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November 18, 2021
Episode 111: Candid Thoughts on My Career in Higher Education: Janice Cheng-McConnell

Candid Thoughts on My Career in Higher Education: Janice Cheng-McConnell

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About the Episode

On this week’s episode of The Enrollify Podcast, we feature the first episode in Enrollify’s mini series on “My Career in Higher Education.” Janice Cheng-McConnell is the Assistant Director of Graduate Enrollment Communications at Syracuse University. 

Janice started working in higher ed as a fry cook in the dining hall of her alma mater, Binghamton University. Since then, she has worked at state schools, community colleges, and larger private schools, and as such, has a diverse perspective on how different admissions and marketing teams function.  

In this conversation, Janice reflects on the most important advice she received from mentors along her professional journey, what makes a great leader, and what higher ed needs to “figure out” if it wants to reduce employee turnover.

People in this episode

Host

Seth Odell is Founder and CEO of Kanahoma, the fastest growing digital marketing agency in higher education, and host of The Higher Ed Pulse.

Mallory Willsea is a strategist and consultant working at the intersection of higher education.

Interviewee

Janice Cheng-McConnell

Janice Cheng-McConnell grew up in Taipei, Taiwan and earned her bachelor's in creative writing and Master of Public Administration at Binghamton University. As the Assistant Director of Graduate Enrollment Communications at Syracuse University's Maxwell School, Janice strategizes multimedia content and student journeys. Her other projects include serving as the vice chair for the 2022 HighEdWeb Annual Conference and as a facilitator for Dr. Josie Ahlquist's Renew virtual retreat series. Janice spends most of her free time playing Dungeons & Dragons.

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