Lisa Mednick Takami
@lisamednicktakami.bsky.social
Author, Higher Ed Leader, Francophile, Culture & Nature Enthusiast
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A huge thank you to the event team at Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue, NYC for not one, but two book signings for Women in the Higher Education C-Suite: Diverse Executive Profiles! Thank you @wiley.com Executive Editor, Todd Green for making the trip in from Hoboken, NJ to join for a momentous occasion!
Last month, I was excited to be participating with North Orange Continuing Education and North Orange County Community College District at the Vision 2030 Noncredit Summit at @mtsac.bsky.social!
#adultlearners #noncredit
#adultlearners #noncredit
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Last month, I was excited to be participating with North Orange Continuing Education and North Orange County Community College District at the Vision 2030 Noncredit Summit at @mtsac.bsky.social!
#adultlearners #noncredit
#adultlearners #noncredit
Gain insights from a survey of over 1,000 #CommunityCollege students on how colleges can combine human connection with #AI powered tools to create a smoother, more supportive path to #enrollment.
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#commcollege #StudentSuccess
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#commcollege #StudentSuccess
6 barriers to enrollment community college students face | EAB
Discover 6 barriers to community college enrollment and how AI tools help staff boost student support, speed, and personalization.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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1. Last office hours a few people had questions about personal statements for grad school apps. I suggested a template that has worked well in my experience & have also laid it out in the thread below in case it's useful for you all.
#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc
#DevPsyc #CogPsyc
#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc
#DevPsyc #CogPsyc
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
1. Last office hours a few people had questions about personal statements for grad school apps. I suggested a template that has worked well in my experience & have also laid it out in the thread below in case it's useful for you all.
#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc
#DevPsyc #CogPsyc
#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc
#DevPsyc #CogPsyc
Sharing pictures from a summer event! The #Vision2030 Noncredit Regional Workshop at Woodland Community College was an historic event for the California Community Colleges and co-host North Orange Continuing Education, the noncredit campus of the North Orange County Community College District.
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Sharing pictures from a summer event! The #Vision2030 Noncredit Regional Workshop at Woodland Community College was an historic event for the California Community Colleges and co-host North Orange Continuing Education, the noncredit campus of the North Orange County Community College District.
Reposted by Lisa Mednick Takami
Career Advice | I’m Chairing My First Dissertation. What Do I Do?
Many faculty members moving into a position that requires guiding doctoral students through the dissertation process have no blueprint, writes Ramon B. Goings. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4eQSYZk
Many faculty members moving into a position that requires guiding doctoral students through the dissertation process have no blueprint, writes Ramon B. Goings. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4eQSYZk
July 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Career Advice | I’m Chairing My First Dissertation. What Do I Do?
Many faculty members moving into a position that requires guiding doctoral students through the dissertation process have no blueprint, writes Ramon B. Goings. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4eQSYZk
Many faculty members moving into a position that requires guiding doctoral students through the dissertation process have no blueprint, writes Ramon B. Goings. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4eQSYZk
Bonne Fête Nationale à mes amis français!
July 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Bonne Fête Nationale à mes amis français!
Reposted by Lisa Mednick Takami
Career Advice | Hiring With Your Head—and Your Gut
Trusting our intuition is an important part of emotionally intelligent hiring—as long as we’re thoughtful about testing those intuitions, too, Treavor Bogard writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3IkhPZq
Trusting our intuition is an important part of emotionally intelligent hiring—as long as we’re thoughtful about testing those intuitions, too, Treavor Bogard writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3IkhPZq
July 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Career Advice | Hiring With Your Head—and Your Gut
Trusting our intuition is an important part of emotionally intelligent hiring—as long as we’re thoughtful about testing those intuitions, too, Treavor Bogard writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3IkhPZq
Trusting our intuition is an important part of emotionally intelligent hiring—as long as we’re thoughtful about testing those intuitions, too, Treavor Bogard writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3IkhPZq
In my guide to writing effective cover letters, I advise against using AI. Not only is it not "your voice," it will likely be the voice of hundreds of other applicants vying for the same job. Originality is key.
