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VP for Student Affairs:MR. RICHARD HESTER
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April is the beginning of the end for the spring semester. This is the
time of year when emails about Honors Day, Springfest, and room-
mate selection collide with deadlines and interviews for our new
graduates. The days will fly by between now and commencement
on May 4th, but we have had a very productive semester. We are
happy to celebrate the end of this academic year and look forward
to what the next one will bring our way. The highlight of summer
semester normally revolves around camp season and new student
orientation. Before we know it, Academic year 2019-2020 will be
here.
Sincerely,
Admission
Brock Hall
NEWSLETTERPUBLISHED MONTHLY BY Will AtkinsonAsst. to VP for Student AffairsStation #56(205) [email protected]
DIRECTORS ADMISSIONSMrs. Libba BakerCAREER SERVICES & COUNSELING Ms. Tammy WhiteFINANCIAL AIDMr. Steve SmithHOUSINGMr. Luther GremmelsREGISTRARMrs. Susan SparkmanSTUDENT ACTIVITIESMr. Jason GardnerSTUDENT ACTIVITIESMr. Byron ThetfordSTUDENT SUPPORT SERVICESMs. Andrea FarquharUPWARD BOUNDMs. Vickie Pullum
UPCOMING MEETINGSApril 3, 2019May 1, 2019June 5, 2019
DATES TO REMEMBERSPRING PREVIEW #2April 6, 2019 RESIDUAL ACTMay 24, 2019 SUMMER ORIENTATIONMay 28, 2019
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Band
• Traveled to New Orleans and performed in three parades.
• Overall student feedback of the trip was very positive.
• The three (3) parades were part of the big-gest Krewes in New Orleans Mardi Gras.
• The trip was fully funded by the Krewes and the by fundraising efforts of the band mem-bers.
• Traveled to Birmingham and played for the GSC Men’s Basketball Semifinals.
• Hosted scholarship auditions for incoming stu-dents and all 12 who auditioned were offered scholarships.
• Continuing rehearsals in anticipation of the Spring Concert on April 18, 2019 in Bibb Graves Auditorium.
Campus Activities Board
• Hosted a UWA version of Deal or No Deal. (84 participants)
Cheerleaders
• Participated in Read Across America Day at both schools in Livingston.
• Several members judged six (6) different hig school cheer tryouts in Alabama and Missis-sippi.
• Cheered at the men’s home basketball playoff game, as well as, traveled to Birmingham to cheer at the GSC Tournament.
• March 16
• Hosted the annual UWA Cheer Camp (K-12) for students to learn from the UWA
Cheerleaders and perform at the Spring Football Game.
• Assisted with the drawdown for football
• Raised over $3,000 with both events.
• March 17 - Hosted the last tryout clinic with a record number in attendance (18).
• March 21 - Participated in World Down Syndrome Day. Some of the team members traveled to Gilbertown, Alabama to support the honorary team member, Anna Sikes, at her softball game.
• Upcoming Events
• April 3 - Attend a UWA Softball game as a team
• April 4 - End of the year banquet at Weid-mann’s in Meridian, Mississippi.
• April 13-14 - Cheer Tryouts to select the new team.
