AACRAO NetNews

Volume IX, Number 1

February 27, 2001

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

Editor:  Paul Aucoin, pgaucoin@samford.edu

Associate Editor, Scott Dittman, sdittman@wlu.edu

Subscription Manager:  Erika Watts, wattse@aacrao.nche.edu


Past Issues

IN THIS ISSUE


News About Your Colleagues

Patricia Long, longp@umkc.edu, report that after "17 wonderful years" at Jefferson County Community College, Overland Park KS, she is the new Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Congratulations, Pat.

Susanna Yunker, sbyunk@wm.edu, has been named Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Academic Support Services at Western Washington University.  Susannah has been the University Registrar at The College of  William and Mary since 1999 after 25 years at Boise State University, 23 as registrar. Susanna earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado Woman's College and a master's degree from the University of Virginia. We know PACRAO will be glad to have you back, Susanna.

News from Ohio ACRAO (Connie M. Goodman, Cgoodman@exchange.ureg.ohio-state.edu, Newsletter Editor)

Antioch College:  Gene Roller, groller@antioch-college.edu, Registrar Emeritus  of Wittenberg University, is serving as Interim Registrar at Antioch College on a part-time basis while a search for a new registrar is being conducted. He would be happy to hear from colleagues.

North Central State College: Trisa Allen and Lisa Hall have joined the Student Development team as Intake Representatives.  Jamie Roberts is the new Academic Advisor in the Student Development Office.

Ohio State University: Peg Watkins has recently left the OSU Graduate and International Admissions Office for a position as Director of Admissions and Recruitment at the Methodist Theological School of Ohio. Rosie Quinzon-Bonello has joined Ohio State as Assistant Director of Recruitment for International 2001. She comes most recently from the University of California at Davis with a wealth of international travel, program management, and student activities experience. Barbara Wharton has joined the Statistical Enrollment Research and Reporting Area (SERRS) as a statistical information specialist. She was previously the Assistant Registrar in Testing. Barb replaces Sherri Noxel who has left to begin a new career at the University of Kentucky, Lexington Community College. Marla Mamrick has moved to the systems area as a systems development engineer having come from serving as a staff assistant in testing office. Marla replaces Rachel Dolor who left to attend graduate school at the University of North Carolina. The Orientation Office has become part of the Office of Enrollment Services. Phyllis Miller is the Director of Orientation.

Ohio University: Katherine Tadlock has joined the staff as Director of Graduate Student Services. She replaces Gordon Schanzenbach, who retired from OU at the end of September.

News from Wisconsin ACRAO (Tom Johnson, Tom.Johnson@mail.rgstr.wisc.edu, Newsletter Editor)
Cardinal Stritch University: David Kimmel has recently been appointed vice president for planning, technology, and assessment. Kimmel had been registrar at Stritch for five years during which he also carried the title of assistant vice president for enrollment management.  In his new role, he will be responsible for strategic planning, institutional research, academic and administrative assessment, instructional technology, distance education, and the library.  Before coming to Stritch, Kimmel was director of auxiliary services for Elmbrook School District in suburban Milwaukee. Rhonda Holland has been appointed interim registrar at Cardinal Stritch to succeed Kimmel. She had been the associate registrar.

Lakeshore Technical College: Karla Zahn, formerly supervisor of the testing center at UW-Milwaukee, has become the director of research and planning.  She assumed her new duties in early November.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Matt Jensen, an admissions supervisor, has been named as director of admissions at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside near Kenosha, beginning his new duties on February 19.  Jensen has been at UW-Milwaukee for nearly nine years and holds degrees from UW-Parkside and UW-Milwaukee.


NB:  Borrowing from John L. Lewis, "He that tooteth not his own horn, the same shall not be tooteth." If you have news about yourself or others which may be of interest to our colleagues, please send contact information to Scott Dittman at sdittman@wlu.edu so it may be considered for inclusion in a future issue of NetNews.

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Nominations and Elections Ballot Due

The 2000-2001 Nominations and Elections Committee pleads with you to send in your ballot, if you have not done so already.  So, find that ballot among the stacks of paper on your desk, mark your choices and send it to me.  The ballot is due in the mail by March 2.

You should vote for no more than seven of  the following fourteen AACRAO members.  The top seven vote recipients will be elected to serve on the 2001-2002 Nominations and Elections Committee with Vice-chair Suzanne Anderson and Chair Eliott Baker.

(Note: The candidates were listed in ballot order below based on randomly chosen numbers.)

Lora Spaulding, Associate Registrar, University of Notre Dame
Bill Ponder, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Services, Eastern Washington University
Mary Koskan, Associate Registrar, University of Minnesota
Jim Blackburn, Director of Admissions and Records, California State University-Fullerton
Michael Poindexter, Vice President of Student Services, Community College of Denver
Wanda Simpson, Associate Dean of Enrollment Services, San Jacinto College
James Noe, Dean of Student Affairs, Mount Carmel College of Nursing
Louise Phillips, Associate Director of the MITC, Southwest Texas State University
Georgeanne Porter, Director of Admissions, University of Missouri - Columbia
Luz Barreras, Registrar, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Paul Wiley, University Registrar, University of the South
Ron Heath, Dean of Student Services & Registrar, Simon Fraser University
David Clawson, Director of Student Records, Thomas Jefferson University
Kim Shipporeit, Director of Records and Registration, University of Nebraska - Kearney

- Paul Aucoin, Chair, 2000-2001 Nominations & Elections Committee

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Ockerman Awards Announced

The AACRAO Awards Committee is proud to announce the 2001 Elbert W. Ockerman State and Regional Association Awards.This year there were eight excellent nominations, with the votes extremely close for all eight nominated activities.It is great to see so many wonderful professional activities sponsored by our state and regional associations.

The following three award winners will be recognized at the annual meeting:

The other ranked activities, although not winning an award this year, should also be acknowledged for their achievements.They are: We hope you will congratulate any of your AACRAO colleagues involved in these associations. Also, the AACRAO Awards Committee would like all state and regional associations to consider nominating a professional program session, project, workshop, or publication in 2002.

- Karen E. Hutslar, Chair, 2000-2001 Awards Committee

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ARTG Task Force Seeks Members

The Academic Record and Transcript Guide Revision Task Force will perform a review and revision of the 1996 AACRAO Academic Record and Transcript Guide, with the goal of publishing a revised version in early 2002. AACRAO is seeking qualified and interested members to serve on the Task Force to revise this essential publication. 

Items in the Guide needing special attention include the use of social security numbers on transcripts and the recording of disciplinary actions on transcripts. Examples of additional issues that could be included within the scope of this review are electronic transmission of transcripts, electronic requests for transcripts, non-standard terms, distance education courses, partial transcripts, joint and dual degrees, academic concentrations, and study abroad.
 
The Task Force must conduct a survey of a sample of the AACRAO membership to determine common practices and changes in institutional practices in the last five years in order to recommend best practices to the Board of Directors.  The survey and the issues examined should include recent political dispositions and public opinion. These would be used as the basis for formulating recommended and best practices.
 
