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Enrollment Comparisons Intramural Participation Breakdown
JANUARY 2019
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S T U D E N T A F F A I R S
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Student Attendance at Events
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Admission
Brock Hall
Student Life
Student Union
Student
Activities
Student Union
Student
Support
Services
Foust Hall
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Counseling &
Career Services
Foust Hall
Upward
Bound
Foust Hall
Registrar
Webb Hall
Financial Aid
Webb 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 MEETINGSJanuary 9, 2019February 6, 2019March 6, 2019April 3, 2019May 1, 2019
DATES TO REMEMBERSPRING PREVIEW #1March 9, 2019 RESIDUAL ACTMarch 22, 2019 SPRING PREVIEW #2April 6, 2019 RESIDUAL ACTMay 24, 2019 SUMMER ORIENTATIONMay 28, 2019
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VP for Student Affairs:MR. RICHARD HESTER
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Happy New Year!
I hope everyone’s holiday break was refreshing and you are ready for
the beginning of another semester. It’s good to see students return-
ing to campus and know that classes are back in session. Spring is
an exciting time for our areas and we have a lot to look forward to in
2019. As we start this new semester and year, I want to wish you all
great success and thank you for the job you do.
Sincerely,
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STUDENT LIFEMR. BYRON THETFORD
HOUSINGMR. LUTHER GREMMELS
Housing Operations:
• At the beginning of the fall semester, the
occupancy was 892 residents. At the end
of the fall semester, 889 residents were still
living on campus.
• Completing the final stages of setting up
MyCollegeRoomie, the new roommate
matching service. Testing of the service is
planned for later this month.
• There have been ten Spring 2019 Housing
applications received from new freshman,
15 applications from new transfer students,
and 9 applications from off-campus stu-
dents.
• The Fall 2019 Housing application for new
students went live on January 1.
Residence Life:
• Resident Assistant applications for the
2019-20 school year were posted on the
Housing portal on December 10, 2018 and
deadline is January 25, 2019.
• Twelve candidates applied to be hall direc-
tors for the 2019-20 school year. After
screening of applications and initial inter-
views, six candidates were invited to the
final stage of the selection process, which
includes a case-study presentation and for-
mal interview.
• Programming Highlights:
• Several exam preparation programs
were held at the end of the Fall semes-
ter.
• Kay Jones and the Hoover staff had
Dr. Jane Coleman speak with stu-
dents about stress relief and then
offered residents the opportunity to
Paint Your Stress Away.
• Jakyser Lett and Megan Morri-
son at Gilbert Hall hosted Dr. Jane
Coleman as she discussed the im-
portance of sleep.
• Kaitlyn Strachan hosted a late night
breakfast at Gilbert Hall.
Student Involvement:
• This fall, the SGA had two of the members of our executive council graduate so the new ex-ecutive council for the Spring 2019 Semester is:
• President – Anthony Abner
• Vice- President – Nick Noland
• Business Manager - Ian Hester
• Secretary – Brandy Rankins
Greek Life:• Order of Omega, the national honor society
for the fraternity and sorority members met to elect their leaders for the coming year. The executive council for the 2019 year consists of:• President – Baylee Gardner• Vice- President – Anthony Abner• Secretary – Bryce Turner• Treasurer – Ashley McMinn• These young men and women are excel-
lent leaders not only in our Greek sys-tem here at UWA, but across campus as well. Great things are expected from this group.
• A continued high academic performance is necessary to excel in a Greek organization
here at UWA. Each fraternity or sorority has specific national standards...individually and as a chapter. The preliminary report indicates that the GPA for all fraternity and sorority members here at UWA is a 2.76 which is above the campus average.
Fitness Center:
• A special “thank you” to Kerry, Savannah, and Edward of the Fitness Center Staff for their work during the break. Having the SUB loca-tion open for the community of Livingston creates a need for staffing during the break and several staff members agreed to work so that the SUB location could be open.
By the Numbers:
• 1,264 individuals use the facility which equated to over 13,000 visits.
University Club:
• The Christmas Cocktail on December 8th boasted 43 members in attendance. A great time was had by all around the fire in the Stu-dent Union Building (SUB) many of whom wore their favorite “tacky Christmas” attire.
