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TACRAO 2023
Oct 29, 2023 - Nov 01, 2023 • Denton, Texas
PROGRAM SESSIONS
Pre-Conference Workshops
Sunday 10/29/23, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Fred Russell Strategic Enrollment Management Workshop
S.1.7 Arabian
Rob Hornberger
Pre-Conference Committee Meetings
Sunday 10/29/23, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
High School Relations Committee Meeting
O'Reilly
Pre-Conference Workshops
Sunday 10/29/23, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
National Student Clearinghouse Workshop
S.1.5 Fort Worth/Dallas/Denton
Tina Damico, Julie Esau, Andi Liner
Session M.1
Monday 10/30/23, 8:00am - 8:50am
Building a Successful Team
M.1.10 Appaloosa
Daniel Villanueva
CBM Reporting Updates
M.1.8 Palomino
Torca Bunton
Collaborating for Success: Leveraging Partnerships to Maximize Transfer Pathways with the FOS Curriculum
M.1.9 Quarter
Catherine Olivarez Ph.D, Jessica Stubsjoen, Patrick Vasquez
Creating a Transfer Equivalency and Syllabus Information Database for Faculty
M.1.7 Arabian
Steven Morales
Creating Connection: Simple Strategies for Employee Engagement
M.1.6 Dallas
Rebecca Hapes, Venesa Heidick
Recruitment 101: Tips & Tricks
M.1.5 Fort Worth
Katie Ramirez
Thank You for Your Service: Military Evaluation Best Practices
M.1.4 Denton
Hector Cerda Dyer
Session M.2
Monday 10/30/23, 9:20am - 10:10am
Commencement Timelines & Communications
M.2.4 Denton
Sofia Almeda, Esteban Garcia
For Me F R I D A Y: Yes, Just for YOU (and your team)!
M.2.10 Appaloosa
Kristi Fonseca-Williams
Growing Up in Admissions
M.2.7 Arabian
Rebecca Perfecto, Anam Iqbal, Tiffany Lipscomb
Hot Topics: Residency
M.2.8 Palomino
Mark Ammann
Internal Office Audits: Where Do We Go From Here?
M.2.5 Fort Worth
Leslie Fowler, D'Ann Holubec
Keys to Student Success through Promise Partnerships
M.2.3 Connemara
Amanda Nickerson
Registrar 101
M.2.9 Quarter
Nichole Mancone Fisher
Softdocs - Access & Efficiency: Exploring the Benefits of Document Management and Process Automation with Softdocs
M.2.1 O'Reilly
Abe Gruber, Chad Shrout
The Pursuit of Happiness: Providing Access to Higher Education for Students With Intellectual Disabilities
M.2.15 Kerry
Kenneth Evans
Using Ambassadors in Enrollment Management
M.2.6 Dallas
Daniel Villanueva
ZogoTech - Leveraging Data for Student Success and Performance-Based Funding
M.2.2 Wicklow
Michael Nguyen, Kate Richardson
Session M.3
Monday 10/30/23, 10:20am - 11:10am
After Hours Services for CC Students (Dallas College)
M.3.3 Connemara
Jarlene DeCay
Building Infrastructure for Optimal Training and Professional Development Programs
M.3.4 Denton
Regina Middleton, M.S., & M.Ed.
Empowering the Enrollment Management Team to Empower Students for Success
M.3.1 O'Reilly
Katie Ramirez
Hot Topics: 4 Year Registrars
M.3.9 Quarter
Hannah McDonald
I Want My Life Back! Taming the Outlook Monster
M.3.6 Dallas
Melissa Hyatt
Maximizing College Opportunities through Workforce Education and Community Recruitment
M.3.10 Appaloosa
Deidra Carpenter, Kate Smith
Nightmare Audit Tales
M.3.7 Arabian
Lorena Rios, David Short
Two Worlds - One Galaxy: How UTSA works to keep the very different personalities in Admission Recruitment and Admission Processing working together.
