Past Issues

IN THIS ISSUE: 

• News About Your Colleagues
• Finley Tapped as Acting Vice President
• Deadline to Nominate Is Nigh
• PAB Meets, Studies Survey Results
• Caught in the Surf: Websites You Can Use
• Remembering New Orleans, Sighting Seattle
• IPEDS Workshop Schedule
• Calendar of Events
• Position Announcements
• Closing Thought
• Contact Addresses for AACRAO Board Members

Joanie Albury is the new Registrar at Lambuth University. Joanie has been teaching in the mathematics department and has served as women's softball coach for several years

Janet Beene, janetb@fsccax.ftscott.cc.ks.us, joined the Fort Scott Community College (KS) staff as admissions recruiter in July. Janet is an FSCC graduate and received her bachelor's degree with a major in agricultural journalism from Kansas State University in 1995. She has been the managing editor of the Girard Press for the past five years.

Verna Crockett, crockett@morgan.sscc.cc.tn.us, reports that Shelby State Community College and State Technical Institute at Memphis have joined together to become Southwest Tennessee Community College. Verna and Jana Turner are hard at work recommending new policies and procedures, developing forms, job descriptions and the computerized system for the new college. The Tennessee legislators believe that the constituents of Shelby and Fayette Counties will be better served and tax dollars will be better spent with the joining of the colleges. Dr. Nathan Essex has been appointed by the Tennessee Board of Regents to serve as Interim President. The Enrollment Management staff formerly of Shelby State and the Admissions and Records staff formerly of State Tech will combine to provide admissions, records, registration, graduation, veterans' and international student services for Southwest Tennessee. All employees will retain their jobs.

Helen Barker Garrett, garreth@lanecc.edu, Associate Director of Admissions, University of Oregon is moving to Lane Community College as Director of Enrollment Services/Registrar. Helen earned a Master of Education at Michigan State University, and prior to working for the University of Oregon, worked for Whittier College and the University of Southern California.

Vickie Gomez, gomez_v@utpb.edu, at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, will move from Director of Admissions to Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management, effective September 1.

Ali Guvendiren, ali.guvendiren@salem.mass.edu, is the new Director of Student Records and Registrar at Salem State College (MA). Ali succeeds George Langbehn who has retired. Prior to moving to Salem State, Ali worked at the University of Massachusetts at Boston (UMB) for 17 years in various capacities, from tour guide and mailroom clerk to Associate Registrar for Information Systems and Technology. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree with major in Management Information Systems and a Master of Education in Instructional Design both of which are from UMB.

Wendy Kutchner, kutchner@pco.edu, is the new Registrar at Holy Family College (PA). Wendy earned a Bachelor of Arts from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and served five years in the registrar's office at the PSU-Abingdon campus and seven years as Registrar at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Wendy faces the challenges of a more diverse curriculum and implementing Datatel software "which will take up most of my time."

Valerie Mead, formerly Registrar at Trinity University, has left our profession to pursue a career as an Implementation Specialist with CARS, a software vendor based in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Her departure from AACRAO has left a vacancy on the Board of Directors that has been temporarily filled by Linda Finley of McNeese State University (Louisiana).  See the article below for more details.

Angie Pacheco, apacheco@cccneb.edu, has begun her duties as Admissions Director on the Grand Island campus of Central Community College-Grand Island. Angie is well-known to Nebraska ACRAOns as the former Director of Placement/Recruitment/Admissions at Great Plains Community College in North Platte, where she was also the student senate adviser. Angie earned a Bachelor of Arts in education from Kearney State University and a Master of Arts in educational administration at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Anita Reece, reecea@mailbox.uarts.edu, is the new Registrar at The University of the Sciences (formerly Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science) effective just this week. Anita received her Bachelor of Science degree from Drexel University and has spent time working in administrative computing at Neumann College (PA) and Beaver College before becoming Beaver's assistant registrar. The last four-and-a-half years have been as Registrar at The University of the Arts (PA).

Elizabeth Ross, rosse@newschool.edu, has been promoted to Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs and University Registrar at New School University. Liz has been "just" the University Registrar. Congratulations!

