SACRAO FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER

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FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

President's Update Happy Fall SACRAO! As the leaves begin to turn, there is a chill in the air

WHAT'S INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

(for some of us anyway), and college football returns.

It’s fall again on our college campuses. Hopefully, for

President's Update

most of you, much more “normal” than last fall. At least

President-Elect Report

on my campus at the University of Kentucky, our

Past President Report

president was committed to an in-person experience.

Financial Update

With strong vaccination rates among faculty and staff,

Treasurer's Report

our campus has mostly accomplished this.

Employment Posting Board Update Membership Report

Our admissions and registrar work has faced so many

VP for Distinct Populations and

challenges over the past almost two years, but we have

Programs

adapted and persevered to the extent that many of us

VP for Topics in Higher Education

never thought we could. I can honestly say that

New Exec Board Member Announcement

SACRAO has helped me so much. My friends and

Call to Register

colleagues in SACRAO have been there to lean on when

ALACRAO

I needed answers.

OACRAO TACRAO

This also means that the 75th Annual SACRAO

FACRAO

Meeting in Little Rock, AR is just around the corner.

Call for Articles - SACRAO Journal

The SACRAO EC voted to reduce our room commitment

HELP! Wanted: Session Coordinators

in Little Rock from the original contract in view of the

2021-2022 Executive Committee

uncertainty of travel for institutions, so make your room reservations early. See all conference details in this newsletter.

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With Thanksgiving around the corner and my term as SACRAO president coming to an end, I’m reminded of how thankful

I

am

to

be

a

part

of

a

strong

volunteer

organization where people give unselfishly of their time and talents.

I'm thankful for...

President-Elect Jon Reece and the tremendous job he has done putting together the program for the Little Rock, AR Conference. See the list of over 80 session topics in the newsletter! I’m also thankful for his skills as the past treasurer, great advice, and willingness to do whatever is needed for SACRAO! Past-President Steve McLeod and his work with the site selection committee, the Constitution & Bylaws Committee, and his advice throughout this past year.

Program VP’s Blake Bedsole, Evan Reich, TJ Smith, Cynthia Terry, Edward Trombley, the program chairs and committees. This is NEVER easy! They have done outstanding work in putting together sessions for the annual conference in very uncertain times. Thank you!

LAC Chair Chris Riggins and the entire Little Rock LAC! Despite so much uncertainty, they are working extremely hard to plan a great in-person conference. I told Chris just last week that the LAC Chair is the hardest job in SACRAO. Many thanks, Chris!

All members of the executive committee that work tirelessly to keep SACRAO running! Thanks, Melissa, Karen, Julie, Diana, Jessica, and Taylor!

Each one of you who makes SACRAO great!

SACRAO is once again well represented at the national level! Congratulations to SACRAO member Tim Amyx from Volunteer State Community College who has been nominated for the position of President-Elect on the AACRAO Board of Directors! Dr. Wendolyn Davis from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Megan Mitchell from Austin Peay State University, Hope Reynolds from Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, and Edward Trombley from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide are on the slate for the AACRAO Nominations & Elections Committee.

Congratulations! Voting continues through Friday, November 19.

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In early October, I had the pleasure of representing the Executive Committee at WVACRAO at Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, WV. I was welcomed by some truly outstanding, hard-working professionals and enjoyed great sessions, food, bingo, a beautiful setting, and first-class hospitality! I’ve already invited myself back next year. Many thanks to Allen Smith and WVACRAO for the warm welcome!

I hope Thanksgiving brings you close to family and gives you the opportunity to reflect on what you are thankful for this year. Stay well friends!

Kim Taylor SACRAO President 859-992-3688 kim.taylor@uky.edu

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President-Elect Report Yes, we’re only about three and a half months from gathering in Little Rock, Arkansas. Can you believe it?

Registration is open, your Local Arrangements Committee has

planned

an

awesome

event,

and

your

Program

Committee is finalizing the best professional development experience

you

could

ask

for.

This

will

be

the

best

conference since the COVID pandemic of 2020! And, think of all those lessons learned over the last 18 months. We all had to think way outside the box and now it's time to share those experiences.

