[VPAAEtal] New Student Orientation Updates

[Academic Affairs]

Greetings!

 

We are just one month away from our exciting fall start!  I hope
everyone has had a wonderful summer and that you are eager for what our
future year holds!  

 

We are approaching the end of our orientation season and I wanted to
extend a special thank you to everyone who has participated in the
sessions this summer!  In addition, we appreciate your patience and
cooperation as we have served one of our largest orientation groups
ever!  

 

The last orientation session pressed on our facilities and the upcoming
session this week will be a challenge, as well.  However, we are focused
on our enrollment goals and working hard to accommodate as many
prospective students as we can, while maintaining a welcoming and
service-oriented environment.  Thank you for joining us with a spirit of
service!  

 

We are always interested in making improvements to the process...no need
to wait until the next cycle!  Please do not hesitate to share your
concerns.  If we have been able to impact them immediately, we have done
so!  The great news is that we have received many comments from the
families we have served this summer and have many satisfied folks!  Most
of them are so appreciative of the help they receive from everyone with
which they interface.  The advising and registration processes have
improved significantly and all of our participants have been
appreciative of the ease.

 

We host our last advertised session this week on August 6th and 7th
(Thursday and Friday) and are anticipating over 300 students.  As of
now, the majority of these students will be transfer students.  The
Office of Orientation works diligently up until the day of orientation
making reminder calls, sending emails and responding to requests to
change session dates, majors, etc.  We try not to make any major changes
right before the session occurs; however, it is important to note that
things do constantly change!  Again, thank you for your patience!

 

I also want to thank Luis Franco for his leadership and organization and
thank his team of student leaders, who are the main reason that we can
pull these off!  In addition, I would like to extend my appreciation to
Dr. Ricky Dobbs, Wendy Gruver and the Success Coaches (Katrina, Erin,
Elva and Jennifer) for their contributions to the success of the
orientations this summer!

 

A make-up orientation session, to accommodate late admits, will be held
for one day on August 26th...stay tuned for those details.  As always,
do not hesitate to let me know if there is anything we can do for you!
Thank you for your support! Stephanie

 

Stephanie Holley

Dean of Enrollment Management and Retention

903.886.5101

 

 

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