The Task Force should meet at the Annual Meeting in Seattle and conduct as much follow-up business as possible via e-mail and conference calls. An outline for the revised publication should be sent to the Vice President for Registration, Records and Information Technology by July 1, 2001. The intended purpose of this timeline is to coordinate efforts of professional activities committees and the task force on the items chosen for inclusion and revision by the task force.
 
The final draft of the revised Academic Record and Transcript Guide is to be completed no later than the December 2001 meeting of the AACRAO Board of Directors.

Members who wish to participate on the Task Force should send a statement of interest to Louise Lonabocker, louise@bc.edu, AACRAO President, by March 5.

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Seattle Sightings

If you have not already done so, be sure to register for the AACRAO annual meeting in Seattle where the keynote speaker on Sunday, April 22, will be Carr Hagerman, who will share the FISH! Philosophy.

There is a unique fish market in Seattle where the employees bring incredible fun, passion, and individual accountability to their work. Their work is cold, wet and smelly, yet they decide they have the power to choose the attitudes they bring to work.  According to the FISH Philosophy, people must decide for themselves whether an organization's vision is worth committing to. They must see it, feel it, live it -– and when they do, they generate amazing, self-sustaining power.

Carr's keynote is just one of several treats that await you in Seattle at the Washington State Trade and Convention Center in Seattle.  Hurry and make your reservations  because some of the hotels are already sold out, as indicated below.  AACRAO has reserved space for Annual Meeting participants at the following hotels, but the cut-off date for those rates is March 21.

Mayflower Park Hotel, Rate: $136 single/double
Summerfield Suites by Wyndham  Sold Out
The Roosevelt Hotel Sold Out
Hilton Seattle, Rate: $142 single/$163 double
Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers, $171 single/$191 double
Westcoast Grand, $143 single/double
The Westin Hotel, $171 single/$191 double

You can make a reservation easily online at:  http://www.pkghlrss.com/events/aacrao/aacrao.html

For more information about the Annual Meeting, go to:  http://www.aacrao.org/am/am01/am-2001.htm

See you in Seattle in April!

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Financial Ratios: Another Measure of AACRAO’s Financial Performance

Part I: Income and Expense Ratios

(This is the first of two installments on AACRAO Financial Ratios.  The first installment will provide an introduction to financial ratios and a discussion of AACRAO’s Income and Expense Ratios.  The second installment will focus on Balance Sheet Ratios.)  

During the past two fiscal years, your AACRAO Board and AACRAO Staff have worked diligently to improve AACRAO’s financial status.  Beginning with FY 1999 and continued in FY 2000, members were asked to support a dues increase that would assist AACRAO in rebuilding the reserves funds, while improving services to members.

Internal reports from AACRAO’s Vice President of Finance and Board Finance Committee, as well as external reports from the Independent Auditor indicate that AACRAO’s financial condition has steadily improved.  In an effort to determine how well AACRAO is doing financially as compared to peer organizations, a series of financial ratios was computed utilizing the year-end financial statements for FY 2000, ending June 30, 2000.

Financial ratios are a valuable tool in benchmarking an organization's financial performance.  It is important to remember that ratios are only one tool that we should use in determining financial performance and that we should continually use ratios to view performance over time, rather than for a single point in time.  Also, a ratio that is out of line with an industry benchmark may indicate an area where further investigation is needed before any conclusions are developed.

The financial ratios were developed based on guidelines from the ASAE Operating Ratio Report, Eleventh Edition (2000).  For comparison purposes, we utilized organizations which were exempt organizations under Section 501 (c) (3) of the IRS Code of 1986 and that had an annual income between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000.  This resulted in approximately 38 organizations for the Income and Expense Ratios.

The ASAE report provided Industry Averages and Medians.  The value of using both is that one organization can distort the average by having either very high or low numbers in one area.  The median is the actual midpoint.  By reviewing both industry comparisons, we can view which is the better benchmark for AACRAO. 

Income and Expense Ratios are ratios presented as percentages of total revenue for this analysis.  When we look at the bottom line or the Profitability Ratio (Total Income minus Total Expenses), we find that AACRAO’s ratio was 8.1% based on income exceeding expenses by $316,436 for FY 2000.  This measure represents the percentage of total revenue remaining after expenses.   The Industry Average was 9.8% and the Industry Median was 4.7%.  This was good news, as AACRAO was near the industry average and exceeded the median.

A look at two other Income and Expense Ratios reveals AACRAO’s dependency on members for income.  The Membership Dues/Total Expense measure reveals that 45.9% of AACRAO’s income that is used to pay expenses is from membership dues.  The Industry Average is 35.9% and the Industry Median is 31.8%.  The Conference and Meeting Income/Total Expenses reveals that 35.3% of income that is used to pay expenses is from AACRAO’s Conference Registration Fees.  The Industry Average is 28.6% and Industry Median is 29.2%.  The combination of these two measures reveals that direct income from members provides more than 80% of the income to pay expenses, compared to the combined industry average of 65% and industry median of 61%. This dependency on members for income results in pressure to increase dues in order to offer new services or to meet the increasing cost for existing services.  Both your Board and your Executive Director continue to explore options that will reduce this dependency on members for revenue. 

Two other ratios worth noting are the Publications Sales/Total Expenses and Investment Income/Total Expenses.  In the publications area, AACRAO’s percentage was 5.5% while the Industry Average and Median were 7.5% and 2.7% respectively.  In Investment Income, AACRAO’s percentage was 2.8% while the Industry Average and Median were 4.1% and 3.3% respectively.   Both of these measures indicate AACRAO can improve in these two areas.  However, to improve in the publications area requires more authors to write more publications.  This has been an on-going challenge in recent years, as fewer members have expressed an interest in authoring publications.  The investment income measure should continue to improve, as AACRAO continues to rebuild the reserve funds.  As reserves and overall revenue increase, associated investment income should also increase.

For more information on AACRAO Income and Expense Ratios, contact Joe Roof, AACRAO Vice President of Finance at roofj@dbcc.cc.fl.us.  AACRAO Financial Ratios will be discussed in more detail during the 2001 Annual Meeting at a Roundtable Discussion scheduled for Monday, April 23 at 5:30 pm.  

- Joe Roof, AACRAO Vice President of Finance   

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Caught in the Surf: Websites You Can Use

Congress: CongressLink, http://www.congresslink.org/, will help you learn all about the 107th Congress, as well as access lessons on topics as broad as "Checks and Balances: The Line Item Veto," "Congressional Workloads," and "Eulogy and Obituary as Historical Evidence."  Type in your zipcode to find your representatives and information including individual e-mail addresses, recent votes, and staff information.

