Irma Herrera discusses the inspiration for her show ‘Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name?’
NameCoach Guest Blog By Irma Herrera […]
Inclusion by the Numbers in CSU-Northridge Classrooms
Institutions committed to improving diversity & inclusion have always faced an interesting challenge. As efforts to promote diversity grow increasingly and measurably successful, the need to create inclusive [...]
Belonging, Student Success, and Persistence: the Simple Power of Names
In a previous post, we learned how the Xavier University Center for Teaching Excellence has deployed NameCoach to help address the most important element in student success: sense [...]
Freezing Summer Melt
As colleges gear up to enroll a whole new class of excited students, we start thinking about how to combat the thorny phenomenon of “summer melt”: college-intending students [...]
Xavier Center for Teaching Excellence on Names, Belonging, and Success
A Campus Climate Survey at Xavier University highlighted the concept and importance of belonging to student success. A letter from the Xavier Center for Teaching Excellence summarized: “According [...]
Setting the Bar Higher for Inclusion on Campus
We’ve had the good fortune to be on the front lines of the fight to create inclusive learning environments in higher education. But we haven’t been in that [...]
University of San Francisco: Preventing the Last Memory of College Being Someone Pronouncing Your Name Wrong
As told to NameCoach by Peggy Takahashi, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Programs Associate Dean, University of San Francisco Our job is to prepare our students for engaging careers [...]
Inclusion by the Numbers in Foothill College Classrooms
Institutions committed to improving Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion have always faced an interesting challenge. As efforts to promote diversity grow increasingly and measurably successful, the need to create [...]
Q&A with Paul Schantz, California State University, Northridge
We recently had an opportunity to talk to Paul Schantz, Director, Web and Technology Services, Division of Student Affairs, California State University, Northridge, about how the university is using [...]
NameCoach is On the Runway
We’re excited to announce that NameCoach is one of nine education technology startups selected to join Michelson 20MM Foundation’s EdTech accelerator, Michelson Runway. Being part of this most [...]