Podcast | The Importance Of Fire Safety In A Residence Hall

Fire safety advocate, Shawn Simons joins us to to tell his story about the fire in Boland Hall on the campus of Seton Hall University in 2000. Shawn and his roommate from Seton Hall, Alvaro Llanos use their incredibly moving story to speak to higher education leaders and students around the country on the importance…

Podcast | There IS Life After College

Best selling author and award winning columnist, Jeff Selingo joined us to talk about his most recent book, There Is Life After College.  We talked about the way this generation is learning and how it affects the transition to life after college, how residential education is more important than ever, and his favorite phone apps.…

Podcast | How I Got Into Student Housing – Melynda Davis

Melynda Davis is COCM’s director at Campus Town at The College of New Jersey.  She joined us for the latest installment of our “How I Got Into Student Housing” series. If you haven’t been following this series, the episodes are designed to be a fairly quick look into how these housing professionals got into this…

Podcast | How I Got Into Student Housing – Debbie Daniels

Our latest post in the “How I Got Into Student Housing” series features Debbie Daniels, COCM’s Director of Edgewood Commons at Frostburg State University. If you haven’t been following this series, the episodes are designed to be a fairly quick look into how these housing professionals got into this field.  In every episode you hear,…

Podcast | How I Got Into Student Housing – Jen Oliver

We’re back with another edition of “How I Got Into Student Housing.” In this episode we’re joined by COCM’s director of facilities and conference services art Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MASSART), Jen Oliver. Come hear how she went from being a pre-med student to where she is now. If you haven’t been following this…

Podcast | How I Got Into Student Housing – Amy Lorenz

The third installment of our “How I Got Into Student Housing” is an interview with Amy Lorenz, the director for Centennial and Falcon Heights at Bowling Green State University. If you haven’t been following this series, the episodes are designed to be a fairly quick look into how these housing professionals got into this field.  In…

Podcast | How I Got Into Student Housing – Michelle Smith

In the second episode in a series we’re calling “How I Got Into Student Housing,” we’re interviewing COCM employees at sites all around the country asking them what brought them to this field.  It’s a fascinating look at what makes people who work in student housing tick. In this episode we interviewed the Director Housing…

Podcast | Considering Good Business Writing and the Flaws With How It’s Taught

Joining us on the podcast today is college instructor, and veteran business writing and presentation skills coach, Dr. Wilma Davidson. Dr. Davidson is an instructor of Professional and Technical Communication at the University of South Florida and author of the Third Revised Edition of Business Writing: What Works, What Won’t, published by St. Martin’s Griffin. Dr. Davidson spoke…

Podcast | How I Got Into Student Housing – Mecca Marsh

In a new series we’re calling “How I Got Into Student Housing,” we’re interviewing COCM employees at sites all around the country asking them what brought them to this field.  It’s a fascinating look at what makes people who work in student housing tick. In this episode we interviewed the Director of Spartan Suites at…

Podcast | The Art of Mingling

Today on the podcast we have Jeanne Martinet, author of The Art of Mingling.  In every facet of society these day, there are times when we must be able to mingle or make small talk. It can often times be a painful experience, but it doesn’t have to be.  So how do you work a…

Podcast | Interview with Alison Levine – NACAS Keynote Speaker

As the second part of our interviews with the NACAS keynote speakers, we’re speaking with Alison Levine today.  Alison can be described as adventurer, explorer, professor, and author of The Edge: The Art of High Impact Leadership, a New York Times best seller. Alison holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona in Communications, and a…