M.3.8 Palomino
Morgan Beard, Ana Rodriguez PhD
Updates from AACRAO
M.3.5 Fort Worth
Chris Huang
Workday Student Hands-on Workshop
M.3.2 Wicklow
Hector Perea Jr., Nate Bannick, Nick Gianforte
Working (and Playing Nice) With Faculty
M.3.15 Kerry
Alejandra Holt, Brandy Simpkins Piner
Session M.4
Monday 10/30/23, 1:30pm - 2:20pm
Are We There Yet? An Overview of UTRGV Enrollment Data Warehouse and Dashboards
M.4.15 Kerry
Xinmin Chen, Elia Rodriguez
Audit Committee Meeting
Monday 10/30/23, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Audit Committee Meeting
Pat Howell Board Room
Session M.4
Monday 10/30/23, 1:30pm - 2:20pm
Building your own Brand and Career Mobility
M.4.4 Denton
Gisele Abron
Burnout Among Servant Leaders in Higher Education
M.4.8 Palomino
Troy G. White
Collaborating on Student Services: Registrar and One-Stop
M.4.6 Dallas
Jennifer Love, Eric Poch, Jessica Rodriguez, Brenda Schumann, Ph.D.
CollegeBoard - The Evolution of Student Search: Meeting the Needs of Users in a Changing Landscape
M.4.1 O'Reilly
Jason Hale, Robert Hogeda, Jr., Craig Howard, Ana K. Rodriguez
E-mails, To-Do Lists and Tasks…Oh My! SharePoint to the Rescue
M.4.9 Quarter
Alejandra Holt, Roxanne L. Lozano, MSOL
Enhancement to Visiting Student Application: From Paper to Electronic
M.4.3 Connemara
Alison Mann
Hot Topics: Commencement (Up to 5k enrollment)
M.4.5 Fort Worth
Ashley Deck, Colleen Moore, Andrea Wiste
Hot Topics: 2 Year Registrars
M.4.7 Arabian
Erin Holliday
Think College Inclusive Higher Education Network Project – College Programming for Students with Intellectual Disability
M.4.10 Appaloosa
Mindy Lingo PhD
Transfer Advising Best Practices
M.4.2 Wicklow
Kate Bell-Miller, Laura Escamilla
Session M.5
Monday 10/30/23, 2:30pm - 3:20pm
Coursedog - Empower Students & Administrators With Unified Academic Operations
M.5.2 Wicklow
Britain Games
Enhancing the Student Experience with Salesforce – How UNT is Using Salesforce to Create Personalized, Data-driven, and Seamless Interactions with Students
M.5.5 Fort Worth
Jennifer Lee, Brooke Moore
Finding and Keeping Talent - When the Hiring Pool is Very Shallow
M.5.7 Arabian
Martha Fraire-Cuellar, Rebecca Griffith, Rebecca Lothringer
Hip Hip Hooray! Celebrating Commencement With South Texas College
M.5.6 Dallas
Cynthia Blanco, Hector Cerda
Hot Topics: Admissions
M.5.10 Appaloosa
Chris Reed
Hot Topics: Public Institutions
M.5.8 Palomino
Melinda Carroll
I’ll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours: An Enrollment Reporting Roundtable
M.5.9 Quarter
Taylor Gonzales, Cathy Littleton
Motimatic - How to Reach, Motivate & Enroll More Students For Spring Registration
M.5.3 Connemara
Dan Curtis
Supporting Veteran Transfers and Military Credits
M.5.15 Kerry
Philip Hoy
The Data Literacy Gap: What is it and why Texas Higher Education Needs new Approaches
M.5.4 Denton
Jason Simon
uAchieve Planning + Audit = a New & Improved Path to Graduation
M.5.1 O'Reilly
Chris Starkey
Town Hall Meeting
Monday 10/30/23, 3:50pm - 5:00pm
Town Hall Meeting
Palomino
Session T.1
Tuesday 10/31/23, 8:00am - 8:50am
Boldly Pursuing Stop-Out Students
T.1.10 Appaloosa
John Carrillo
CollegeSource - Using Technology to Implement Transfer Best Practices
T.1.1 O'Reilly
John Panzica
CourseLeaf Suite: Leveraging CourseLeaf to Ensure Compliance at a Decentralized Institution
T.1.5 Fort Worth
Stephanie Contreras, Anne Delgado, M.B.A.
