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Attached
- Slides presented during the Enrollment Management Showcase on Mar 19.
- WebEx meeting for the TargetX Graduate Implementation Town Hall
- Admissions Org Chart
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Welcome to our #OneTeam
- Sarah Cover
- Nika Rahini-Madjzoub
- Jaquelin “Jaqui” Casallas
Congratulations to...
- Bobbi Nelson for her new position as INTO Transfer Credit Coordinator
- Kelly Lewis got married!
- Matt and Katie Scott on the birth of their 2nd daughter, Kaycee Jane.
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Team updates
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Dean's Office by Amy Takayama-Perez
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Spring is officially here and, along with warmer weather, has brought in 40 counselors from around the globe who are visiting our campus from Mar 24 – 26 for our 4th semi-annual Patriot Fly-In! As part of the program, the counselors get to visit our campus, learn about our programs and community, meet with Mason staff and faculty and tour Washington, DC. It is our hope that they return back home with wonderful memories and share their experience with their students, friends, family members and basically everyone they know!
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From Mar 14 – 17 many of us took our love for Mason to the road for our 5thMason Road Show! During our 4 day journey, we hosted events and met with future Patriots from Philadelphia, New Jersey, Long Island and Boston. We were also joined by many Mason Ambassadors who were home for Spring Break, their parents and amazing alums. It takes a village to pull off the Road Show!
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Thank you to those of you who joined us for the Enrollment Management Showcase on Mar 19. A copy of the slides presented by David Burge, Vice President for Enrollment, is attached for your review. Special congrats to the members of the SOP Admissions/IEM working group who received the inaugural Team award, and our very own Selina Kirwan who was recognized for her outstanding contributions to our division and Mason community.
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On Mar 26, we will hold an university wide TargetX Graduate Implementation Town Hall meeting where we will share updates and discuss some of the project’s milestones. Please feel free to join us from 10:00 am – 11:30 am in Merten, 1201 or remotely via the attached WebEx. Additional information about the project and the schedule for the upcoming town halls can be found here.
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We are continuing with our recruitment efforts during the spring and have some important events coming up: Destination Mason: A Spring Preview (Apr 14), Patriot Visit Day: Spring Junior Open House (Apr 18), Patriot Prelude Admitted Transfer Open House (Apr 25) It will take EVERYONE’s help to make every single one of these events a success. We especially look forward to everyone’s assistance during Destination Mason: A Spring Preview. If you are able to help, please email Elena Johnson ([email protected]) and Bree St Clair ([email protected]) by Friday, Apr 5.
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Our next all staff meeting is scheduled for this Friday, Mar 29 at 3:00 pm in Merten, 1203. I will miss seeing you as I will be in Florida hosting two recruitment events along with Jeff Fusco from Mar 27 – 30, but I’m sure the Jen’s have some fun prizes for the Newsletter Trivia!
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Relationship Management (RM) by Melissa Bevacqua and Pat Money
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The Relationship Management Team is running full speed towards the May 1st deadline. We are busy finishing up application review, traveling around the country for various college fairs and individual visits, attending admitted student events both on campus and in different regional areas, and finalizing yielding the next Fall 2019 class.
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This is an exciting time of the year for us, Spring Preview is coming on April 14 and we are delighted to have ALL FIVE of our full-time regional representatives on campus! Make sure to sign up to volunteer at the event and say "HI" to the Regional team!
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Operations by Andrew Bunting
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All teams within Admissions Operations have been busy in their respective areas supporting our applicants and new students. As previously mentioned, the Fall 2019 transfer application is open, and the transfer team is working diligently on the GAA and other early applications. We have two open positions on the Domicile Team and are actively working to fill those.
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The Transfer Credit Evaluation team continues to do amazing work by efficiently and accurately evaluating transfer credit for all of our new students. They are currently working on Fall 2019 admits and IEs. Over the course of the past month, Credit Evaluation has realized a MAJOR process enhancement in that we are now able to evaluate admitted students and, prior to them submitting an IE, communicate with them about their credit evaluation and transfer credits. Major thanks to everyone involved on making this a reality.
