Ashley Wheeler Email and Phone Number

Responsible for promoting a positive and successful learning experience for students to increase student retention, success, and completion. These responsibilities are completed through individual and team meetings, both in-person, and virtually through the use of the Teams platform. Serves as the Success Coach on the VPST Care Team to provide students with any resources they need to eliminate barriers in their educational process. Special Projects and Recognitions: 1. Created the training handbook for our incoming Success Coaches, as well as served on the hiring committee for our team, other departments, and trained new hires to the team. 2. Worked with the Marketing team to create a how-to video for Veterans on their specific resources, as well as taking charge of the Veterans Blackboard page3. Serves on the Wake Tech AAWCC, and was elected as Secretary for the 2022-2024 academic years4. Completing Level One of Leadership Professional Development, which was selected for funding and was presented at the Capstone Graduation ceremony as the highlighted project5. Serves on the Wake Tech Staff Association, as a Student Services representative, as well as on various advisory committees.6. Presented on the Care Team model, as well as the Care Center, at the 2023 North Carolina Coaching Academy, for my peers across the state. 7. Participated in several interviews about Wake Tech and the resources available through the Care Center.8. Recruited to the National League of Cities – Raleigh Chapter, as they undergo an initiative to develop a resource manual for the Triangle area, which would focus on our homeless population and improvement of their circumstances, serves as Secretary for monthly meetings9. Featured speaker at the VMFA Monthly Meetings, sponsored by the Joel Fund, on veterans in education.10. Served on the information panel for the Veterans Care Team, in the recent Advising Redesign meetings.

Maintaining student retention and advising on all aspects of the student experience, including, but not limited to scheduling, billing, financial aid, and academic success. Developed online instructional video's for student online platforms. Working on the communications subcommittee to develop an advisor communication outreach plan.

Responsible for, but not limited to, providing assistance to students in their development and ongoing achievement of education goals, providing students with academic planning services based on program requirements and support services, and promoting student success and retention through effective communication, service, and support.

Responsible for portfolio management within an assigned territory. This includes lead generation, lead conversion to application and registration, developing relationships, and partnerships with K-12 schools, businesses, community agencies, community colleges, and professional organizations within the territory.

Conducts face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews, and e-mail correspondence with prospective high school and adult students. Responsible for facilitating orientation and Registration day activities. Closely assists and mentors students through the Admissions process. Presents presentations to potential students and participates in special recruiting promotional activities. Actively generates referrals to maintain company goals. Closely participates with current students through active contact to maintain retention through graduation.

Working with all transfer students as they transition to UC. Responsible for the recruitment of graduates students into the Masters of Business and Leadership program. Creating a comm flow for this group, as well as being a source of information for the program. Liasion for the business department, including the degrees of business administration, accounting, finance, sports administration, and organizational leadership. Responsible for meeting territory and program enrollment goals through travel to high school and college fairs, participation in open houses and regional receptions, and communications with various media sources. Leading the scheduling of our travel season for the department, by organizing locations for the counselors to attend and creating calendars for the department. Being on-call as a leader in the department in the absence of our VP and associate director of admissions.

Responsible for meeting territory and program enrollment goals through travel to high school and college fairs, participation in open houses and regional receptions, and communications with various media sources. Worked with all transfer students, as well as freshman from a territory, which included southern West Virginia, western Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and all of the western United States. Led the scheduling of our travel season for the department, by organizing locations for the counselors to attend and creating calendars for the department.

Supported the daily implementation of the logistical and operational tasks required to run the assigned College Summit summer Workshops. Second in command of all workshop activities, and was specifically in charge of all schedules, the implementation of volunteer-student teams, and co-facilitated meetings with the staff. Was required to work directly with the workshop director to host all campus employees, guests, VIP's and College Summit staff. All of this was done with the goal of ensuring that the students in the program attained their five workshop goals to become Pear Leaders.

Acted as security for all character performers, worked as guest relations, helped to maintain all show aspects on a daily basis, assisted all guests in the parks as needed, and was required to gain understanding of many nationalities in order to be more accommodating of their specific needs