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While many of our friends outside the university might think we take a break
along with the majority of our students during the summer months, the
incredible staff of Enrollment & Academic Services is busy all summer taking
care of business. On August 9, the Registrar’s Office organized and facilitated
two graduation ceremonies at Reed Arena for more than 2,000 Aggie
graduates, and on August 26, the Class of 2023 entered the classroom for their
first fall semester at Texas A&M University. While the calendar might not
reflect the official change of the season and we haven’t yet got a break from
the Texas heat, fall has arrived at Texas A&M University.
On August 20, we hosted a retirement reception for Janice Crockett, who
served the university for 36 years. I appreciate all the work she did for our
division and as my executive assistant. Happy retirement, Janice!
Join me in welcoming Angela Catlin to the team. A 17-year employee of
Texas A&M University, Angela most recently worked in the Office of the
Vice President for Research as the Executive Assistant to the Associate Vice
President and Research Compliance Officer before starting her new role as
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Enrollment & Academic
Services. Angela graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in
elementary education and received a masters in library science from the
University of North Texas. A 4-H adult leader, she serves as the co-chair of
the Family and Consumer Science Division of the Brazos County Youth
Livestock Show.
Don’t forget Pillars of Excellence Award nominations
are due September 12. Please join me on October 22
for the awards presentation at our
Develop & Thrive Workshop.
Gig’em!
Joseph P. Pettibon IIVice President for Enrollment & Academic Services
Howdy!
September 2019
October 2019
27-29
Last Day of Class
September 2019
Winter Break
Ring Day27
Ring Day
November 2019
8
4Texas A&M’s 143rd Birthday
22
12Pillars of Excellence
Nominations Due
Develop & Thrive
December 2019
23-1
18Bonfire Remembrance Day
Thanksgiving Break
4
Finals6-11
13-14 Graduation Ceremonies
Admissions
Enrollment & Academic Services : Fall 2019
Interim Executive Director of Admissions Announced – The Office of Admissions is excited to have the continued leadership of Chris
Reed in his new, expanded role as the Interim Executive Director of Admissions. Chris’ interim role includes oversight of Admissions,
Recruitment, Operations, Customer Service, Counseling and International Student Services. His office is in the Koldus Building, Suite
217.
Higher Education Center at McAllen Now Accepting International Students – The Higher Education Center at McAllen (HECM)
opened its doors in Fall 2017 giving students from the Rio Grande Valley an opportunity to earn a degree from Texas A&M closer to
home. Thanks in part to the tireless efforts of Texas A&M’s International Student Services Office, the Department of Homeland Security
has approved the HECM to host F1 Visa students. Beginning with freshman applicants for Fall 2020, international students will be
included in the populations admitted to the various majors at HECM.
Record Applications and Admits to the Remote Engineering Academies -- Much like the unprecedented growth in freshman
applications to the University the past admission cycle, the remote Engineering Academies set some records of their own. For Fall 2019,
total applications increased by 26% and total admits increased by 45%. With the recent addition of the Academy in Midland, students
now have seven locations at which to begin their engineering studies. Currently, the Academies at Blinn-Brenham and Houston
Community College have the most participants set to begin classes this fall with 123 and 110 respectively. The long-term goal is to have
100 students at each Academy location.
Scholarships & Financial Aid
Scholarships & Financial Aid Spirit Committee – Throughout the year the financial aid workload is pretty steady. However, during the
summer months, the typical workload of financial aid advisors cranks into overdrive! The Scholarships & Financial Aid Aggie Spirit
Committee works hard to elevate team members and boost in a high operations tempo. This committee is an internal team that plans and
delivers motivating activities and treats throughout the year. Most of the activities are seasonal such as holiday festivities or Aggie spirit
game days while some are complete surprises like scheduling a Reveille visiting or purchasing snow cones for the whole office. When it is
over 100 degrees outside there is nothing more refreshing than a cold snow cone for the afternoon!
The 41 student workers and 73 full-time members of Scholarships & Financial Aid are grateful for the sentiments and dedication of the
Aggie Spirit Committee!
The Scholarships & Financial Aid Aggie Spirit Committee works to boost moral with events
such as a visit from A&M’s first lady, Miss Reveille, or a Blue Bell ice cream break.