The Document Center continues to be a model of efficiency as well, processing documents with minimal delays or issues. The Document Center staff has expanded to fill empty positions, and a new evening shift has finally been established to help ensure that we stay on top of document loading and coding. Further, the document center has taken on increased responsibilities with assisting with GMUK documents. We have also developed a new process for merging and tracking duplicate G-numbers.
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The Graduate Operations team is busy working on Fall 2019 applicants. The Spring 2019 audit is almost complete, with less than 200 files not exited from the audit. As a reminder, this is the LAST major task to be conducted in Radius before the system starts to shut down (total shutdown is slated for August). Updates are constantly being made to improve the system. Major thanks to Crystal and the Specialists for helping to continue to document current processes to ensure functionality within the new system. Within the past month, files have begun to launch, automatically, into the review tool once they are complete.
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The INTO Mason team is looking forward to welcoming our newest staff member, Jaquelin “Jaqui” Casallas, so that we can be fully staffed. We continue to look for areas where we can find efficiencies, as well as ensure that our communication with INTO is as clear as possible. Additionally, and with the assistance of the International Team and the Admissions Technology Team, we are currently working to improve the Undergraduate Global Application, while planning for the Graduate Global Application. Several meet-and-greet, as well as several working sessions, including a day-long meeting with INTO Leadership, have been conducted to get the team on the same page.
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As always, please let us know if we can assist you in any way.
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Washington Scholars Program and K12 Partnerships by Elena Johnson
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WSP - We are finishing up hiring our summer teams. We will have approximately 50 temporary staff hired for each conference week. Our speakers are starting to get confirmed, and it looks like another exciting lineup this summer.
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Envision - Another student invite drop will happen in the middle of April, so please be prepared for questions from prospective students and families. We added a program called the Honors Performance Series to the Envision portfolio and are excited to work with our partners in CVPA to expose even more students to Mason programs and faculty.
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Events - It's go time! Selina Kirwan Avalos' last day in the office is Apr 1 and we are busily preparing for Spring Preview. Please email me ([email protected]) and Bree St Clair ([email protected]) to confirm that you can work the Spring Preview on Apr 14 from 9am-3pm.
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K12 - April is full of middle school group tours! We are also wrapping up the Governors' School and Fairfax Math dual enrollment admissions process.
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Shining a spotlight on:
Jennifer Flammia
Title: Admissions Assistant, working title is Queen of Search Committees
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Member of our #OneTeam since: It's complicated, but it all started back in 2006
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Hometown: Springfield, VA
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- Best vacation you have been to? Mediterranean cruise for my 30th wedding anniversary, or any of the trips to Disney World with my granddaughter.
- What are 3 words you would use to describe Mason? Forward-thinking, diverse, FAMILY
- What’s your favorite food? Grapes...in the form of wine
- Do you have a favorite quote or movie line? Share it with us! You're killin' me, Smalls! (The Sandlot, 1993)
- What aspect of your role do you
enjoy the most? Working with the search committees to find fabulous people to join the Admissions #OneTeam
- What does your usual workday look like? In other words, what do you do? Coordinate search committees, provide back up support for Jen K, anything Suzy asks me to do.
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Lunch Room Roulette Smiley Faces!
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February 2019: Kelsey Poholsky, Bobbi Nelson, Jeanette Walton and Kelly Cardew.
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Shining a spotlight on:
Scott Langevin
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Title: Assistant Director of Transcript Evaluation for INTO Mason Programs
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Team: Admissions Operations
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Member of our #OneTeam since: October 2016
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- What’s your favorite food? I love all kinds of food, but, I especially enjoy fish and chips.
- What does your usual workday look like? In other words, what do you do? I act as the primary point of contact, within the Office of Admissions, for policies and processes as they relate to INTO Mason admissions.
- Where would you like to travel to? I would really like to travel around Europe catching different soccer matches.
- What are 3 words you would use to describe Mason? Diverse, Innovative, and Accessible
- What do you like to do for fun? I enjoy pretty much anything outdoors like soccer, mountain biking, and hiking. But, you can usually find me on the couch playing video games or watching movies.
- What aspect of your role do you
enjoy the most? The opportunity to meet new people from all over the world.
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March 2019: Jon Bannan, Meghan Walter, Veronica Bonilla, Alexis Jenkins and Katlyn Demello.
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