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ADMISSIONSMRS. LIBBA BAKER
By the NumbersEnrollment Comparison:• Fall 2019 Applications vs Fall 2018 Applications
• 5,883 (-1,071) applications• 2,311 (-169) admits
• Transfer - 99 applications (-10) with 22 (-7) admits• Freshman - 5,784 (-1,061) applications with 2,289 (-162)
admits• Spring 2019 Applications vs Spring 2018 Applications
• 464 (+55) applications• 109 (+21) admits
• Transfer - 182 applications (-28) with 48 (-4) admits• Freshman - 282 (+83) applications with 61 (+25) admits
• Summer 2019 Applications vs Summer 2018 Applications• 267 (-44) applications• 48 (-30) admits
• Transfer - 26 applications (+18) with 1 (no change) ad-mits
• Freshman - 241 (-62) applications with 47 (-30) admits
• Fall 2019 ECF Payments: 16 (15 freshman and 1 transfer) • Spring 2019 ECF Payments: 57 (20 freshman and 37 transfer) • Spring 2019 Orientation Registrations: 26 (11 freshman and 15
transfer) • Spring 2019 Orientation Attendees: 23 (10 freshman and 13
transfer) • Campus tours from August 15, 2018 - January 4, 2019: 81 (64%
check-in rate) an increase of 20 from 2017.
Other:• The Office of Admissions is excited to welcome Ms. BreAnna
Johnson to her new role as a Regional Recruiter. She will be as-signed to the central and east Alabama area.
• Mr. Kirstan Cunningham will be taking over the west Alabama area.
Upcoming: • March 9 – Spring Preview Day 1• March 22 – Residual ACT • April 6 – Spring Preview Day 2• May 24 - Residual ACT
• Fall 2019 - Freshman• Reviewed - 798• Awarded - 690• Accepted - 43
• Fall 2019 - Transfer• Reviewed - 4• Awarded - 4• Accepted -2
• Spring 2019 - Freshman• Reviewed - 16• Awarded - 9• Accepted - 6
• Spring 2019 - Transfer• Reviewed - 13• Awarded - 4• Accepted - 4
Scholarships:
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• Student Activities
• Hosted the annual UWA Christmas Tree
Lighting with 156 in attendance.
• Campus Activities Board (CAB)
• Event Attendance - 3,714
• Serendipity - 1,123
• Bingo for Bucks - 512
• Get on Board Day - 386
• Thompson Square Concert - 367
• Casino Night - 256
• Campus Ghost Tour - 243
• Emotion Matrix - 212
• Late Night at the Caf - 211
• Black Panther - 206
• Downtown Ghost Tour - 148
• Massages at Gilbert - 50
• RIP Micheals (Rescheduled for spring)
• Fireworks (Cancelled - weather)
• Cheerleaders
• Continued cheering at men’s and women’s basketball games
• Host two (2) tryout clinics for UWA Cheer hopefuls
• Host a kids clinic for K-8 where they will potentially perform at the Spring football game
• Planned community service with the cam-pus school and the University Charter School
• Various fundraising activities for items needed throughout the program
• Band• 5 current band students, along with sev-
eral former band students, graduated last month.
• 16 students participated in our graduation ensemble.
• A trumpet quartet performed at the down-town Christmas tree lighting.
• Overall semester GPA is up 2.87 which is higher than the campus average.
• Intramurals
• Participation charts on the next page
STUDENT ACTIVITIESMR. JASON GARDNER
• Intramurals
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Counseling Services
• Individual Student Contacts: Total - 8
• Counseling Sessions: 8
• Other
• Attended ADA planning meeting
• Substance Abuse Education Class – 1 stu-
dent attended
• Maxient data entry
• ADA Coordinator
• In November, an ADA Satisfaction Survey
was distributed to all students receiving
services throughout the semester (48) to assess
if their needs were met. Three (3) categories
were the emphasis; (1) Housing (2) Academic
and/or (3) Emotional Support. To date, 17 (13
on campus/4 online) students have completed
the survey.
• Areas of greatest satisfaction
include: Initial meeting with ADA
Coordinator, Housing Office’s method
of meeting their accommodations and
process for notifying instructors of their
accommodations.
• Areas of least satisfaction include:
Instructor’s method of meeting their
accommodations, availability of faculty
to meet their needs, and effectiveness of
accommodations provided.
• The survey currently remains open.
• With the trend of more online students
requesting accommodations, it has been
requested that Dr. Jan Miller provide an ADA
Coordinator for online students and she is in
agreement and the request is being reviewed.
• Dr. Jane Coleman will now serve as
Disability Specialist to help with ADA student
needs.