If you need help making your case to attend and the sessions below are not sufficient enough, we have provided a Request Letter

Template

supervisor

that

that it's

you

can

use

to

convince

important

for

your

your

professional

development to attend. And, just think of all the professional connections you’ll make and the ideas you can bring to fruition

back

on

your

campus,

as

a

result

of

your

attendance.

If you want to coordinate a session for which you were already planning to attend, you’re welcome to specify from the list below and we’ll try to match you with that session.

Your help is requested.

We are in need of Session Coordinators in February. See the position description later in this newsletter and reach out, if you’re interested in serving in this role.

Session presenter confirmations have already gone out. We’re very close to posting a program schedule online. Until then, here is a preliminary list of sessions & workshops*. We currently have 87 sessions, including workshops and roundtables. There are still more being fleshed out.

Jonathan Reece President-Elect

*subject to changes

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SACRAO Conference Preliminary List of Sessions and Workshops 2-Year Admissions Roundtable

Early

2-Year Registrar Roundtable

Admissions

4-Year Admissions Roundtable

Time Freshmen Access and Success in Open

4-Year Registrar Roundtable

Access Institutions

A Look Behind the Curtain: How A Small,

Enrollment Management Family Feud

Private Regional Institution Achieved a 10%

Enrollment Management Forum

Increase in Retention

From Good to Great

A Registrar's Take on Navigating through

Fundamentals of Coaching and Mentorship

Natural Disasters, Campus Emergencies, and

Generating

the Unexpected (workshop)

Pandemic - Take Aways for the Years Ahead

ACT Score or High School GPA - Which is a

Generational

Better

Face of Higher Education

Predictor

of

Bachelor

Degree

Applicants:

Does

Application

and

Timing

of

Influence

Managing

Differences:

First-

Growth The

in

Give Parents FERPA Paperless Access!

Admissions and Recruitment Forum

Graduate Recruitment Panel

Admitted to Committed

Herding

Always

Better

Cultivating

When

Partnerships

We're

Together:

Between

2-Year

Overcoming

for

Enrollment

Institutional

a

Changing

Attainment?

Cats

the

Success:

Barriers

to

Improve New Student Recruiting

and 4-Year Institutions

How to Effectively Communicate Issues to

And then Lady Gaga Said: How Storytelling

Administration

Can Reshape the Campus Visit Experience

How to Make Social Media F.I.T.T. in Your

Banner Roundtable

Recruitment Plan

Building Implementable Strategies to De-

I like what I saw & heard...Now, how can I

Stigmatize

get more involved?

Transfer

Students

on

Your

Campus

Improv to Improve: A Comedic Approach to

Building Trust and Creating Campus Allies

Customer Service

Buzz Buzz: Automation and Personalization

It's a Pandemic...Now What?

in Texting

Jenzabar Roundtable

Challenges and Innovations in International

Leadership Roundtable

Student Recruitment

Making it work! Emergent Issues and How

Colleague Roundtable

We Thought Outside of the Box to Resolve

Communicating with Faculty

Them

Continuity through the Chaos: Contingency

Making Room for the Meh: How to Cope

Planning

with

COVID

and

International

Recruitment:

Where Do We Go From Here?

Creating

an

Inclusive

Diploma

the

Emotional

Aftereffects

of

the

Pandemic Mentoring

Name

More Than Just Being the Leader

Process

Moving Beyond Section Numbers: Tools that

Creating Diversity and Equity in Honors

Effectively Facilitate Course Scheduling for

Recruitment

the Benefit of All

Difficult Conversations and The Art of

New

Saying 'No'

Traditional Students

Don't Lose Your StEAM: Cultivating an

Non-Traditional Recruiting Efforts Through

Intentional Concurrent Student Experience

STEM Outreach

Age

of

Communication

with

Non-

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Preliminary List of Sessions and Workshops Con't Opening the House in a Post-Covid World

Transfer Tips and Tricks Within Your SIS

Paperless VA Benefits Processing

Transitioning to College Scheduler's Banner

PeopleSoft Roundtable

9 Registration

Process Review to Reduce Barriers

Translating

Project X: Demysttifying of the Unknowns

Workers

of College Life for Men of Color

Under-identified and Underserved: Students

Put the Freeze on Summer Melt

from Domestically Unstable Homes and the

Recruiting Adult Learners Through Business

Intersectionality of the Barriers They Face

Partnership Agreements

in Accessing Education

Registrar Forum

University

Reinvigorate Staff and Position Your Office

Academic Scheduling & Reporting Processes

With Your Mission, Vision, and Values

Updates

Residency

Government Relations and International

Reclassification

for

Tuition

DEI

of

to

Staff

and

Arkansas’

from

Student

Successful

theNational

Office:

