Melissa Ezarik

How one university engaged its alumni during a virtual Centennial celebration

The Centennial Ball planning team at University of New Haven took key components from traditional in-person galas and found ways to make them work virtually—while attracting more than double the attendees and raising $150,000 for student scholarships.

Guided pathways in the COVID era

A new Center for Community College Student Engagement report offers the first national baseline data on student and faculty perceptions of guided pathways practices. Here’s what researchers learned and why the pandemic has made such practices even more important.

Student compliance with social distancing: Ways to encourage and enforce

An EAB survey reveals university leaders are concerned students will not social distance. Here’s how they will encourage the safety practice and may enforce policy.

A fresh approach to alumni networking

How Beloit College leaders connected students and alumni for a virtual mentoring program to help graduates secure jobs during the COVID-19 crisis.

14 ways campus career offices are serving students during school closures: Ideas 12 to 14

With campuses closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, career services teams have gotten creative about delivering programs virtually, including understanding the need to get student input and support alumni

The promise of blockchain and its impact on higher education

Primavera De Filippi, an internationally recognized authority on the challenges and opportunities of blockchains and other decentralized online technologies, will deliver the UB Tech 2020 keynote address.

Q&A: UB Tech keynote speaker Freeman Hrabowski

In this Q and A, UB Tech 2020 keynote speaker Freeman A. Hrabowski III offers advice and inspiration for higher ed technology administrators. He is president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Guiding the alumni giving circle

When higher ed advancement leaders hear about an independently formed group of alumni or philanthropists, the next steps matter in supporting and partnering with the giving circle.

Contending with college cheaters

As a new academic year gets underway, faculty and academic affairs administrators must consider how to prevent cheating on exams and papers in light of the ever-evolving tactics that students use.

UB Tech® 2019 social media: Feed activity you need to see

Highlights from the social scene behind our higher ed technology conference.

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