Dictionaries: The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary has been available, free of charge, on AOL since 1995 and on the Web since 1996.  Now the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language is available at http://www.bartleby.com/61/. Bartleby's American Heritage dictionary takes the Merriam-Webster dictionary one step further. Not only does the online edition of the American Heritage dictionary have over 90,000 entries and 900 full- page color illustrations, it also has 70,000 audio word pronunciations.To hear how a particular word is pronounced, just click on the beige speaker icon in the pronunciation section of that word's definition. Of course, it is silly to assume that everyone in the world speaks English. YourDictionary.com is a portal for online dictionaries, giving you links to more than 1800 dictionaries representing more than 230 languages. These dictionaries are organized into five different sections:

Language Dictionaries, http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html: links to online dictionaries in 230 different languages, from Afrikaans and Aklanon to Xohsa and Zoque.

Specialty Dictionaries, http://www.yourdictionary.com/specialty.html: dictionaries and glossaries of specialized words in the English language in fields ranging from advertising and agriculture to travel and water.

Multilingual Dictionaries, http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction1.html#multi: dictionaries that use several different languages

Translation Engines, http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction1.html#translate: tools that let you translate between all European languages

Other Indicies, http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction1.html#index: other dictionary indices, like http://colibri.let.ruu.nl/html/dictionaries.html.

Fraudulent degrees: Wade Robinson, wrobinson@mail.unomaha.edu, Director of Academic Records & Registration, University of Nebraska at Omaha reports on an ABC News article on fraudulent degrees and especially Columbia University's experience with them. Computer News Daily (29 December 2000) reports the number of Internet companies offering fraudulent college degrees is increasing, according to a new report from a private watchdog group. The newest edition of The Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees Nontraditionally, to be released in January, will count 481 fraudulent schools, up from 320 in its 1998 survey. The market for such degrees exceeds $200 million each year, estimates John Bear, author of The Bears' Guide. University of North Dakota professor Barry Lumsden, an authority on degree mills, says Internet companies use numerous techniques to lure unsuspecting consumers, such as hosting their sites in the .edu domain and inventing agencies to give accreditation to their schools. Few government officials have taken an interest in the problem, observers say, and those agencies that do face significant obstacles in stopping online degree mills, as many of the mills base their operations in several different countries.

New NCES materials (If you are interested in receiving these reports, tailored to your interests, when they are released by NCES, subscribe to the e-newsletter at http://nces.ed.gov/newsflash/index.asp.)

Indicators of School Crime and Safety 2000 is a joint effort by NCES and the Bureau of Justice Statistics and examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. Data for crime away from school are also presented to place school crime in the context of crime in the larger society. The report provides the most current detailed statistical information from an array of sources to inform the Nation on the nature of crime in schools. The report is now available as a web product to provide easier access to the information. To view this publication, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/crime2000/

The Encyclopedia of ED Stats brings together data from several NCES sources including: The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics. You will be able to find information in these compendiums by searching documents through their table of contents, by subject area, and through full text and table title word searches. The Encyclopedia has recently added to its indexing capabilities the most recent editions of the Condition of Education and the Digest of Education Statistics. To use the Encyclopedia please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/edstats/

The National Assessments of Adult Literacy (NAAL) are the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of English language literacy skills of American adults. It describes the status of adult literacy in the US; reports on national trends; and identifies relationships between literacy and selected characteristics of adults. A nationally representative sample of adults will be assessed next in 2002, providing the first indication of the nation's progress in adult literacy since 1992. To view this website, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/naal/

The Digest of Education Statistics, 2000 provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of education from pre-kindergarten through graduate school. Topics in the Digest include: the number of schools and colleges; teachers; enrollments; graduates; educational attainment; finances; federal funds for education; employment and income of graduates; libraries; technology; and international comparisons. The Digest is on the web at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001034

NCES has just released on the web (not yet on paper) a Research and Development Report in school finance, entitled: "A Primer on Making Cost Adjustments in Education." This report by William J. Fowler, Jr., National Center for Education Statistics, and David H. Monk, Dean, School of Education, The Pennsylvania State University was undertaken so that educators, the public, and policymakers might better understand both geographic and inflation adjustments, and how they might be applied to elementary/secondary education. The authors seek to inform these audiences of the differences in expenditures and costs, as well as how both geographic and inflation education cost adjustments can be used to assist in differentiating nominal and real costs. The authors are particularly concerned with approaches, techniques, and adjustments that may either not be appropriate for measuring costs in education, or that are inappropriately applied. In addition, they attempt to show that there is a real virtue to keeping cost adjustment indices as simple and understandable as possible. The report is available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001323

Race and ethnic categories:  The OMB (Office of Management and Budget) has recently released provisional guidance for the implementation of the 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, and is asking for public comment on any aspect of the document for a period of 60 days (by March 19, 2001). Please send your comments to: Katherine K. Wallman, Chief Statistician OMB, Rm. 10201, New Executive Office Building 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20503 fax: (202) 395-7245. The complete files are located at the following URLs:
Federal Registry Notice: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/r&e_guidance_notice.pdf

Provisional Guidance: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/r&e_guidance2000update.pdf

Appendix A-Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity:  http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/r&e_app-a-update.pdf

Appendix B-Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement:  http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/r&e_app-b-update.pdf

Appendix C-The Bridge Report: Tabulation Options for Trend Analysis: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/r&e_app-c&tables.pdf

Search engines (AltaVista): AltaVista, www.altavista.com, has gotten a great facelift. They have jettisoned many items that had nothing to do with being a search engine. Most of the clutter on the front page is gone, including headline news from ABCNews.com, clubs, photo albums, home pages, message boards, chat, My Altavista, and the My Live! customized portal, including bookmarks and stock portfolios. (I'm sorry to say that the advertisements are still prominent, but that's not surprising these days.) There are also some new features that searchers might find interesting. AltaVista now offers an "education search" which allows you to search over 20 million pages of college and university sites. Basically this is just a search hardcoded to restrict searches to the .edu domain, but it's a great first step. See http://tools.altavista.com/s?spage=av/SEdu.htm&only=y

Search engines (Google): The New York Times, in a February 22, 2001, article (http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/22/technology/22GOOG.html) reports that Google, http://www.google.com/, has become the first major search engine to index documents in the Portable Document Format (PDF). PDF files are favored by many academics and researchers, who want to place their text online but do not have time to convert their files into the standard Web language, HTML. Google estimated that it has made 13 million PDF documents available through its search engine. Google's David Krane said this represents about 70 percent of all PDF documents available to the public online. Users need to download free software to read PDF documents (from Adobe Systems which developed the PDF format) although Google has made text versions of some of its indexed PDF files available. Krane noted that the average HTML file has only one-fifth the number of words as the average PDF file does. He added that Google engineers found the average PDF file to be 100-fold larger than the average HTML file. The resources necessary to index such a large pool of data may prevent other search engines from adding PDF documents, observers speculate. The Internet Tourbus, January 6, 2001, reports that Google has a free "Google US Government" search engine that "automatically weeds out non-government stuff" and only gives you hits from the .gov, .mil, and the government-related .us domains (like www.state.va.us). (Don't forget about the firstgov.gov site AACRAO NetNews pointed you to back in the November 2000 issue.) Google also offers a "University Search" that lets you "narrow your search to a specific school website." Finally, Google is now offering free site search to universities. University webmasters can get more information on this at http://services.google.com/googleuniv/login.

