Admit It, An AACRAO Podcast

Improving a student’s sense of belonging and connectedness is a powerful force for good—and measurably improves enrollment, inclusion, and retention. A higher sense of belonging improves students’ excitement, confidence, and commitment related to college.

The first year experience begins with the admissions and application process, before the first year even truly begins. Many of us will soon be facing early and priority admissions deadlines for next fall. Now is the perfect time to take a strategic approach to student success through creating a space for building intentional connections. This episode explores the creative ways CSUN is working towards increasing student yield and ultimately student success through community building. Listen to a case-study of how to build a student-driven sense of belonging using the Near Peer peer-to-peer engagement platform. Near Pear is a virtual peer network that reinforces a sense of belonging and community throughout the student lifecycle, resulting in increased yield, reduced melt, and improved persistence.

Host:
Stephanie Krusemark, Vice President of Enrollment Management
Illif School of Theology
Guests:
Dustin Manocha, Founder and CEO
Near Peer
Aaron Lindberg, Director of Admissions
California State University-Northridge

This is the second episode of a two part series on Legacy Admissions. Host, Dr. Stephanie Krusemark sits down with Janelle Holmboe, Executive Vice President of Constituent Engagement at McDaniel College and talk about the unique way that they are building legacy through scholarships.
McDaniel has several legacy scholarship programs, the most recent of which is the Alumni Legacy Scholarship. These scholarship programs have created a clear pipeline of students - 20% of McDaniel students move through one of these scholarship programs. And the yield is 10-15% higher than other admitted students. In addition to the pragmatic enrollment successes of these programs, they allow McDaniel an opportunity to align funds with institutional history and mission.
Listen now to learn more about this engaging and informative continuation of the conversation on Legacy Admissions.
Host
Dr. Stephanie Krusemark, Vice President of Enrollment Management
Illif School of Theology
Guest:
Janelle Holmboe, Executive Vice President of Constituent Engagement
McDaniel College

On February 7, 2022, a new bill, the Fair College Admissions for Students Act, was introduced in the U. S. Senate and the House of Representatives. The bill would ban any college that participates in federal student aid programs from offering admissions preferences to children of alumni or donors. While there is still no update on the approval of this bill, to add some perspective, I sit down with Barb Roberts, Assistant Vice President of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Services, for the University of Nevada - Las Vegas. According to the U. S. News and World Report rankings, the University of Nevada - Las Vegas is noted as one of the most diverse institutions in the country and does not offer legacy admissions to increase access, equity, and diversity within its student body. In this episode, I ask Barb to discuss her perspectives on this new potential legislation and its impact on the future of college admissions and enrollment.
Host
Stephanie Krusemark, Vice President of Enrollment Management
Iliff School of Theology
Guest
Barb Roberts, Assistant Vice President of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Services
University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Admit It explores the early career paths of admissions and enrollment professionals with four guests:

• Krystin Woodell (UNC Pembroke - Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions),
• Anthony Olaiya Wright (NC State University - Assistant Director of the Goodnight Scholars Program),
• Jacqueline López (NC State University - Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions), and
• David Stevenson (Appalachian State University - Assistant Director of Admissions for International Admissions).

Each guests elaborates on their experiences navigating the early admissions and enrollment professional career path and provides insights for listeners on how to develop themselves to get to that next level in their career.

In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Krusemark, explores the impact of the stress and pressure of continuing to recruit and retain students in the midst of a global crisis on the mental health of admissions, enrollment management professionals, and faculty.
Learn how to maintain good mental health through creativity and collaboration.
Host:
Dr. Stephanie Krusemark
Vice President of Enrollment Management
Iliff School of Theology
Guests:
Dr. Terry M Davis
Associate Professor and Director, PsyD Program
University of Denver
Julie Schellman
Director of Admissions, Graduate School of Professional Psychology
University of Denver

Season 3 kicks off with a mini episode welcoming back our host -- James Miller -- and introducing Drs. Angela Brokelsby and Stephanie Krusemark.