How to Make Your Campus Building Tell Its Story: Lessons from Grand Valley State University’s Blue Dot Innovation Lab

Learn how Grand Valley State University’s Blue Dot Innovation Lab is connecting with students, faculty, prospects and the community through storytelling.

Pro Sports Built the Preview Center. College Sports Built the Loyalty Engine.

Read Grace Johnson’s take on how college athletics can use experience centers and The Immersive Cube® to turn lifelong fan loyalty into deeper donor engagement, stronger recruiting, and greater capital investment.

Alumni Recognition Technology

Interactive Design/Development---Global Network Video Wall—An immersive, interactive and uniquely positioned interactive video wall that enables users to visualize the breadth and depth of the Fertitta alumni base and network. Navigating the wall is via a secondary tabletop screen. The focus is on presenting a rich, woven narrative via data from various live feeds that speak to the activity and presence of the alumni network, and the wider business community that they interact with. The human story underpinning the business context is bought to life and into relief through the addition of biographies, images and update made to relevant parts of the content set through alumni living and working around the globe. ,000

Walk through almost any campus and you’ll find walls lined with plaques, portraits, and engraved names—tributes to alumni whose achievements shaped the institution’s story. But today’s students and visitors expect more than a list of names on the wall. At Advent, we’re helping universities reimagine recognition for the digital age. Through immersive storytelling, interactive displays, and cloud-powered technology, this article explores how institutions are transforming static traditions into living experiences that honor legacy, inspire pride, and connect generations.