dedicated faculty, your institution’s entire community can be united through messages and experiences shared on social media.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 17, 2025

One hallmark program at Whitman is Semester in the West, a unique field-based study experience where students engage directly with environmental and policy research across the American West. international markets, and underrepresented student populations. Douglas (Class of 1920) U.S.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We took the opportunity presented by the Student Partnership Agreement (SPA) to engage IFP alumni in the construction of this student-led project. We invited all IFP alumni from 2018-2023, and seven volunteered from across all years of UG study. Next, we moved on to the student-led project.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 9, 2020

Welcome to July’s Issue: Alumni experiences Since we received a large amount of contributions for last month’s issue on ‘Student Transitions’, we decided to expand it and slightly shorten this month’s issue that will focus on the ‘Alumni experience and connecting learning and teaching in the workplace’.

Alumni 40

Alumni Medical Student Engagement Research 40

Campus Groups

MAY 31, 2022

16 Fun College Orientation Ideas to Encourage Student Engagement in 2022 For many students, college orientation can be their first experience on their own. Invite local chefs, the school president, popular faculty members, or notable alumni to serve as judges! The obstacle?

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Student Engagement Entertainment Libraries Utilities 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 16, 2024

In this blog post, Pooja and Ankita, SACHA alumni discuss co-creation and collaboration in course design. This post belongs to June-July Hot Topic series: Students as Change […] Pooja Suresh Kumar is pursuing her Master’s degree in Public Health.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JULY 2, 2024

To gather these insights, all relevant stakeholders — including faculty, students, and alumni — need to be asked strategic questions such as: What are the core values that define our university? How does our mission align with the needs of our online students? What personality traits do we want our brand voice to convey?

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Marketing and Communication Services Higher Education Alumni Media 99

Terminalfour

MAY 13, 2024

Universities and colleges are very active on LinkedIn, showing ads to reach prospective students, engage alumni, and promote special events. From personalized ads to targeted industry campaigns, check out the creative ways higher ed marketers are leveraging LinkedIn for their marketing efforts.

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University Business

JULY 17, 2023

The rate of Black professors at HBCUs more adequately matches the student rate at HBCUs, where Black students comprise 72% of their respective population. Choose board members who specialize in winning charitable donations and build more systemic engagement with all alumni rather than a network.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The students usually report back to us where they are employed. In addition to students who find excellent jobs after graduating from a four-year institution, some EPW alumni are pursuing graduate studies. “I There is flexibility for which projects the students engage with, Barrios says.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We took the opportunity presented by the Student Partnership Agreement (SPA) to engage IFP alumni in the construction of this student-led project. We invited all IFP alumni from 2018-2023, and seven volunteered from across all years of UG study. Next, we moved on to the student-led project.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 30, 2024

The University’s Curriculum Transformation Project Student Engagement Strategy group have discussed how some of the ideas might be taken forward. Catherine Bovill Professor Catherine Bovill is Co-Director, Institute for Academic Development and Professor of Student Engagement in Higher Education.

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University Business

OCTOBER 21, 2024

However, higher ed leaders can go beyond by leveraging specialty foods at critical times and places outside their dining halls to increase student engagement in campus life, create more inclusive environments, and ensure equity among departments, on and off campus.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 12, 2024

Community college admissions offices also can learn several valuable lessons from their peers that are experiencing strong growth — including two-year, four-year, and alternative credentialing institutions — regarding marketing strategies, student engagement tactics, and operational efficiency.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Telling the stories of current students and successful alumni can create a compelling narrative , showing both the journey and the potential destination. These authentic stories serve as powerful endorsements, fostering trust and aspiration in potential students.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JANUARY 23, 2023

Students from around the world have come and gone for half a century, to learn in, through, about, and for the environment. We have over 800 alumni from across the world, and our aim is to build a connected global community. This is how Alumni events should be!

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 14, 2020

In this post, Head of Alumni Communications Sonia Mullineux describes the genesis of the hugely successful Sharing things podcast and the community building role it plays for the student and alumni experience at the University… We didn’t set out to create a podcast. Can alumni enhance the student experience?

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 11, 2024

In this blog post, three SACHA alumni (Foster Osei, Mtevee Amugune, and Nisha Daniel), who participated in the SACHA programme as online distance learners, discuss the impact of experiential learning on the distance learner experience and share lessons that can be translated to other areas of the curriculum.

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Alumni Curriculum Development Student Engagement Student Employment 59

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JULY 16, 2024

Effective SEO practices elevate your institution’s online presence, ensuring students engage with your brand and mission at the moment they’re seeking information. Aim to make this content shareable as well, to increase its visibility and attract quality backlinks, which boost your institution’s online authority and search rankings.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

APRIL 22, 2024

Infrequent or Irregular Cadence: The frequency and timing of emails play a significant role in how and whether students engage with them. Emails sent infrequently may fail to keep your institution in students’ minds, while an irregular cadence can confuse or annoy them.

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Creatrix Campus

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Your unique selling point (USP) is the exceptional faculty-student ratio, enabling individualized mentoring. In recruitment materials, you feature student success stories with dedicated professors and alumni achievements from the supportive environment. Recruitment Strategy 9: Alumni Engagement Engage your alumni as ambassadors.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 16, 2024

In this blog post, Pooja and Ankita, SACHA alumni discuss co-creation and collaboration in course design. However, implementing co-creation faces hurdles like students’ reluctance to participate (Cook-Sather & Luz, 2015 ; Mapstone et al., Change Agents in a storytelling workshop with the Careers Service and Edinburgh Innovations.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

We found accounts and evidence of the Indian Students Association and Afro-West Indian associations, dating back as early as 1883. We also found a number of notable alumni who had won academic prizes and sporting awards, such as Jesse Ewing Glasgow (1858-60). However, The Student was frustrating to us in many ways.

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Parchment

AUGUST 14, 2024

And Parchment’s Diploma Services hasn’t just been a boon for current students, VLACS is using it to serve the needs of their alumni as well. Kristin says, “It’s been good for our alumni students as well, who maybe misplaced their diploma and need a new copy. With just a few clicks, they’re taken care of.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In today’s competitive higher ed market, adopting a story-driven, persona-based approach is essential for engaging with the right prospective students. A persona-based approach not only helps to reduce acquisition costs and increase student engagement, it can further your institution’s mission while cultivating brand affinity as well.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We have a pool of trained alumni who are available both in Edinburgh and abroad, who can help to support students. We invite former alumni too, bringing together various generations of students, to share questions and experiences. This is where our mentoring program comes in. Overall, we’re building a community.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 25, 2024

These inspiring examples brought to mind an ARU project entitled Seeing Myself, which saw students from diverse backgrounds co-create a series of workshops, short films and motivational talks by ARU alumni, facilitated by Karen Sturt, Student Engagement Manager in the Faculty of Arts, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 25, 2024

These inspiring examples brought to mind an ARU project entitled Seeing Myself, which saw students from diverse backgrounds co-create a series of workshops, short films and motivational talks by ARU alumni, facilitated by Karen Sturt, Student Engagement Manager in the Faculty of Arts, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 3, 2024

They are able to connect with other Change Agents and host organisations from all the programmes by participating in SACHA’s ‘Change Agents for Life’ alumni community. Alumni of the programme discuss the power of reflection as a tool for learning, and how reflection can be made more meaningful for students.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

180) have created a “ladder of student participation in curriculum design” that shows how student engagement in the curriculum can range from no engagement within a dictated, staff-controlled curriculum to significant levels of student engagement with student control of the curriculum (see below).

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