Archive for March, 2012
The New Face of Access to Higher Education
This year’s Annual Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administrators (JASPA) Conference featured award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario as the keynote speaker. Nazario is the author of Enrique’s Journey, a poignant true story of her adventure replicating the journey of a Honduran boy who traverses Mexico with the hopes of reuniting with his mother in Laredo. Beyond the [...]
The new OrgSync.com is here!
Today we are excited to launch a newly redesigned OrgSync.com. Our website has been completely restructured and features a number of improvements including a simplified navigation, making it easier to navigate and learn more about the many ways OrgSync can benefit departments across campus. Here are a few pages we’d like to highlight that we [...]
NASPA 2012 Recap
On March 10th, six members of the OrgSync team traveled to Phoenix for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Annual Conference. Since we had such a large team this year, we were able to attend educational programs, staff the booth in the Exhibit Hall, and visit with several of our campus partners. The [...]
NAIS Recap: Technology for Independent Schools
The morning of February 29th marked a new and exciting journey for our team as four OrgSyncers headed out to Seattle, WA to attend our first National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Conference. We packed up raincoats and headed northwest, excited to try fresh seafood, experience winter (a mythical season to us here in Texas), [...]
Client Services Corner – March 2012
In this issue: Conference Recap – SWACUHO Upcoming Client Services Travels Welcome to the March edition of the Client Services Corner! We’re very excited to be sharing our insights, campus stories, and upcoming on-sites. If you’d like to be featured in this new series, feel free to contact us. Conference Recap – SWACUHO: Last week, [...]
OrgSync Madness at Georgia State University
We love it when our Campus Partners get creative! They come up with great ways to promote OrgSync on campus and increase student adoption. Our newest example comes from Georgia State University. Georgia State University created a unique OrgSync adoption strategy based off March Madness. “OrgSync Madness” is a six-week student organization competition where organizations [...]
OrgSync Celebrates International Badge Day
I’ve participated in every International Badge day since the day I pledged in April 2007. I was the Greek Life Graduate Assistant at the University of North Texas so I was an example for my students to follow. I wasn’t sure where I’d be after graduation, but I found myself surrounded by fellow Greek members [...]