Midwinter Magic!
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This year\\u2019s \\u201cTen with Ken\\u201d Holiday Special starts with part 1: Midwinter Magic! \\xa0
In last year\\u2019s higher ed holiday videos, campus marketers were clearly anxious about doing a good job, such as at the Bryan School of Business & Economics at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Upper Iowa University, Chambers College of Business & Economics at West Virginia University, and Newcastle & Stafford College Group. Some campus leaders invite lots of input, such as at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California. But president Ryan of the University of Virginia took matters into his own hands, in the best-in-class \\u201cpresidential message\\u201d video.
As always, hundreds of videos were just animated greeting cards, but some stood out from UBC Okanagan, Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles, and the Mellon College of Science at Carnegie Mellon University. The best-in-class \\u201cminiature campus\\u201d video came from New York\\u2019s Barnard College. \\xa0We saw tree-trimming or tree-lighting ceremonies at Sweet Briar College, Mount Saint Vincent University, King\\u2019s University College, and DePaul University. Meadow Brook Hall at Oakland University was decked with all the trimmings, while Elon University released an hour-long \\u201cyule log\\u201d video (without a fireplace).
Many campuses are beautiful in winter, and snow sports featured in videos from Bishop\\u2019s University, McGill University, Western Carolina University, and Trent University. At the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management staged ice sculpting. But in the southern hemisphere, the holidays fall at the height of summer \\u2013 so Santa visits the University of Western Australia wearing shorts and sandals!
One new trend in last year\\u2019s videos was giant snowglobes on campuses, including Grand Valley State University in Michigan the University of Leicester in England, and the University of La Verne.
Although it started two years back, the use of robots in holiday videos really accelerated last year. Some good examples came from the University of South Florida, the UCLA Robotics & Mechanisms Lab, Germany\\u2019s Forschungszentrum Informatic research centre, and perhaps even the Western University Archives.
Eschewing tradition, the Chancellor of Purdue University Indianapolis was sent on a scavenger hunt, while at Oklahoma State University, president Burns Hargis and his wife took on whitewater rafting. Chancellor Susan Koch of the University of Illinois Springfield became a cartoon and went snowboarding with the provost, while president Feridun Hamdullahpur of the University of Waterloo was turned into claymation in the best-in-class \\u201canimated president\\u201d video.
Animated presidents were just a new twist on the longstanding tradition of amusing videos from animation students, and last year we saw good examples from Sheridan College, Centennial College, and Emily Carr University of Art & Design. The best-in-class \\u201canimated greeting\\u201d video came from Scotland\\u2019s University of Stirling.
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This episode contains clips from about 60 of the 500+ higher ed holiday videos that Ken collected last year. You can find our full collection of 2018 videos on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLodJ8ParJmYXZ7unDyH9cDK-lwTwGul7B
And we\\u2019ve started collecting 2019 higher ed holiday videos at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLodJ8ParJmYXaztYot1vitgTZ5AHfAfJk
If you want to add one, please use this special link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLodJ8ParJmYXaztYot1vitgTZ5AHfAfJk&jct=Tm_lbyblL2ee4fhdD9En0aFVEu-NVg
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Ten with Ken will be back in a couple of days with part 2 of our Holiday Special, \\u201cSeason\\u2019s Eatings\\u201d - featuring gingerbread, baking, smores, campus feasts and more. \\xa0To be sure you don\\u2019t miss it, be sure to subscribe at http://eduvation.ca/subscribe/
Meanwhile, you can watch last year\\u2019s Holiday Countdown at https://youtu.be/g1KhnHCqMqw
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