EDUCATIONAL SESSION TRACKS

Do More With Less: Leveraging Graduate Students to Expand Your Team's Capacity

Neelam Savla, Director, Associate Director, University of Southern California

Not enough hours in the work day to get through all of your projects? Join the University of Southern California Admission Center team as we discuss how we have increased our professional staff's capacity to do more through the use of Graduate Assistants. This session can also be helpful for anyone hoping to learn more about how to effectively utilize student leaders, paid interns, and work study staff to take on projects that you would love to tackle but just do not have the capacity to

Transitioning from Unpaid to Paid Campus Ambassadors

Sophie Deutsch, Director of Admission Programs, Texas Christian University

Learn more about the transition from working with unpaid student volunteer groups (250+ students) to a fully paid student job for our campus Ambassadors (100 students) In this session, we will share the framework of our old and new model, the growing pains of this transition over the past 3 years, what has gone well, what has not gone well, and goals for the upcoming years This session is being led by staff from Texas Christian University which is a mid-sized private institution located in Fort Worth, TX.

Beyond Tours: A Student-Led Campus Visit Center

Natalie Faculak, Assistant Director of Admissions, Events, Western Michigan University

Our student ambassadors are more than just tour guides at Western Michigan University; they are an integral part to running our Campus Visit Center. From Tours to Personnel to Daily Operations, we have three main leadership tracks with our Student Ambassador Program Once student ambassadors have passed our 8-step tour guide training process they are eligible for additional responsibilities and opportunities within our office, including, but not limited to weekly training, tour registration, event interns, retention, hiring, and group tour coordination.