I knew I wanted to be a campus tour guide before I got to college, having been on numerous tours on campus visits during my college search process. The tour guides I met on these visits were leaders at their schools, and I aspired to be one as...
Over the past few months, I’ve spent time interviewing fascinating people I’ve recently met in New Orleans on the topic of human connection. We called the series The Magic Hour to represent the dual purposes of these conversations. The Magic...
Today marks an exciting day in the journey of Welcome To College. We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new web series we are developing to inspire campus tour guides called The Magic Hour.
Over the past few months, we have been thrilled to welcome over 2,000 college tour guides into the Welcome To College ambassador community. These students, from all over the world, are making a positive difference each day as they lead campus...
I just completed the first month of staff and ambassador workshops for the 2016-2017 academic year, and I owe a huge thank you to the schools that helped me kick it off: Albion College, St. John’s University, University of Dayton, University...
It’s graduation time, and a bittersweet moment for most graduating seniors. In the two years we’ve been running tour guide workshops, we’ve had the great fortune of getting to know hundreds of incredible guides at institutions across the...
If you are in the campus tour guide community there is almost nothing better than the feeling you get after hosting a visit or event when you know you nailed it. It’s probably similar to what Steph Curry feels after he hits a 3 pointer!
With March Madness in the air, I can't help but recall one of my favorite NCAA Tournament memories that occurred while I was running the campus visit program at the University of Vermont. It was March 18, 2005 and the #13 seeded Vermont...
Maybe you’ve experienced or heard of this before: You are traveling outside of the country or far from your home state. Unexpectedly, you see someone you’ve never met wearing a t-shirt from a 5k race in your hometown or a sweatshirt from the...
