Ellucian (ELive) 2025: Ellucian’s Bold Way Forward

ELive 2025 was an exciting event packed with important announcements and updates that will undoubtedly shape Ellucian products for the better. During the first keynote of the conference, President & CEO Laura Ipsen announced Ellucian’s “reimagined brand,” established on “excellence, experience, [and] expertise.” Sometimes, a rebrand is just a marketing exercise — but not this […]
Ellucian Live 2024 Highlights

At this year’s Ellucian Live, more than 5,000 participants gathered in San Antonio, Texas, to see what the educational technology giant had in store for the future, to share tips and tricks, and connect with peers. In addition to new product announcements and enhancements, the conference presented an opportunity to hear from new leadership in […]
Mergers and Acquisitions in Higher Education

The pace of mergers and acquisitions has rapidly accelerated in higher education in recent years as institutions adapt to a changing market. But what happens behind the scenes when two institutions decide to join forces? Northeastern University’s CIO, Cole Camplese knows firsthand from his experience building a unified technology operation for his institution’s recent partnership […]
Ellucian Live 2023: Ellucian Calls on Institutions to Join Them on Their SaaS Journey.

For the first time since 2019, thousands of participants met in person for the Ellucian Live conference in New Orleans. It was a memorable event with keynote speaker Malcolm Gladwell and a host of major announcements from Ellucian. Attendees filed into the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, where they heard about Ellucian’s unapologetic plan to […]
Collaborating in a Changing IT Environment

Smith College is in the early stages of a multi-year plan to transform its overall technology. Collaboration is more critical than ever in its changing IT environment, according to Samantha Earp, Vice President for IT and CIO. Earp is also the 2019 Tambellini CIO Award winner. This podcast is a great opportunity to hear her […]
Modernizing the Student Experience with Marilyn Smith

Tambellini’s Alex Freeman sat down with Marilyn Smith, Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer of George Mason University (GMU), to discuss the university’s student experience redesign initiative, data warehousing, constituent relationship management (CRM), their new state-of-the-art instructional building on campus, and more. GMU is a Tambellini Member and Smith serves on the […]