Test yourself: If you are one of those folks who enjoys constant self-analysis, or if you want to evaluate some of those faculty, students, or colleagues who surround you, check out AllTheTests.com at http://www.allthetests.com. This is a directory of tests of the Web, including IQ tests, personality tests, career tests, etc. The site is browsable by category or keyword searchable. Site listings include the name and URL of a site, a brief description, and some idea of how long the test will take (longer than an hour, less than 30 minutes, etc.) Additional icons denote whether the test is form-based, if you can take it offline, whether you get the results via e-mail, and the test's rating.
 

NB:  If you know of a web resource or a bit of web humor that you think may be useful to your colleagues, please send the URL to Scott Dittman at sdittman@wlu.edu so it may be considered for inclusion in a future issue of NetNews.  Tell a little about why you like it and be credited with the catch.

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Site Access by the Hearing- or Sight-disabled

According to a recent story in the New York Times, most federal agencies will be required to redesign their websites so that they are more easily used by people with sight or hearing disabilities. It is estimated that more than 4,000 or more websites will be affected. This may cost somewhere between $100 million and $600 million of taxpayer money.

We are wondering how long will it be before those of us in higher education who receive federal funds will be asked to do something like this, too. If your website is already meeting this challenge, please send the URL to Scott Dittman so that we may share it in the next issue. For starters, look at this MSWord file of resource organizations for people with disabilities and visit the web pages of Galludet University.

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Calendar of Events

AACRAO Annual Meetings:

April 22-25, 2001, Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA  http://www.aacrao.org/am/am01/am-2001.htm
April 14-16, 2002, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN
April 6-8, 2003, Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC
April 19-21, 2004, Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, NV
March 28-30, 2005, New York Hilton, New York, NY

Other Professional Meetings and Workshops:

Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE)
March 5-10, 2001
Holiday Inn International Drive Resort, Orlando, Florida
http://www.aace.org/conf/site/default.htm

Information Technologies Workshop for Independent Colleges (Council of Independent Colleges and EDUCAUSE)
March 29-31, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
http://www.cic.edu/conferences/

Networking 2001
April 10-12, 2001
Hilton Washington and Towers - Washington DC
http://www.educause.edu/netatedu/events/net2001/

College Admissions: Operations and Management: A One-day Workshop for New Admissions Professionals
AACRAO Annual Meeting 2001, Seattle, Washington
Sunday, April 22, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Workshop W.12-College Admissions: Operations and Management
http://www.aacrao.org/am/am01/register.htm

Standards Council's annual Conference on Electronic Standards in Higher Education  
May 17-18, 2001, at the Hilton Crystal City in Arlington, VA 
www.StandardsCouncil.org

CUMREC 2001
May 13-16, 2001
Pint South Mountain Resort, Phoenix, Arizona.
http://www.cumrec.org/cumrec2001/

Transfer: The Forgotten Function of Community Colleges
July 30-31, 2001
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
Proposal deadline is March 15, 2001
http://www.oakton.edu/resource/transfer/

12th Annual EDI in Education Conference
October 21-23, 2001 - Tampa FL
http://usfweb.usf.edu/webforms/speede/

EDUCAUSE 2001
October 28-31, 2001
Indianapolis, Indiana
The deadline for preconference seminar proposals is December 31, 2000.
http://www.educause.edu/conference/e2001/csp.html

State and Regional Association Meetings:

(Officer information taken from AACRAO State and Regional list.  Corrections to Janie Barnett, barnettj@aacrao.org)

Alabama ACRAO
Annual Meeting: June 28-30, 2001
Web site: http://www.samford.edu/admin/alacrao
President: Robin Wyatt, Director of Admissions and Special Projects, Enterprise State Junior College, Enterprise, AL 36331
phone: (334) 347-2623, fax: (334) 393-6223, email: Rwyatt@hotmail.com
President-Elect: David Johnson, Assistant Director of Admissions for Orientation and Special Events, University of Alabama, Box 870132, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
phone: (205) 348-6549, e-mail: djohnson@enroll.ua.edu
Newsletter Editor: Mike Hobbs, Transfer Advising Coordinator, Jefferson State Community College, 2601 Carson Road, Birmingham, AL 35215-3098
phone: (205) 856-7991, e-mail: mhobbs@jscc.cc.al.us

Arizona ACRAO
Annual Meeting: September 2001
Web site: http://www.asu.edu/registrar/AzACRAO/
President: Patrick Martin, University Registrar, Northern Arizona University, Box 4103, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4103
phone: (520) 523-2100, fax: (520) 523-1414, e-mail: Patrick.Martin@nau.edu
President-Elect: Tandy Elisala, Registrar and Director of Student Records, University of Phoenix, 4615 East Elwood Street, Phoenix, AZ 85072
phone: (602) 927-0099, fax: (602) 894-1758, e-mail: trelisal@apollogrp.edu
Newsletter Editor: Gene Carson, Registrar and Enrollment Services Manager, Yavapai College, 1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott, AZ  86301
phone:  (520) 776-2188, fax: (520) 776-2151, e-mail: gene_carson@yavapai.cc.az.us

Arkansas ACRAO
Annual Meeting: October 2001
President: Sharon McDaniel, Program Coordinator, Arkansas State University, PO Box 1570, St. University, AR 72467
phone: (870) 972-2031, fax: (870) 972-3843, e-mail: Smcdaniel@chickasaw.astate.edu
President-Elect: Alisa Waniewski, Arkansas Tech University Admissions, 141 Doc Bryan, Student Services Center, Russellville, Arkansas 72801
phone: (501) 968-0343, e-mail: Adaw@atuvm.atu.edu
Newsletter Editor: Brenda Hunter, University of Arkansas, Hunt 146, Fayetteville, AR 72701
phone: (501) 575-7456, e-mail: bhunter@comp.uark.edu

British Columbia (BCARUCC)
Annual Meeting: March 2001
President: Bill Cooke, University College of the Fraser Valley, 45635 Yale Road, Chilliwack, British Columbia  V2P 6T4  E-mail: Cooke@ucfv.bc.ca

Canada (ARUCC)
Annual Meeting: June 23-28, 2001
Web site: http://www.arucc.ryerson.ca
President: Lea Pennock, Assistant Registrar (Enrollment Services), University of Saskatchewan, 105 Administration Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A2, Canada
phone: (306) 996-6723, fax: (306) 966-6730, e-mail: Pennock@admin.usask.ca
President-Elect: Sheila Brygadyr, Registrar, Huron College, 1349 Western Road, London, ON N6G 1H3, Canada  phone:  (519) 438-7224, fax: (519) 438-3938, e-mail : sbrygady@julian.uwo.ca
Newsletter Editor: John Scime, Graduate Registrar & Secretary, School of Graduate Studies, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West Hamilton ON L8S 4L8, Canada.  Phone: (905)  525-9140 Ext 23679, fax: (905) 527-1105, e-mail: scime@mcmaster.ca