Purposes

Upspeak: What It Is and Why You Need to

Rural Students Roundtable

Stop It

Serving Military Students from Application

Using

to Graduation

Professional

Sharing Financial Aid Information Between

Evaluations

Offices

Using Excel Pivot Tables to Analyze Student

Show Yourself Some Kindness: Self-Care

Data (workshop)

Lessons Learned while in a Pandemic

Utilizing

Staff Turnover: Why do they stay? Why do

Improvement Plans to the Max

they leave?

Utilizing

Strategic Classroom Assignments

Recruitment, and Beyond

Student-Focused Customer Service

Your Leadership Health Matters

Succession

Supervision...A

Story

of

Management, Motivation, and Maneuvering Career Evolution Test-Optional Admissions Panel The Journey from Application to Evaluation The Importance of First Year Experience on Recruitment and Retention The Motivation of Registrar Support Staff: Results from a Multicase Study The One Stop Process at Albany State University The Registrar of the Future The Sandwich Generation Training

Manual:

Creating

Success from the Start Transfer Students Need Love Too...

Employee

AACRAO

Core

Proficiencies

Performance Slate

Competencies

CRM

in

Evaluations for

and Staff

and

Admissions,

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Past President Report It's Been a Long, Hard Road In the past few months I have been working diligently with both the Site Selection committee and the Constitution and Bylaws committee. The latter committee has been busy developing

the

descriptions

for

three

proposed

new

positions for the Executive Committee.

Because of the importance of the position of treasurer, and the detail-oriented nature of it, the EC is proposing that we add a Treasurer-Elect. This person would be a non-voting member of the EC and would train for one year before becoming the Treasurer for a two-year term. Our hope is that this will lead to consistency in our financial policies and procedures.

The president would appoint the Corporate Partner Liaison (CPL) as a non-voting member of the EC for a period of three years. The CPL would assist the EC in maintaining and building relationships with existing corporate partners as well as cultivating new corporate partners.

The president would appoint the Past LAC Chair as a non-voting member of the EC for one year.

This person will act as an advisor, consultant, and mentor for both the current and incoming LAC chairs. Our hope is that this will bring needed support and encouragement to our LAC chairs as they tackle the difficult job of hosting the annual conference.

The Site Selection Committee is responsible for soliciting bids for SACRAO annual meetings.

SACRAO has wonderful state associations that are willing to host our conferences. The committee has worked diligently to determine the site of our next conference and to shepherd the contract through the approval process.

We will hold our 2023 Annual Conference in Charlotte, NC on Feb. 5-8, 2023, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Charlotte Concord Golf Resort & Spa in Concord, NC. It is a great location in a growing and dynamic city. I hope that you will make plans to be there!

The committee will also set up future conferences for the next few years. We rotate our conferences through each of three regions. The Central region consists of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas make up the Western region. The Eastern region includes Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, as well as the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. We look forward to visiting each of these regions in the next few years.

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The end of my term as past president is just a couple of months away. It seems like yesterday that I received a call—only two days before the conference was to begin! — asking me to serve as president-elect. From then until now, we have seen some difficult times.

First, we learned of the budget shortfall at the conference, which put us under significant financial strain. A year later COVID hit, leading us to postpone our in-person conference and to develop our first-ever virtual conference. With no precedent to follow, we did our best to produce a good conference that would serve our membership. We were pleased when it was all over to learn that 847 people had registered for the conference, setting a new record for SACRAO conferences.

In the last two years, we have rebuilt our financial reserves to a stronger position than they were prior to the 2019 conference. A large part of the credit goes to the Alexandria, VA LAC led by Hope Reynolds, which blessed the organization with a large return. I also want to give credit to the SACRAO Executive Committee, which sacrificed greatly in order to keep our expenses down. I appreciate the efforts each of you made to work together to ensure the financial stability of SACRAO. I appreciate most of all the good attitude and spirit that you demonstrated, putting the needs of the organization above yourself. That kind of service is what keeps SACRAO strong.