UPWARD BOUNDMS. VICKIE PULLUM
• December 1 - Hosted the 4th Saturday Ses-
sion
• 47 participants in attendance
• December 5 - Upward Bound Staff completed/
submitted the Annual Progress Report (APR) for
Upward Bound 2017-2018
• The due date for the Annual Progress Report
(APR) was changed to December 06, 2018.
• The staff has been working on the Upward
Bound Policy and Procedure Manual
• Upcoming...
• January 26 - Saturday Session
• UB Staff will continue interviewing/accepting
applications until all available slots are filled.
Career Services
• Recruiting/Referrals
• Emailed the Marengo County Schools
Superintendent a list Elementary Education
December graduates for a position opening.
• Individual Student Contacts: Total - 10
• Resume advice/critiques: 2
• Other: 8
• Other
• Hosted Senior Sendoff at the Bookstore
during cap and gown pick up to increase the
number of graduates completing the First
Destination Survey and provided refresh-
ments. Result: Increased the number of
responses by 100+
• Ms. Tammy White attended the University
Charter School (UCS) first Business and
Industry Partnership meeting.
• Mrs. Allie Mills attended SoACE Confer-
ence in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Sent Education Interview Day (EID) invi-
tations to 157 school systems (Event: April
4, 2019).
• Completed adding all of Fall 2017 gradu-
ate information into the NACE Class of
2018 reporting spreadsheet and working on
Spring 2018 results data.
• Phone call with Darryl Ann Watkins as a
follow up to the CPI Site visit from Novem-
ber.
• Collaborated with Ms. Angel Jowers and
Ms. Danielle Buckalew and information
was sent to EMSI for UNCF project to re-
ceive 15 reports of alumni outcomes data
• Upcoming
• Mrs. Allie Mills will attend Education
Design Lab Convening in Virginia: January
7-9, 2019.
• Staff will attend the Alabama Association
of Colleges and Employers Winter Workshop
in Tuscaloosa.
• GD Copper will interview on campus on
January 29, 2019.
• Planning several events for spring and
working to confirm dates/logistics
• Creation of a university-wide internship
database.
CAREER SERVICES & COUNSELING CENTERMS. TAMMY WHITE
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STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES MS. ANDREA FARQUHAR
By the Numbers
• 15 SSS students graduated the fall
• 12 SSS students made President’s List and 36 Dean’s List
• 72 SSS students had a 3.00+ GPA in fall semester
• 39% of SSS first semester freshmen earned a 3.0 GPA or greater
• 100% of SSS conditionally admitted freshmen earned a 2.0 GPA or greater
• Individual Meetings:
• Conducted more than 35 individual meetings with students in the first week of December, providing a variety of support services including:
• Making changes to spring schedules
• Providing information regarding academic warning, probation and suspension
• Meeting with graduates to discuss future plans, assist with graduate school applications
• SSS presented two workshops in December:
• Finals Prep – 32 students attended
• Health Insurance Sign-up – shared with students without health insurance
• The “SSS FLi Society” Student Club:
• Raised $155 for SSS students in California who were the victims of the Camp Fire this fall. Two SSS students there lost their homes.
• Elected new officers to replace out-going officers:
• Justin Whitson – President
• Zach Collins – Vice President
• Samantha Day – Treasurer
• Be’Ana Wade – Secretary
• Upcoming:
• Assist students with schedule changes.
• Meet with students to set semester goals, set up tutoring, and figure out budgets.
• Assist students in completing the 2019-20 FAFSA.
FINANCIAL AIDMR. STEVE SMITH
• 2018-2019 Financial Aid Processing:• As of January 2, 2019 • Downloaded 10,603 ISIRs (334 this month)• Packaged 7,653 awards (316 this month)• 1,815 selected for verification (19 this month)• 919 verifications completed (49 this month)
• Delinquent Loans Activity: • The following delinquency emails were sent in
December 2018:• 333 emails to those who are 31-134 days
delinquent• 44 emails to those who are 75-115 days de-
linquent• 139 emails to those who are 135-239 days
delinquent• 97 emails to those who are 240+ days delinquent• 613 TOTAL emails
• These students are at risk of defaulting on federal student loans.• 22 letters/emails were sent from the period November 15 through December 13, 2018 advising
those that are in default to contact their student loan servicer to resolve their defaulted loan(s).
Update:• Beginning with the spring 2019 term, all students will be awarded federal aid in an offered status
and will be directed to their self-service account to accept the aid that they wish to receive.
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