AACRAO NetNews

Volume VI, Number 9

November 18, 1998

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

Editor:  Paul Aucoin <pgaucoin@samford.edu>

Subscription Manger:  Erika Watts <wattse@aacrao.nche.edu>

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IN THIS ISSUE:

News About Your Colleagues

The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN, has announced that Brian Dalton has joined the College as Vice President for Enrollment Management. Brian comes to St. Scholastica from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX.  As Vice President for Enrollment Management at St. Scholastica, Brian is responsible for the College's undergraduate recruitment, retention, and student financial aid efforts. He also oversees the registrar's office and the orientation program. He graduated from Gannon University with a bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1988 and a Master of Public Administration degree in 1993. He is in a doctoral program for Higher Education Administration at the University of Texas-Austin.

David Klopfenstein moved on from the registrar's profession and Northwestern Universtiy and into the on-line world, as he now work as an Implementation Specialist for the website at the American Bar Association. he is also assisting in the development of new internet products and services, and is in charge of training ABA staff on the use of these services.

Michael Maysilles is David's replacement in the Office of the Registrar at Northwestern University. Michael came to Northwestern to complete a performance certificate in trumpet at the music school. During his studies, he assisted the music school administration with database applications. He can be reached at 847/491-5238 or m-maysilles@nwu.edu.

The new Dean of Enrollment Management at Centenary College of Louisiana is Tim Martin, who came from Furman University.

Dawn Medley has accepted the position of Assistant Director of Admissions at Southeast Missouri State University. Her new e-mail address is DMEDLEY@semovm.semo.edu.  Dawn was formerly an Admissions Representative at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

Victor Egitto accepted a position as Registrar at Occidental College in August of 1998.  Vic was the Registrar at Pitzer College for six years. His new e-mail address is egitto@oxy.edu  Evelyne Glaser, the previous Occidental Registrar, retired during the summer.

Emita Samuels recently became the Director of Admissions,Registration and Records for the Community College of Denver. Previously, over 22 years, she held three positions at the University of Denver. She was first a Foreign Student Evaluator, then went on to be the Director of Student Affairs for the Graduate School of International Studies, and eleven years ago was promoted to Registrar of the College of Law for the University of Denver.  Evita received both a B.S., 1985 and an M.A. in Education Administration in 1995 from the University of Denver.  Her new e-mail address is: cd_Emita@cccs.cccoes.edu

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The Charlotte Program Is Online

haid.gif (10811 bytes)Bill Haid, AACRAO President-Elect, recently announced that the session and workshop listings and descriptions for the AACRAO Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC, are now available for viewing on-line with your web browser pointed to http://www.aacrao.com/am98/index.html. Check out the annual meeting page for information about the meeting schedule, things to do in Charlotte, and now a link to the program database for a full listing of session and workshop information.

"The program web page is a work in progress, but one we’re really excited about", said Haid. The program listings can be found by viewing a table of session titles and scheduled times. Each session has a link to a full description of the session including presenter information. A second table of workshops will lead to a description of the workshop with information on scheduling and fees. A separate search feature is provided for locating sessions or workshops by keywords, names, or program codes.

"This is really great", said president Paul Anderson during a demonstration of the web page. "This will be a great service for our members", he predicted.

The program committee is still fine tuning a few of the sessions and some presenters are not yet confirmed, so changes to the listings will be updated as they are made to the database. "The program is essentially complete", said Haid, "thanks to a great job by the program committee, their committee chairs and members, and the 300+ participants in the program."

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Nominations and Elections Committee Releases Slate

The 1998-99 Nominations and Elections Committee, chaired by Linda Finley, selected the following nominees for AACRAO positions earlier this month:

President-Elect--Louise Lonabocker, Director of Student Services, Boston College (MA)

Vice President for Enrollment Management, Admissions, and Financial Aid-- Paul Taylor, Dean of Student Affairs, Lexington Community College (KY)

Vice President for Regional Associations & Institutional Issues--Tom Bilger, Director of Registration, Academic Progress and Registrar, Ball State University (IN)

The N & E Committee also selected these candidates for the Nominations and Elections Committee ballot:

Michael Allen, Associate Registrar, University of Texas at Austin (TX)

Paul Aucoin, Dean of Academic Services & Registrar, Samford University (AL)

Raymond Barrows, Executive Director of the Recruitment & Retention of Culturally Diverse Students, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (MA)

Elva Bradley, Dean of Admissions and Records, Tuskegee University (AL)

Carol Cline, Assistant Director of Transfer Admission, University of Minnesota (MN)

Verna Crockett, Director of Enrollment Management, Shelby State Community College (TN)

Bruce Cunningham, University Registrar, Duke University (NC)

Dennis Dulniak, Registrar, Austin Peay State University (TN)

Christine Kerlin, Director of Enrollment Services, Everett Community College (WA)

Robert Morley, Associate Registrar, University Of Southern California (CA)

Lylene Pilkenton, Assistant Dean & Registrar, South Texas College of Law (TX)

Richard Skeel, Director of Academic Records, University of Oklahoma (OK)

Marie Taris, Director of Graduate, International and Professional Admissions The Ohio State University (OH)

Janet Ward Dean of Enrollment Services, Seattle Pacific University (WA)

The N & E ballot will be mailed to each AACRAO member in January. The election of officers will take place at the annual meeting in April in Charlotte.