Hilary Ward Schnadt, hschnadt@luc.edu, is the new associate dean for curricular affairs at Loyola University Chicago's Mundelein College after having been associate dean of Northwestern University's University College, the evening program for working adults, for 15-1/2 years. Hilary will be working on developing more online degree programs for Mundelein, which is LUC's adult student program. Northwestern had kept her busy with teaching a course, curriculum planning and faculty hiring, new non-credit program development, and overseeing the academic advising and student services. Until this year, Hilary was also responsible for the alumni association and was the dean's liaison to development. Her Ph.D. is from Northwestern. "I'll miss the direct contact with students, but I'm glad to be going into a registration season for which I have little or no responsibility!" Enjoy the "walking commute," Hilary.

David Stones, dave.stones@mail.utexas.edu, is retiring from the position of Database Coordinator at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) on August 31.  He will then move into the private education sector, having accepted the post of Registrar at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, near his home.  Dave has earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in mathematics, and is all-but-dissertation on a Ph.D. For the past 21 years, from within the Registrar-Admissions arena, he has coordinated computer support and student information systems for most offices in the division of Student Affairs at UT. He has overseen development of the Texas Statewide Common Application website and consulted extensively with colleges, universities, and related organizations. A leader and regular presenter for Texas ACRAO, Southern ACRAO, and AACRAO, including receipt of SACRAO and AACRAO Distinguished Service Awards, Dave was a founding member of AACRAO's SPEEDE Committee, which developed ANSI ASC X12 standards for use of electronic data exchange (EDI) with transcripts, certification, and applications for admission. For the latter he developed both an institutional code crosswalk and the free UT Austin Internet EDI Server. He helped establish the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council, and received the 1998 Apex Award from AACRAO. He is a longtime Boy Scout volunteer and enjoys all types of athletics. Dave's co-workers have created a retirement website to which his colleagues are invite to contribute. Enjoy your celebration, Dave, and the new challenges coming your way as registrar at Southwestern University.

William Villa, Director of Admissions at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is retiring after 30 years of service to the campus. Bill will be sorely missed by his colleagues in the admissions profession as well as everyone at the UCSB campus. (from Betty Huff, huff-b@sa.ucsb.edu)

Roberta Weil, rweil@ucsd.edu, is retiring as Director, Graduate Academic Affairs and Admissions at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Roberta served the Graduate Interests Section of AACRAO as a committee member and chair for a total of five years, plus other committee assignments, and has been active with the Council of Graduate Schools and Western Association of Graduate Schools.  After receiving her Associate of Arts from Rio Hondo Community College, Roberta earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science from California State University, Fullerton, and a Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis on higher education management from Claremont Graduate University. She worked for the Coast Community College District as a professor and assistant dean before her 13 years at UCSD. "I am currently working at UCSD on a "semi-retirement" basis until a successor is appointed and then will continue with part-time special projects and doing some consulting. I look forward to more discretionary personal time, and to more travel, kayaking, and folk harp playing." Your colleagues wish you and Paul wonderful "discretionary time."

News from Ohio ACRAO (Connie M. Goodman, goodman.7@osu.edu, Newsletter Editor)

Baldwin-Wallace College:  Dr. MaryLou Higgerson became Academic Dean on July 1. She comes from Southern Illinois University.  Janet M. Duber was promoted to Associate Registrar. She had been Assistant Registrar since 1993 and is a 1986 B-W graduate.

Capital University:  Amy Buckingham has accepted the position of Registrar at Capital University, effective July 1. Janet Schwab retired as Registrar May 31st.

Cuyahoga Community College (Metropolitan Campus): Marcia Romoser, former Degree Auditor, has accepted the position of Records Supervisor. She replaced Wanda Dembowski who retired last fall.

Methodist Theological School in Ohio:  Jonathan D. Jump is the new Registrar. He is a graduate of Denison University and also holds a Masters in Organizational Communication from Ohio University.

Miami University:  Becky Jolly has been appointed Assistant Registrar. Her primary responsibilities and expertise are report writing. Carol Jones has also been appointed Assistant Registrar with primary responsibility and expertise in course and curriculum approval. Miami has updated its previously labor-intensive course approval process to a web-based delivery, tracking and notification process. Carol will be working on doing the same for the curriculum approval process and integrating each with MU's administrative software system.

North Central State College:  Mark Monnes, formerly Director of Admissions, has been named Registrar, Troy Shutler, formerly Coordinator of Career Services, became Director of Student Development, and Dorothy Sharrock began as Student Development Specialist, all effective July 1.

Ohio State University:  Henry Lee will be retiring as Senior Associate Registrar, effective July 31, 2000. We wish Henry well after many years of dedicated service.

