Top #highered Holiday Cards – 2011 Edition

December 15, 2011 |  by  |  Holiday Cards, Video, YouTube

I love holidays cards – and by looking at the recent web traffic on my Holidays Cards post from last year, I’m probably not the only one in the higher ed community.

Earlier this week, I asked the readers of my weekly newsletter (not a subscriber yet?) if they could send my way links to their 2011 holidays video cards (video is a great medium for this genre as it can convey emotions so well). I also got some suggestions via Twitter.

After reviewing all of them (while eating some well-deserved chocolate), here’s the selection of my favorites 2011 holidays videos (in no specific order) along with all the links I received so you can check out every single one.

If you have a holiday card or have seen a cool one that isn’t listed here, post a comment so we can all watch it.

Happy Holidays!

West Virginia University’s card

Columbia College Chicago’s card


Butler University Division of Student Affairs’ card

Marquette University’s card

American University’s card

Royal Roads University’s card

Carlson School of Management’s card (a YouTube hit with more than 800K views in 2 weeks)

William & Mary College’s card

Wofford College’s card

University at Albany’s card

Webster University’card

CSU Dominguez Hills’ card

Gettysburg College’s card

Bluffton University’s card

Eckerd College’s card

University of North Texas’ card


Washington State University’s card

University of Central Missouri President’s card (you can’t go wrong with chocolate cake :0)

Other interesting holidays cards from universities and colleges:

Related posts:

  1. Top Higher Ed Holiday Cards – 2010 Edition
  2. Holiday Cards: The University of Maryland does it again with a nice online video
  3. Higher Ed TV: Holiday Card YouTube-style by the University of Maryland
  4. Higher Ed TV: Holiday Card YouTube-style starring the President by Red River College
  5. Higher Ed TV: The Holiday Card from Eckerd College is back with President Eastman

30 Comments

  1. Allison Maloney Turcio
    12/15/2011 at 1:10 pm

    Merry Christmas from Siena College: http://www.facebook.com/sienacollege?sk=app_210481499027951

    So upset that we didn’t submit ahead of time! Great job on all of the cards.

  2. Mark Lee
    12/15/2011 at 2:30 pm

    Here’s ours, from Colorado College: http://vimeo.com/33173392

  3. Teresa Gereaux
    12/15/2011 at 2:41 pm

    Happy Holidays from Roanoke College in Salem, VA http://vimeo.com/33414065

  4. John
    12/16/2011 at 8:05 am

    Happy Holidays and Go Green Go White.http://tinyurl.com/cu825f8

  5. Travis Brock
    12/16/2011 at 8:10 am

    Great list of holidays cards from 2011 Karine! You should check out #HigherEdHolidays on Twitter and the comments in the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/142509532525007/

    There are other ways to get involved than just posting your holiday greeting. But it is a good way to get involved. Happy Holidays!

  7. Joe Atkinson
    12/16/2011 at 10:51 am

    Wish we had seen this and submitted! But Happy Holidays from the University of Evansville! http://www.evansville.edu/video/christmas2011

  9. Mallory Wood
    12/16/2011 at 12:22 pm

    I just received the holiday card from my alma mater, Saint Michael’s College. Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9Q_dUD-10

  10. Christian Camerota
    12/16/2011 at 1:09 pm

    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone from Saint Michael’s College.
    Hate to brag (not really), but we really like the video we produced this year.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9Q_dUD-10

    Little out of the ordinary and we’re proud of it.

  11. Gregory Fala
    12/17/2011 at 11:57 pm

    La Salle University produced its very first Christmas video e-card this year. It has a fun and surprising ending.

    Check it out: http://youtu.be/U7kpXOUqA64

  12. Dave Alexander
    12/20/2011 at 10:22 am

    A year-end message from Johns Hopkins University to the many, many people who make what we do possible: http://web.jhu.edu/thankyou

    Thank you.

  14. Amy Filardo
    12/20/2011 at 3:36 pm

    Here is Christmas at Loyola!!

    http://www.christmasatloyola.com

    Check out Dec. 19th for our own rendition of I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas.

    Merry, merry!!

  15. Sally
    12/20/2011 at 4:29 pm

    Happy Holidays from Lehigh University!

    http://www.lehigh.edu/holiday2011/

  16. Evelyn
    12/21/2011 at 7:35 am

    Season’s Greetings from University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley.

    http://youtu.be/QiZffNKtCnw

  19. Laura Huff
    12/21/2011 at 9:11 am

    Season’s Greetings from Western Carolina University:

    View holiday card w/embedded video: http://seasonsgreetings2011.wcu.edu

    View video only: http://youtu.be/5wPZ5e6jKkU

  20. Carolyn Zinn
    12/21/2011 at 9:55 am

    Happy Holidays from Kalamazoo College!

    http://www.kzoo.edu/holiday

  21. Amy Bentley-Smith
    12/21/2011 at 11:55 am

    Thanks for including CSU Dominguez Hills! Have a wonderful holiday season and a happy 2012 everyone!

  24. Donna
    12/21/2011 at 1:09 pm

    Here’s ours from the Fashion Institute of Technology! http://www.fitnyc.edu/11863.asp

  25. Rob Janson
    12/21/2011 at 3:02 pm

    Happy holidays from Middle Tennessee State University!

    http://www.mtsu.edu/marketing/Greetings_send.html

  26. Jay London
    12/21/2011 at 4:06 pm

    MIT wishes you a joyous holiday season and an inventional new year!

    http://alum.mit.edu/holiday2011/

  27. Ken Giangreco
    12/21/2011 at 11:14 pm

    Here is one from Buffalo State:
    http://youtu.be/b06IDUBeEnQ

  29. Tim Brixius
    12/22/2011 at 12:34 pm

    This is the first video greeting we’ve done at Franklin & Marshall College:

    http://vimeo.com/33620630

  30. Michigan State Office of Admissions
    12/22/2011 at 12:40 pm

    Happy Holidays from Michigan State: http://www.msu.edu/holiday/admissions/

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