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Franklin, Indiana, United States

Franklin, Indiana, United States

Responsible for recruiting prospective students, presenting information to students and families at high school visits and college fairs, reviewing applications and making admissions decisions and scholarship recommendations, assisting with the planning of admission related events, and meeting annual enrollment goals within an assigned region.

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Guide and assist 175-200 students in making the best possible academic and personal transition to the university by providing anticipatory support to all assigned advisees.Develop communication plans to proactively connect with assigned students and to contact students regarding academic progress throughout the school year.Report on weekly progress of communication and meetings with assigned students using quantitative and qualitative data and include ideas for continuous improvement.Ensure that students have a personalized plan that identifies their current academic status as well as the path forward to efficiently achieve their academic goals.Monitor academic progress, communicate with each student at frequent and regularly scheduled times, and intervene as necessary to assist those students having difficulty with transitioning to college expectations.Develop and build student relationships and provide curricular-informed coaching, mentoring, advising, and referral to appropriate academic support units for assistance.Refer students to additional student support resources as needed and arrange for assistance with students' social integration into campus.Maintain academic plans, records on students, and communicate appropriate information to faculty, academic, and other relevant departments.Build close ties with faculty and academic administrators in approved coordinated efforts to encourage student persistence.Maintain consistency in the department through ongoing coordination with director and other academic coaches on recurring issues, advising strategies, and resources.Ensure proper handling of student information in keeping with FERPA laws and other institutional policies.Participate in new student orientation events, and other academic outreach activities as requested.Contribute to institutional efforts to deepen student engagement and increase student persistence toward degree completion.

Huntington, Indiana

Worked closely with the Executive Director of Student Success and New Student Mentors while overseeing the planning process, logistics, and campus-wide volunteer recruitment for New Student Move-In Day.Oversaw the planning, collaboration, volunteer recruitment, and execution of Admitted Student Weekend between the Office of Admissions, the Division of Residence Life, Office of Campus Ministries, Student Activities Board, and student clubs and organizations.Hired, trained, supervised, and evaluated the work performance of six student staff recruiters in a call center setting.Planned, created, and scheduled mass e-mail campaigns sent to prospective students throughout the college search process.Identified and tracked prospective students as they progressed in the admissions process and focused immediate follow-up activities on prospective students including personalized and customized written (e-mail and text messages) and verbal (telephone) communications.Represented the university at on-campus recruitment events and off-campus recruitment opportunities and served as the primary professional contact during the on-campus visits of prospective students and families.Pursued prospective student leads who best match the mission of the institution by analyzing data and trends to determine effective recruitment strategies for a recruitment territory.Scheduled campus visit appointments and walk-in meetings with prospective students to inform them of university majors and programs, education related to career opportunities in the context of the student’s area of interest, and financial aid and scholarship opportunities.Assisted with the planning and execution of campus-wide visit days, departmental visit days, Registration Weekend, and New Student Orientation.Collaborated with faculty, current students, and professional staff members on campus involved in the recruitment process and campus visit experience.

Huntington, Indiana, United States

Collaborated with the Vice President for Enrollment Management and monitored a $47,400 budget.Provided leadership to the new student orientation committee by delegating tasks and projects related to new student orientation to committee members.Designed the entire new student orientation experience and schedule and planned activities within a context that honored social distancing and group limitations due to COVID-19 best practices.Communicated the entire schedule and vision for new student orientation to multiple stakeholders on campus and incoming students and their families.Organized 25 orientation groups led by a faculty/staff orientation leader and a new student mentor.Developed and provided training to 25 faculty/staff orientation leaders and supervised 27 new student mentors.Partnered with university relations and campus marketing to design appropriate print and online materials.Coordinated meals with dining services for 300+ students, faculty, and staff participating in a four-day new student orientation experience.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Scheduled appointments and walk-in meetings with prospective students to inform them of university majors and programs and education-related career opportunities in the context of the inquiry's area of interest.Identified applicant prospects and tracked each prospective student within recruitment territory as prospective students progressed in the admissions process. Focused immediate follow-up activities on prospective students including personalized and customized written and verbal communication (telephone), numerous personalized contacts with faculty, current students and alumni.Motivated prospective students to visit the campus and arranged opportunities for the campus visit to include meeting with faculty and current students.Contacted special constituencies (alumni, churches, agencies, etc) for prospective student referrals.Represented the university at on campus recruitment events and recruitment opportunities.Traveled to and represented the university at various recruitment functions. Reviewed prospective student files and made admissions recommendations.Communicated both verbally and in writing with various constituents including administrators, faculty, students, parents and other staff and individuals in the community.Adhered to institutional and departmental quality service standards and expectations.Consistently demonstrated behaviors, attitudes and values congruent with the university's mission and values.

Supported the work of agency leadership in meeting the needs of clients through active research and project management.Assisted agency leadership in tracking and presenting agency services to potential new-business clients.Helped agency become more involved in community causes and projects.

Assisted the media buyers with client requests and media purchasing projects.

Master Of Science (M.S.), College Student Counseling And Personnel Services, Graduate

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Public Relations, Advertising, And Applied Communication, Graduated Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: An active member of the university's Ultimate Frisbee club team. Worked closely with the Department of Theatre.