{"id":43113,"date":"2019-09-09T13:49:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T17:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=43113"},"modified":"2019-09-13T10:04:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T14:04:10","slug":"whsv-3-president-huxman-shares-excitement-with-strong-recruitment-retention-and-new-lead-together-branding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/whsv-3-president-huxman-shares-excitement-with-strong-recruitment-retention-and-new-lead-together-branding\/","title":{"rendered":"WHSV-3: President Huxman shares excitement with strong recruitment, retention and new &#8216;Lead Together&#8217; branding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whsv.com\/templates\/2015_Sub_Video_Share?contentObj=559625231\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting the new brand tagline \u201cLead Together\u201d and recent solid enrollment growth, Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s President <strong>Susan Schultz Huxman<\/strong> joined WHSV-3\u2019s <strong>Bob Corso<\/strong> for his weekly \u201c1on1\u201d interview segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 5-minute interview, Huxman situated EMU\u2019s current strong recruitment and retention, as well as its new brand refresh, within the current contractionary environment affecting all public and private universities across the United States, but especially tuition-dependent private institutions. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>EMU students graduate with a sense of community connections, whether they are nurses, biologists, teachers or accountants. We wanted to put that front and center in those two words:<\/p><p>&#8216;LEAD TOGETHER.&#8217;<\/p><cite>\u2014President Susan Schultz Huxman<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/\">brand refresh<\/a>, the result of a year-long study and intensive research, found strong commonality between external and internal stakeholders about EMU\u2019s distinctives, she said: academic rigor, excellent outcomes, community engagement and for creating in students and the broader EMU community &#8220;a sense of belongingness,&#8221; all important values in our &#8220;fractured, divisive world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur new tagline \u2018Lead Together\u2019 is a way of saying, \u2018Yes, we are all about achievement and we\u2019re about learning and about placing leaders in the workplace but we want to do that in the context of bringing others along.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huxman also noted the 2019-20 academic year has kicked off  with two strong positive statistics in recruitment and retention that bode well for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A growing number of students are transferring from area community colleges, including Blue Ridge and Lord Fairfax, Huxman said. 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