Carolinas ACRAO
Annual Meeting: December 2001
Web site: http://www.cacrao.duke.edu
President: Ken Hayes, Director of Admissions and Recruitment, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, PO Box 1595, Salisbury, NC 28145
phone: (704) 637-1760 ext 212, fax: (704) 633-6804, e-mail: hayesk@rccc.cc.nc.us
President-Elect: Ed Holloway, Admissions Counselor, North Greenville College, PO Box 1892, Tigerville, SC 29688
phone: (800) 468-6642, fax: (864) 977-7177, e-mail: eholloway@ngc.edu
Newsletter Editor: Mark Ellison, Assistant Director of Admissions, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723-9646
phone: (828) 227-3169, e-mail: mellison@wcu.edu

Florida ACRAO
Annual Meeting: June 3-6, 2001
Web site: http://registrar.fsu.edu/facrao/newsmain.htm
President: Dr. Deborah Fuschetti, Registrar, South Florida Community College, 600 W College Dr, Avon Park, FL 33825-9399
phone: (863) 784-7139, fax: (863) 453-2365, email: Fuscde24@sfcc.cc.fl.us
President-Elect: Dr. Mary Etta Fisher, Registrar, Santa Fe Community College, 3000 NW 83rd Street, Bldg R, Room 101, Gainesville, FL 32606-6200
phone: (800) 662-7041, fax: (816) 271-4574, e-mail: admissn@griffon.mwsc.edu
Newsletter Editor: D. Travis Spaulding, Director of Enrollment Management, Seminole Community College, 100 Weldon Boulevard, Sanford, FL 32773
phone: (407) 328-2027, e-mail: spauldit@mail.seminole.cc.fl.us

Georgia ACRAO
Annual Meeting: July 15-17, 2001
Web site: http://gacrao.org
President: Mollie DeHart, Registrar and Director of Admissions, Coastal Georgia Community College, 3700 Altama Avenue, Brunswick, GA 31520-3644
phone: (912) 262-3075, fax: (912) 262-3072, e-mail: dehart@bc9000.bc.peachnet.edu
President-Elect: Jerry Wright, Registrar, Valdosta State University, 1500 N. Patterson St.  Valdosta, GA 31698
phone: (912) 333-5729, fax: (912) 333-5475, e-mail: jewright@valdosta.edu
Newsletter Editor: Michelle J. McIntire, Assistant Director of Admissions, State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA  30118-4400
phone: (770) 836-6418;  fax: (770) 836-4659, e-mail: mmcintir@westga.edu

Idaho ACRAO
Annual Meeting: April 2001
President: Kelly Hymas, Registrar, Ricks College, Kimball Building #190, Rexburg, ID 83460-1640
phone: (208) 356-1007, fax: (208) 356-1035, e-mail: hymask@ricks.edu
President-Elect: Mike Echanis, Director of Admissions, Idaho State University, Campus Box 8270, Pocatello, ID 8309
phone: (208) 236-2477, fax: (208) 236-4487, e-mail: echamike@isu.edu

Illinois ACRAO
Annual Meeting: October 2001
Web site: http://www.iacrao.org
President: Judy Jobe, Vice President of Institutional and Educational Services, Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, IL 60123-7193
phone: (847) 214-7363, fax: (847) 622-3030, e-mail: jjobe@mail.elgin.cc.il.us
President-Elect: Gwen Kanelos, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Services, Roosevelt University, Schaumburg Campus, 1400 N. Roosevelt Blvd, Schaumburg, IL 60173-4348
phone: (847) 619-8620, fax: (847) 619-8636, e-mail: gkanelos@roosevelt.edu
Newsletter Editor: Donna Banner, Associate University Registrar, Illinois State University, Campus Box 2207, Julian Hall 209, Normal, IL 61790-2207
phone: (309) 438-2738, fax: (309) 438-7234, e-mail: drbanne@ilstu.edu
Bill Pearch, Admission and Records Officer, Illinois State University, Campus Box 2204, Normal, IL 61790-2204
phone: (309) 438-2504, fax: (309) 438-7350, e-mail: wjbpearc@ilstu.edu

Indiana ACRAO
Annual Meeting:
Web site: http://www.iupui.edu/~iacrao
President: Thomas Gunderson, Student Services Data Steward, Purdue University, 1103 Schleman Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1103
phone: (765) 494-7416, fax: (765) 496-1109, e-mail: thomas@purdue.edu
President-Elect: Suzanne Bates, Associate Registrar, DePauw University, 313 S Locust Street, PO Box 37, Greencastle, IN 46135-9902
phone: (765) 658-4143, fax: (765) 658-4139, e-mail: sbates@depauw.edu
Communications Officer: Tom May, Associate Registrar, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis, Cavanaugh Hall Rm 141, 425 N University Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5144
phone: 317-274-1501, fax: 317-278-2240, e-mail: tomay@iupui.edu

Kansas ACRAO
Annual Meeting: September 2001
Web site: http://www.kacrao.org
President: Joey Linn, Director of Admissions, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park Street, Hays, KS 67601-4099
phone: (765) 628-5666, fax: (785) 628-4187, e-mail: jlinn@fhsu.edu
President-Elect: Lisa Miller, Vice President of Students/Enrollment Management, Pratt Community College, 348 NE S. R. 61, Pratt, KS 67124
e-mail: lisam@pcc.cc.ks.us
Newsletter Editor: Chris Hett, Assistant Director of Admissions, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260
phone: (316) 978-3163, fax: (316) 978-3174, email: hett@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu

Kentucky ACRAO
Annual Meeting: October 2001
Web site: http://www.kacrao.com
President: Melissa Gorbandt, Assistant Director of Admissions, Northern Kentucky University, Office of Admissions, Nunn Dr, Highlands Heights, KY 41099
phone: (859) 572-5744, fax: (859) 572-5566, e-mail: gorbandt@nku.edu
President-Elect: Ruth Anne Rettie, Registrar, Hopkinsville Community College, PO Box 2100, Hopkinsville, KY 42241-2100
phone: (270) 886-3921 ext. 6197, e-mail: ruthann.rettie@kctcs.net
Newsletter Editor: Martha Evilsizor, Associate for Information, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Statistics, 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 320, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
phone: (502) 573-1555, fax: (502) 573-1535, e-mail: Martha.Evilsizor@mail.state.ky.us

Louisiana ACRAO
Annual Meeting: October 2001
President: Jan Albritton, Director of Admissions, Louisiana Tech University, PO Box 3178, Ruston, LA 71272-0001
phone: (318) 257-3036, fax: (318) 257-2499, e-mail: usjba@latech.edu
President-Elect: Patricia Lee, Assistant Registrar, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, Office of Records & Registrations, 112 Thomas Boyd Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1696
phone: (225) 388-1696, fax: (225) 388-5991, e-mail: plee3@lsu.edu
Newsletter Editor: Patricia Lee, Assistant Registrar, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, Office of Records & Registrations, 112 Thomas Boyd Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1696
phone: (225) 388-1696, fax: (225) 388-5991, e-mail: plee3@lsu.edu

