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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is not a "come and hang out in the hallways" kind of convening it's a "come, roll up your sleeves, engage with colleagues and other partners, and do the hard work of HBCU change." Students are no different. You can't really do HBCU transformation and improvement without students engaged in the conversation.

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GARRETT GREEN

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Green served as director of multicultural student engagement at the university. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and media studies, a master’s in higher education administration from Georgia Southern University, and an educational doctorate from Augusta.

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Leading With Vision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lord’s educational background is an intriguing mix of marketing communications, business, research, and student affairs. These skills have combined in her groundbreaking research around how students of color, particularly Black students, engage with institutional social media as a tool for recruitment or retention.

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Beyond words: Intermediality as a teaching method to diversify engagement

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

By situating students as active agents of their own learning, teachers cant ask students to simply receive, memorize, and repeat () [as] merely spectators, not re-creators of knowledge (Freire, 1968, p.62). However, what constitutes student engagement? Student engagement and the tyranny of participation.

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How to Build a University Social Media Strategy

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

5 Steps for Creating Your Social Media Brand Presence For universities eager to thrive in today’s cyber-centric world, social media isn’t just a tool. It’s a vital part of an institution’s engagement strategy, weaving together voices from across the campus and beyond.

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From Controllers to Careers: Using Esports to Develop Tech Skills in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Additionally, esports teams and events heavily rely on digital marketing strategies to engage fans, attract sponsors, and build brand visibility. Through esports initiatives, students can also cultivate skills in virtual collaboration, project management, and other essential competencies that are highly sought after in the tech sector.

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Striving for Digital Equity in Education

The Scholarly Teacher

We also recognize the continued impact of this type of inequity on educational opportunities and experiences of under resourced students and communities. Digital Media for Teaching and Learning The importance of digital tools in teaching and learning cannot be overemphasized. Image courtesy of Kyle Lautner, Unsplash.