I thank Harding University and Harding School of Theology, who supported me as I undertook each of the SACRAO presidential roles in the last three years.

It was an honor to serve SACRAO as president last year and to work with some incredible individuals on the Executive Committee. I appreciate the selfless service I have witnessed and the friendships that I have developed through my work with SACRAO. I now look forward to joining the ranks of the past presidents who have gone before. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to serve you.

I look forward to seeing you in Little Rock this February. It will be good to be able to be with you once again.

Dr. Steve McLeod Immediate Past President

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SACRAO Financial Update from the President Recently, SACRAO suffered a financial loss of $12,238.90. The organization was defrauded out of this money through a phishing scam by someone that contacted the SACRAO Treasurer impersonating me/my email. The treasurer had been out due to significant health issues. While recovering, she received an email request for payment on her phone and was unable to discern that it did not originate from my email address. direct in nature.

The request was strongly worded and very

The email asked if she was available to initiate a payment for networking

activities, website hosting, and program services that are currently due. The requestor wanted the checks sent immediately and the tracking numbers relayed to them. While medically distracted and unwell, the treasurer complied with the request and sent two checks totaling $12,238.90.

While this is a significant loss for the organization, and we grieve this loss, SACRAO has sufficient financial reserves to withstand the loss.

This incident was reported to the Arkansas Pope County Sheriff’s Department (local law enforcement where the treasurer resides), and a fraud report was filed with Wells Fargo. There has been little action from the Pope County Sheriff’s Department, and Wells Fargo has denied the fraud claim.

I want to assure the membership that SACRAO has procedures that require a request for payment and authorization by the president, but this procedure was not followed.

I have

informed the SACRAO Auditing Committee and await their recommendations on reducing such risks in the future.

The SACRAO Treasurer has never made an error like this before and

expresses deep regret. With support from the entire SACRAO executive committee, I have asked the treasurer to continue her current role, health permitting. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to me at kim.taylor@uky.edu or 859.992.3688.

Phishing Awareness and Prevention Links One of the most powerful tools for avoiding a scam is information and prevention. Below are some links with helpful methods for recognizing phishing methods: Federal Trade Commission Phishing 101 Video Office of the Comptroller of Currency.

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Treasurer's Report Regular financial operations continue to take place. We are continuing to receive deposits as memberships are being paid, the yearly audit was completed with Jennings and Cook Company, and SACRAO insurance with Travelers has been paid for the year.

SACRAO Account Balances as of November 16, 2021:

SACRAO Operating Acct: $17,094.38 Arkansas LAC: $22,311.76 Carolina LAC: $5,409.35 Market Rate Savings Account: $192,228.21 Unfortunately, as the SACRAO Treasurer, I fell victim to fraud with the SACRAO business account this fall for a total loss of $12,238.90 through a phishing scam by an individual impersonating the SACRAO president. The scam was reported to the SACRAO Executive Committee, Wells Fargo, and the police department immediately upon realization of the fraud. I am extremely distraught over this loss and am working with the Executive Committee and the Auditing Committee to ensure this does not happen again in the future. I have also been working with Wells Fargo to transition our checking account to a new account to ensure it remains protected.

Please feel free to contact me via sacraotreasurer@gmail.com with any questions.

Jessica Brock sacraotreasurer@gmail.com SACRAO Treasurer

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NEW Updates to SACRAO Employment Posting Board SACRAO is excited to announce an upgrade to our current Employment Opportunities Job Posting Board, which is now live. Members will still be able to submit job postings at no cost.

Non-members may also submit job postings at the expense of $50 per posting. The submission will not require screening, as was the case with the former process, so your posting will become public quicker.

Additionally, you will be able to select a from a 30-Day, 60-Day, or 90-Day Listing. When your posting gets close to that expiration, you will receive an email reminder to determine if additional time is needed. We think you will like this new upgraded option. There is a lot of movement in Higher Education now, and we want to be sure this membership benefit is working for you.

Melissa Hyatt, VP, Information Technology

Membership Report Thank you to all our member schools who renewed their membership this year.

