Courtney Yuen

Courtney is the Creative Services Manager at Academic Impressions. She enjoys meeting new people and telling their stories in an impactful way that helps others excel. Before joining AI, Courtney was a broadcast journalist for nearly five years. She hails from the suburbs of Chicago and holds a BS from the University of Illinois at […]

Kimberly Ernstmeyer

Kim is passionate about creating innovative strategies to enhance nursing student learning outcomes and ultimately improve patient safety in our communities. She has 15 years of teaching experience in nursing education and simulation, and holds several national certifications as a Nurse Educator, a Simulation Healthcare Educator, and a Nurse Practitioner. She was the curriculum project […]

Changes that Make a Big Impact on Peer Leader Training

The main element missing from most peer leader programs is training rooted in outcomes-based learning strategies. Without this, your peer leaders may clearly understand what’s expected of them, but be ill equipped to meet those expectations. Join us online to learn how you can reconfigure your peer leader training by utilizing outcome-based, active learning strategies […]

Crafting Personalized Stewardship Plans for Top Donors

Learn a process for developing creative and customized stewardship plans for your highest-level donors. How can you learn unique information about your donors and use it to form stewardship plans that create meaningful moments and encourage subsequent gifts? Join us online to get a collection of creative ideas for your top donor stewardship plans – […]

Andrew Naylor

Andrew is a campus housing professional with 22 years of experience. At FIU, Andrew has worked closely with the Fostering Panther Pride program for the last five years to ensure homeless students and students from foster homes are provided housing on campus as they transition into the university. Partnering with their success coach, Andrew meets […]

Academic Success Coaching: Keys to an Effective Approach

Given voluminous research on the impact of individualized attention on at-risk students’ academic performance and persistence, more institutions are innovating new ways to leverage both peer mentors and professional academic success coaches. To learn more about the second approach (which has not yet been as widely adopted), we reached out to Derek Moore, a key […]

Bynum Walter, AICP

Bynum, a campus planner that specializes in student life planning for Ayers Saint Gross, has 15 years of experience. Her student life planning projects include Washington & Lee University, Wake Forest University, and Kansas State University, among others. Bynum is a member of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) Mid-Atlantic Regional Council and […]

Upping the Ante on Recreation Facilities for Your Campus

Campus recreation facilities have evolved into hubs for student academic, social, and physical engagement. Institutions as diverse as the University of Alabama, Macalester College, the University of Wisconsin – River Falls, and DePauw University have taken very intentional approaches to designing their recreation facilities in ways that contribute to an improved quality of life for […]

Networking Fundamentals for Research Development Professionals

Whether you’re a new research development professional (RDP) or an RDP new to your institution, you need to orient to your institution’s structure and research landscape. Where can you gather tools and intel that will further your institution’s research mission, and how can you share them widely? Join us online to learn the fundamentals of […]

John Greene

John Greene has been in a leadership position within a higher education facilities department for 37 years, nearly all with Trinity University.  He has been active member within APPA: The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers; serving on its international board of directors, president of an eight-state regional association, member of national/regional committees and host […]