Michigan ACRAO
Annual Meeting: November 2001
Web site: http://www.macrao.org
President: Karen Klumpp, Registrar, Alma College, 614 West Superior Street, Alma, MI 48801
phone: (517) 463-7348, fax: (517) 463-7993, e-mail: klumpp@alma.edu
President-Elect: Richard Stevens, Coordinator of Admissions and Assessment, Macomb Community College, 14500 East Twelve Mile Road, Building H Room 217SC, Warren, MI 48093-3896
phone: (810) 445-7246, fax: (810) 445-7140, e-mail: stevens@macoomb.cc.mi.us
Newsletter Editor: Sue Beerbower, Administrative Assistant, Jackson Community College, Jackson Community College, 2111 Emmons Road, Jackson, MI 49201
phone: (517) 796-8694, e-mail: sue_beerbower@jackson.cc.mi.us

Middle States ACRAO
Annual Meeting: November 2001
Web site: http://www.msacroa.org
President: Ira Tyszler, Dean of Enrollment Management and Institutional Research and Review, Touro College, 27 West 23 Street, New York, NY 10010
phone: (212) 463-0400, fax: (212) 627-9542, e-mail: tysz@touro.edu
President-Elect: Betty Cifrodella, Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management, Touro College, 27-33 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010
phone: (212) 463-0400, fax: (212) 627-9542, e-mail: bettyc@touro.edu
Newsletter Editor: Daniel Winicur, Registrar, West Chester State University, 154 Bull Chester, West Chester, PA 19383
phone: (610) 436-1030, fax: (610) 436-2370, e-mail: dwinicur@wcupa.edu

Mississippi ACRAO
Annual Meeting: April 2-3, 2001
Web site: http://www.msstate.edu/org/macrao/
President: Bettye Graves, Director of Data Management and Records, Jackson State University, PO Box 17125, Jackson, MS 39217-0125
phone: (601) 968-2399, fax: (601) 968-2399, e-mail: bgraves@mail1.jsums.edu
President-Elect: Cay Lollar, Registrar, Mississippi University for Women, PO Box W-165, Columbus, MS 39701
phone: (662) 329-7134, fax: (662) 241-7481, e-mail: clollar@muw.edu
Newsletter Editor: Betsy Elliott, Director of School Relations and Recruitment, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS 38733
phone: (662) 846-4655, fax: (662) 846-4016, e-mail: belliott@dsu.deltast.edu
John Elliott, Assistant to the Registrar, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS 38733
phone: (662) 846-4042, fax: (662) 846-4016, e-mail: jelliott@dsu.deltast.edu

Missouri ACRAO
Annual Meeting: November 2001
Web site: http://www2.semo.edu/macrao
President: Kathy Brockgreitens, Director of Admissions and Registration, Saint Charles County Community College, 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive, St Peters, MO 63376-2866
phone: (314) 922-8220, fax: (314) 922-8236, e-mail: kbrockgreitens@chuck.stchas.edu
President-Elect: Julie Bramwell, Registrar Ozarks Technical Community College, PO
Box 5958, Springfield, MO 65801
phone: (417)895-7131, fax(417)895-7748, e-mail: jbramwel@mail.otc.cc.mo.us

Montana ACRAO
Annual Meeting: March 2001
President: Karen Everett, University Registrar and Director of Admissions and Records, Montana State University-Billings, 1500 North 30th Street, Billings, MT 59101-0245
phone: (406) 657-2880, fax: (406) 657-2302, e-mail: keverett@msubillings.edu
President-Elect: David Farrington, Registrar, Montana State University College of Technology-Great Falls, 2100-16th Avenue South, Great Falls, MT 59405
phone: (406) 771-4312
Newsletter Editor: N/A

Nebraska ACRAO
Annual Meeting: October 2001
Web site: http://www.ses.unomaha.edu/nacrao
President: Dan O’Reilly, Associate Registrar, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178 phone: (402) 280-4025, fax: (402) 280-2527, e-mail: daniel@creighton.edu
President-Elect: Angie Pacheco, Admissions Director, Central Community
College, P.O. Box 4903, Grand Island, NE 68802-4903, phone:
308-384-5220, fax: 308-389-6398, e-mail: apacheco@cccneb.edu
Newsletter Editor: Laura McMullan, Enrollment Management Outreach Facilitator, Metropolitan Community College, PO Box 3777, Omaha, NE 68103-0777
phone: (402) 457-2561, fax: (402) 449-2564, e-mail: LMcMullan@metropo.mccneb.edu

New England ACRAO
Annual Meeting: November 2001
Web site: http://www.registrar.uconn.edu/neacrao.htm
President: Deborah Aiken, Associate Dean of Enrollment Services, Community College of Rhode Island, 400 East Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886-1807
phone: (401) 825-2126, fax: (401) 825-2394, e-mail: daiken@ccri.cc.ri.us
President-Elect: Hazel Doak, Registrar, University of Maine at Farmington, 86 Main Street, Farmington, ME 04938
phone: (207) 778-7240, fax: (207) 778-7247, e-mail: hazel@maine.edu

New Jersey/New York ACRAO
Bi-Annual Meetings: March 13, 2001, October 2001
Web site: http://pages.nyu.edu/~nag2/njny-acrao
President: Peter Falk, University Admissions Coordinator, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 65 Bergen Street - Suite 1441, Newark, NJ 07107
phone: (973) 972-6259, fax: (973) 972-7596, e-mail: falkpe@umdnj.edu
President-Elect: Walter Mack, Assistant Registrar, Kean University, Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 7083-7131
phone: (908) 527-2606, fax: (908) 527-0423, e-mail: wmack@turbo.kean.edu
Newsletter Editor: N/A

New Mexico ACRAO
Annual Meeting: June 2001
President: Michael R. Zimmerman, Registrar, New Mexico State University, PO Box 30001 MSC 3AR, Las Cruces, NM 88003
phone: (505) 646-3411, fax: (505) 646-1579, e-mail: mzimmerm@nmsu.edu
President-Elect: Katie Mares, Manager, Enrollment Services, University of New Mexico-Taos, 115 Civic Plaza Drive, Taos, NM 87571
phone: (505) 758-7667, email: kmares@unm.edu

Ohio ACRAO
Annual Meeting: November 7-9, 2001
Web site: http://www.oacrao.ohiou.edu
President: Byron Thorsen, Registrar, Pontifical College Josephinum, 7625 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43235
phone: (614) 885-5585, fax: (317) 885-2307, e-mail: bthorsen@pcj.edu
President-Elect: Richard Carpenter, University Registrar, Ohio Northern University, 525 South Main Street, Ada, OH 45810
phone: (419) 772-2024, fax: (419) 772-1932, e-mail: r-carpenter@onu.edu
Newsletter Editor: Connie Goodman, Assistant to the Registrar, Ohio State University, The Office of the University Registrar, 1800 Gannon Drive #1200, Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: (614) 292-7685, e-mail: Goodman.7@osu.edu