Enrollment & Academic Services : Fall 2019
Tillman Military Scholars Program – Texas A&M University is proud to be a University partner of the Pat Tillman Foundation. The Pat
Tillman Foundation provides scholarships for degree-seeking veterans, active-duty military service members, and spouses of veterans or
active-duty service members.
Scholarships & Financial Aid is exceptionally proud of the two Aggies selected to join the 2019 Tillman class. Blaze Belobrajdic and
Justin Gor have commendable service and proven leadership both in and out of the classroom. They are exemplary individuals who will
have incredible impact in the future. This scholarship program provides more than funding, it provides a unique opportunity to belong to a
dynamic network of individuals from across the country who support one another’s pursuits for the betterment of the nation.
The Pat Tillman Foundation recently hosted its annual Leadership Summit in Chicago, Illinois, in July. In addition to engaging scholars,
the Leadership Summit offered an opportunity for University Partners to connect with one another. Jeremy Tanner of our Veteran Services
Office represented Texas A&M this year.
To learn more about our Aggie Tillman Scholars, please visit https://pattillmanfoundation.org/meet-our-scholars/
A few improvements that have made a difference – Scholarships & Financial Aid are pleased to announce a few enhancements made
this year to improve our customer (students/parents) experience and to reduce workload on our team members.
Verification Portal! Our team can process approximately four verifications in the time it use to take them to complete one.
Communication efforts! Increased communications to students/parents, including text and personal phone calls to students to request
outstanding verification items needed.
Chat bot! Ms. Rev continues to answer hundreds a questions a week with a high level of accuracy, and we recently extended Ms. Rev to
assist with emails received.
Additional disbursement rules added for specific scholarships in order to ensure scholarship funds are posted sooner rather than later.
We are very excited and very pleased with these improvements!! #worksmarternotharder
Director of Employee Services – Tara Hunter is the new Director of Employee Services in the Academic Affairs Business Services
office. She began the position on July 15.
Tara has worked at Texas A&M University- Central Texas for the past two years and most recently was the Assistant Director of Human
Resources. Prior to her work at TAMU-CT, Tara was an HR manager at the University of Illinois, Chicago- College of Medicine in
multiple roles for almost seven years.
Tara is a certified mediator, trainer, holds her master’s degree in HR development from Northeastern Illinois University, and has a SHRM-
Senior Certified Professional certificate. As part of the AABS HRPR team, she will lead and manage the HR and Payroll functions. She is
a key partner and contributor to AABS’ efforts to provide the best, most professional business support to customers and to the university.
Partners in Progress – AABS Partners in Progress Meetings will begin September 17. A list of dates, times and locations of the future
FY20 PIP meetings can be found at http://aabs.tamu.edu/Resources . Topics and reminders to RSVP will be sent throughout the year as
available.
Academic Affairs Business Services
Scholarships & Financial Aid Continued
The Scholarships & Financial
Aid team cooled off this
summer with snow cones and
worked on team building skills
on the kickball field.
Enrollment & Academic Services : Fall 2019
International Student Services
Dinner in a U.S. Home – Want to meet international students and share a meal? Dinner in a U.S. Home (DIAUSH) provides an
opportunity for international students to connect beyond the Texas A&M University campus and to better assimilate into the Texas A&M
and Bryan/College Station community. This program is designed to foster new friendships that promote cultural learning and appreciation
for both hosts and students through an open exchange of cultural experiences, customs and ideas.
International Student Services is recruiting interested individuals or families who are willing to open their home for one evening and invite
an international student for dinner. Email [email protected] or call (979) 845-1824 to learn more or volunteer.
Welcome to Aggieland! – On August 22, ISS hosted the International Student Conference. The conference provide information to all
incoming and current international students on pertinent issues such as maintaining their immigration status, adjusting to life in College
Station and Texas A&M University, and introducing resources that will assist them in becoming a successful student and in their job
search process. Thank you to the staff, guest speakers, volunteers and sponsors that welcomed more than 800 international students, who
attended the free event.
Thank you to the staff, guest speakers, volunteers and sponsors that made
the 2019 International Student Conference a success!
