Podcast

 Dr. Lisa Guion Jones has an incredible back-story that makes her passionate about higher education and ensuring that students from all backgrounds have the opportunity to pursue their dreams. Dr. Jones has nearly 23 years of experience in the field of education. She has a unique blend of direct experience in leadership, teaching, research, and extension/engagement…

One of the biggest topics in higher education these days is student debt. And Timothy Evans has an incredible back-story that makes him passionate about getting out of, and staying out of, debt. And with where Tim works, he is in a unique position to speak into the lives of students staring down the possibility leaving…

In the continuation of this “How I Got Into Student Housing” series, COCM’s Jeff Kirkpatrick shares his story of how a dangerous situation propelled him into being an RA and eventually a full time student housing professional. If you’ve missed the previous episodes in this series, we’ve been talking to housing professionals to understand how they…

In this “How I Got Into Student Housing” series, we’ve been talking to housing professionals to understand how they got into this field.  In every episode of the series, you’ll hear how a mentor and/or a situation guided each person into something they love. In this episode we interview COCM’s director of Towson Place Apartments, a…

Va’Shajn Parr, Director of the on-campus communities of University Village and the Quad at CSU San Marcos, spoke with us about the service he is using to solve the unnecessarily complicated issue of resident package delivery.  They are utilizing a system called Parcel Pending to help secure and then notify students when they have packages…

Nancy Uscher was kind enough to join the podcast for a second time.  When we first talked to her in 2014, she was the President of Cornish College of the Arts, in Seattle.  But she recently has taken a position as the Dean of the College of Fine Arts at UNLV. A passionate musician and…

Technology in higher ed is something we’ve not touched on many times on the podcast.  Today we reverse that trend!  Jack Suess, the Vice President of Information Technology and CIO of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, joined us to talk about what they’re doing with “Big Data” on that campus, and how they’re using…

Joe Cantona is a Site Operations Specialist for COCM.  In his role, he has worked on site at almost every one of COCM’s sites across the country, performing tasks from opening sites for the first time, to filling the gap while critical staff when they are on leave. He joined us for the latest installment of…

Author and fellow podcaster, Lisa B. Marshall joined us to talk about the art of good communication.  Lisa has a long history of helping organizations and elite performers develop strong communication and leadership. Her company develops solutions to facilitate organizational effectiveness and leadership development through consulting, training, keynotes, and one-on-one coaching.  She is the author of the bestselling…