Michele Sandlin HOME: 1579 Cougar Ct SW, Albany, OR 97321 sandlinm@comcast.net 541-619-0978 OFFICE: Office of Admissions,, 104 Kerr Adm. Bldg, Corvallis, OR 97331 michele.sandlin@oregonstate.edu 541-737-0583 Experience expands 29 years in various enrollment management offices; admissions, registrar, orientation, and financial aid. Strength areas are admissions, articulation, student service, high achieving policies, holistic/non-cognitive admission requirements, office efficiencies & technology performance, community college partnerships, collaborative team management, and staff satisfaction & performance. Strong experience and expertise in operations and flow management, articulation, use of non-cognitive admissions assessment (holistic admissions), operational efficiencies, re-engineering, policy development, and degree partnerships program development. Work Experience: Director of Admissions and Campus Visitor Center. 2001 Present.. Helped increase total enrollment over last 14 years by over 67%, annually achieved/exceeded university goals for increasing high achieving and diversity of new students, Lead developer/implementer of the Degree Partnership Programs, lead developer/implementer of holistic admissions review, achieved paperless office operation, expertise in articulation, evaluation and processing, efficiencies, customer service, and developed/implemented a nationally recognized IB policy. Manage 4 divisions within the Office of Admissions; recruitment and outreach, campus visitor s center, operations, communications and marketing. Lead a senior leadership team of 12, 36 staff and 30+ student staff and a GTA. Manage budget of 2.8 million, application volume of 20,000+ annually. Over the last 14+ years have been responsible for domestic, international, graduate and undergraduate admissions, campus articulation and served on numerous campus committees and initiatives, State of Oregon task forces, joint boards, initiatives, and committees on behalf of OSU. Senior Associate Director of Admissions. 1996-2001.. See above for Director. On the senior leadership team, stepped in for the Director as needed. Assistant Director of Admissions. 1996.. Served as Assistant Director for 3 months before being promoted to Senior Associate. Program Educator. 1994-1996. Washington County, Oregon. While in graduate school worked ¾ time developing and implementing an educational training program for the County employees. Served as faculty member and advisor. Registrar, Assistant Registrar, Asst. Director Orientation. 1989-1994. Pacific University. Managed office of 5 in the Registrar s Office overseeing all enrollment and records functions, registration, degree 1
completion, articulation and evaluation and graduation. Also served as Asst. Director of Orientation. Conducted summer orientation programs and pre-fall orientation. Office Manager, Office of Financial Aid. 1988-1989. Portland State University. Managed the office of financial aid and front line staff plus 12+ student staff, oversaw all office customer service, awarding process, file review, and verification process. Credentials & Admissions Evaluation, Office of Admissions. 1985-1988. University of Oregon. Served on operations team, specialized in articulation, graduation clearances, admissions assessment, evaluation of credit. Assistant Registrar & Director of Evaluations, Assistant Purchasing Agent. 1981-1985. Western State College of Colorado. Managed the Evaluations (degree audit and progress towards degree) office and served as Assistant Registrar for the college. Responsible for registrar staff of 6 plus 6 student staff. Managed graduation. Education: Master of Science. Portland State University. Educational Policy & Administration/Higher Education. 1996. Bachelor of Science. Colorado State University. Health & Human Sciences. 1979. Professional Associations, Task Forces, Committees, Consulting: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, AACRAO: Vice President Enrollment Management & Admissions. 2008-2011. Program Coordinator, Group 1 Admissions & Enrollment Management, 2005-2007. Chair, Admissions Institutes/Admissions Management Workshops. 