Alumni Training

Alumni Student

Recruitment

Admissions Recruitment Staff• Brian Troyer – Associate Director of Recruitment • Prim Wathen – Associate Director of Recruitment• Buzz Burnam – Diversity Recruitment• Nathan Davis – Recruitment Support

Assistant Directors of Admissions for Recruitment:

• Clay Arnold – North Central KY• Jonathan Blazejewski – Northern KY• Cassie Buford – Lexington & Surrounding Counties• Emily Dailey – Transfer Recruitment• Will Fuller – Top End Student Recruitment• Katie Howard – Mid West / South Central KY• Michael Kimble – West KY• NeShaune Mahin-Lasley – Louisville, KY (UK on Main)• Mandee Magee – Far West KY• Shonta Phelps – North East KY• Christine Speicher – Columbus, OH and Indianapolis, IN • Brian Tucker – South East KY

What’s New at UK?• Admission Office

• Hiring of New Recruiters• Mike Kimble & Brian Tucker• Christine Speicher – Out-of-State

Recruiter position• 12,195 - Most Applicants ever applied

to UK up 10%• Hispanic enrollment up 26%• African-American enrollment up 17%• Transfer Student enrollment up 7%

What is Alumni Student

Recruitment?How can you be involved?

Alumni Student RecruitmentPurpose:

To form a partnership between the UK Alumni Office and the Offices of Undergraduate

Admission in order to extend the efforts of the Admission Office.

To develop new and effective strategies for recruiting and retaining students through the

volunteer efforts of Alumni Clubs.

Roles of Alumni:• Represent UK at events and activities in your community• Participate in or attend activities with Admissions Staff• Host recruitment events• Identify prospective students to the Admissions Office• Stay informed about the university• Provide feedback to the Alumni Office on materials, events etc.

Admissions Benefits:• Alumni extend recruitment efforts to regions we cannot reach ordinarily • Alumni serve as a key tool in promoting UK• Alumni increase name recognition around the nation• A way to give back to the University • Promotes the Alumni Club and helps recruit new members• Opportunity to share your UK experience• Means to combine past traditions with present developments• Keeps Alumni up-to-date and informed about UK

Admissions Office Responsibilities:• See Blue Transfer Days / See Blue Preview Nights• High School / Community College visits • College Fairs• Community Outreach / Diversity Recruitment• Speaking Engagements• On / Off Campus programming• Junior Parent Nights• Phone-a-thons• Assist the Visitor Center / Summer Advising Conferences• Maintaining counselor / student / parent relations• Maintain e-newsletters to high school / community college counselors

Activities

Possible Activities:• Office of Admissions Activities:

• See Blue Preview Nights

• College Fairs / Community Outreach

• Student Receptions

• Activities:• Awards Programs• Book Awards

Office of Admissions Activities2009 See Blue Preview Nights

(we increased from 10 to 16 in 2009)

Locations: Dates: # of students:Paducah, KY September 1 Approx. 200Hopkinsville, KY September 2 Approx. 125Bowling Green, KY September 3 Approx. 200Owensboro, KY September 8 Approx. 125Elizabethtown, KY September 9 Approx. 200Louisville, KY September 10 Approx. 400Northern Kentucky September 15 Approx. 350London, KY September 16 Approx. 200Maysville, KY September 22 Approx. 40Pikeville, KY September 23 Approx. 170Ashland, KY September 24 Approx. 100Columbus, OH September 29Lexington, KY September 30Nashville, TN October 6Cincinnati, OH October 8Indianapolis, IN October 13

College FairsCollege Fairs / High School visits 2008-

2009

• Staff attended 645• Alumni attended 54• Community Outreach 5

If you would like to participate in a college fair in your area, please contact Alyssa Thornton. Alyssa will work with us to make sure all materials and necessary items are sent to you in a

timely manner.

2008 16 events180 students attended

2009 25 events215 students attended

Student Receptions

If you would like to participate in a student reception in your area, please contact Alyssa Thornton. Alyssa will work with us to make sure all materials and necessary items are sent to

you in a timely manner.

Admissions 2009-2010Enrolled Students

• Alabama 12 Ohio 320• Florida 12 Pennsylvania 35• Georgia 41 South Carolina 4• Illinois 111 Tennessee

38• Indiana 41 Texas 15• Kentucky 3,280 Virginia 51• Minnesota 1 Wisconsin 9• North Carolina 7

ActivitiesAwards Programs:

2008 1682009 226

Book Awards:2008 782009 113Clubs who participated: Birmingham,

Cumberland Valley East, Fayette County, Franklin County, Hardin County, Lake Cumberland, Mercer County, Northern KY / Greater Cincinnati

THANK YOU!!!Thank you to all alumni who participated

in Student Recruitment this past year!

We are looking forward to working with you on another great recruitment cycle!!

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