Kate McKeen , Associate Director of Undergraduate Student Recruitment
Mandy Williams, Program Coordinator for Regional Recruitment, VA/DC
National Alumni Recruitment Network: Getting Started
Why recruit students in Northern VA and DC? Student Recruitment Opportunities for
National Alumni Recruitment Network Members
College Fairs 2009-2010 NARN Participation Old Gold and Blue Phone and E-mail Campaign
(2009-2010 Results) Sharing your success stories
Campus Renovations Top 5 Reasons to Attend WVU College Fair 101
Why Recruit Students in Northern VA and DC
45% of WVU’s student body population consists of out-of-state students.
We currently have approximately 1,365 undergraduate students from Virginia and DC combined enrolled at WVU
26 Total from DC 1,339 from VA Out of 1,339 undergraduates approx. 760 students are
from NOVA!! There are approximately 386 first-time freshmen enrolled for
fall 2010 from VA and DC; out of the 386, about 224 students are from NOVA! Approx. 6 first-time freshmen from DC. For VA, this is an increase of 16 FTF from last year, for NOVA an increase of approx. 6. DC had a decrease of 1 from last year.
We had approximately 3, 443 inquiries from VA and DC. Approximately 1,572 students from VA/DC applied to WVU; out of this number, approx. 1, 328 students (84%) were accepted.
Student Recruitment Opportunities
Student Recruitment Training Seminars
Fall and Spring College Fairs
Special Events and Student Recruitment Receptions
Old Gold and Blue Phone and E-mail Campaign
Scholarship Award Ceremonies
Share your success stories with WVU
Join the NARN Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=82074158511
Read the quarterly NARN newsletter
Encourage friends to volunteer too!
Welcome young alumni to your region
Post Internship and Career Opportunities on your
website (collaborate with your local Mountaineer Parents
club)
Fall and Spring College fairs:
Become Part of the Team NARN
Coordinator/Admissions Counselors/Regional Recruiters
Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment
College fairs located throughout these regions
Advance notification of college fairs in your area
Opportunity to stay connected with WVU
Large fairs benefit from the assistance of alumni and MPC members
Parents and students want to hear your story!
2009-2010 NARN College Fair Participation
NARN members attended approximately 139 college fairs and special events this year
NARN members represented WVU at college fairs in 18 states and the District of Columbia
WVU was represented by NARN members at college fairs in CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, KY, MD, NC, NJ, NM, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WV
This year was the first year a NARN member represented WVU at an international college fair in Japan
NARN members represented WVU at 96 college fairs as the primary WVU representative
NARN Members Throughout the US NARN members collected approximately 2100
TUMAY cards at the college fairs where they were the primary WVU representative
We currently have approximately 400 active NARN members (an increase of 157 % since 2007)
Our largest group of NARN members in our primary markets is located in the VA/DC metro with over 100 active NARN members
Our largest group of NARN members in our non-primary markets is located in Texas with 31 active NARN members (including Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, and Austin with Houston being our largest region in TX)
Connecting with Families in Your Region
Old Gold and Blue Phone Campaign (multiple regions)
Takes place during the spring semester
A list of students and families are given for each campaign
FERPA: the addition of the Confidentiality Agreement
Alumni and MPC members call or email students from their region who have similar majors as their own or their student’s major
The campaign continues to grow as our NARN member database continues to grow. We are able to reach out to more students, in numerous states, and within a multitude of disciplines
Follow-up from participating NARN members is very important, i.e. counselor follow-up and student cancellation
2009-2010 Old Gold and Blue Phone and E-mail Campaign
Total Participating NARN members: 67 Total Calls/E-mails Assigned: 1190 Total Calls Attempted: 791 (66%) Total E-mail Contacts: 707 (59%) Total Voicemails: 260 (33%) Total Number of NARN members
Completing the Campaign: 62 (93%) States Represented: 22, including CA, CO,
CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, KY, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, & WV
Share Your Success Stories
Internships Study Abroad Programs Honors Awards Graduate School Professional School Career Path
Future Mountaineers (and their families) want
toknow that WVU=Success!
Show them what they can start at WVU!