AI Brings Pain and Promise to New Grad Job Market
Colleges are eyeing new tools to help alumni navigate a labor market saturated by AI-generated applications. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4lL98pI
Colleges are eyeing new tools to help alumni navigate a labor market saturated by AI-generated applications. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4lL98pI
AI Brings Pain and Promise to New Grad Job Market
Colleges are eyeing new tools to help alumni navigate a labor market saturated by AI-generated applications.
bit.ly
July 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
In my guide to writing effective cover letters, I advise against using AI. Not only is it not "your voice," it will likely be the voice of hundreds of other applicants vying for the same job. Originality is key.
A huge thank you to the event team at Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue, NYC for not one, but two book signings for Women in the Higher Education C-Suite: Diverse Executive Profiles! Thank you @wiley.com Executive Editor, Todd Green for making the trip in from Hoboken, NJ to join for a momentous occasion!
June 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A huge thank you to the event team at Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue, NYC for not one, but two book signings for Women in the Higher Education C-Suite: Diverse Executive Profiles! Thank you @wiley.com Executive Editor, Todd Green for making the trip in from Hoboken, NJ to join for a momentous occasion!
Thank you to Sally Amoruso & the EAB team for the invitation to the Women's Presidents Affinity Group to discuss Women in the Higher Education C-Suite: Diverse Executive Profiles. What an engaging and illuminating conversation among brilliant women presidents serving across the U.S. and in Canada!
June 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thank you to Sally Amoruso & the EAB team for the invitation to the Women's Presidents Affinity Group to discuss Women in the Higher Education C-Suite: Diverse Executive Profiles. What an engaging and illuminating conversation among brilliant women presidents serving across the U.S. and in Canada!
Honored to represent North Orange Continuing Education at Saddleback College’s ELL Healthcare Pathways Recognition Ceremony! So inspiring to witness these students’ transformative experiences learning English while training to enter healthcare professions.
June 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Honored to represent North Orange Continuing Education at Saddleback College’s ELL Healthcare Pathways Recognition Ceremony! So inspiring to witness these students’ transformative experiences learning English while training to enter healthcare professions.
Excited to be representing North Orange Continuing Education and CAEP OFFICE at the CASAS Summer Institute! #AcademicSky #ContinuingEd #adulteducation
June 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Excited to be representing North Orange Continuing Education and CAEP OFFICE at the CASAS Summer Institute! #AcademicSky #ContinuingEd #adulteducation
A delightful and informative thread on how to write a good title for your academic paper. His examples of the "common mistakes" brought back some memories!
Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.
#EconSky #AcademicSky
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.
#EconSky #AcademicSky
June 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A delightful and informative thread on how to write a good title for your academic paper. His examples of the "common mistakes" brought back some memories!
Yesterday definitely stirred up thoughts on #leadership. I'm reminded of the wisdom of Dr. Linda Oubré who told me "I always hire people better than me. Many leaders get threatened by people. I really like a strong team who are better at things that I'm not as good at." www.wihe.com/article-deta...
WIHE Interview: Dr. Linda Oubré
Dr. Linda Oubré was appointed President of Whittier College CA on July 1, 2018. I became acquainted with Dr. Oubré through her participation in the...
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June 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Yesterday definitely stirred up thoughts on #leadership. I'm reminded of the wisdom of Dr. Linda Oubré who told me "I always hire people better than me. Many leaders get threatened by people. I really like a strong team who are better at things that I'm not as good at." www.wihe.com/article-deta...
Proud to have represented North Orange Continuing Education at NCORE 2025. One conference theme was fostering #resistance. Pictured is a weekly sit-in at a campus where signs tell stories of impacted community members & a panel of hip hop scholars, practitioners & artists leveraging activism.
June 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Proud to have represented North Orange Continuing Education at NCORE 2025. One conference theme was fostering #resistance. Pictured is a weekly sit-in at a campus where signs tell stories of impacted community members & a panel of hip hop scholars, practitioners & artists leveraging activism.
Reposted by Lisa Mednick Takami
Congratulations to WIHE contributing author @lisamednicktakami.bsky.social for her book signing at Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue! This excellent book began a series of profiles of women leadership in times of challenge that Lisa wrote for our publication. We're so glad to see the success of her book.