At the end of October, we had just over 320 member institutions and over 2700 members at those institutions. With an additional 180 honorary members, we are closing in on 3000 members.

If your school hasn’t renewed and would like to please reach out and I am happy to help.

I would also like to take this opportunity to invite members to join the Membership Relations Committee. In addition to following up on renewals to increase membership and outreach to potential new members, this committee also coordinates the Orientation session(s) for first-time attendees at our annual meetings. If you are looking for a way to get involved, this is a great committee to meet members of SACRAO. Please fill out the I’m Available form, under GET INVOLVED on our website, sacrao.org.

I look forward to seeing everyone in Little Rock in February.

Karen J. Beckett

kbeckett@miami.edu

VP for State/Regionals and Membership

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Distinct Populations and Programs Distinct Populations and Programs welcomes new members! We are excited to see each of you in Arkansas. Our committee selects topics in areas of access and equity, campus-tocampus, international, veteran, athletic, and multicultural affairs. This is an excellent time for

you

to

share

your

ideas

and

topics

with

us.

Feel

free

to

contact

me

tjsmith@sheltonstate.edu.

Again, I look forward to hearing from at least one new person!

Tennyson Smith tjsmith@sheltonstate.edu Program VP for Distinct Populations and Programs

Vice President for Topics in Higher Education Vice President for the Topics in Higher Education Ed Trombley would like to thank the members of the Committee for their hard work in lining up a wide-ranging roster of presentations for 2022 conference in Little Rock, with a special shout-out to the Committee co-Chairs Jill Manuel and Amber McCown, whose persistence helped the team to reach the finish line successfully! Presenters will be featured from institutions including: Harding University,

George

Mason

University,

Embry-

Riddle Aeronautical University, Jacksonville State University, University of Alabama, Wake Forest University, West Virginia University, University of Arkansas, Rice University, South Western State University, and more.

Ed Trombley Program VP for Topics in Higher Education

at

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SACRAO Welcomes New Executive Committee Member A huge SACRAO welcome to Taylor Richmond, the newest member of the SACRAO Executive Committee! With the recent retirement of Wayne Banks, Taylor has been duly appointed by the Executive Committee to assume the role of Vice President for Program and Evaluation.

Taylor is looking forward to his appointment.

“I’m excited for this next chapter in his journey through higher ed, and humbled by the opportunity to serve SACRAO,” Taylor said.

Taylor

currently

serves

West

Virginia

University as Associate Registrar for Transfer and Regional Campuses. In this role, Taylor oversees the evaluation and articulation of credit earned from outside the WVU system.

This includes transfer credit, dual enrollment, advanced placement, military credit, and study abroad courses. Taylor also assists WVU’s Potomac

State

and

WVU

Institute

of

Technology campuses in implementing policies,

procedures, and technology to keep them aligned with efforts at the Morgantown campus.

Prior to his time in the Office of the University Registrar, Taylor served a brief stint in the Provost’s office transitioning transfer credit processes from the Office of Admissions.

Taylor started his career as an Admissions Counselor, where he served several years touring his home state of West Virginia on behalf of his alma mater. A native of Beckley, West Virginia, Taylor received both his Bachelor and Masters degrees from West Virginia University.

Taylor has a strong tie to the AACRAO family. He has attended several SACRAO annual conferences, AACRAO Tech and Transfer conferences, and numerous WVACRAO conferences.

He has presented at AACRAO T&T and WVACRAO, as well as serving as President of WVACRAO.

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Call to Register for Rockin on the River

Let's Rock!

We know that everyone is busy this time of year. Offices are bustling with processing admissions applications, entering final grades, planning commencement, and taking time off for the holidays. Join SACRAO and ArkACRAO February 6-9, 2022 in Little Rock, AR to step back from your day-to-day stress and experience the 75th Annual SACRAO Conference, Rockin' on the River Pt. II.

REGISTER TODAY! If you are not able to access the registration page, please clear your browser's cache.

Early Bird Registration Deadline: January 7 Conference Room Rate Cut-Off: January 4

About SACRAO '22 Rockin’ on the River Pt. II is your chance to relax and recharge alongside your fellow SACRAO colleagues in the heart of Arkansas. Located within walking distance from our joint conference location is the Downtown River Market, the premier entertainment district, as well as the Bill Clinton Presidential Center, museums, locally-owned dining options, and so much more!

