by Envision Strategies | Sep 1, 2026 | Video Interviews
The University of Florida doesn’t require students to live on campus or purchase a meal plan. That makes voluntary participation one of the program’s defining challenges, and one of its most telling metrics. In this conversation, recorded February 6, 2026,...
by Envision Strategies | Aug 25, 2026 | Video Interviews
When Christopher Henning became Executive Director of Dining at UC Berkeley six years ago, he stepped into a program that had gone through a significant leadership gap — no direct handoff, no institutional memory to draw on. What followed was a master plan process, a...
by Envision Strategies | Aug 18, 2026 | Video Interviews
Occidental College is a small, residential liberal arts campus of 2,000 students in Los Angeles, with a dining program built around a single dining hall and one late-night retail space. Erik Russell joins Sojo Alex to talk about what has shifted most in student...
by Envision Strategies | Aug 13, 2026 | Blogs
Michigan’s Steve Giardini on why flexible design, not more square footage, is the answer to a dining program in constant motion. Reading Time: 3 minutes Key Topics: Facility Design, Operational Flexibility, Retail vs. Residential Dining, Labor and Automation...
by Envision Strategies | Aug 11, 2026 | Video Interviews
UMass Dining serves over 50,000 meals a day and has held the top spot in Princeton Review’s college dining rankings for nine consecutive years. Garrett DiStefano joins Sojo Alex to talk about what comes after that kind of track record, and why the answer...
