EDUCATIONAL SESSION TRACKS

Change the Tour Route (but keep the chipwiches): Implementing

Meaningful Changes to Your Daily Campus Visit Program

Erin Milin, Associate Dean of Admission, Campus Visit Coordinator, Colgate University

In Spring 2020, the campus visit team at Colgate University was proposing major changes to long-standing aspects of its programs: modifying the daily campus visit experience for prospective students and transitioning its student programs from volunteer to paid positions The pandemic accelerated the need for these changes, in order to provide meaningful, sustainable, and safe campus visit offerings. During this session, learn about the best practices that guided Colgate’s team for assessing your daily visit programming, implementing changes, and measuring success; securing buy-in from your staff, students, and campus partners; and building a strong campus visit team

Ensuring Impactful Campus Visits for Everyone, Everywhere, Every Time

Jonathan Clues, Founder & CEO, StudentBridge, Lacey Norman, Assistant Director for Campus Visit

Experiences, Maryville University, & Kristen Swales, Program Coordinator, Visitors Center, West Virginia University

Campus visits are a powerful way for students and others to learn about your institution. But what’s the experience like for those who can’t take part in a guided visit? Join Maryville University and West Virginia University to discover how two vastly different institutions reimagined their virtual and self-guided tours to ensure relevant visits for everyone, everywhere, every time They’ll share how they did it (including strategies you can apply at your institution), the results they’ve seen so far, and what’s next for them

The Presentation: From Glazed Eyes to Open Eyes

Carley Causey, Director, Assistant Director of Campus Tour Experience, & Kalyn Patterson, Admissions Recruiter, The University of Southern Mississippi

Let’s face it, presentations during a campus visit can lead to glazed eyes, repetitive questions, or general lackluster However, with a different take on the presentation, it can be used as a helpful tool to boost your guest’s overall campus visit Understanding the different ways to make your words heard and the different ways you can communicate to form a connection can turn the presentation from just words to something memorable We all want to achieve that memorable moment the guest leaves with. This can be easily achieved by a good presentation.