2000-2005. Developed and launched national admissions leadership development/training program for AACRAO. Chair, Admissions Policies & Practices Committee. 1998-1999. Committee member, Admissions Policies & Practices Committee. 1996-1997. Pacific Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, PACRAO: Past President. 2008-2009. President. 2007-2008. President-Elect. 2006-2007. Local Arrangements Conference Chair (LAC), PACRAO Annual Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2006. Nominations & Elections Committee member. 2000. Local Arrangement Publications Chair. PACRAO Annual Conference. 1999. Oregon Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, OrACRAO: 2
Past President. 2003-2004. President, 2002-2003. President-Elect. 2001-2002. Annual Conference Planning Committee. 1998-1999, 1991-1992. Articulation Committee. 1991-1992. National Association of College Admission Counselors, NACAC: Member. 2001-Present. Pacific Northwest Association of College Admission Counselors, PNACAC: Member. 2001-Present. National Association of Foreign Student Advisors, NAFSA: Member. 2001-Present. International Baccalaureate Americas, College & University Recognition Task Force, Americas, IB CURT: Chair. 2008-2011. Committee Member. 2005-2008. Local Arrangements Chair, IB World Student Conference,, August 2010. Joint Boards Articulation Commission. Oregon University System, 1999-2000. State of Oregon International Baccalaureate Alignment Task Force. 2009-2010. Chair, State of Oregon, Oregon Transfer Days Task Force. 2007-2009. Oregon Public University representative. Oregon State Dept. of Education Experience Credit Task Force. 2008-2009. Consultant/Trainer. Holistic Admissions, Use of Non-Cognitive Variables in Admissions. Oregon State University. 2002-Present. Consultant. Operations Re-Engineering, Office Efficiencies.. 1998 Present. Professional Awards, Articles, Presentations: 3
AACRAO National Tom Bilger Citation for Service Award. 2006. Sandlin, M. (2008). The Insight Resume: s Approach to Holistic Assessment. In Lauren, Barbara (Editor), The College Admissions Officers Guide (pp. 99-108). Washington, DC: American Association of Collegiate Registrar s and Admissions Officers. Sandlin, M. (2008). The International Baccalaureate: Part II-An Institutional Perspective. In Lauren, Barbara (Editor), The College Admissions Officers Guide (pp. 441-451). Washington, DC: American Association of Collegiate Registrar s and Admissions Officers Adjunct faculty member in the Master s of Arts program, College Student Services Administration Program,. Facilitate/instruct quarterly course in holistic admissions review. AACRAO Presentations: International Baccalaureate: Stating the Obvious! 2009 Strategic Enrollment Management Conference. A Call to Action at OSU: Holistic Admissions. 2007 AACRAO Annual Conference. Redefining Selective Admissions Part 1. 2006 Strategic Enrollment Management Conference (SEM). Redefining Selective Admissions Part 2. 2006 Strategic Enrollment Management Conference. Practical Solutions to Legal Challenges in Admissions. 2005 Annual Conference. IB in College Admissions. 2005 Annual Conference. The Degree Partnership Program. 2005 Annual Conference. Redefining the College Admissions Decision Process. 2004 Annual Conference. Best Practices in Admissions: AACRAO Admission Institutes. 2004 SEM Conference. Improving Admissions Practices through Non-Cognitive Assessment. 2004 SEM Conference. Admission Processing Communications/Calendaring. 2003 Annual Conference. Operations & Processing. 2003 Admissions Institutes. The Big Picture. 2002 Admissions Institutes. Operations & Processing. 2002 Admissions Institutes. Admissions Management Workshop: Processing. 2001 Consulting Tour. Admissions Management Workshop: Processing. 2000 Consulting Tour. Re-Engineering Admissions Processing. 1999 Annual Conference. PACRAO Presentations: Holistic Admissions: Adding Non-Cognitive Variables. 2007 Annual Conference. IB in College Admissions. 2007 Annual Conference. Holistic Admissions: The Additional Measure. 2005 Annual Conference. Improving Admissions Practices through Non-Cognitive Assessment. 2004 Annual Conference. Push Me Pull Me: Creating a Dual Admissions Partnership. 2004 Annual Conference. Residency Q&A Board. 2004 Annual Conference. The New Block Transfer Degree: Direct Transfer. 2003 Annual Conference. Office Reorganization: How to Structure the Process & the New Jobs. 2000 Annual Conference. True Dual Admissions & Co-Enrollment Partnership between a Public University & a Community 4
