What's Working on Campus – Campus Innovations That Make a Difference
New Residential Associates Program for First-Gen Students at Messina College
There’s a new program designed for first-generation, low-income students at Messina College (MA), on the site of the former Pine Manor College. It’...
Planned ‘Communiversity’ to Serve as Co-Location Site for CSU and Community College
The presidents of Sacramento State University and Sierra College – a CSU campus and a community college, respectively – signed a presidential agree...
2024 Commencement Speakers Share Words of Wisdom
As we fondly look back on commencement season, invited speakers’ shared words of wisdom ring true. For instance, NASA Astronaut Zena Cardman told U...
Kennesaw State to Provide Campus Food Pantry Training to Nine HBCUs
Kennesaw State University’s (GA) Campus Awareness, Resource and Empowerment (CARE) Services will work to train staff members at nine HBCUs on metho...
Staff at Texarkana College Join to Build Community Blessing Boxes
Texarkana College’s (TC) Construction Technology program recently teamed up with administrative staff members to build Blessing Boxes for the local...
Duke U. Encourages Students to Take Faculty to Lunch with the FLUNCH Connection
Add faculty + lunch and you get FLUNCH, a Duke University (NC) program that encourages undergrads to invite their faculty and/or course instructors...
Cal Poly’s Learn By Doing Events Show Things Students Have Never Seen
At Cal Poly, Learn By Doing events provide students with educational demonstrations. Recently, one such event was a cork harvesting demonstration p...
Commencement Speaker Gives the Gift of Giving at UMass Dartmouth
When billionaire philanthropist Rob Hall recently spoke at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth commencement, he gave each graduate an envelop...
Barnard College Community Holding Out for a Hero During Annual Big Sub
Days before Barnard College (NY) shuts down for the Thanksgiving holiday, the community gathers to enjoy a verrrry long sandwich called the Big Sub...
Encouraging the Success of Neurodivergent Individuals on Campus
How are colleges encouraging the success of neurodivergent individuals? It often begins with diagnosis, according to experts, with diagnostic ambig...
FAAME Program Graduates First Class of African American Male Scholars
Junior colleges throughout the U.S. saw a 23% decline in Black male enrollment between 2019 and 2021. St. Petersburg College’s (FL) Florida African...
Digital Wallets Combine Students’ Records and Achievements in One Place
The adaption of digital wallets – the tools, often in app form, that combine learning and employment records in one place – is helping to give coll...
