Ryan Gray unpacks how HETMA's "Homecoming" theme is about making room for others at the table. He explores how this year's theme centers on relationship-building across the HETMA alumni community.

Dustin Myers takes another look at the challenges of the AV and IT realm, digging into how shortcuts don't always pan out. His reminder: the future you will inherit is every decision you make today.

A technical case study on how Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina in Colombia centralized its AV under a single cloud-managed solution. The setup lets the university manage not only its classrooms from one platform but its digital signage as well.

A Fourth of July–themed AV SuperFriends episode where the panel "declares independence" from higher ed AV's worst habits, from vendor lock-in to AV network islands to gear that needs a cloud account just to configure. Along the way they debate automation versus user control, whether classrooms even need touch panels, and why interoperability so often means "mostly works."