The Student Housing Matters blog explores ideas with leaders in higher education and the student housing profession. This is the place to find stories from those who have worked in the field for many years, podcast interviews, and videos about relevant topics in the student housing world.

It’s about matters relating to on-campus student housing, as well as why quality on-campus student housing really matters. We want this blog to serve as a forum for sharing ideas and insights about how your on-campus student housing can do things beyond simply housing students. How it can be used as a more powerful tool to recruit and retain students on your campus. We look forward to you joining us in the conversation.

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Creating a Positive Living Experience – with COCM’s Maria Saad

February 21, 2023

For Maria Saad, of the COCM team providing guidance and making a positive impact on students’ lives is not just a job—it’s a passion. On this episode of Student Housing Matters, Maria sits down to share her insights on the student housing industry. As someone who believes that ‘it’s more of a learning experience for…

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Top Channels for Communicating with Students – with Mellissa Taylor

April 10, 2020

During her tenure at COCM, Mellissa Taylor quickly became known among students as The Housing Lady. So, what did she learn as the face and voice of student housing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham? How have those lessons around communicating with students carried over to her current role in higher ed?Mellissa serves as…

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Ribbon Cutting at UMass Boston’s New Residence Hall

August 30, 2018

UMass Boston excited to open its first-ever residence Students now can truly call UMass Boston home. This past Tuesday, Mayor Walsh, Interim Chancellor Katherine Newman, University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan, local elected officials and university supporters gathered to celebrate a ribbon cutting for the very first residence hall at the University of Massachusetts, Boston…

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Gen Z is here!

February 26, 2014

Here at Student Housing Matters, we’ve talked a lot over the last year or so about the Millennials. Trisha Wells, a regular blogger for SHM, wrote a six part series on the Millennial generation, called “I Learned to Supervise Millennials While Taking Piano Lessons.”  The series is a great “how to” guide for supervisors working with…

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