Thursday, September 25, 2025
2:00 – 3:30 pm ET

Create Meaningful Opportunities That Drive Engagement & Connection

Think outside of the box to ensure every online student will engage, feel included, welcomed, and enjoy their time as a student.

Creating online student affinity and campus engagement is a major challenge - especially if the student has never stepped foot on campus, they don’t live in the same state, or is an older student. Many online students report feeling isolated or lonely, and that’s where affinity and engagement can help them feel part of the institution’s community, create effective learning environments and foster a sense of belonging.  

Gather your colleagues from across campus and join us on Thursday, September 25, 2025, as our expert presenter, who serves as the Director of Student Engagement and Success at ASU Online, a division of EdPlus at Arizona State University, shares innovative and proven solutions to engage your online students.  ASU Online has the largest online student population among public universities in the U.S., and it currently makes up 55% of its total student population! 

Advocate and explore ways to take what’s already being done and create a digital/online version, incorporate campus traditions for online students, and create safe spaces for students to connect and communicate with each other. Ensure that your online students feel supported, experience “campus life” and feel like a proud member of your institution – no matter where they live in the world!

Topics Covered

You will gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you:

• Create meaningful opportunities that drive engagement, connection and community.
• Translate existing campus programs, traditions and organizations to digital/online versions to involve and engage your online students.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders and community resources to ensure students feel supported and experience “campus life”.
• Shift to a model that creates flexible and safe spaces for online students to connect and improve academic achievement.
• Help online students overcome feelings of isolation and loneliness by fostering a sense of belonging through online connections, engagement and community.

Presenter

Brianne Frazier currently serves as the Director of Student Engagement and Success at EdPlus at Arizona State University (ASU Online) where she focuses on building affinity between current ASU Online students and the university through meaningful opportunities for them to engage.
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