EDUCATIONAL SESSION TRACKS

Initial Impressions: Event Planning and Campus Collaboration

Between open houses, admitted student days, orientation and more, planning events for students and their support networks is no easy task. Share your tips and best practices for organizing and hosting both in-person and virtual events, including planning and assessment, utilizing campus partnerships, and day-of operations.

How to Pack your University in a Suitcase

Ashleigh Pendleton, Coordinator, Undergraduate Recruitment, University of Arizona

Learn how to take your recruitment events on the road and about University of Arizona's Wildcat Day events! These off-campus and out of state events are a great way to bring your university representatives to where the students already are in their own backyards. We will cover the planning process, getting people and materials to your desired location, and how to create a feel of your campus without actually being on campus!

Developing Events for Transfer Students

Arin Morse, Coordinator, Campus Visit, Assistant Director, University of Missouri -- Kansas City & Lauren O'Halloran, Senior Assistant Director for Campus Visit Experience, Boston University

Join Boston University and University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC) as we explain how we adapted existing prospective and admitted student events to meet the needs of transfer students. Boston University (large, urban, private institution) modified programming from their first-year open house and daily admitted student visits to meet their student's needs UMKC (a mid-size, urban, public institution) adapted their large prospective student event by creating a new event that engaged their transfer student and adult learner populations

In this session, learn how both universities identified the concerns and needs of their students, created strategic event objectives, and utilized existing programming to meet our objectives During the session, we will outline how we worked with campus partners to execute our event objectives, tailored existing event programming and measured event success