by Envision Strategies | Aug 5, 2026 | Video Interviews
Michigan Dining runs 31 kitchens across a large, geographically dispersed campus, supported by over 500 full-time staff and roughly 1,300 student employees. Steve Giardini joins Sojo Alex ahead of two new facility openings, one next year and a different kind of...
by Envision Strategies | Jul 28, 2026 | Blogs
Reading Time: 4 minutes Key Topics: Allergen Management, Student Recruitment, Dining Technology Featured Interview: Bill Legett, Director of Event Management, Dining and Hospitality, Illinois State University When Bill Legett’s team at Illinois State University...
by Envision Strategies | Jul 23, 2026 | Video Interviews
Auxiliary services don’t teach students, but they shape the spaces where students engage, connect, and grow. For Jackson Mathews, AVP of Auxiliary Services at William & Mary, that responsibility starts with a deceptively simple idea: meet students where they...
by Envision Strategies | Jul 21, 2026 | Video Interviews
Sacramento State’s dining program is a hybrid one, combining residential dining with more than 20 retail operations, some run through their foodservice supplier and some subcontracted, alongside catering and concessions. Angela Rader, Director of Retail and...
by Envision Strategies | Jul 8, 2026 | Blogs, Envision News
Reading Time: 4 minutes I didn’t know what I was walking into when I said yes to Tour the Trends, and that’s kind of the point. I met the host through the Zoomba group at FEED this year, right after relocating to Chicago. He asked if I wanted to join this...