Annual

WEDNESDAY EVENTS AND SESSIONS
W3.4658 Roundtable: Proprietary Schools
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | North 125A
Schools in the ‘for-profit’ sector may find that they have a different
organizational structure, student body, and technical infrastructure
than many public institutions. These schools can also become the
subjects of heightened scrutiny, criticism, and even legislation. Join
your colleagues from other proprietary institutions to share strategies
and best practices in admissions, records management, and
academic operations. Bring your questions!
FACILITATOR:
Michael Lorenz, Kaplan University
W3.4661 Creating Online Resources for Military Students
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | North 129A
This session will explore how to create efficient, effective, and
well-used web-based services for military students. The Presenter
will provide examples of successful, targeted web pages that help
students understand their military benefits and how to best utilize
them, as well has highlight policies specific to this population and
overall support guidance for serving students online.
PRESENTER:
John Hayes, Capella University
Related Publication: Helping Veterans Succeed: A Handbook for
Higher Education Administrators
W3.4676 Aligning Your Office Staff and Structure to
Institutional Priorities: A Primer
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | North 129B
As our institutions evolve, so should our office and our staff. This
session will provide a primer on the basics of designing/refining an
office structure, reviewing job descriptions, performing job audits,
mapping processes, and obtaining the key institutional feedback
necessary to create a responsive organization.
PRESENTER:
Gabriel Olszewski, Yale University
Related Publication: Managing for Outcomes: Shifting from Process-
Centric to Results-Oriented Operations
W3.4695 The Semester Isn’t Over Until all Final Grades
are Submitted
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | North 131B
Come learn strategies implemented by two large community colleges
to reduce the number of final grades submitted after the grade
submission deadline.
PRESENTERS:
J. Martin Ortega, San Antonio College
Robin Sandberg, Northwest Vista College
W3.4720 Providing Student Services Through a
Customized Dashboard
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | North 131C
The University of Nebraska system launched an online student
dashboard for all their campuses in 2014. University of Nebraska at
Omaha developed our own custom version of our “MavLINK portal”
to offer a variety of services for students, faculty, and staff through
our own configurable dashboard.
PRESENTER:
Matthew Schill, University of Nebraska Omaha
W3.4725 International Credential Jeopardy
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | North 127C
This session will provide a fun look at a variety of foreign credentials
using the Jeopardy format. As in Jeopardy, you are given the answer
and then need to come up with the question. This session will provide
a credential and then contestants will provide the correct questions.
PRESENTERS:
Ed Devlin, AACRAO International Education Services
Julia Funaki, AACRAO International Education Services
Bonnie Rosenthal, AACRAO International Education Services
Peggy Hendrickson, AACRAO International Education Services
Ann Koenig, AACRAO International Education Services
LesLee Clauson Eicher, AACRAO International Education Services
Zina Rumleanscaia, AACRAO International Education Services
Leah McCormack, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) Eligibility Center
W3.4678 Institutional Research and Study Abroad
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | North 131A
This session examines the efforts of institutional research offices in
relation to study abroad. What kind of data are being or should be
gathered? How is the information being used, and how can it be used
more effectively? Discussion will include pre- and post-study abroad
experience assessment approaches, and specific examples of each
will be given.
PRESENTER:
Adam Henry, Arizona State University
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