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ALACRAO Update The Alabama AACRAO executive committee has been hard at work on numerous projects.

Almost all the scheduled in-person fairs have been successful this fall travel season-even those hosted outdoors! We will be hosting a statewide virtual college fair in October with over 100 colleges represented. We are in the process of implementing Member Clicks for membership management and a new website. With a newly established executive committee position, VP of Communications, we have increased communication with members and implemented a monthly newsletter. This past summer, we hosted a virtual conference and two in-person school counselor workshops. We have plans to host an in-person drive-in workshop this November for support staff. Finally, we will be hosting a conference planning meeting in October as we plan our 84th annual meeting, held in Montgomery, AL, in June of 2022.

Lauren Findley

OACRAO Update Pivot! When the Rain Starts to Pour...

From October 7-8, OACRAO held our Annual Fall Conference in a completely virtual format.

Sessions held during the event included the following: Streamlined Diplomas with Parchment Self-Care when Working in High-Stress Areas Best Practices in Admissions Engagement How Generational Leadership influences Client Services Project Management for Registrars and Admissions Officers OSRHE Policy Updates Tackling Tough Data Tasks in Higher Education And more!

To view the recorded Zoom sessions for each session of this conference, please refer to https://www.oacrao.org/2021-fall-conference. We touched on aspects and methods pertinent to current issues in higher education during this event. Additionally, OACRAO is currently in the planning stages of our 2022 conference cycle which includes the following: the Spring Policy Workshop, Frontline Workshop, and Annual Fall Conference.

Finally, OACRAO hosted our 2021 Frontline Workshop virtually on June 30. Our theme this year was “Is it Over Yet?”

Presentations were given by Dr. Tina Winn, Chair of the Division of

Behavioral and Social Sciences at Oklahoma Christian University, and Lisa Herndon, Executive Director

of

Student

Advocacy

Center

at

Oklahoma

Christian

University.

To

view

the

presentations in their entirety, please refer to https://www.oacrao.org/2021-frontline-workshop.

Ross B. Mehl Communications Coordinator and Webmaster Oklahoma Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (OACRAO)

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TACRAO Update Greetings from Texas!I hope this Fall newsletter finds you all well. It has been an incredibly busy year for TACRAO as we prepare to celebrate our 100th annual conference in Lubbock, Texas November 7-10. We are all excited to reconnect with friends and colleagues and share lessons learned over these past two years, with more than 100 sessions planned for the conference.

In addition to planning for the conference, the TACRAO executive committee worked diligently over this past year to increase service and benefits to our members. Justin Schilke, Vice President of Technology, Kristin McDonald-Willey, Secretary, and Lori Zerr, Treasurer, worked collaboratively to implement MemberClicks, a membership management software program. While this was a monumental task, implementing this system will allow TACRAO to operate more efficiently. We are still in our first year of use, so we still have a lot to learn.

Over this past year, the TACRAO executive committee worked closely with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and other state organizations to facilitate easier and more efficient transfer of courses across Texas schools through the Texas Common Course Numbering System. We are excited about the renewed commitment to facilitating the transfer of courses across institutions.

As we all know, the last two years have created significant recruitment challenges for all of us.

Since we were not able to meet with prospective students and families in person, the TACRAO High School Relations Committee worked alongside the Texas high school counseling community to create statewide virtual college fairs providing access for prospective students and families to our institutions for the Fall 2021 recruitment season. I am proud of the work of this committee, chaired by Dara Newton, as well as how TACRAO stepped up during the pandemic to continue to meet the needs of our students.

We have already begun making plans for next year’s conference in San Antonio, Texas. We hope our SACRAO friends will make plans to join us for our 101st conference November 6-9, 2022, where we will celebrate riding into the next century of TACRAO!

Jamie Hansard

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FACRAO Update FACRAO held its first webinar training session of the academic year on Wednesday, September 15.

