Comments on: Freshmen Reveal Their Secrets: The Mansfield University Podcast http://www.higheredblogcon.com/index.php/freshmen-reveal-their-secrets-the-mansfield-university-podcast/ transforming academic communities with new tools of the social web Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:40:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Courtney http://www.higheredblogcon.com/index.php/freshmen-reveal-their-secrets-the-mansfield-university-podcast/#comment-223 Courtney Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:19:58 +0000 http://www.higheredblogcon.com/index.php/freshmen-reveal-their-secrets-the-mansfield-university-podcast/#comment-223 Podcasting is a tool ignored by too many admissions offices today. In the competitive field for good students, you have to offer something different. I'm a Student Recruiter at Auburn University in Alabama, and I am constantly asked about what life is like at Auburn. Through podcasting, prospective students wouldn't have to wait for a campus tour to learn about it. There is also the added bonus of recognition and a perceived friendship between the prospective student and the participants in your podcast. I understand your need for slight editing. Students who are not accustomed to the university filter would say some things to portray the school in a negative light (that they probably wouldn't even intend.) Through my involvement as a Student Recruiter and as a Freshman Orientation Leader, I've gained a filter that knows there "are no bad places to live on campus" and there are no dorms, instead there are "residence halls." Your podcasts offer something more than our hour and a half tours. They offer insight into campus life Podcasting is a tool ignored by too many admissions offices today. In the competitive field for good students, you have to offer something different.

I’m a Student Recruiter at Auburn University in Alabama, and I am constantly asked about what life is like at Auburn. Through podcasting, prospective students wouldn’t have to wait for a campus tour to learn about it. There is also the added bonus of recognition and a perceived friendship between the prospective student and the participants in your podcast.

I understand your need for slight editing. Students who are not accustomed to the university filter would say some things to portray the school in a negative light (that they probably wouldn’t even intend.) Through my involvement as a Student Recruiter and as a Freshman Orientation Leader, I’ve gained a filter that knows there “are no bad places to live on campus” and there are no dorms, instead there are “residence halls.”

Your podcasts offer something more than our hour and a half tours. They offer insight into campus life

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