#leadership #highereducation #womenineducation #womenincsuite… | Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue
For @Lisa Mednick Takami, women in leadership roles within higher education is deeply personal. With authorship l newly added to her repertoire, Mednick takes a unique approach to writing about the C-...
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June 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Congratulations to WIHE contributing author @lisamednicktakami.bsky.social for her book signing at Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue! This excellent book began a series of profiles of women leadership in times of challenge that Lisa wrote for our publication. We're so glad to see the success of her book.
Having a wonderful time in #NewYorkCity. I met the wonderful team and #Barnes&Noble yesterday for a book signing. Today it's more #NCORE events and conversations. #BookSky
May 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Having a wonderful time in #NewYorkCity. I met the wonderful team and #Barnes&Noble yesterday for a book signing. Today it's more #NCORE events and conversations. #BookSky
The NCORE team has put together a truly beautiful and informative video highlighting the host city for the 37th Annual NCORE. New York City is a wonderfully diverse and thriving community.
#AcademicSky #HigherEducation #Diversity
youtu.be/hyx0QxArDYw
#AcademicSky #HigherEducation #Diversity
youtu.be/hyx0QxArDYw
NCORE 2025 - NYC
YouTube video by NCORE
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May 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The NCORE team has put together a truly beautiful and informative video highlighting the host city for the 37th Annual NCORE. New York City is a wonderfully diverse and thriving community.
#AcademicSky #HigherEducation #Diversity
youtu.be/hyx0QxArDYw
#AcademicSky #HigherEducation #Diversity
youtu.be/hyx0QxArDYw
Proud to be here at NCORE in NYC representing North Orange Continuing Education and North Orange County Community College District!
May 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Proud to be here at NCORE in NYC representing North Orange Continuing Education and North Orange County Community College District!
I've been having fun with my new TikTok account! www.tiktok.com/@lisatakami6...
May 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I've been having fun with my new TikTok account! www.tiktok.com/@lisatakami6...
Honored to have represented North Orange Continuing Education on a WASC Accreditation Team Visit to Oxnard Adult School! Wonderful new colleagues & a fantastic adult school experience.
May 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Honored to have represented North Orange Continuing Education on a WASC Accreditation Team Visit to Oxnard Adult School! Wonderful new colleagues & a fantastic adult school experience.
When applying for a new position in academia or in any industry, your cover letter is as important as your resume. Here are four tips to help you create an effective and personable cover letter.
#academicsky #careerskills #resumes #professionalwriting
#academicsky #careerskills #resumes #professionalwriting
May 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
When applying for a new position in academia or in any industry, your cover letter is as important as your resume. Here are four tips to help you create an effective and personable cover letter.
#academicsky #careerskills #resumes #professionalwriting
#academicsky #careerskills #resumes #professionalwriting
I had the honor to interview Dr. Jane Close Conoley, the first woman president of @calstate.bsky.social at Long Beach in 2014. She cites her scholarly work, K16 education in all-women schools, and training as a counseling psychologist, as keys to her success. www.csulb.edu/news/article...
'The honor of my career': CSULB President Jane Close Conoley sets Summer 2025 retirement
Conoley is the first woman to be regularly appointed as president in CSULB’s 75-year history.
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May 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I had the honor to interview Dr. Jane Close Conoley, the first woman president of @calstate.bsky.social at Long Beach in 2014. She cites her scholarly work, K16 education in all-women schools, and training as a counseling psychologist, as keys to her success. www.csulb.edu/news/article...
Belated congratulations to my colleague Miranda!
On The Move | Miranda Bates has been named director of Campus Communications at Fullerton College.
MIRANDA BATES
Miranda Bates has been named director of Campus Communications at Fullerton College.
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May 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Belated congratulations to my colleague Miranda!
Women in the Higher Education C-Suite started as a series of articles for Wiley's newsletter Women in Higher Education. Here's one of my earlier profiles of Dr. Dena P. Maloney, first woman superintendent/ president of the El Camino Community College CA district. www.wihe.com/article-deta...
May 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Women in the Higher Education C-Suite started as a series of articles for Wiley's newsletter Women in Higher Education. Here's one of my earlier profiles of Dr. Dena P. Maloney, first woman superintendent/ president of the El Camino Community College CA district. www.wihe.com/article-deta...