Members from institutions across the state of Florida joined speakers

Stephanie Hospodar, Regional Associate Director of Admission-South Atlantic at Bryant University, and Peyton Spear, Admissions Counselor at Ole Miss. They discussed how small touches of hospitality and service excellence could make for big wins in creating memorable experiences and meaningful connections with those that we serve in our work in higher education. Stephanie and Peyton shared how their experiences as service industry employees shaped how they approach service in higher education and provided examples of taking the service they provide to the next level for FACRAO members to brainstorm.

FACRAO welcomes a new officer to the Executive Committee, Angela Brill, Associate Director

of

Admissions,

ERAU-Worldwide,

who

will

serve

as

Vice

President

for

Communication and Member Relations, replacing a member who had to step down after accepting a new job. Welcome, Angela!

FACRAO held its first planning meeting for the 2022 Annual Summit in late September, marking the first time the group has met on-site at a conference venue since the onset of the pandemic. The Executive Committee is happy to be working toward their first face-toface Florida Education Summit since 2019.

The FACRAO Executive Committee asks members to SAVE THE DATES for their Annual Florida Higher Education Summits in 2022 and 2023:

Sunday, June 5 – Thursday, June 9, 2022, the Plaza Hotel & Resort, in Daytona Beach, FL Sunday, June 4 – Thursday, June 8, 2023, the Florida Hotel and Conference Center, in Orlando, FL

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Call for Articles for The SACRAO Journal Submissions are now being accepted for The SACRAO Journal.

The 34th volume of The SACRAO Journal is now available on our website, https://issuu.com/sacrao/docs/sacrao-2021. You must be logged into the site to view the publication.

The Editorial Board welcomes manuscripts for publication in the 35th volume of SACRAO's academic, refereed publication, The SACRAO Journal. Members of SACRAO are encouraged to submit articles that pertain to their professional and research experiences regarding issues and innovative practices in the profession. We also accept book reviews, best practice articles, reflections related to the profession, and other relevant content!

Preference is given to articles authored by SACRAO members, but articles from outside the membership will be considered based on revelatory findings that advance the work of SACRAO members. Active Journal Editorial Board members may not submit articles for publication; book reviews and commentaries by Board members may be published at the discretion of the Editor.

Manuscripts should be submitted with the stylistic rules and guidelines delineated in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed., 2019). All manuscripts are accepted with the understanding that The SACRAO Journal Editorial Board reserves the right to edit for clarity, syntax, and style. At the discretion of the Editorial Board, authors may be asked to shorten or lengthen articles.

Manuscripts submitted for publication must be original material, which has not been simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. The length of manuscripts, including references and tables, should range from about 8 to 20 double-spaced, 8.5x11-inch pages.

Abstracts are limited to 125 words. Authors should retain a copy of the manuscript to guard against loss.

If you are interested in submitting, please email your manuscript or article to Dr. Ken Thompson at ken.thompson@millsaps.edu.

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2021-2022 SACRAO Executive Committee Kimberly Taylor - President University Registrar, University of Kentucky Jonathan Reece - President-Elect University Registrar, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Steve McLeod - Immediate Past President Associate Dean, Harding School of Theology Blake Bedsole - Program VP for Recruitment, Admissions, and Enrollment Management VP of Enrollment Management, Arkansas Tech University Ed Trombley - Program VP for Topics in Higher Education Registrar, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide Tennyson Smith - Program VP for Distinct Populations and Programs Director of Recruiting, Shelton State Community College Cynthia Terry - Program VP for Professional and Personal Development University Registrar, University of Alabama at Birmingham Evan Reich - Program VP for Records and Academic Services Registrar, Trident Technical College Melissa Hyatt - VP for Information Technology Associate University Registrar, Texas State University Karen Beckett - VP for State/Regionals and Membership University Registrar, University of Miami Taylor Richmond - VP for Program and Evaluation Associate Registrar for Transfer and Regional Campuses, West Virginia University Diana Hull - VP for Communication and Recognition Senior Associate University Registrar, University of Florida Julie Taylor - Secretary Executive Director of Admissions and Enrollment Innovation, University of North Alabama Jessica Brock - Treasurer Director of Admissions, Arkansas Tech University Chris Riggins - Local Arrangement Chair Assistant Director of Transfer Recruitment, University of Central Arkansas Hope Reynolds - Immediate Past Local Arrangements Chair Senior Director of Enrollment Management and Assistant Registrar, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine