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Archive for May, 2011

How Social Media Informed and Mobilized Students During the Recent Alabama Tornadoes

Today’s guest post is from Evan Thrailkill. Evan is an upcoming senior at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is majoring in psychology and hopes to pursue a career in student affairs either working in student housing or with student organizations. In his free time Evan enjoys playing around with new technology and gadgets. [...]


OrgSync Checklist for Graduates

Congratulations to the Class of 2011! You have all completed a chapter in your life I can guarantee you’ll never forget. Your accomplishments are well deserved, and we hope you’re taking this time to celebrate with everyone that got you to this moment. We know all of you have ambitious plans for the upcoming months [...]


Changing Education Paradigms [VIDEO]

Did you ever come across a video that seemed to get it? A video the grabs your undivided attention for an entire ten minutes and makes you want to learn more? That is exactly what happened to us when we discovered this video narrated by Sir Ken Robinson and created by RSAnimate titled “Changing Education Paradigms.” The [...]


Client Services Corner – May 2011

  In this issue: Campus Spotlight: Samford University Best Practices: Orientation Programs Did You Know about User Imports? Upcoming Webinars and Trainings Welcome to the May edition of the Client Services Corner! We’re very excited to be sharing our insights, campus stories, and upcoming webinars. If you’d like to be featured in this new series, [...]


How to Stay Calm During Finals Week

It’s that time of year. We all know about it, and we all dread it coming; finals week. Students spend weeks and weeks prior going over notes, consume one or two cups of coffee more than usual, and cram for countless hours at the library. Finals week can be both a stressful and overwhelming time [...]