Enrollment & Academic Services : Fall 2019
Fish Camp Support Staff – Nine members of the Career Center’s staff served
as Support Staff for Fish Camp 2019. Each year, Fish Camp utilizes Texas
A&M employees from across campus who volunteer to assist with risk
management functions at camp and serve as an extension of the
Director/Advisor staff during camp. These individuals serve in roles that
provide support to student leaders and counselors in the organization as well as
incoming freshmen attending Fish Camp.
T-Camp – The Career Center’s
Susan Wyatt has participated in T-
Camp activities this summer as a
namesake, most recently traveling to
Trinity Pines for the three-day camp.
In addition, Debbie Jackson also
traveled to Trinity Pines to serve as a
member of the T-Camp Support Staff.
Former Student Career Services – Former Student Career Services attended
and presented at the Alumni Career Services Network annual conference in
Washington, D.C. After the conference, Paul Pausky and Debbie Jackson
co-hosted a career resources presentation inviting the National Capital Aggies
and students participating in ANRP and PPIP Intern Programs.
Jasmine Zenn and TxCEIA Scholarship – Ms. Jasmine Zenn, who served as the Career Center’s Higher Education and Student Affairs
Intern for 2018-2019, was selected as the recipient of the Texas Cooperative Education and Internship Association’s four-year school
scholarship. Her selection was unanimous amongst the six members of the Association’s Scholarship Committee. Among many
outstanding applicants, Jasmine carried the day with the professionalism reflected in the preparation of her resume and cover letter.
Reynolds & Reynolds Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans – The Reynolds & Reynolds Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for
Veterans (EBV) at the Texas A&M McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship is a one-of-a-kind initiative designed to leverage the skills,
resources and infrastructure of higher education to offer cutting-edge, experiential training in entrepreneurship and small
business management to post-9/11 veterans. Roland Block from the Texas A&M Career Center presented “Unlocking LinkedIn’s
Hidden Power” and provided one-on-one mentoring advice to these heroes during this week long program that assisted veterans and their
families in developing their competencies in creating and sustaining entrepreneurial ventures.
Fall Events – Career Center staff members are preparing for the fall with more than 130 events already scheduled, including Resume
and Mock Interview Day on September 3 in the MSC, multiple Career Fair Preparation Workshops across campus, Professional School
Application and Interview Workshops throughout the semester, the National Security Panel on October 1, Study Abroad and Careers on
October 2, the Academic Job Search and Networking for graduate students on October 2, LGBTQ+ Career Exploration on October 9, “I
Got an Offer…Now What” on October 15, and First Gen Career Success on October 22. Visit careercenter.tamu.edu/events for a full
list of all our events this fall, including 13 Career Fairs.
In addition, hundreds on employing organizations are coming to campus this fall to participate in the Career Center’s On Campus
Interviewing program. With multiple days completely booked, the Career Center staff is looking forward to connecting Aggies with
regional, national and international job opportunities in a wide variety of industries. Remind students to log in to HireAggies to find
thousands of opportunities!
New Staff – The Career Center welcomes the following new staff members: Desiree Wilson, Director of Employment Services;
Cathryn Mayo, Customer Service Associate; and Dr. Patti Edgar, Career Coordinator for Sciences, Life Sciences, and Geosciences.
Whitney Hinze, Taylor
Henderson, Meredith
McDowell and Paige
Hellman at Fish Camp
Camp Wyatt
Debbie Jackson and Paul Pausky
Career Center
Enrollment & Academic Services : Fall 2019
The REGI Archived Records team recently completed a large project reviewing,
verifying and organizing more than 700,000 College of Dentistry student record
images imported into ImageNow in 2017.
Pomp and Circumstance – August commencement saw nearly 2,200 College
Station, Galveston, and Qatar students earning their degrees. More than 30 members
of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets were commissioned into the US Armed Forces.
One officer was commissioned along with 26 midshipmen of Texas A&M Maritime
Academy at Galveston, who received their officers licenses for the U.S. Merchant
Marine.
Summertime Kicks – Summer also brought the third annual co-ed kickball for
faculty and staff. We are proud to say the Office of the Registrar’s kickball team
went undefeated in the regular season. Congrats to the RegiSTROYERS!
Registrar
The RegiSTROYERS finished the regular kickball season in third place.