• TBA - Attend a UWA Baseball Game as a team
Intramurals• 19 softball teams (4 women’s, 8 co-rec, 7 men’s
teams, 178 participants)• 23 softball umpires trained• Completed soccer season (5 teams, 61 partici-
pants)• 2 teams for spikeball (4 participants)
STUDENT ACTIVITIESMR. JASON GARDNER
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STUDENT LIFEMR. BYRON THETFORD
By the NumbersEnrollment Comparison:• Applications - Fall 2019 vs Fall 2018
• 6,906 (-1,075) applications• 2,828 (-580) admits
• Transfer - 219 applications (-67) with 77 (-23) admits
• Freshman - 6,687 (-1,108) applica-tions with 2,751 (-557) admits
• Applications - Summer 2019 vs Summer 2018• 379 (-42) applications• 83 (-22) admits
• Transfer - 78 applications (+23) with 11 (+4) admits
• Freshman - 301 (-65) applications with 72 (-26) admits
• ECF Payments - Fall 2019 vs Fall 2018: • 158 (-14)
• 142 freshman (-14) and 16 transfer (no change)
Campus Tours:• August 15, 2018 - April 2, 2019: 168 (74%
check-in rate) • August 15, 2017- April 2, 2018: 166 (84%
check-in rate)
Scholarships: • Fall 2019 Freshman
• Reviewed- 976• Awarded- 785• FR Accepted- 92
• Fall 2019 Transfer• Reviewed- 30• Awarded- 23• TR Accepted- 11
Preview Days Registrations: • March 9 - 75 students / 46 guests (attended)• April 6 - 79 students / 106 guests
Orientation Registrations: 77• Summer: 4• Freshman: 65• Transfer: 10• August: 2Important Dates to Note: • April 6 – Spring Preview Day 2• May 24 - Residual ACT
Staff Notes:• Mr. Kirstan Cunningham continues to
prepare for the second Spring Preview Day scheduled for April 6 with check-in starting at 10:00 AM in Brock Y-Hall.
• Mrs. Emily Stuart attended the Campus Management Conference in Orlando, Florida March 25-29. She learned best practices for the Admissions CRM, Radius. The largest take away from the conference was gaining more knowledge on communication plans which are used for automatic communication with students throughout the admissions funnel.
• Hosted three College Night receptions in March. Accepted students from 20 counties were invited to attend, along with, local high school counselors, current UWA students, faculty, and staff. Overall, 57 students and 80 guests attended these events.
• UWA College Night Attendees: • Thomasville: 24 students / 34 guests• Tuscaloosa: 16 students / 26 guests • Birmingham: 17 students / 20 guests
Student Involvement • Sponsored Shot of Reality alcohol education
program in an effort to educate and inform students on campus.
• Met with leaders of the SGA and the College of Education to discuss student concerns on campus. The goal was to foster a positive and open line of communication to address areas of concern.
• Attended NASPA Annual Conference for pro-fessional development in order to learn about problems and emerging strategies in higher education.
Greek Life• Met with Phi Mu national advisor to discuss the
local chapter, as well as, national trends affect-ing Greeks on campuses.
Greek Week Winners
• Fraternities Homer Award – Delta Chi
• Sororities Homer Award – Alpha Sigma Alpha
• Greek Man of the Year – Terrell Malone
• Greek Woman of the Year – Abby Coley
• Highest Sorority GPA – Phi Mu
• Highest Fraternity GPA – Alpha Phi Alpha
• Fraternity Greek Games Winner – Delta Chi
• Sorority Greek Games Winner – Phi Mu
Fitness Center• Fitness Record Challenge
Men’s Winners
• Plank Wilbert Holmes 4:14.54
• Push Ups Chandler Thomason 66
• Squat Wilbert Holmes 425
• Bench Press DeAndre Meadows 320
Women’s Winners
• Pullups Ashlee Bernard 10
• Pushups Ellie McKenzie 54
• Squat(Reps) Savannah DeLuca 57
• Plank Summer Abston 3:02
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Housing Operations:• Housing Application Comparison
• New freshmen 78 (-33 from this time last year)
• Transfers 12 (-13 from this time last year)
• Current students 422 (+165 from this time last year)• Room selection dates are as follows:
• April 3 - Hoover Apartments Room Selection for groups of four
• April 5-11 - Upperclassman Room Selection • Mr. Jeremy Sheffield and the Housing Marketing interns are
continuing to update the Housing website.
Residence Life:
• Seven RAs, two RHA members, and Ms. Angela Ward attended the Mississippi State University College Leadership Conference on March 2.
• The RA Pre-Service Workshop for the 2019 – 2020 staff will take place on April 14.
• Residence Hall Association (RHA)
• RHA collaborated with Tay’la Robinson for the Spring Break Bash at Patterson Hall.
• The state conference, ALURH, will be at the University of South Alabama. Tiffany Willis and three RHA members will be attending.