Ohio University (Eastern Campus):  Kevin Chenoweth was recently hired at Ohio University Eastern as the new Student Services Manager at the St. Clairsville, Ohio-based regional campus. Previously, he worked at Davis and Elkins College as the Director of Admissions for nine years and then as Director of Financial Planning for the past year.

University of Akron:  Dr. Marlesa Roney is the newly appointed Vice President of Student Affairs. Previously, she was Registrar and Senior Project officer at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. She has also been very active in AACRAO.

Finley Tapped as Acting Vice President

Linda Finley, Dean of University Services and Registrar at McNeese State University (Louisiana), is now AACRAO's Acting Vice President of Registration, Records and Information Technology.   Linda will serve in that capacity until the Business Meeting at the 2001 Annual meeting in Seattle, when someone else will be elected to a three-year term for that office.  The vacancy is due to the recent resignation of Valerie Mead, who has accepted a position as an Implementation Specialist with CARS Information Solutions, and is no longer eligible to serve on the Board of Directors.

Regarding the selection process, Paul Aucoin, Chair of the Nominations and Elections Committee, said that "the AACRAO bylaws leave it up to the committee to recommend someone to the board to appoint as acting VP until an election can be held at the next annual meeting."   Paul canvassed the other committee members as to who should be recommended, and eight of the nine endorsed recommending Linda to the board.  The other member was not able to be contacted.  He added that, " Linda told me she has chosen not to be considered for nomination to a full term, so the committee will be recommending someone else for election to this position for a three-year term when we meet in November."  

After Paul conveyed the recommendation to AACRAO President Louise Lonabocker, the AACRAO Board of Directors voted unanimously to appoint Linda Finley as the Acting Vice President for Registration, Records and Information Technology at the July Board meeting in Seattle.

AACRAO members who wish to contact Linda may do so by e-mail at lfinley@mcneese.edu.

Deadline to Nominate Is Nigh

We need nominations for President-Elect; Vice President for Finance; Vice President for Registration, Records, and Information Technology; and for the 2001-2002 Nominations and Elections Committee.

Print the Nomination for Leadership form at http://www.aacrao.org/am/am00/nom_ballot_01-02.pdf and fax it to Vice-chair Carol J. Cline, Assistant Director of Admissions at the University of Minnesota, at (612) 626-1693.

If you have questions about the nomination process you can call Carol at Phone (612) 625-9886 or send an e-mail to her at c-clin@tc.umn.edu.

PAB Meets, Studies Survey Results

Various other agenda items were discussed by Betty and the other PAB members; who are Jackie Freeze, Nora McLaughlin, Linda Finley, Jim Christianson, Joann Stedman and Paul Aucoin. Glenn Munson, of the College and University Editorial Board, stood in for Editor Steve Gawkoski.  Vice President for Professional Development and Publications Wil Corprew was unable to attend due to illness, and the committee is pleased to learn that Wil is doing better and is now back at work. Barmak Nassirian and Jerry Sullivan gave the group the office's perspective on publications. The PAB sent forward several recommendations to the Board of Directors.

The PAB will meet again physically in Seattle at the annual AACRAO meeting and electronically until then.  Please contact Betty at HUFF-B@sa.ucsb.edu with any concerns or suggestions about publications.

Caught in the Surf: Websites You Can Use

FERPA Final Regulations: In case you hadn't heard yet, the newest version of the final regulations for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act go into effect August 7, 2000. Access or download at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OM/fpco/HotTopics.html. Text and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) versions are also posted under the FERPA heading at http://web.aacrao.org/asp_aacrao/govrel/issues.asp.

NCES Quick Figures: The National Center for Education Statistics has released a very useful "Quick Tables and Figures" tool which quickly provides access to tables and figures based on your search criteria. Using information from the "NCES Education Statistics Quarterly" -- from all NCES survey sources and added to with each quarterly statistical release -- should keep you up-to-date with your institutional research or higher-administrative colleagues. To try this new tool please visit http://nces.ed.gov/quicktables/. As an example enter "ethnic enrollment" as a search phrase and select a topic area of Postsecondary Education to see the latest (1997) summary statistical tables. The new quarterly is available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000606. And don't forget the NCES "Fast Facts" page at http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/FAQTopics.asp?type=3.

NSF Doctoral Recipients: The National Science Foundation and four other federal agencies have sponsored the report "Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report 1998", with a special section this year on the indebtedness of students. The report is based on data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, which every research doctorate recipient (since 1957!) has been asked to complete (95% do). The report has information on doctoral graduates' educational histories (from community college to the doctorate institution), demographic profiles, and post-graduation plans. This report is available in print from NORC 1-800-248-8649 or is available from the NSF web site at http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/srs00410/start.htm.

