Episode 5 - "Getting In" Card Game Founder Christopher Tremblay

Michigan College Access Network’s Christopher Tremblay

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James Miller chats with Christopher Tremblay, director of external relations for the Michigan College Access Network about the admissions based card game, Getting In. In addition to learning about the development of Getting In, Dr. Tremblay discusses the ins and outs of creating a card game, running a kickstarter, how a card game can make college admissions less stressful, and the history of Walt Disney.

School counselors empirical research: https://www.schoolcounselor.org/asca/media/asca/Careers-Roles/Effectiveness.pdf

School Counselor Ratio Report: https://www.schoolcounselor.org/asca/media/asca/Publications/ratioreport.pdf

Getting In Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/224562348/getting-in-a-college-admissions-card-game

AACRAO SEM Endorsement: https://www.aacrao.org/events-training/online-learning/sem-endorsement-program

Essentials of SEM: https://search.proquest.com/openview/64a12d6fd5a69ac03755e85ed6212e79/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1059

Bob Bontrager: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/lifeatosu/2014/former-assistant-provost-for-enrollment-management-bob-bontrager-has-died/

Nirvana was a Tacoma Band: https://tacomamusichistory.wordpress.com/2018/09/11/nirvanas-tacoma-connections/

Episode 4 - Render's Jeff Kallay

Render Experiences’ Jeff Kally

Listen to Admit It, Episode 4 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and many other podcast services. Just search “Admit It AACRAO” in your favorite podcasting service.

James Miller sits down to chat with Jeff Kallay, Principal and Cofounder of Render Experiences. Jeff has dedicated his life and career to helping colleges better make their campus visits and events tell the authentic story of the experiences students will have on campus. This conversation spans everything from Jeff’s journey to a career in campus visits, the experience economy, the big mistakes colleges make when hosting students and families, how generational differences impact the campus visit, and Jeff’s favorite Pittsburgh Steelers of all time.  

Lee University: http://www.leeuniversity.edu/

Pine & Gilmore’s Experience Economy: https://hbr.org/1998/07/welcome-to-the-experience-economy

Pew’s Generations Center: https://www.pewresearch.org/topics/generations-and-age/

A less than definitive list of greatest steelers of all time: https://stillcurtain.com/2018/07/03/pittsburgh-steelers-30-greatest-players-franchise-history/

My favorite manhattan: https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/perfect-manhattan-238165

Thrice All American by Neko Case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AXVBtBJjLw

Episode 3 - University of Puget Sound's Michael Benitez

Listen to Admit It, Episode 3 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and many other podcast services. Just search “Admit It AACRAO” in your favorite podcasting service.

Making our recruitment and admissions processes more inclusive and welcoming to a broad spectrum of students is an oft discussed topic. However, too often, that conversation is contained to particular corners of the academy…or is not had in the frankest terms possible.

When I am looking for honest and thoughtful input on this topic and many others, one of the first folks I think about is Dr. Michael Benitez, dean of diversity and inclusion at the University of Puget Sound. Michael has a long track record of success in this space, and is a straight shooter in the best ways possible. I know you’ll enjoy hearing from him.

Other stuff to peruse:

Michael Benitez website: https://www.speakoutnow.org/speaker/michael-benitez-jr

History of colonization of Puerto Rico: https://gsp.yale.edu/case-studies/colonial-genocides-project/puerto-rico

Workforce Diversity Network Chief Diversity Officer article: https://workforcediversitynetwork.com/docs/Article_goldemwilliams_WhatisaChief%20DiversityOfficer.pdf

We’ve Got Minorities, Yes We Do study by Dr. Timothy Pippert (requires university library access): https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1026275

Notorious B.I.G. Playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DZ06evO39qAJG?si=U3-2vmzlTEKYOKZzcid5_Q

Nas Playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWUuiucxQQIC1?si=ipTMtDhsQ9CYaCVpdaez9w

Jay Z Playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DZ06evO1XGbvi?si=jevSJKxuS2ie19j1PhOnzg

Kendrick Lamar Playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX5EkyRFIV92g?si=eKaO0gpaTHKKH3Bi8_9vrA

Galloping Gertie and the Kraken: https://gritcitymag.com/2018/03/30/kraken-the-case-behind-one-of-tacomas-most-popular-local-legends/

Episode 2 - UMass Stonewall Center's Dr. Genny Beemyn

Dr. Genny Beemyn, Director of the Stonewall Center at UMass Amhearst.

Listen to Admit It Episode 1 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and many other podcast services. Just search “Admit It AACRAO” in your favorite podcasting service.

As some of you may know, I have been engaged with AACRAO’s Student Identity Workgroup. The Workgroup is creating a report, based in the most current understanding around the needs of Trans students, that will serve as a guide to admissions, registrars, and technology vendors as we work to create more inclusive identity management in higher education.

It is within the context of this work that I started running into one name over, and over, and over, and over again in the peer reviewed literature: Dr. Genny Beemyn. Dr Beemyn is one of the foremost and prolific researcher in the area of the needs of Trans students in higher education settings. This interview was such a pleasure. I can’t tell you how much I learned from Dr. Beemyn.

Additional learnings:

The UMass Amhearst Stonewall Center

The Campus Pride Index

The National Center for Trans Equality

Elon University Trans Student resources (Elon is my hero forever. This is amazing)

The Lives of Transgender People book by Dr. Beemyn and Susan Rankin

Trans People in Higher Education book by Dr. Beemyn

Follow Dr. Beemyn on Twitter

Episode 1 - Inside Higher Ed's Scott Scott Jaschik

Scott Jaschik (Rhymes with Classic obviously) was our inaugural Admit It guest. Scott is Managing Editor and co-founder of Inside Higher Ed.

Listen to Admit It Episode 1 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and many other podcast services. Just search Admit It AACRAO in your favorite podcasting service.

For our first guest, I couldn’t think of anyone better than Scott Jaschik. Scott is the Managing Editor and one of three co-founders of the publication, Inside Higher Ed. Let’s get this straight right now: Scott Jaschik is my “do your homework” hero. He came to our interview SO PREPARED for everything I threw at him. Of course, the main focus of our time together was Inside Higher Ed’s Survey of Admissions Directors. However, he had knowledge and insights to share on even the most derivative of topics. I hope you enjoy this CLASSIC interview with Scott Jaschik.

Some fun reading:

Follow Scott Jaschik on Twitter. He’s awesome.

Inside Higher Ed’s Survey of College and University Admissions Directors (your personal info is required to download).

The latest news on the test optional movement can be found at fairtest.org.

Students for Fair Admissions has a website…if you must.

Additional reporting from Scott on AP courses. Really great read!

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