College. 2000 Annual Conference. Building a Web Online Application. 1997 Annual Conference. OrACRAO Presentations: Admissions 101/401 Workshop for New Professionals. 2010 OrACRAO Annual Conference. Oregon Transfer Days Task Force Update. 2009 Annual Conference. Oregon Transfer Days Task Force Update. 2008 Annual Conference. Holistic Admissions. 2005 Annual Conference. Dual Admissions & Co-Enrollment Partnership between a Public University & a Community College. 2001 Annual Conference. Office Re-Engineering: Admissions Processing. 2000 Annual Conference. NACAC Presentations: International Baccalaureate: Stating the Obvious! 2010 Annual Conference. Holistic Admissions: a Legal Approach. 2005 Annual Conference. Practical Solutions to Legal Challenges in Admissions. 2004 Annual Conference. PNACAC Presentations: Who s on the Team. 2007 Summer Institute. Holistic Admissions. 2007 Summer Institute. Who s on the Team. 2006 Summer Institute. Holistic Admissions, 2006 Summer Institute. Improving Admission Practices through Non-Cognitive Assessment. 2006 Annual Conference. The ABC s of Articulation. 1998 Annual Conference. IB Presentations/IB World Student Conference: Importance of IB to Universities. Presented to South American Universities representatives, May 2010, Costa Rica. IB in College Admissions. 2008 Annual ARC (Annual Regional Conference for the Americas Conference. IB World Conference at OSU 2010. 2008 ARC Conference. IB World Student Conference at OSU. August 2010. High achieving junior and seniors from around the world will be on campus for 1 week conference on global environmental issues. Partnership with OSU Admissions Office and Northwest IB Coordinators Association. Lead developer. National Scholarship Providers Association: Testing Non-Cognitive Assessment to Improve Admissions Practices & Scholarship Awarding. 2004. National Educational Marketing Association. 5
Practical Solutions to Legal Challenges in Admissions. 2006. References: Dr. Robert Bontrager Blake Vawter Director of Consulting Services & SEM Associate Director, Office of Admissions AACRAO American Association of Collegiate Registrar s and Admission Officers blake.vawter@oregonstate.edu bontragerb@aacrao.org or bob.acs@comcast.net 541-737-3597 541-740-6840 Dr. Robin Brown Carl Thomas Vice President for Enrollment & Access Associate Dean, Director of Admissions Colorado State University Eastern Oregon University Robin.Brown@ColoState.edu carl.thomas@eou.edu 970-491-2682 541-760-4997 Dr. Dan Arp Dennis Bailey-Fougnier Dean, Honors College Vice President for Student Services Cabrillo College Dan.J.Arp@oregonstate.edu dbailey@cabrillo.edu 541-737-1294 831-479-6100 **Dr. Larry Roper** Dr. Leslie Burns Vice Provost for Student Affairs Professor, Health & Human Sciences Larry.roper@oregonstate.edu leslie.burns@oregonstate.edu 541-737-3626 541-737-3796 1-479-.479.6100 Sandra Wade Pauly Alicia Moore University & Government Liaison Dean of Students & Enrollment Services International Baccalaureate Americas Central Oregon Community College Vancouver, BC, CANADA amoore@cocc.edu Sandra.wadepauly@ibo.org 541-383-7244 1-866-826-4262 or 604-733-8980 Jerry Sullivan Andrea Bisson Executive Director Assistant to the Provost AACRAO American Association of Collegiate Registrar s and Admission Officers andrea.bisson@oregonstate.edu sullivanj@aacrao.org 541-737-0733 202-293-9161 Wanda Simpson Munson 6
Dean of Enrollment Mgmt & College Registrar San Jacinto College District, Texas Wanda.Munson@sjcd.edu 281-669-4711 **Please do not contact without contacting me first, current employer. ** Thank you, Michele Sandlin Michele Sandlin 7