NEACRAO news

President's Message

Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker Announced

Annual Meeting and Reverse College Day 2006

2006 Scholarship Recipients Named

Nominations for AACRAO Awards

President's Message

I know that we have all been busy during the summer months with our new freshmen. We've been doing orientations, placement testing, and registrations. I always like to think that this new class is going to be the best class ever.

NEACRAO has also been busy this summer planning for the Annual Meeting and Professional Development sponsored a workshop earlier this month at Springfield College for Registrar and Admissions Office support staff. Given the popularity of last year's FISH! Philosophy workshop the topic was repeated and was again very popular with participants.

With the approaching start of the fall semester, I would just like to remind everyone that Reverse College Day and the NEACRAO Annual meeting should be placed on your “to do list.” Make sure you reserve the dates: November 8-10, 2006. The meeting will be held in beautiful Newport, Rhode Island. The Executive Council met in June to put the final touches on the annual meeting program. We will be offering some very dynamic sessions, and some old favorites. AACRAO will be sending Barmak Nassarian and Paul Aucoin, President-elect, to bring us up to speed with what has been happening on the national level.

In addition to preparing for the start of the fall semester and the annual meeting, we are also preparing for AACRAO. This year AACRAO will be held in Boston, Massachusetts from February 28-March 3, 2007. Because New England will be in charge of local arrangements, we will again be looking for your help. I know we can count on our members to help out with the AACRAO annual meeting.

I hope your last days of summer were relaxing. I look forward to seeing everyone in November.

Donna Campbell

Donna Campbell
President, NEACRAO

Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker Announced

Are you stressed and overworked? Dr. Regina Barreca from the University of Connecticut, will deliver the Annual Meeting keynote address, focusing on using humor in the workplace to relieve tension. Professor of English literature and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Barreca has served as an advisor to the Library of Congress for work on humor and the American character. An award-winning columnist of the Hartford Courant, she has also published articles in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Chicago Tribune, and dozens of magazines. She has appeared on television programs, including 20/20, 48 Hours, The Today Show, and Oprah.

Dr. Barreca has published several books, her most recent being Babes in Boyland: A Personal History of Coeducation in the Ivy League. She also edited the very popular book A Sit-Down with the Sopranos: Watching Italian American Culture on T.V.s Most Talked-About Series.

Annual Meeting & Reverse College Day 2006

The 2006 NEACRAO Annual Meeting has been set for November 8, 9 & 10, 2006 and will again take place at the lovely Newport Marriott, Newport, Rhode Island. Mark your calendars and watch your email and the web site for additional information coming shortly! We are again offering annual meeting registration by web or paper form found in the program which will be mailed to all members shortly. With over forty sessions, including timely topics such as the ACG/SMART grants and a legislation update from AACRAO you won't want to miss this year's Annual Meeting. Reverse College Day also continues to be a popular program with School Counselors coming from all over New England. A Reverse College Day registration form will be included in the mailed program and may be printed from the web site.

This November the place to be is Newport! See you there!

2006 NEACRAO Scholarship Recipients Named

In an effort to promote and reward academic excellence and the pursuit of a post-secondary degree, each year the New England Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers solicits from professional high school guidance personnel the names of and recommendations for a high school graduate who will be enrolling in a NEACRAO member institution in September. This year NEACRAO received hundreds of scholarship applications making it a very difficult decision. The three recipients for 2006 are:

Sally Bush who graduated from The Norwich Free Academy in Norwich, CT and will be attending the University of Connecticut
Ian Dumont who graduated from Cony High School in Augusta, ME and will be attending Dartmouth College
Colby Eldredge who graduated from Cape Cod Regional Technical HS in Harwich, MA and will be attending Cape Cod Community College

Congratulations and best of luck to our deserving, college-bound students!

AACRAO Awards

AACRAO is calling for nominations for several annual awards. Do you have a colleague that has done exceptional work on behalf of their institution, NEACRAO, AACRAO, or for higher education in general? Nominate them for an award! AACRAO has eight different awards ranging from an award for a new-comer to the profession to a recent retiree to an entire regional association. Click here for more information. The nominations are due September 30th.