Develop
&
ThriveFall Workshop and Awards
Register NOW!
October 22, 2019
Featuring
Garrison Wynn
Mark your calendar for
Develop & Thrive Fall 2019
and the
Pillars of Excellence Award
Ceremony
taking place at the MSC
October 22.
http://tx.ag/WynnSuccess
Enterprise Information Systems
Banner 9 Enhancements – The implementation of Banner 9 resulted in enhanced experience in registration for students and advisors.
A new version of Class Search is available for employees who have access to the Howdy Advising Tab. The new version is based on
Banner 9 self-service technology that is also used for the Student Profile. The Student Profile provides students, advisors and other
authorized employees with a one-stop view of data including holds, registered courses, billing information and financial aid (known as My
Profile for students).
A new Degree Progress panel is now available for advisors in the Student Profile. A Time to Degree graph shows the number of hours that
apply to the student’s degree (both completed and in-progress registered hours). A Howdy degree evaluation is run to determine the hours
that apply to the degree.
The new Registration Worksheet enables students to create their schedules in advance of their registration time. Academic Advisors have
the option to provide schedule suggestions by creating an “Advisor Recommended” version of the worksheet for their students. The
Undergraduate Degree Planner (UGDP) has now been integrated into the Registration Worksheet. Students and advisors are able to create
a Registration Worksheet by selecting courses from the UGDP and saving them as a worksheet. This will help speed up the registration
process for students as well as help keep them on track toward their degree completion.
Learning Management System Personnel Join EIS – EIS recently welcomed the Learning Management System (LMS) team to the
department. The LMS team, which moved from ITS, currently supports the current Blackboard LMS, Mediasite video streaming system,
and the faulty eLearning tool application. The effort to implement a new university-wide LMS will begin later this fall.
Enrollment & Academic Services : Fall 2019
Trivia Time
What is the title of one of
Garrison Wynn’s books?
?Visit the Enrollment &
Academic Services website for
a clue!http://academicservices.tamu.edu/Events
Email your answer to
by October 1.
All correct submissions will be entered in a drawing.
Look for the answer and
trivia winner in the next
EAS Newsletter.
Summer 2019 Newsletter Trivia Winner
Congratulations to
Erin Porter!
She correctly identifying
J.R.R. Tolkien
as the author
Joe Pettibon quoted
in his speech at the spring
Develop & Thrive event.
New Creative Space – The Enrollment and Academic Services Marketing Team is
on the move! As of mid-July, Teague suite 330 is now the official home of Team
EASTMark. The team’s new mailstop is 1269.
Welcome to the Team – In addition to a new home, Team EASTMark has also
recently welcomed several new employees. Rhonda Crim joined the team as the
Creative Manager in January of this year. The department’s creative team expanded
with the addition of Communications Specialist Cristina Flores ’14 in March,
while Stephen Mitchell and Kelsey Dixon most recently joined the team as Front
End Web Developer and Web Designer, respectively.
Do well. Do good. – Team EASTMark’s annual retreat was held in March and was
a huge success. One major outcome of the retreat was the creation of the team’s
newest recruitment campaign, Do well. Do good. The campaign highlights Texas
A&M’s commitment to academic excellence as well as selfless service and will be
used in recruitment pieces for the next couple of recruitment cycles.
Web Consistency Project – The marketing team will begin auditing Division
webpages to ensure consistency of Division lockups. No other webpage elements
will be affected.
Marketing
The Division of Marketing & Communications has updated Texas A&M
University’s Brand Guide, which is critical in providing a consistent visual
identity that promotes A&M’s brand to the state, nation and the world.
The Texas A&M brand is now one of the most recognized internationally,
and is viewed in ways never dreamed of when the university was
established 143 years ago.
The Brand Guide includes usage for print, digital (such as video, online
magazines and brochures, PowerPoint templates) and social media
functions and can be utilized across campus when appropriately needed.
Please review the updated brand guidelines to ensure consistency and
compliance within your department.
The Brand Guide can be viewed at https://brandguide.tamu.edu/ and
covers the use of marks or logos for print and digital space as well as on
various products.
Brand Guide Update
Division of Enrollment & Academic Services
Jack K. Williams Administration Building
1248 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-1248