Oklahoma ACRAO
Annual Meeting: October 2001
Web site: http://www.oacrao-ok.org
President: Tim McElroy, Director of Admissions and Records, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, PO Box 82345, Chickasha, OK 73108
phone: (705) 224-3140, e-mail: mcelroyt@ nsuok.edu
President-Elect: Gloria Barton, Director of Admissions and Registrar, Oklahoma City Community College, 7777 South May Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73159
phone: (405) 682-7515, fax: (405) 682-7521, e-mail: Gcbarton@okc.cc.ok.us
Newsletter Editor: Evelyn Wilson, Dean of Enrollment Services, University of Central Oklahoma,
101 North University Drive, Edmond OK 73034
phone: (405) 974-2333, e-mail: ewilson@ucok.edu

Oregon ACRAO
Annual Meeting: May 6-8, 2001
Web site: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~oracrao
President: Todd McCollum, Director of Admissions for Graduate and Professional Studies, George Fox University, 414 N. Meridian St. #6310, Newberg, OR 97132
phone: (503) 554-2265, fax: (503) 554-3856, e-mail: tmccollu@georgefox.edu
President-Elect: Dennis Bailey-Fougnier, Admissions Coordinator, Portland Community College, PO Box 19000, Portland, OR 97280-0990
phone: (503) 977-4520, fax: (503) 977-7351, e-mail: dbailey@pcc.edu
Newsletter Editor: Robert Bontrager, Director of Admission and Orientation, Oregon State University, 104 Kerr Admin Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-2106
phone: (541) 737-6166, fax: (541) 737-2482, e-mail: robert.bontrager@orst.edu

Pacific ACRAO
Annual Meeting: November 2001
Web site: http://www.reg.uci.edu/PACRAO/
President: Nora McLaughlin, Registrar, Reed College, 3203 Southeast Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97202-8199
phone: (503) 777-7774, fax: (503) 777-7795, e-mail: nora.mclaughlin@reed.edu
President-Elect: John Finney, Associate Dean and University Registrar, University of Puget Sound, 1500 North Warner, Tacoma, WA 98416
phone: (256) 746-2107, fax: (253) 756-3108, e-mail: finney@ups.edu
Newsletter Editor: Robert Bontrager, Director of Admissions and Orientation, Oregon State University, 104 Kerr Admin Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-2106
phone: (541) 737-6166, fax: (541) 737-2482, e-mail: robert.bontrager@orst.edu

Puerto Rico ACRAO
President: Victor Colon, Registrar, Bayamon Central University, PO Box 1725, Baymon, PR 00960
Phone: (787) 786-3030, fax: (787) 740-2200

Rocky Mountain ACRAO
Annual Meeting: July 19-21, 2001
Web site: http://Registrar.colorado.edu/rmacrao
President: Linda King, Director of Admissions, Casper College, 125 College Drive, Casper, WY 82601
phone: (307) 268-2213, fax: (307) 268-2611, e-mail: lking@admin.cc.whecn.edu
President-Elect: Steve Ekerholm, Registrar, University of Colorado - Boulder, Regent 105, C.B. 20, Boulder, CO 80309-0020
phone: (303 492-0470, fax (303) 492-8748, e-mail Steve.Ekerholm@colorado.edu
Newsletter Editor: Sally Page, Associate Registrar, University of Colorado at Boulder, Office of the Registrar, Regent 105-Campus Box 20, Boulder, CO 80309-0020
phone: (303) 492-2464, fax: (303) 492-8748, e-mail: sally.page@colorado.edu

Southern ACRAO
Annual Meeting: February 3-6, 2002
Birmingham, Alabama
Web site: http://www.sacrao.org/
President: M Louise Phillips, Associate Director, Southwest Texas State University, 601 University Drive, JCK 150, San Marcos, TX 78666-4615
phone: (512) 245-2090, fax: (512) 245-2024, e-mail: mp12@swt.edu
President-Elect: Bruce Cunningham, University Registrar, Duke University, Durham, NC
phone: (919)684-9007, fax (919)684-4500, e-mail: bruce.cunningham@duke.edu
Newletter Editor:  Sallie Marchello, Director of Enrollment Management, Thomas Nelson Community College (VA), phone: (757) 825-2763, fax: (757) 825-2763, email: marchellos@tncc.cc.va.us

Tennessee ACRAO
Annual Meeting: November 2001
Web site: http://www.tnacrao.org
President: Julie Bennett, Registrar, Chattanooga State Technical Community College, 4501 Amnicola Highway, Chattanooga, TN 37406-1097
phone: (423) 697-2478, fax: (423) 697-4709, e-mail: bennett@cstcc.cc.tn.us
President-Elect: David Wallace, Director of Admissions, The University of Memphis, Administration Bldg, Room 229, Memphis, TN 38152
phone: (901) 678-2678, fax: (901) 678-3053, e-mail: dwallace@memphis.edu
Newsletter Editor: Whitney Simpson, Director of Admissions, Middle Tennessee State University, 208 Cope Administration Building, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Phone: (615) 898-2457, fax: (615) 898-5478, e-mail: wsimpson@mtsu.edu

Texas ACRAO  

Annual Meeting: October 27-31, 2001
Web site: http://www.tacrao.org
President: Dorothy Kiser, Registrar, Hardin-Simmons University, Box 16190, Abilene, TX 79698-6190
phone: (915) 670-1368, fax: (915) 670-1261, e-mail: registrar@hsutx.edu
Past-President: Mike Smith, Registrar, Texas Tech University, 3601-4th, Rm 3B310, Lubbock, TX 79430
phone: (806) 743-2300, fax: (806) 743-3027, e-mail: regdms@ttuhsc.edu
President-Elect: Wanda Simpson, Associate Dean, Enrollment Services, San Jacinto
College, 5800 Uvalde Road, Houston, TX 77049, Phone: 281-459-7160, Fax:
281-459-7125, e-mail: wsimps@north.sjcd.cc.tx.us
Newsletter Editor: Kim Rainey, Director of Records and Reports, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 75429-3011
phone: (903) 886-5429, fax: (903) 886-5888, e-mail: kim_rainey@tamu-commerce.edu

Upper Midwest ACRAO

Annual Meeting: October 28-30, 2001
Web site: http://www.umacrao.iastate.edu
President: Phil Coltart, Registrar, Southwest State University, 1501 State Street, Marshall, MN 56258 phone: (507) 537-6206, fax: (507) 537-7154, e-mail: coltartp@southwest.msus.edu
President-Elect: Laura Doering, Associate Registrar, Iowa State University,
10 Alumni Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2011
Phone: (515) 294-0760, fax: (515) 294-1088, e-mail: ljdoeri@iastate.edu
Newsletter Editor: Sue Eveland, Program Coordinator, Enrollment
Services, Iowa State University, 314 Alumni Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2011
Phone: (515) 294-6701, fax: (515) 294-6106, e-mail: smevela@iastate.edu