Public Education: Barmak Nassirian, nassirianb@aacrao.org, Associate Director of the AACRAO Office, recommends the NewsBlast service of the Public Education Network (PEN) as "a great resource." PEN is focused on public school improvement "...to create systems of public education that result in high achievement for every child. We work to educate the nation about the relationship between school quality and the quality of community and public life ...Our goal is to ensure that the availability of high-quality public education is every child's right and not a privilege." You may subscribe to NewsBlast at http://www.PublicEducation.org/news/signup.htm.

Study Abroad: The Institute of International Education (IIE) publishes a widely-used, annual directory of study-abroad programs, but it is difficult for students to use in finding a good "fit" with their interests and finances. However, IIE's new iie passport web site at http://www.iiepassport.org/ allows students to search it's database of 5,000 programs for one meeting personal criteria. Other links provide information on study abroad organizations and help in the application for U.S. passports.

Transcripts for Department of Defense Schools: Lou Jimenez, ljimenez@accdvm.accd.edu, Director of Records and Registration at St. Philip's College in San Antonio, provided an excellent link for those who have Department of Defense students seeking their academic records or curricular information. The transcript link is http://www.odedodea.edu/transcript/. By backtracking to http://www.odedodea.edu/, the reader finds links to curricular guides, academic calendars, and even e-mail links to the various schools. Thanks, Lou.

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.

Remembering New Orleans, Sighting Seattle

Dannette Sullivan, Assistant Provost for Enrollment Services and Registrar at Seattle University, and Janet Ward, Assistant Vice President and Dean of Enrollment Management, Seattle Pacific University, are the co-chairs of the Local Arrangements Committee and they are getting the Seattle Convention Center ready for us to meet there.

Go to http://www.aacrao.org/am/am01/am-2001.htm for more information, and for links to lots of information about Seattle and the area. You might even want to eat in the restaurant that revolves around the top of the Space Needle. The view is fantastic, and you can take a monorail to get there, well to the bottom, anyway.

IPEDS Workshop Schedule

This is the IPEDS workshop schedule as of May 8, 2000.  Please get in touch with the contact person for current information. Visit http://www.airweb.org/IPEDSTRAINING.html for more details. (from The Electronic AIR, May 17, 2000)

 CURRENT WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

 Alabama: August 17-18, University of South Alabama-Mobile
 Contact: Teresa Hall hallter@uab.edu
 Cost: TBA

 Colorado: August 10-11, Auraria Campus-Denver
 Contact: Chris Griffin chris.gruffin@cusys.edu
 Cost:$25 by July 3

 California: August 17-18, Cal State-Long Beach
 Contact: Fran Horvath fran.horvath@csun.edu
 Cost: TBA

 Illinois: August 15-16, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
 Contact: Emily Coffin ecoffin@siue.edu
 Cost: $35 / $40 after July 14

 Illinois: August 22-23, College of DuPage-Glen Ellyn
 Contact: Harlan Schweer schweer@cdnet.cod.edu
 Cost: TBA

 Kentucky: August 10-11, Eastern Kentucky University-Richmond
 Contact: Patrick Kelly patrick.kelly@mail.state.ky.us
 Cost: $15 by June 30

 Massachusetts: August 21-22, Springfield Technical Institute
 Contact: Beth SimpsonNEAIR@acad.FANDM.EDU
 Cost: $60

 Michigan: August 3-4, Lansing Community College
 Contact: John Novak John.M.Novak@emich.edu
 Cost: TBA

  Montana: August 3-4, Montana State-Bozeman
 Contact: Rich Howard rhoward@montana.edu
 Cost: $30 / $40 after July 10

 N Hampshire: August 1-2, New Hampshire Technical Inst.-Concord
 Contact: Gary Gonthier GGonthier@tec.nh.us
 Cost: $60

 New Jersey: August 7-8, NJ Inst. of Tech-University Heights
 Contact: Indira Govindan igovinda@drew.edu
 Cost: $50

 New Mexico: August 1-2, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque
 Contact: Andy Gonzales agonzales@che.state.um.us
 Cost: $50

 Oregon: August 8-9, University of Portland-Portland
 Contact: Connie Tamashiro tamashiro@up.edu
 Cost: TBA