Internships and Career Opportunities
Use your resources! Connect students with internship and career
opportunities in your region or with your company
A great selling tool for future Mountaineers! Connect with WVU’s Office of Student
Employment Connect with WVU’s Career Service Center The Northern Virginia Mountaineer Parents
Club (in collaboration with their local alumni association)has a great new link:
http://www.wvumpcnova.org/internships.htm
Campus Renovations
Downtown Library Complex Life Sciences Building Student Recreation Center Oglebay Hall Lincoln Hall Pedestrian Walking Bridge Brooks Hall New Honors College Residence Hall
Campus RenovationsDowntown Library Complex
over 300,000 books 209,638 square feet an atrium connecting the 1932
renovated Wise Library to the 2001 Downtown Campus Library
2 restored large reading rooms 15 group study rooms, 4 with 42-
inch high-definition television screen, keyboard and Internet connections to allow users to participate in e-conferences, view films and prepare presentations
electronic classrooms 180 public computers 35 media- equipped workstations 20 wireless laptops a view of the downtown campus
and Morgantown's waterfront
Campus Renovations
Life Sciences Building
Located at the corner of Campus Drive & University Avenue
190,000 square feet houses the Biology & Psychology Departments
Houses Community Mental Health Center, Herbarium, and Greenhouse
Campus Renovations
Student Recreation Center
34 Million Dollar Facility
179,000 Square Feet of Recreation Space
Two Pools Two Gymnasiums 17,000 Square Feet of
Weight & Fitness Facilities
50 Foot Climbing Wall
Campus Renovations
Oglebay Hall
A Completely Renovated Oglebay
Hall now Houses WVU’s Forensic &
Investigative Science Program
Campus RenovationsLincoln Hall
Residential College Resident Faculty
Leaders Cultural Trips Planned 50-Seat Theater High-Speed Internet Special Societies Small Library Freshmen Seminars &
Orientation Resident Newsletter
New WVU Downtown Pedestrian Bridge
New Honors College
Opened fall 2009. On the Downtown Campus, next to Summit
Hall. $20 million state of the art facility; only
available to students admitted to the Honors College; houses entire first-year class, as well as all the Honors College and ASPIRE offices.
Wireless internet access, multi-media/multi-purpose room.
5 stories, 362 suite-style rooms. Dr. Garbutt, Dean of Honors College, and his
wife will serve as the Resident Facutly Leaders.
Many amenities include a beautiful outdoor courtyard.
Brooks Hall First building on campus
to incorporate “green roof technology”; other renovations to HVAC, windows, and ventilation systems classify it as a “green” building.
Completely renovated to house the departments of Geology and Geography.
$28.8 million facelift including the addition of “smart” classrooms, new computer and virtual reality labs, a 350-seat auditorium/lecture hall and wireless computer access.
Houses the University’s GeoVirtual Laboratory: provides cutting-edge mapping applications, including virtual reality maps and 3-D views of land features allowing users to experience places around the state and country without leaving the lab.
Why WVU?
Academic Excellence Student Success ServicesA Holistic College ExperienceLocation, Location, Location!Once a Mountaineer, Always a Mountaineer
Academic Excellence
193 Majors 25 Rhodes Scholars One of the top 25
Goldwater Scholar Producing Universities in the United States
33 Goldwater Scholars 21 Truman Scholars Ranked 68 on the list of
the Top 100 Schools that enroll National Merit Scholars (2007-2008)
WVU has had 16 Carnegie West Virginia Professors of the Year over the past 20 years.
WVU Honors College
Academic Excellence (recent national scholarship
recipients) Mollie McCartney, 2008 Jack Kent Cooke
Scholarship recipient Abigail Hohn, 2009 Boren Scholar John Armour, 2009 Truman Scholar Jared Crawford, 2010 Truman Scholar Emily Calandrelli, 2009 Goldwater Scholar,
2008 Truman Scholar, and 2009 USA Today All-USA College Academic First Team
Scott Cushing, 2010 Goldwater Scholar Anne Mallow, Aaron Readon, and Jonathan
Slinkard , 2009 Tau Beta Phi Scholarship recipients (Tau Beta Phi is the national engineering honor society)
Academic Excellence The American Academy of Family
Physicians has named WVU’s School of Medicine one of the nation’s Top 10 medical schools for producing graduates choosing careers in family medicine.
