ALP: The Admissions Leadership Podcast

Jennielle Strother

August 29, 2019 Ken Anselment Season 1 Episode 2
ALP: The Admissions Leadership Podcast
Jennielle Strother
Show Notes

Ken chats with Jennielle Strother (Twitter, LinkedIn), VP for Enrollment Management and Chief Enrollment Officer at Concordia University Texas. Learn the origin story of #EMchat, which she co-founded with Alex Williams, as well as the way she approaches her daily work... and why "pressure is a privilege."

Links and lists

  • "Pressure is a privilege" (Pep Guardiola) which Jennielle heard while watching All or Nothing—Manchester City. As Jennielle says, "I was watching the show with my husband one night, and there was a scene when he was talking to his team in the locker room and he very nonchalantly said, 'pressure is a privilege' (which I’m sure was in between a few curse words) and I emailed the four words to myself at that moment."
  • Dream On by Aerosmith
  • Texas Women in Higher Education: Acting, Reflecting, Transforming (TXwHEART) on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


Rapid Descent

  • Jennielle's walkout song: Bidi Bidi Bom Bom by Selena
  • Best thing she's read lately: Pivot: A Vision for the New University by Soliday & Lombardi
  • What she's eager to read next: Dr. Josie Ahlquist's next book
  • What she uses to take and keep notes: writing with her favorite Tul pen in pretty notebooks. (Also One Note.)
  • Memorable bit of advice: from her volleyball coach, who said, "All you need to do is show up and I'll get you where you need to be." She adds, "And by 'show up,' he meant 110% of me in practice and games: heart, mind, body."
  • Bucket list: travel to Rome, Italy


The ALP is supported by RHB. Music arranged by Ryan Anselment