 Puerto Rico: August 8-9, University of Puerto Rico -Arecibo Campus
 Contact: Gloria Davila-Casasnovas gd_davila@ces.prstar.net
 Cost: TBA

 Puerto Rico: August 3-4, Ana G. Mendez Univ. System -Turabo Campus
 Contact: Gloria Davila-Casasnovas gd_davila@ces.prstar.net
 Cost: TBA

 Puerto Rico: August 1-2, Inter America University -Bayamon Campus
 Contact: Gloria Davila-Casasnovas gd_davila@ces.prstar.net
 Cost: TBA

 Texas: August 19-20, University of Houston
 Contact: Tom Martin tmartin@ccccd.edu
 Cost: TBA

 Utah: August 10-11, University of Utah-Salt Lake City
 Contact: Bruce Higley inshbh@byu.edu
 Cost: $25 / $40 after July 28

Virginia: numerous sites during August
Contact: Rosalee Brownlee brownlee@schev.edu
Cost: No charge, but pre-registration is required.

Calendar of Events

AACRAO Annual Meetings:

April 22-25, 2001, Seattle, WA   http://www.aacrao.org/am/am01/am-2001.htm
April 13-18, 2002, Minneapolis, MN
April 6-10, 2003, Washington, DC
April 19-22, 2004, Las Vegas, NV
April 18-21, 2005, New York NY

Other Professional Meetings and Workshops:

Seminars on Academic Computing (SAC)
"E-Everything: Pipe Dreams to Harsh Realities"
Aug. 4-9, Snowmass Village, Colorado
http://www.educause.edu/sac/sac2000/

KMWorld 2000
"Knowledge Nets: Defining and Driving the e-Enterprise"
September 13-15, 2000
Santa Clara Convention Center

EDUCAUSE 2000 Annual Meeting
"Converging/Emerging in the 21st Century"
October 10-13, Nashville, Tennessee
http://www.educause.edu/conference/e2000/

AACRAO FERPA Workshop
October 11, 2000
University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
http://www.aacrao.org/am/ferpa/ucla-form.pdf

AACRAO/HEWI 2000 Student Aid Modernization Conference
October 18-19, 2000 Ritz Carlton Pentagon City Hotel, Arlington VA
http://www.aacrao.org/am/hewiSADMconf.htm

EDI/EC in Education Conference
October 22-24, 2000
Doubletree Hotel
Bakersfield, California
Early Registration Fee (Postmarked by October 6): $225
Standard Registration Fee (Postmarked after October 6): $295
Sponsored by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
Conference Site Host: California State University Bakersfield (CSUB)
Host Site contact: Scott Burgy - Phone: 661-664-3426, Fax: 661-664-3426, E-mail: sburgy@csub.edu
http://www.csub.edu/edi

AACRAO's 10th Annual Conference on Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM)
November 12-16, 2000
Scottsdale, Arizona
http://www.aacrao.org/am/sem/semX.htm

Association of American Colleges and Universities 87th Annual Meeting
January 18-20, 2001
New Orleans, Louisiana
http://WWW.aacu-edu.org/Meetings/2001annual.html

State and Regional Association Meetings:

Canada (ARUCC)
Annual Meeting: Held every two years. Next meeting 2000

President: Deanne Dennison, Registrar, University of New Brunswick, PO Box 4400, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, phone: (506) 453-4864, fax: (506) 453-5016, e-mail: jenn@unb.ca

President-Elect: Lea Pennock, University of Saskatchewan, 105 Administration Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A2, Canada, phone: (306) 966-6723, fax: (306) 966-6730, e-mail: pennock@admin.usask.ca

Great Lakes 2000
(Joint meeting of Indiana ACRAO, Michigan ACRAO, and Ohio ACRAO)
November 1-3, 2000, Toledo, Ohio
Local Arrangements Committee Chair: Lorinda Bishop, Registrar, Owens Community College, P O Box 10000, Toledo OH 43699, phone: (419) 661-7394, e-mail: lbishop@owens.cc.oh.us

Indiana ACRAO
(see Great Lakes 2000)

President: Thomas N. Gunderson, Purdue University, Student Services Data Steward, VP-Student
Services, 1103 Schleman Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1103, phone: (765) 494-7416, 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

Illinois ACRAO
Annual Meeting: Wednesday, October 25 - Friday, October 27, 2000 - Hyatt Regency, Woodfield - Schaumburg, Illinois

