Community College Marketing Master Class

In this episode of the Community College Marketing MasterClass Podcast, Adam Lopez, the Esports Coordinator and coach at Irvine Valley College, joins Interact CEO Dr. Pam Cox-Otto and Student Social Media Manager at IVC, Emaline Gayhart, to discuss the invaluable contribution that video games bring to education and attracting students to community college.

The impact of growing noncredit programs can help community colleges get a foot in the door towards enrolling those students into credit programs and boosting enrollment. Join Interact CEO Dr. Pam Cox-Otto, Ph.D. and Maggie Wolf, director of adult and community education at Kankakee Community College, as they discuss how noncredit classes are critical to your enrollment numbers, as well as strategies on how best to maintain these students.

On this episode of the Community College Marketing MasterClass, Interact Content Manager Wyatt Otto and friends discuss TikTok, the newest social media platform sweeping the nation. They discuss how TikTok works, best practices, and how community colleges can best be using it.

This week’s guests are Sara Sampey, lead videographer at Interact; Jamie Wagner, executive director of Media Prefs; Amy Hazelhurst, senior internet marketing consultant at ReachLocal; and the fabulous marketing and public relations team at Cape Fear Community College: Sonya Johnson, Julie Martin, and Erin Fabian.

In this episode of the Community College Marketing MasterClass Podcast, Dr. Pam Cox-Otto, Ph.D. is joined by Dr. Angela Kersenbrock, president of the Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA), to discuss the benefits of creating baccalaureate programs not only for community colleges, but for students too.

On this episode of the Community College Marketing MasterClass podcast, Interact CEO Dr. Pam Cox-Otto is joined by the senior vice president of public relations for the American Association of Community Colleges, Dr. Martha Parham. Dr. Cox-Otto and Dr. Parham talk about how community colleges have been supporting student needs during this pandemic, and how they will continue to support students into the future.

Even as the nation begins to distribute vaccines, it will be a while before things return to normal. And even once it does, things will not be the same. Until then, community colleges need to do everything they can to support student needs and keep students on track, as well as plan for the future and what our “new normal” will be like. Dr. Cox-Otto and Dr. Parham elaborate on these concepts with examples from other community colleges across the nation and explain how to implement these ideas.

Student-centered innovation has been mission-centric to community colleges, but redesigning the college experience with the student voice in the middle is critical post-pandemic. Join Dr. Pam Cox-Otto and Dr. Karen Stout, president and CEO, Achieving the Dream (ATD), as they discuss the insights ATD’s network of nearly 280 colleges have gained in their work to champion student success. This includes accelerating strategies that were moving the needle pre-COVID 19 on such issues as equity and access.

This timely episode challenges colleges and their leaders to embrace these crisis-born lessons and the opportunity they present to guide more individuals onto the onramp community colleges provide for economic mobility and lifelong learning. Discover what you should be thinking and doing to break down barriers and reinforce resilience for at-promise populations—whether you’re a college president, faculty member, student service or marketing professional.

Enrollment is always important, but even more so now, in the middle of a pandemic. Face-to-face recruiting is no longer possible, on-campus orientations are not a good idea, and yet more than ever our students need support from application, to day-one of classes. Dr. Diane Walleser, Vice President for Enrollment Management at Borough of Manhatten Community College joins Interacts’ Dr. Pam Cox-Otto to talk about how to increase applications in an urban environment and ways to create a student-college connection.

Just like our students, our community colleges are struggling to maintain the resources they need during this critical time. State budgets are uncertain, and many colleges are facing budget cuts, layoffs, and furlough, all while trying to support our students—many of whom are facing food and housing insecurity. Join Dr. Pam Cox-Otto and Oakland Community College’s Vice Chancellor for Advancement Dan Jenuwine as they discuss the important role of your college foundation in helping students stay students.

Creating an environment at your college that will retain students and developing communications that will inspire and build their resilience are both part of the mission-critical jobs at community colleges. In this episode, Interact's CEO Dr. Pamela Cox-Otto and her good friend Dr. Susan Hatfield, who is a 30-year veteran of researching student motivations around retention and is currently a senior consultant with the Higher Learning Commission, discuss retention and where colleges need to focus now.

MiraCosta College Academic Counseling Department Co-Chair Dr. Adrean Askerneese works face-to-face with students every day. He has a doctorate degree and Master of Arts in marriage and family counseling from USC, a Master of Science from SDSU, and a bachelor’s degree from Point Loma Nazarene. He was also recently honored for his work with student athletes and is a driving force for equity and social justice at his college.

In this episode, Dr. Askerneese shares his personal story about starting college. He and Cheryl Broom also discuss how critical it is to listen to students so you can tell their stories with respect, support them, and show that they and students of all backgrounds matter.