• Plans are underway to attend the national RHA confer-ence, hosted by Louisiana State University, this summer.
Programming Highlights:
• Trezha Ruiz worked with Mrs. Shonna Tatum for blood pressure
checks and information for her Gilbert Hall residents.
• Sofia Meza (Gilbert Hall) hosted a panel discussion where senior
level nursing students were able to discuss their experiences and
provide tips and information to potential and incoming nursing
students.
• Abby Hawkins hosted One Last Drink, an alcohol awareness
program at Gilbert Hall. (pictured)
• Megan Morrison worked with her Gilbert residents for a cloth-
ing swap and donation drive.
• Mumeng Tu had story time at Stickney Hall in which she told
a story about the Chinese New Year and participants created a
traditional New Year scene on paper.
• Reed Hall residents enjoyed an ice cream social this month with
Tiffany Webb, while Selden residents had the opportunity to
discuss their values with Laken Reid.
• Alex McLeod worked with Mrs. Shonna Tatum to demonstrate
healthy alternative meals for Patterson residents.
HOUSINGMR. LUTHER GREMMELS
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FINANCIAL AIDMR. STEVE SMITH
• 2018-2019 Financial Aid Processing:
• As of April 3, 2019
• Downloaded 4,083 ISIRs (579 since last report)
• Packaged 2,479 awards (239 since last report)
• 712 selected for verification (80 since last report)
• 179 verifications completed (24 since last report)
• Delinquent Loans Activity:
• The following delinquency emails were sent in March 2019:
• 454 emails to those who are 31-134 days delinquent
• 154 emails to those who are 75-115 days delinquent
• 143 emails to those who are 135-239 days delinquent
• 74 emails to those who are 240+ days delinquent
• 825 TOTAL emails
• These students are at risk of defaulting on federal student loans.
• 65 letters/emails were sent from the period February 16, 2019 through March 13, 2019 advising
those that are in default to contact their student loan servicer to resolve their defaulted loan(s).
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Upcoming:
• April 4 - Education Interview Day
• April 8 - Assist with UWA Nursing Job Fair
• April 15 - CPI Grant Report due
• April 16 - Etiquette Dinner
• April 23 - Training for our new Career
Management System/Job Board Platform
Counseling Services
Individual Student Contacts: 45
• Counseling Sessions – 41
• New Student Intakes - 4
Events/Meetings/Other:
• Meeting with Active Minds President and Dr.
Nisha Warbington
• ADA Services
• Participated in the Homer Award Program
• Attended the Customer Service Training
• Maxient Data Entry
• Attended the DHR Quality Assurance Review
Session
Presentations:
• Small Group for Student Support Services (6
attended)
• Suicide Awareness Training for UWA 101 (15
attended)
Upcoming:
• Small Groups and Workshop
• Child Abuse Awareness Campaign
UPWARD BOUNDMS. VICKIE PULLUM
• March 9 - Hosted its 3rd Spring 2019 Saturday Session
• 62 participants were in attendance
• March 19 - Participated in a Customer Service Training Session
• Continuing to plan for Upward Bounds Summer Scholar Program 2019
• Summer Commitment Forms have been mailed to all participants
• Upward Bound Senior participant, De ’Asia Childress, received a scholarship from Alabama A&M
University for $34,444.00.
Upcoming:
• April 27 - Saturday Session scheduled
• Upward Bound Staff will continue to finalize plans for Summer Scholar Program 2019
Career Services
Classes/Group Presentations:
• Gilbert Hall Residents – Spoke on summer
jobs, internships,resources and preparation
(16 students)
• Presentation to second year nursing students
on Professionalism and Resume Building (52
students)
• BA 404 Professional Development - Micro
internships and census bureau jobs
Recruiting/Referrals:
• Vivint/Smart Home Pros Information
Session (20 attended)
Individual Student Contacts: Total - 45
• Resume advice/critiques: 39
• Mock Interviews: 1
• Other: 5
Other:
• March 7 - C2C Team Planning Meeting
• March 8 - COLA Career Conference (19
students registered)
• Consisted of a panel of 4 alumni sharing
information on their careers and tips that
helped them following college.