DegreeSight - The Rising Necessity of Credit Calculators Abstract: The transcript evaluation has evolved.
T.1.2 Wicklow
Chelsea Bassett, David Cook
FERPA 101
T.1.8 Palomino
LeRoy Rooker
Let’s Be Greater Together! Cross-Training and Interdepartmental Collaboration
T.1.6 Dallas
Viany Carver, Hector Cerda
Managing SIS Security Classes
T.1.13 Pioneer I & II
David Short, Taylor Stephenson
Navigating the journey…Turning a bumpy road into smooth sailing
T.1.9 Quarter
Rebecca Hapes
Non-Traditional Ceremonies & the Practices that Support Them
T.1.4 Denton
Sofia Almeda
Session T.2
Tuesday 10/31/23, 9:20am - 10:10am
Alternative Credentials - Micro-Credentials and Digital Badges
T.2.10 Appaloosa
Brenda Schumann, Ph.D.
Cambridge - Cowboys and Cambridge: Translating the Brits for Texas!
T.2.1 O'Reilly
Adina Chapman
CourseLeaf - Transforming the Student Planning, Advising, and Registration Experience
T.2.2 Wicklow
Kevin Stejskal
CRM software just for marketing? THINK AGAIN!
T.2.4 Denton
Erin Holliday
Empowering Dreams: Cultivating College-Going Culture with Student Workers in K-12 and Admissions Initiatives
T.2.9 Quarter
Monse Navarro, Ralie Sutton
Financial Aid 101 for Admissions and Registrar Professionals
T.2.7 Arabian
Tonya Richardson-Dean
Five Love Languages for Work
T.2.14 Pioneer III & IV
Virginia Leathers
Fostering Workplace Inclusion: Authentic Leadership
T.2.5 Fort Worth
Anne Delgado, Blanca E. Guerra, Ph.D.
Handling Fresh Start and Subpoenas - are We All Doing it the Same Way?
T.2.8 Palomino
Cynthia Blanco, Lorena Rios
How to stop the Transfer Swirl
T.2.15 Kerry
Christine Hubbard
No more paper! Going Online with your Forms
T.2.6 Dallas
Michelle Shoemaker
Recruiter Olympics
T.2.11 Chilton
Monique Burkley, Teddy Walker
Texas Legislative Updates
T.2.13 Pioneer I & II
Jodie Rexroat
Session T.3
Tuesday 10/31/23, 10:20am - 11:10am
Applying FERPA in Real Life Situations
T.3.8 Palomino
LeRoy Rooker, Brenda Schumann, Ph.D
Building a Data Warehouse in SAS from Scratch for Automation and Visualization
T.3.4 Denton
Matthew Fields, Nadia Mankins
DEI and Student Success
T.3.3 Connemara
Danny Roe
Hot Topics: Commencement (15k+ enrollment)
T.3.10 Appaloosa
Jennifer McDowell
Improv to Improve: A Comedic Approach to Customer Service
T.3.9 Quarter
Jennifer Cunningham
Maximizing the National Student Clearinghouse Services
T.3.15 Kerry
Mongoose - Student Engagement Super “Fans†Unite
T.3.2 Wicklow
KJ Moses, Jennifer Beal, Michael Sanders
Strategic Recruitment Planning 101
T.3.13 Pioneer I & II
Andi Scott
The TCCNS and Texas Transfer Topics
T.3.7 Arabian
Hector Cerda, Kristin McDonald-Willey, John Spencer, Isaiah Vance
Transfer Recruitment
T.3.6 Dallas
Erik Cortez
Session T.4
Tuesday 10/31/23, 1:15pm - 2:05pm
Ad Astra - Optimizing the Course Schedule for Student Success
T.4.1 O'Reilly
Luke Kearney, John Spencer, Christine Stewart
CourseLeaf CAT on a Farm: Running on Different Silos
T.4.5 Fort Worth
Stephanie Contreras, Anne Delgado
Dealing with Difficult Students
T.4.10 Appaloosa
Bobbie Brown
Hot Topics: DEI and SB17
T.4.14 Pioneer III & IV
Kenneth Evans
Hot Topics: Graduate and Professional Schools
T.4.3 Connemara
Latoya Whitaker, Ed.D
Hot Topics: Health-Related Institutions
T.4.9 Quarter
Amanda McSween
Hot Topics: Private Institutions
T.4.8 Palomino
Joe Papari
Hot Topics: Recruitment
T.4.13 Pioneer I & II
Dali Hatanville, Andi Scott
Shamrock Solutions - Revolutionize Transcript Processing with Intelligent Automation
T.4.2 Wicklow
Brittany Leclerc, Janek Pfeifer
Whats the Deal with Articulation Agreements?
