Distinguished Service Award

Marcus Hanscom is an established higher education marketing and enrollment management professional and consultant, having served in a variety of roles working with undergraduate and graduate students for 17 years. A purpose-driven enrollment management leader, Marcus has helped drive record graduate student enrollments and revenue while enhancing graduate student culture, institutional aid, and student life. He currently serves as director of graduate admission at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI, and as a higher education consultant for Dutcher LLC, providing clients with support in expanding and innovating their graduate enrollment management strategy. He previously worked in progressive roles in undergraduate and graduate admission at the University of New Haven in West Haven, CT.

Marcus has presented widely on enrollment management and marketing strategies for adult and graduate students at national and regional conferences for Academic Impressions, Aslanian Market Research, Carnegie Dartlet, NAGAP, NEGAP, Stamats, TxGAP, and others, and completed his third term on the NAGAP Board of Directors in 2020. He was awarded the Future Leader Award by NAGAP in 2012 and was the founding president of NEGAP, the New England Association for Graduate Enrollment Management. He is the founding host of the official NAGAP podcast, The NAGAP Report

The Distinguished Service Award is NAGAP’s most prestigious award and is presented to an individual who has contributed progressive leadership and exceptional service to the association and to the GEM profession.