• Additional networking hour with
representatives from The University of
Alabama Graduate School and UWA
Graduate School, West Alabama Mental
Health and Express Employment
Professionals.
• March 13 - CPI Reporting meeting with Mrs.
Veronica Triplett
• March 14 Connections Senior Seminar (37
students attended). Included 10 employer
representatives for networking and informative
Career Readiness Sessions.
• March 22 - phone call with Darryl Ann
Watkins (CPI Team)
• Attended Athletic Training informational
meeting discussing changes in the Master’s
program in that area.
• Staff and Mr. Mike Jones participated in a
NACE Webinar on Career Readiness and
Student Athletes.
• Attended Customer Service Training on the
UWA campus.
• Participated in Barnes & Noble Graduation
Fair.
• Attended CPI Webinar on Modern Day
Apprenticeships.
CAREER SERVICES & COUNSELING CENTERMS. TAMMY WHITE
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REGISTRARMRS. SUSAN SPARKMAN
• March 1 - 2019 Spring One Online Session ended
• March 11 - 2019 Spring Two Online Session began
• March 12-13 - Mrs. April Atkinson attended the NCAA Regional Com-pliance meeting in Birmingham, AL
• March 18 - Summer and Fall On-Campus class schedules entered and posted
• April 1 - Pre-registration for all campus and online terms for summer and fall opened
• April 6-11 - Mrs. Susan Sparkman and Mrs. April Atkinson will be at-tending the Ellucian Live Conference in New Orleans, LA
• The last day to drop a campus class without academic penalty was March 1. The last day to drop an online class without academic penalty is April 8
• 512 transcripts were processed during the month of March 2018 as com-pared to 509 during March 2019.
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STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES MS. ANDREA FARQUHAR
Annual Performance Review (2017-18) • Submitted to Department of Education on
March 4, 2019• Exceeded all four grant goals
• 70% of students served were both First-generation and Low-Income eligible (Goal: 66%)
• 90% retention rate (Goal: 80%)• 95% of students in Academic Good
Standing (Goal: 90%)• 48% graduation rate for 2012-13 cohort
(Goal: 40%)• Graduation rate from 2009-2013:
49.5%• Earned all possible Prior Experience Points
(15)• This score will be applied to score of
upcoming grant competition for 2020-25
Individual Meetings:• Planning schedules for summer and fall
2019• Providing letters of recommendation• Mid-semester goal evaluations• FAFSA and KHEAA verification assistance
By the Numbers:• 15 tutors• Tutoring for 36 different courses• 62 tutees
• 94 individual tutorial sessions per week Workshops:• Dr. Coleman - Family Conflicts and
Resolution• Ms. Tanzie Brown - Tutor training:
Questioning strategies, Active learning and listening
• Ms. Jessica Lotz - Paying Back Student Loans• Ms. Chelsea Ross - Cheaper Textbooks and
Access CodesThe “SSS FLi Society” Student Club:• Donated 105 items to the UWA Food Pantry• Visited UWA Upward Bound students to share
college experienceUpcoming:• Assist students in planning summer and fall
courses• Guide students regarding summer financial
aid packages and semester costs• Assist students in completing the 2019-20
FAFSA• Help students complete KHEAA Verification• Begin recruiting freshmen for Fall 2019• Continue tutor training • Host SSS Awards Banquet
CAMPS AND EVENTS/UNIVERSITY CINEMAMS. DANIELLE MILLER
Summer Camps:
• Interviewing potential summer conference staff positions
• Finalizing camp schedules with 15 camps scheduled to date.
Miss UWA:
• Participated in Children Miracle Network Hospital Week.
• Voice lessons with Dr. Chris Shelt in preparation for Miss Alabama Competition this June.
Upcoming Events:
• April 9 - Miss UWA will perform her Miss Alabama competition talent at the Miss Paragon Pageant
• April 5 – 11 - Five Feet Apart (University Cinema)
• April 19 – 25 - Captain Marvel (University Cinema)
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