T.4.15 Kerry
Loida Gonzalez Utley
Workplace Connections: An Introverts and Extroverts' Perspective
T.4.4 Denton
Anam Iqbal, Michael Klinck
Session T.5
Tuesday 10/31/23, 2:15pm - 3:05pm
Creating Familismo (sense of belonging) in your office and on your campus
T.5.15 Kerry
Natasha Brown-Lewelling, Ana Piña, Pedro Portillo
Hot Topics - Legal Issues
T.5.10 Appaloosa
Jodie Rexroat
Hot Topics: Commencement (6k - 15k enrollment)
T.5.8 Palomino
Paige Bussell
How to Give an Effective Presentation - Selling your College to Students
T.5.7 Arabian
Cody Vasquez
Office Yoga and Mindfulness
T.5.9 Quarter
Danee Mitchell
Outdoor Commencement Ceremonies: A Panel of Experiences
T.5.4 Denton
Sofia Almeda, Bobby Lothringer, Justin Schilke
Paradigm Inc - Enhancing Academic Recognition: Tailored Solutions for Diplomas, Diploma Covers, and Digital Credentials
T.5.3 Connemara
Shawn Owen
SEVP Updates
T.5.6 Dallas
Adam Harold
WaitWell - Optimize student service delivery with WaitWell’s queue management and workflow solution.
T.5.2 Wicklow
Jeff Shikaze
Regional Meetings
Tuesday 10/31/23, 3:35pm - 4:20pm
CenTACRAO (Central Texas) Regional Meeting
T.6.3 Connemara
ETACRAO (East Texas) Regional Meeting
T.6.15 Kerry
NTCCURAO (North Texas) Regional Meeting
T.6.7 Arabian
SETACRAO (Southeast Texas) Regional Meeting
T.6.9 Quarter
STACRAO (South Texas) Regional Meeting
T.6.10 Appaloosa
WTACRAO (West Texas) Regional Meeting
T.6.8 Palomino
Battle of the Regions
Tuesday 10/31/23, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Battle of the Regions
Rathdangan Event Lawn
Session W.1
Wednesday 11/1/23, 8:00am - 8:50am
Birds of a Feather: Colleague
W.1.8 Palomino
Diane Brice
Birds of a Feather: Jenzabar
W.1.9 Quarter
Ashley Fleeks, Alex Perez
Birds of a Feather: PeopleSoft
W.1.10 Appaloosa
Tiffany Wendt
Birds of a Feather: Workday
W.1.7 Arabian
Connie Wall
Session W.2
Wednesday 11/1/23, 9:00am - 9:50am
Birds of a Feather: Anthology
W.2.7 Arabian
Elizabeth Adamson
Birds of a Feather: Banner
W.2.10 Appaloosa
Justin Schilke
Birds of a Feather: Ellucian CAPP
W.2.9 Quarter
Ben Milum
Birds of a Feather: Ellucian Colleague State Reporting Group
W.2.8 Palomino
Scott Branum