President's Letter
Greetings fellow NEACRAO members!
And so it begins…another academic year is underway. Much
is happening…we are all so very busy and contributing much of our
energy to the success of our students and our institutions. As we give of
ourselves at our colleges and universities, let us not forget to give to
ourselves the benefit of connecting with colleagues and participating in the
professional development opportunities that NEACRAO can offer us to enhance
our career and knowledge base! Please join us for the Annual Meeting in
Portland, Maine in November!
While we all contend with fiscal constraints, budget cuts,
and staff shortages, now more than ever, it remains important to continue to
build bridges together between admissions, enrollment and registration
professionals as we strive to meet institutional goals and NEASC standards.
If you or your staff are unable to attend AACRAO this coming year in New Orleans, it will be
helpful to attend our nearby NEACRAO meeting to exchange ideas with
“neighbors” and gain a perspective on our regional accreditation
issues. As you update your calendars for the fall semester, don’t
forget to save the dates of November 4-6, 2009.
Our volunteer committee members and board members have
designed a more comprehensive and focused group of sessions this year. We
hope you will join us to benefit from their work and thank them for their
contributions. We adjusted the timeline for our annual meeting this year in
order to invite you to attend a pre-conference enterprise software
users’ group workshop on Reverse College Day – the first day of
our annual meeting. That Wednesday evening we invite all attendees to the
President's reception to kick-off events. Barmak Nassirian will give our
keynote speech at lunch with a focus on the Higher Education Reauthorization
Act, and for our newest members, we will again host a First-Timers breakfast
to welcome you into our organization.
As we celebrate the 62nd year of NEACRAO, this year
promises to be the start of something new as we continue to build bridges,
work to cultivate new ideas, learn about new technologies, and inspire
greater connections with colleagues. We have a new presence on Facebook.com
(search for NEACRAO). We look forward to you joining your fellow NEACRAOans
there and at the upcoming annual meeting in Portland, Maine!
Be well,
Irene
Rios
Irene Rios, NEACRAO President
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
2009 Annual Meeting &
Reverse College
Day
Portland, ME
NOVEMBER 4-6, 2009
Building on over 60 years of experience as a leader in
higher education, our 62nd annual meeting will be held November 4-6, 2009 in Portland, Maine
at the Holiday Inn By the Bay, the largest convention facility in the state.
Winner of many Awards, the hotel ranks in the top 10% of Holiday Inns around
the globe.
 Portland is an old
seacoast town. It is also a funky city filled with galleries, one-of-kind
boutiques and shops, and incredible restaurants serving everything from New
England clam chowder, lobster rolls and Maine seafood to nouvelle cuisine.
Portland stands as one of
the few working waterfronts left in the United
States, acting as New England’s
largest tonnage seaport and second largest fishing port.
Portland is Maine’s largest
city with 66,000 full time residents; however it swells to 2 million if one
includes annual visitors and part-time residents.
At every turn, Portland
is an experience for everyone.
Check back later in the year for more information about
the conference! Hope to see you there.
www.neacrao.org/annualmeeting.html
(We will also send an email to you when
online registration is available!)
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Were You on Vacation
Last Week?
If so, it’s possible that you were not able to
respond to the email survey that was sent out to you regarding enterprise
software use to help the committee for Professional Development determine
pre-conference meetings between enterprise software users and their respective
vendors. Click
here to access the survey. Deadline to submit survey has been extended to
September 8th.
Your input is appreciated!
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 NEACRAO’s Keynote
Speaker for the 62nd Annual Meeting is AACRAO’s Barmak
Nassirian—A Washington
Update
The Obama Administration faces daunting challenges in its
efforts to resuscitate the economy and put the nation back on track for
growth and prosperity. Throughout the campaign, the President repeatedly
identified higher education as key to restoring the American standard of
living, but offered little by way of details in how he might deal with higher
education issues. This session provides an overview of the higher education
priorities of the new Administration and the 111th Congress, and how these
might affect colleges and universities and the students they serve.
Barmak Nassirian has served as Associate Executive
Director of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions
Officers (AACRAO) since 1998. Nassirian has been active in higher education
policy for nearly two decades, focusing on access and financing issues,
educational privacy, and federal regulations.
He is regular speaker at AACRAO’s annual meeting.
For those of you who have not had the opportunity to hear him speak, you are
in for a treat!
The keynote is scheduled for Thursday, November 5, 2009,
12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
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College
Representatives for Reverse
College Day (RCD):
We hope all of the high school and college representatives
are looking forward to RCD and NECRAO in Portland, Maine.
Please plan to attend the RCD program, this year we will offer more
sessions which will provide additional opportunities for us to
discuss the college admissions and high school guidance
process together. In addition, we are changing the way we do the
raffle and college give-a-ways to the high school counselors. We
believe the added sessions and inclusive opportunity for open discussion
will make the conference more successful for all!
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you.
FRIENDLY REMINDER TO
COLLEGE REPS:
Don’t forget to bring give-a-ways to the RCD luncheon!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Congratulations to the Winners of the George Coleman
Scholarship for 2009!
Kimberly
Andrade
Mount Hope
High School
Guidance
Counselor: Jamie Crowley
Attending Babson
College
Jessica
Bursztyn
Enfield High
School
Guidance
Counselor: Elizabeth J. Ogonis
Attending Smith
College
Zachary
Lindsly
Emmett O'Brien
Technical High School
Guidance
Counselor: Peter Daria
Attending Naugatuck
Valley Community
College
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IN THE NEWS ...
On Our Campuses and in Our World of Higher Education
The following is an article from the August 25th Chronicle of Higher Education
that focuses how the financial crisis is affecting schools in the
Northeast…
“The financial crisis
that began last year has shaken higher-education systems throughout the nine
states in the Northeast, forcing budget cuts on public universities and
shrinking the endowments of the region's many private colleges…”
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Tech Corner –an audio presentation from the Chronicles of Higher
Education
“In an encore episode of Tech Therapy, Ann
Kovalchick, the deputy chief information officer at Tulane University,
describes the qualities that make a good leader in IT—and in higher
education generally.”
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NEACRAO Newsletter, September 2009-
Association Editor: Barbara Casey, Williams
College
The NEACRAO newsletter is published three
times a year (Spring, Summer and Fall). Contributions from members (articles,
editorials, letters, re-prints-with permission-and drawings/cartoons) are
welcomed. Please email items for publication to: Barbara Casey.
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