EDUCATIONAL SESSION TRACKS

See CC- An Admitted Student Campus Visit Experience!

Marissa Salazar, Associate Director of Admission, & Amanda Trostad, Lead Coordinator of Events and Operations, Colorado

College

This past year, our office has developed a new template for admitted students who cannot visit during our open houses and have created a 'shadow day' which includes sitting in on a class, getting a 1:1 personalized tour, and enjoying lunch with a current student. If a student brings along a guest (i e parent, guardian) the guest can sign up for specialized sessions as well Sessions include, campus safety, housing, accessibility services, and financial aid During this session, we will discuss how to create buy in amongst staff in and out of your office, create healthy partnerships around campus to support your mission, execution of logistics, and overview of this past years data/feedback of 'shadow day' from students, guests, and staff around campus.

Unconscious Decisions: Examining the Non-Visual Aspects of Events

Dillon Duke, Assistant Director of Campus Events, University of the Incarnate Word

While the visual component of a campus experience is often the first aspect that higher education professionals think about it, there are a multitude of other factors to consider as well. This presentation will examine the audible, spatial, and environmental aspects of hosting an event on campus By studying both higher education institutions as well as successful business practices, we can learn about the unseen and often unconscious details that help your campus experience stand out

How to Personalize an Already Personalized Visit

Cliff

Lundin, Associate Director of Admissions & Richelle Porambo, Assistant Director of Admissions, New College of Florida

Do you think you already have a highly personalized visit program? We did too, and then we realized our visits lacked a few custom elements. In this session, you'll learn how to personalize student visits further and give guests a fully immersive campus visit experience With a little bit of rebranding and a massive overhaul of our class visit program, we successfully increased enrollment by 30% in a single cycle We discovered that by having a robust staff of students with varied interests, we could appease prospective student demands We also added the ability for prospective students to shadow a current student. We saw increased visitor engagement and satisfaction simply by allowing them to spend additional time with our current students. Although safety was initially a concern, it is important to hire trustworthy students to best represent the institution