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The VineDown Podcast
The VineDown: How to expand the definition of student success with the admissions leader @ UT Austin
June 17, 2026
Emily Smith
The VineDown Podcast
Enrollment management
The VineDown: How brutal honesty built five straight years of enrollment records | Jenny Sawyer @ Louisville
June 3, 2026
Emily Smith
The VineDown Podcast
Enrollment management
The VineDown: How UCLA's head of admissions processes 170,000 applications a year | Gary Clark
May 28, 2026
Emily Smith
The VineDown Podcast
Enrollment management
The VineDown: The transcript is broken: Kevin Mathes on why admissions is running on outdated infrastructure
May 6, 2026
Emily Smith
The VineDown Podcast
Enrollment management
The VineDown: From basketball coach to NACAC president: Todd Rinehart on recruiting with your soul intact
April 22, 2026
Emily Smith
The VineDown Podcast
Enrollment management
The VineDown: Why most enrollment leaders are optimizing for the wrong number with Dr. John G. Haller
April 8, 2026
Emily Smith
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Emily Smith
Principal and VP of Partner Success, CollegeVine
Emily Smith has spent more than 20 years in higher ed tech and consulting, working with the enrollment, admissions, and student success teams at over 500 institutions. She's a fixer of systems and processes, an implementer of technology, and a builder of enrollment strategy. On The Vinedown, Emily digs into where humans, technology, and enrollment meet, with candor and humor.