President: Judy Jobe, Vice President, Northeastern IL University, 5500 North Street Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625-4699, phone: (773) 794-2853, fax: (773) 794-6246, e-mail: m-rivera@neiu.edu

President-Elect: President-Elect: Gwen E. Kanelos, Director of Enrollment Management, Roosevelt University, 1400 North Roosevelt Boulevard, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173-4348; phone: (847) 619-8620; fax: (847) 619-8636; e-mail: gkanelos@roosevelt.edu

Kansas ACRAO
Annual Meeting: September 27-29, 2000, McPherson, KS

President: Diane Barnes, Assistant Registrar, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260-0058, phone: (316) 978-3089, fax: (316) 978-3795, e-mail: barnes@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu

President-Elect: Joey Linn, Director of Admissions, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park Street, Hays KS 67601, phone: (785) 628-5666, fax: (785) 628-4187, e-mail: jlinn@fhsu.edu

Michigan ACRAO
(see Great Lakes 2000)

President: Karen Klump, 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, Warren, MI 48093-3896, phone: (810) 445-7246, e mail:
stevens@macomb.cc.mi.us

Ohio ACRAO
(see Great Lakes 2000)

President: Bryon W Thorsen, Registrar, Director Information Systems, Pontifical College Josephinum,
7625 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43235-1498, phone: (614) 885-5585, fax: (614) 885-2307,
e-mail: bthorsen@pcj.edu

President-Elect: Richard Carpenter, Registrar, Ohio Northern University, (419) 772-2024, e-mail:
r-carpenter@onu.edu

Pacific ACRAO
Annual Meeting: November 4-8, 2000, La Jolla, CA

President: Nora McLaughlin, Registrar, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, OR 97202, phone: (503) 777-7774, fax: (503) 777-7795, e-mail: nora.mclaughlin@reed.edu

President-Elect: John M. Finney, Associate Dean and University Registrar,University of Puget Sound, 1500 North Warner, Tacoma, WA 98416, phone: (253) 879-3207, fax: (253) 879-3108, e-mail: finney@ups.edu

Rocky Mountain ACRAO
Annual Meeting: July 19-21, 2000, Cheyenne, WY

President: Luz Barreras, Registrar, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, phone: (505) 835-5241, fax: (505) 835-6511, e-mail: lbarreas@admin.nmt.edu

President Elect: 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

Texas ACRAO
Annual Meeting: November 4-8, 2000, at Moody Gardens Hotel in Galveston, Texas.

President: Mike Smith, Registrar, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, 3601 4th Street, Room 3B310, Lubbock, TX 79430, phone: (806) 743-2300, fax: (806) 743-3027, e-mail: e-mail: regdms@ttuhsc.edu

President-Elect: Dorothy Kiser, Registrar, Hardin-Simmons University, e-mail: registrar@hsutx.edu

Upper Midwest ACRAO
Annual Meeting: October 22-24, 2000 in Minneapolis, MN

President: Kathleen Jones, Registrar, Iowa State University, 214 Alumni Hall, Ames, IA 50011, phone: (515) 294-0754, fax: (515) 294-1088 e-mail: kmjones@iastate.edu

President-Elect: 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

Virginia ACRAO
Annual Meeting: December 4-6, 2000, Richmond, VA

President: Scott Dittman, University Registrar, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450-0303, phone: (540) 463-8455, fax (540) 463-8045, e-mail: president@vacrao.org

President-elect: Barbara Thrasher, Registrar, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA 24503, phone (804) 947-8289, fax: (804) 948-1625,  e-mail: president-elect@vacrao.org

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 in the light green box on the left side of the home page.

Contact Steve Alexander at the AACRAO Office if you wish to place a paid announcement on the site, (202) 293-9161 or by e-mail to:  alexanders@aacrao.nche.edu

Closing Thought

Golden Rules for Living

  If you open it, close it.
  If you turn it on, turn it off.
  If you unlock it, lock it up.
  If you break it, admit it.
  If you can't fix it, call in someone who can.
  If you borrow it, return it.
  If you value it, take care of it.
  If you make a mess, clean it up.
  If you move it, put it back.
  If it belongs to someone else and you want to use it, get permission.
  If you don't know how to operate it, leave it alone.
  If it's none of your business, don't ask questions.
  If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
  If it will brighten someone's day, say it.
  If it will tarnish someone's reputation, keep it to yourself.

     -- from Today's Thought for November 20, 1998, by Penny Pennington