The FBI named WVU as its national partner for Biometrics Research
The Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) at WVU is the only
research center in the world dedicated to the study of human memory.
Over 100 faculty members are researching energy issues – more than $98 million worth of energy-related research has been conducted over the last four years.
The creation of a MEDBOUND program to prepare high ability WVU students for the West Virginia University School of Medicine
Student Success Services
Undergraduate Advising Services Center
Career Services Internship
Opportunities Learning Centers Residential Colleges Academic STARS
Program Seamless Transition Office of Disability
Services ASPIRE Program
Undergraduate Advising Services Center
Serves over 7,000 students per year Advisors help students to select a major Advisors answer students questions about
their academic programs Advisors assist students with pre-
registration for classes Provide students with the tools to be self-
sufficient
Career Services Center Installation of Mountaineer Trak kiosks throughout
campus. Mountaineer Trak is a a web based recruiting
management system that allows students to upload multiple resumes, view jobs, sign-up for on-campus interviews, and register for career fairs.
Mountaineer Trak Seminar Series Orientation 151 (career planning) and Orientation
252 (job search) are two hour graded courses Career Counselors are available to assist you with
your personal career plans and job search strategies
Office of Student Employment
Offers information on both on and off campus jobs
Student Jobs List Sign Up—students receive e-mail updates every week about what is available
Tips and Resources web site about finding a job Graduate Assistantships are posted as they
become available Available for one-on-one job hunt assistance
with individual students or student groups Visit their web site: http://studentjobs.wvu.edu/
Learning Centers and
Residential Colleges
Learning Centers Free tutoring in any
subject Located
conveniently in residence halls
Also assist students with study skills, time management, and study groups
Residential Colleges Based on Oxford
model of residential colleges
Student-centered environment
Integrates formal learning with life outside of the classroom
Encourages diversity Encourages life long
learning
Academic STARS Students Reaching for and Achieving Success Offered for newly enrolled African-American
students Freshmen year transition/retention program A six week program that allows students to
earn up to six college credit hours at WVU Designed to help students build a solid
academic foundation, develop self-awareness, and enhance their leadership potential
Seamless Transition A three week high school to college bridge program
offered to first time freshmen at WVU Offers a real college experience with the
supervision of an experienced staff Students can earn up to seven credit hours in
classrooms with fifteen students or less Students live in WVU residence halls Receive personal support from experienced faculty
members, staff, and live-in tutors Helps students prepare for college by teaching
them the importance of time management and study skills
Office of Disability Services A Central service that provides students with
accommodations for disability needs Five counselors on staff to provide
accommodations and other disability needs The office provides services for students needing
assistance with: Accessible housing Accessible parking Accessible transportation Information on alternative formats Information on interpreting services for the deaf and hard
of hearing Financial aid and scholarships for students with
disabilities
ASPIRE Advanced Academic
Scholarship Preparation and Intellectual Resources Exposure
Assists students in preparing for prestigious undergraduate fellowships
Assistance in researching and preparing for nationally competitive scholarships
A Holistic College Experience 350+ Clubs and
Organizations Intramural
Programs Study Abroad Campus Diversity Mountaineer
Adventure Program Big East and
Division One Sport Programs
Study Abroad 400 + Programs 60 + Countries Options to study abroad
for a spring break, summer session, semester, or entire year
Opportunities to participate in international internships and service-learning projects
Great addition to a resume
Embracing Diversity Center for Black Culture & Research Office of Multi-Cultural Programs Office of Social Justice
Mountaineer Adventure Program Adventure West Virginia
Challenge Course
International Trips
Adventure West Virginia An alternative to University 101
A three credit hour course
Cost includes food, transportation, equipment, and
instruction
Challenge Course
Interactive tool used for experiential learning
Multi-faceted programming facility aimed at promoting student learning and development
Comprised of 11 low challenge areas and 3 high challenge areas
Ropes courses focus on developing team building and problem solving skills
International Adventure Trips
Provide a unique blend of cultural based international study with an experiential learning component
Adventure Fiji, Adventure Peru , and Adventure Patagonia
Big East and Division One Sports
In 2009, WVU’s football team beat North Carolina in the Meineke Car Care Bowl
The 2009 seniors were a part of four straight bowl victories
The Mountaineer is the #10 best college mascot, according to Fox Sports
Former WVU football player Pat White holds 26 records in school, conference, and collegiate football
Former WVU football player Pat White is the all-time NCAA quarterback rushing leader
WVU finished 50th in the final Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings
Big East and Division One Sports
The men’s basketball team has earned three Sweet 16 appearances in the last five years and a Final Four appearance in 2010
Four cross country runners have been named to the 2008 NCAA Division 1 United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association Women’s All-Academic Team
The women’s basketball team advanced the second round of the WVNIT in 2009 and in 2008 they made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament
WVU’s women’s soccer team is the 2008 American Division Champions
WVU’s rifle team captured its 14th national championship
Four members of the rowing team were named National Scholar Athletes
Basketball players Alex Ruoff and Liz Repaella were named to the 2008-09 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II first Teams
Location, Location, Location!
