As a lifelong artist, my medium of choice is drawing with ink and graphite. Commissioned pieces include wedding Save The Dates; thank-you cards; portraits; and St. Olaf-themed drawings (both commissioned privately and donated to the annual Black & Gold Gala fundraising event auction).

My responsibilities as Assistant Dean continued those of Admissions Officer (see below) and added new challenges. I added Kansas, Missouri, Washington DC, Southern California, and various Minneapolis St. Paul area schools to my recruitment territory. Fascinated by social media and its potential for a robust presence, I co-founded and wrote the Ole Admissions Blog and became the in-house St. Olaf Admissions social media manager, primarily with Facebook. As such, I developed content to strategically align with our admissions calendar; sought out student contributors; and monitored social media channels, tracked activity and engagement, and reported on results. I worked in partnership with our in-office web manager and colleagues in the Marketing & Communications Office.I had my first taste of event planning during the summer of 2011. I coordinated, planned, and managed on campus visit programming and staff assignments for prospective student and family visit day programs.

As an Admissions Officer, I developed and executed a recruitment plan for Northern Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Mountain West states markets to increase St. Olaf College's visibility and presence within high schools in those areas. As part of a high-touch recruiting strategy, I traveled to high schools, interviewed with prospective students and families, and attended regional and national college fairs to represent the college. On campus, I met with students and families, utilized a contact plan, and read application files. I also had the responsibility of overseeing the overnight host volunteer program, which required me to manage a group of 10 student coordinators and a 70+ student volunteer corps.