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2010 Halfway Mark: Looking Back on Many “Welcomes”

2010 Jun 29
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Céad míle fáilte: While the Irish greeting for “100,000 Welcomes” hasn’t translated exactly to  that number of new client relationships in 2010, we have had quite the busy first two quarters at Lipman Hearne establishing new partnerships. We are proud of, and excited by, the collaborations that are underway and would like to take a [...]

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YouTube Video vs. Written Essay: The Ultimate College Decision

2010 Mar 1
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What do you get when you combine the increasingly competitive college admissions process with the age of social media? YouTube videos as a college application supplement, of course. At least that is what Tufts University has started to accept this year. In addition to poring through the traditional essays, recommendations and transcripts, this year Tufts [...]

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Big Thoughts on Branding

2010 Feb 8
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My book on higher ed branding – The Real U: Building Brands that Resonate with Students, Faculty, Staff, and Donors – is being published later this month by CASE.  Buy one now!
The Real U represents the first book-length manuscript I’ve written since completing my doctoral program, which was largely focused on modern and contemporary American [...]

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The “LipDub” Phenomenon: Higher Ed Marketing Meets MTV

2010 Jan 26
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Amid Facebook fan pages and Twitter posts, colleges and universities appear to be embracing a new social media trend to include in their marketing and communications strategies – “LipDub.” Part virtual campus tour and part music video, “LipDub” is a style of video that aims to showcase a college’s campus and student life in a [...]

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Launched at the crossroads of the Americas

2010 Jan 12
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University of Miami School of Law has launched its newly re-skinned website. The project, completed with help from Lipman Hearne’s interactive team, brings a fresh new look and engaging animation to the home page, which emphasizes the School’s advantageous location in a world-class city at the crossroads of the Americas.
The launch caps a great year [...]

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Elizabethtown College Branding Insights Shared at AMA Symposium

2009 Nov 25
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Ted Long, President of Elizabethtown College, and Tim Westerbeck, Managing Director & Principal of Lipman Hearne, presented a case study on the rebranding of Elizabethtown College at the AMA Symposium for Higher Education last week. The presentation showcased how Elizabethtown used transformative marketing techniques to recognize and embrace its true identity and distinctive market positioning.
Here is [...]

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A WILD CARD IN THE SELECTIVE ADMISSIONS GAME: NO-LOAN AID

2009 Oct 12
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When Princeton University announced in 2001 that it would replace all student loans with grants, a chain reaction was set in action, slowly but surely. Students weren’t so much being enticed to choose Princeton—an attractive enough option on its own—as they were being lured away from Princeton’s nearest competitors.
It wasn’t just that Princeton had found [...]

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Muhlenberg Celebrates Connectivity with New Site

2009 Oct 2
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Muhlenberg College launched its new institutional site this week to great praise. Focusing on the amazing opportunities to connect to the people, ideas, and experiences that the College provides, the site reflects Muhlenberg’s warmth, vibrancy, and exceptional teaching. Revamped architecture and navigation make the site easier to use, and a new admissions site welcomes prospective [...]

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2010 MoJo Mini College Guide Names Cool and Cost-Efficient Top Ten

2009 Aug 31
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Two Lipman Hearne clients made the news as members of Mother Jones magazine’s 2010 MoJo Mini College Guide. According to Kiera Butler, the University of Minnesota, Morris and Kettering University are both among “ten cool schools that will blow your mind, not your budget.”
The University of Minnesota, Morris is cited for having “academic chops and [...]

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Confessions of a Campus Tour Guide

2009 Aug 24
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“We’re walking, we’re walking…”:  Anyone who has been through the rigors of a multi-college campus tour knows that Bonnie Hunt must have modeled her character in the movie Dave by shadowing a college campus tour guide. The backwards-walking, über-perky tour guide that can rattle off anecdotes that date to the 1800s has reached the level [...]

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