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Hope Scholarship Reporting Requirements Workshop Offered

AACRAO, AASCU, and CDSI/AFSA are sponsoring a workshop on "Campus Options on the Implementation of Hope Scholarship/Lifetime Learning Tax Credit Reporting Requirements." The workshops will provide information on the realities of implementing the tax credit programs on campus, and discuss the various options available to colleges and universities. Visit http://www.aacrao.com/workshops/tra.htm for more information.

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Anti-alcohol Abuse Brochures Coming from AACRAO

AACRAO has been working in conjunction with The Century Council, an anti-alcohol abuse organization. The Century Council is sending AACRAO members free copies of a brochure to provide the parents of college-bound students with information about alcohol-related situations. For more information, call (213) 624-9898, or visit The Century Council's website: http://www.centurycouncil.org

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Caught in the Surf

The following websites may be useful to you or a colleague:

With commencement approaching for many of us, you might want to check out http://www.ACENET.edu/products/CostumeCode.html, where you can find "Academic Costume Code and an Academic Ceremony Guide."

AACRAO's Virtual Learning Task Force report is online at http://www.aacrao.com/vlReport.htm. The report focuses on the administrative aspects related to academic and other support services for students. Useful appendices include web resources and institutional URLs.

The College Board has lots of statistics including old to recentered and SAT/ACT comparison/equivalency chart and information at: http://www.collegeboard.org/index_this/sat/html/counselors/stat000.html according to Scott Dittman, University Registrar at Washington and Lee University. 

A link to a discussion of the The Higher Education Amendment, which was passed by Congress and signed by the President last month, is http://www.msacroa.org/news/disclegal.html

Here's a site to help you combat internet hoaxes: http://netsquirrel.com/combatkit/   Anyone who has used e-mail for a while has received messages with virus warnings, requests to send cards to a dying kid, information about a giveaway that sounds too good to be true, etc. While forwarding these messages seems helpful, most are actually hoaxes that clog the Internet. Next time you get a message with a request to forward, check this site and the CIAC Internet Hoax site at: http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

Specific information about the filing requirements, items to be filed, and timelines for the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax creditscan be found at: http://www.nacubo.org/website/tra97/index.html You can also contact Mr. John McGreevy of the Internal Revenue Service (202/622-4910) for additional information and clarification.

Michael Car, Records Officer at San Diego State University, tell us that school officials can contact Family Policy Compliance at FERPA@ed.gov for answers about compliance with FERPA.  Their home page is
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OM/fpco.html

Note:  If you know of a website that you think may be useful to your colleagues, please send the URL to me so that it may be considered for inclusion in a future issue of NetNews.  If you tell a little about why you like it, I'll even credit you with the catch.

Send it to pgaucoin@samford.edu

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New Book Released on "Dancing with the Devil"

"Dancing with the Devil: Information Technology and the New Competition in Higher Education," has been released by Jossey-Bass Inc., The book is a collection of essays by seven highly respected institutional, association, and financial leaders, who examine the formidable challenges facing all types of campuses. The authors address such themes as dealing with competition from for-profit providers; building a powerful technological infrastructure on campus; changing restrictive organizational and administrative structures to reward, encourage, and manage technological innovation; and finding the money to fund these kinds of transformations. Information about the book is available at: http://www.educause.edu/page2/dancing.html

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Affirmative Action Workshops Offered

Technical assistance workshops on "College Admissions and Affirmative Action" are being sponsored by The American Council on Education in collaboration with AACRAO, NACAC, and the Dept. of Education. The workshops will provide information for campus diversity policy makers and practitioners about federal standards for affirmative action in higher education in the areas of student recruitment, admissions, and financial aid. Upcoming workshops will be held on January 28-29, 1999 in Atlanta, GA, and on March 25-26, 1999 in Denver, CO. For more information, see AACRAO's Website http://www.aacrao.com/workshops/uill.htm or contact Lachone R. Fuquay, Program Coordinator, ACE Office of Minorities in Higher Education. Phone: (202) 939-9395; e-mail: lachone_fuquay@ace.nche.edu; Fax: (202) 785-8056

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Calendar of Events

CAUSE98 - "The Networked Academy"
December 8-11, 1998, Seattle, Washington
http://www.educause.edu/conference/c98/c98.html

"Institutional Opportunities for Advanced Networking"
January 7-9, 1999, Austin, Texas
http://www.educause.edu/netatedu/contents/events/jan99/

NLII New Orleans '99 Meeting
National Learning Infrastructure Initiative
January 31-February 2, 1999, New Orleans, Louisiana
http://www.educause.edu/nlii/meetings/orleans99/.index.html

The EDUCAUSE Institute Management Program
February 7-11, 1999, Palm Springs, California
http://www.educause.edu/inst/inst.html

AACRAO's 85th Annual MeetingApril 18-21, 1999 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The planned program and other Information is available on the AACRAO Website, http://www.aacrao.com/am98/index.html

CUMREC '99 - "Breaking Through: 2000 and Beyond"
May 9-12, 1999, San Antonio, Texas
http://www.cumrec.com/cumrec99/cumrec99.html

AACRAO Annual Meetings:

April 18-22, 1999, Charlotte, NC   http://www.charlotte.com and http://www.aacrao.com/am98/index.html
April 2-6, 2000, New Orleans, LA  http://www.neworleans.com
April 21-25, 2001, Seattle, WA   http://www.seattle.com/visiting/index.html
April 13-18, 2002, Minneapolis, MN
April 6-10, 2003, Washington, DC

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Position Announcements

You may now view position announcements at the AACRAO website. Point your browser to:

http://www.aacrao.com/professional/jobs.html

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

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