ALP: The Admissions Leadership Podcast
Ken Anselment hosts a series of one-on-one conversations with people who have been climbing the leadership mountain in the world of college admissions. Some are nearing the summit. Some are already there. But how did they get there? And what can other climbers learn from their mindsets, habits, and experiences? © Ken Anselment 2024
ALP: The Admissions Leadership Podcast
Cornell LeSane
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Ken Anselment
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Season 1
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Episode 8
Ken chats with Cornell LeSane, Vice President for Enrollment & Dean of Admissions at Allegheny College (Meadville, PA), and newly elected NACAC board director. We learn what a higher ed, a croquet match, and Downton Abbey have to do with each other, and also why you never turn around in racquetball.
Shout-outs & Links
- Nancy Beane and Ellen Deitrich, who "voluntold" Cornell to run for NACAC board.
- Mike Steidel, Dean of Admission at Carnegie Mellon
- Bill Elliot, VP emeritus at Carnegie Mellon
- Sue Stuebner, former EVP at Allegheny now President at Colby-Sawyer, who asked Cornell to join her in a HUGE presentation early in Cornell's tenure at Allegheny.
Rapid Descent
- Cornell's walkout song: Happy by Pharrell
- Best thing he's read lately: Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
- What he's eager to read next: The Years That Matter Most by Paul Tough
- Favorite thing to make in the kitchen: Pancakes.
- What he uses to take and keep notes: Paper and pen agnostic: whatever notepad or journal book is available.
- Memorable bit of advice: "It's easier to catch bees with honey." (Bonus: "In God we trust. All others bring data.")
- Bucket list: Continue traveling and remain open to the possibility of where he might go. Russia was a wonderful surprise that happened that way.
The ALP is supported by RHB. Music arranged by Ryan Anselment