EDUCATIONAL SESSION TRACKS

More Than a Tour Guide

Katie Lehnert, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions, West Chester University

In this sessions, we will discuss how we utilize our ambassadors in a variety of ways in our office, in order to enhance our visitors experience on campus and help our students build various skills during their time in the program. In addition to giving campus tours, learn how our ambassadors staff welcome desks, host student panels, give presentations, and so much more

Tale of Two Programs - Different Schools, Similar Successes

Catie Taylor, Senior Associate Director of Admission, University of Evansville

Do you ever wonder if you would have more success or luck as a paid or unpaid student ambassador program? Hear from two schools with very similar processes; however, one is paid and one is volunteer. We will discuss what makes each program successful through the processes in which the programs are run, how leadership opportunities are selected, and what those ambassador leadership teams do The goal of this session is to provide ideas on ambassador team and leadership team structures, whether you are currently a paid or volunteer program or if you are evaluating which may be more successful for your school.

Out With the Old, in with the New: Restructuring Student Organizations

Liz Hill, Assistant Director, Student Engagement and Campus Visit, Arizona State University

In this session, we will go over how Arizona State University's two campus visit student organizations transformed from fully volunteer programs to compensation-based groups. One remained a student organization with stipends available, the other became a student worker position We will go over the experiences and strains that led to the conversations and implementation of compensation. We will also go over how our student organizations were reshaped and modified to continue to meet the needs of Admission Services and our campus visit programs, as well as fulfilling the needs of our student ambassadors. At the end of this session, attendees will learn about the pros and cons of various compensation models and the decision process that led to ASU choosing more than one compensation model