Utah ACRAO
Annual Meeting: February 2002
Web site: http://www.suu.edu/uacrao
President: Chris Riviera, Director of Admissions, Weber State University, 1137 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408-1137
phone: (801) 626-7670, fax: (801) 626-6747, e-mail: ccrivera@weber.edu
President-Elect: Sondra Miller, Senior Associate Registrar, University of Utah, 201 South 1460 East, Room 250N, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9056
phone: (801) 581-3737, fax: (801) 585-7860, e-mail: smiller@saff.utah.edu
Newsletter Editor: Dale Orton, Director of Admissions, University of Southern Utah, 351 West Center Street, Cedar City, UT 84720
phone: (435) 586-7740, fax: (435) 865-8223, e-mail: orton@suu.edu

Virginia ACRAO
Annual Meeting: December 2-5, 2001
Web site: http://www.vacrao.org
President: Barbara Thrasher, Registrar, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, 2500 Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg, VA 24503
phone: (803) 947-8289, fax: (804) 947-8999, e-mail: bthrasher@rmwc.edu  or president@vacrao.org
President-Elect: Jenifer Blair, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Mary Washington College, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg VA 22401-5358
phone: (540) 654-1676, fax: (540) 654-1857, jblair@mwc.edu or president-elect@vacrao.org
Newsletter Editor: Robert LeHeup, Assistant Registrar, University of Virginia, PO Box 400203, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4203
Phone: (804) 924-4125, fax: (804) 924-4156, e-mail rdl9e@virginia.edu or newsletter@vacrao.org

Washington ACRAO
Annual Meeting: February 2002
Web site: http://www.ctc.edu/~wacrao
President: Carlos Williams, Director of Admissions, Seattle Central Community College, 1701 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122
phone: (206) 587-3842, fax: (206) 287-5563, e-mail: Cwilli@sccd.ctc.edu
President-Elect: David Minger, Registrar, Lake Washington Technical College, 11605 132nd Ave NE
Kirkland, WA 98034
phone: (425) 739-8233, fax: (425) 739-8298, e-mail: david.minger@lwtc.ctc.edu

West Virginia ACRAO
Annual Meeting: October 2001
Web site: http://wvnvm.wvnet.edu/~wvacrao
President: Ralph Patsel, Registrar/Director of Institutional Research, Bluefield State College, 219 Rock Street, Bluefield, WV 24701
phone: (304) 327-4060, fax: (304) 325-7747, e-mail: rpatsel@bluefield.wvnet.edu
President-Elect: Brenda King, Associate Director of Admissions, West Liberty State College, PO Box 295, West Liberty, WV 26074
phone: (304) 336-8076, fax: (304) 336-8403, e-mail: kingbren@wlsvax.wvnet.edu

Western Canada (WARUCC)
Biennial Meeting: July 1-4, 2001
Web site: http://www.ucalgary.ca/warucc2001/
President: Joan Fraser, Registrar, Athabasca University, 1 University Dr, Athabasca, AB T9S 3A3, Canada
E-mail: joanf@admin.athabascau.ca
President-Elect: Grant McMillan, Briercrest Bible college
phone: (306) 756-3200, e-mail: gmcmillan@briercrest.ca
Newsletter Editor: Marnie McFarlane, Kwantlen University College
E-mail: marnie@kwantlen.bc.ca

Wisconsin ACRAO
Annual Meeting: November 2001
Web site: http://www.wacrao.org
President: Bonnie Klika, Registrar, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, PO Box 19042, Green Bay, WI 54307-9042
phone: (920) 498-5441, fax: (920) 498-6242, e-mail: bklika@nwtc.tec.wi.us
President-Elect: Beth Weckmueller, Director of Enrollment Services, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, PO Box 729, Milwaukee, WI 53201
phone: (414) 229-6164, fax: (414) 229-6940, e-mail: bethw@uwm.edu
Newsletter Editor: Tom Johnson, Executive Associate Registrar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 130 AW Peterson Building, 750 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1411
phone: (608) 262-3712, fax: (608) 262-6002, e-mail: Tom.Johnson@dasmail.acadsvcs.wisc.edu

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Position Announcements

You may now view position announcements at the AACRAO website. Point your browser to the AACRAO home page at http://www.aacrao.org, then click on the Jobs On-line link on the left side of the home page.

Contact Angela Gemza at the AACRAO Office if you wish to place a paid announcement on the site, (202) 293-9161 or by e-mail to:  jol@aacrao.org

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Closing Thought

More Whipped Cream

I have a new delightful friend, I am most in awe of her.
When we first met I was impressed, by her bizarre behavior.
One day I had a date with friends, we met to have some lunch.
Mae had come along with them, all in all a pleasant bunch.

When the menus were presented, we ordered salads, sandwiches, and soups.
Except for Mae who circumvented, and said, "Ice cream, please. Two scoops."
I was not sure my ears heard right, and the others were aghast.
"Along with heated apple pie," Mae added, completely unabashed.

We tried to act quite nonchalant, as if people did this all the time.
But when our orders were brought out, I did not enjoy mine.
I could not take my eyes off Mae, as her pie a-la-mode went down.
The other ladies showed dismay, they ate their lunches silently, and frowned.

Well, the next time I went out to eat, I called and invited Mae.
My lunch contained white tuna meat, she ordered a parfait.
I smiled when her dish I viewed, and she asked if she amused me.
I answered, "Yes, you do.  But also, you confuse me."

"Why do you order rich desserts, when I feel I must be sensible?"
She laughed and said, with wanton mirth, "I am tasting all that's possible.
I try to eat the foods I need, and do the things I should.
But life's too short, my friend, indeed, I hate missing out on something good."

"This year I realized how old I am," she grinned, "I've not been this old before.
So, before I die, I've got to try, those things for years I have ignored.
I've not smelled all the flowers yet, there're too many books I haven't read.
There're more fudge sundaes to wolf down, and kites to be flown overhead."

"There are many malls I have not shopped, I've not laughed at all the jokes.
I've missed a lot of Broadway hits, and potato chips and cokes.
I want to wade again in water, and feel the ocean spray upon my face.
Sit in a country church once more, and thank God for His grace."

"I want peanut butter every day, spread on my morning toast.
I want untimed long-distance calls, to the folks I love the most.
I've not cried at all the movies yet, nor walked in the morning rain,
I need to feel wind in my hair, I want to fall in love again."

"So, if I choose to have dessert, instead of having dinner,
Then should I die before night fall, I'd say I died a winner.
Because I missed out on nothing, I filled my heart's desire,
I had that final chocolate mousse, before my life expired."

With that, I called the waitress over, "I've changed my mind, it seems,"
I said, "I want what she is having, only add some more whipped-cream!"

             -- Virginia (Ginny) Ellis <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Creek/7984/>

If you have suggestions for a Closing Thought, please send them to Scott Dittman, sdittman@wlu.edu.

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