Morgantown was ranked number 2 on Forbes’ list for “Best College Towns for Jobs”
Morgantown has recently been featured on CNN, CNBC, and NBC as a college town ripe in job opportunities
Morgantown has been ranked as the Best Small City in the East and as the third-best in America by Guide to Life in America’s Small Cities
BizJournals.com described the city as the #1 dreamtown in America
According to Forbes, Morgantown is the fifth best place for business and career (metros<150,000)
Location, Location, Location!
The Sporting News described Morgantown as one of the 25th best sports city in America (quite a feat for a town with no pro-teams)
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranked Morgantown as the 29th smartest place to live in the US
Named the safest school in the Big East 2007-2008
Readers Digest ranks WVU as one of the safest college campuses in America (18 out of 135 schools)
Morgantown is only the 10th city in America to be recognized as a “well city” from the Wellness Council of America
Once a Mountaineer, Always a Mountaineer
Once a Mountaineer,Always a Mountaineer
The Alumni Association is over 175,000 members strong with representation in every county in
West Virginia, every state, and approximately 60 Foreign Nations
Once a Mountaineer,Always a Mountaineer
Outstanding Alumni Greg Babe, president and CEO of Bayer Corp Charles M. Vest, president emeritus of MIT Dr. Darryle D. Schoepp, senior vice president and
franchise head, Neuroscience, Merck Research Laboratories
General Bantz “John” Craddock, Commander, US European Command and the Supreme Allied Commander for Europe NATO
Jerry West, retired basketball player who played his entire professional career for the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers. His silhouette is the NBA’s official logo.
Once a Mountaineer,Always a Mountaineer
Outstanding Alumni Rouzbeh Yassini, inventor of the cable modem Leonard Nicholson, retired NASA employee who
worked on the Gemini, the Appolo, and the first American space station (Skylab)
Dr. Patrice Harris, one of the nation’s leading psychiatrists
Ray Lane, former president and chief operating officer of Oracle Corporation
Rodney Hundley, former professional basketball player and retired television broadcaster. He has been the voice of the Utah Jazz for 26 Years
Nancy Nielson, current president of the American Medical Association
IMPORTANT UPDATES Currently have 193 degree programs (up from 188) New 3-year accelerated BA in Elementary Education (see
handout) New mandatory AlcoholEdu Course—required Web-based alcohol prevention
program being used at more than 500 colleges and universities around the country. It can be completed in 1 1/2 to 2 hours and does not need to be completed in one sitting. The program uses the latest prevention techniques and science-based research to educate students about the impact of alcohol on the mind and body. Whether or not a student uses alcohol, AlcoholEdu will empower students to make well-informed decisions about alcohol use and to better cope with the drinking behavior of peers. Every incoming student will be required to take AlcoholEdu and pass the course Exam. Must score at least a 70% to pass the exam.
Freshmen Retention Rate: 80.8%, above national average which is 74.7% for all higher ed. And 76.8% for 4-yr. publics.
6-yr. Graduation Rate: 59%, also above national avg. which is 55.9%. Six years is the standard currently being used in higher education.
*(Source for Freshmen Retention Rate and 6-yr. Grad. Rate is IPEDS, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, from U.S. Dept. of Education)
Questions?
Brock Burwell, a native of Harrisville, WV, will represent WVU as the Mountaineer mascot for the 2010-11 academic year.