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TACRAO 2024
Nov 10, 2024 - Nov 13, 2024 San Marcos, TX
PROGRAM SESSIONS
Pre-Conference Workshops (Registration Required)
Sunday 11/10/24, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
National Student Clearinghouse - Pre-Conference Workshop
Veramendi A
Tina Damico
SEM A to Z
Veramendi D
Kimberley Buster-Williams, Christopher Tremblay
Session M.1
Monday 11/11/24, 8:00am - 8:50am
Acadeum: Platform for course sharing
Veramendi I
Tina Montgomery, John Gardner, John Gardner, Dean Williamson
Centralized Tools, Decentralized Stakeholders: Creating One-Stop Systems for Transfer Student Success
Veramendi A
J.D. Thomas
Hot Topics: Commencement (15k + Enrollment)
Spring Lake A
Kristin McDaniel
Non-Traditional Students
Spring Lake C
Kenne Evans
Racing the Clock - Training Student Workers with Limited Time
Spring Lake B
Monse Navarro, Ralie Sutton
Updates from AACRAO
Veramendi B
Tiffani Robertson
Session M.2
Monday 11/11/24, 9:20am - 10:10am
Backdated Drops and Withdrawals
Veramendi D
Laura Ann Zeig, Cathy Littleton
Best Practices of Off-Site Commencements
Veramendi A
Rebecca Luna, Carlotta Campuzano-Herrera
Birds of a Feather - Banner
Veramendi I
Jessica White
CBM Reporting Updates
Spring Lake B
Torca Bunton
Getting Students to Stick. Del Mar College’s Story of Engagement
Chautauqua A
Patricia Benavides-Dominguez, Ed.D, Scott Pruitt
Handling Fresh Start and Subpoenas - Are We All Doing it the Same Way?
Veramendi G
Cynthia Blanco
How we create and maintain personalized plans for every student—automatically
San Marcos River A
Jeff Relue, Megan St.Vigne
Internal Auditing - Measuring Your Processing Team's Accuracy & Efficiency
Veramendi C
Selton Rigsby
Parchment
Chautauqua B
Deb Allenspach, Ben Pagan
Transfer Advising Basics, Curriculum etc.
Spring Lake A
Victor Moore
Session M.3
Monday 11/11/24, 10:20am - 11:10am
Best Practices in Call Center Services for Student Success
Veramendi I
Apryl Mark-Agbai
Best Practices in Transfer Credit Processing
Spring Lake B
Jonathan Biles , Steven Morales, Alexandra Perez
Birds of a Feather - Colleague
Spring Lake C
Diane Brice
Digital Transcripts and Diplomas
Veramendi B
Ben Milum
Don't Fear FERPA. How Texas State Provides Access for Parents
San Marcos River A
David Becker, Martha Fraire-Cuellar
Helping Transfer Students Succeed
Veramendi J
Lauren Ibarra
Implementation Do's & Don'ts
Chautauqua B
Michelle Spangler
TACRAO Enrollment Reporting Ad-Hoc Committee: Update and Feedback
Veramendi H
Cathy Littleton
TRANSFER TRENDS AND WHAT STUDENTS ARE TELLING US TODAY
Chautauqua A
David Cook
You want us to do what? - Implementing Recent Legislation
Veramendi A
Jodie Rexroat, Becki Griffith, Bobby Lothringer, Trish McCormick, Chris Reed
Session M.4
Monday 11/11/24, 1:30pm - 2:20pm
Accessibility Matters at Commencement Ceremonies
Veramendi D
Deidra Flynn-Dobson, Kristin McDaniel, Gavin Steiger
AI-Enabled Student Onboarding & Lifecycle Management
San Marcos River A
Logan Hill
Birds of a Feather - PeopleSoft
Veramendi I
Tiffany Wendt
Celebrating Transfer Students - Ideas for National Transfer Student Week
Spring Lake A
Mariah Neumeyer, Barbara Smith
Coursedog
Chautauqua A
Anna Sweeney, Lindsey Ohls
Enrollment Reporting Roundtable
Veramendi J
Melissa Hyatt, Cathy Littleton
From Doubt to Destiny: Empowering Women of Color Through Imposter Syndrome
Veramendi G
Karla Hernandez, Zaria Kelley
I Want to Present at TACRAO - Where do I Start?
Veramendi B
Hector Cerda Dyer
National Student Clearinghouse
Chautauqua B
Andi Liner, Robert McTighe
Registrar 101
Veramendi A
Nichole Mancone-Fisher
SB 459 Implementation and Lessons Learned
Spring Lake C
Nick Cioci, David Short
Student Success with Cohorts
Veramendi H
Lisa Stewart
Session M.5
Monday 11/11/24, 2:30pm - 3:20pm
"What am I even doing?"
Veramendi C
Alba Cook, Hannah McDonald
A Comparative Analysis: Working as an Admissions Counselor at Your Alma Mater vs. a Different University
Veramendi B
Jordan Baylor
AI-Powered Products for Higher-Ed
San Marcos River A
Jai Chitkara, Purnimaa Bhardwaj
Barriers to Transfer: The Veteran Student
Veramendi H
Victor Moore, Selton Rigsby
Best Practices for Direct Admission
Spring Lake B
Virginia Leathers
Birds of a Feather - Jenzabar
Veramendi A
Jennifer Beal, Kate Richardson
Bridging the Gap Between Recruitment and Student Success
Veramendi D
Mackenzie Reiter, Casey Weatherly
BYOD (Bring Your Own Diploma)
Veramendi I
Tina Ellette, Rebecca Griffith
Embracing The Shifting Currents By Using College Board Search & Connections
Chautauqua A
Financial Aid 101 for Admissions and Registrar Professionals
Spring Lake A
Tonya Richardson-Dean
Hot Topics: Registrars
Veramendi J
Diane Brice
How a modern degree audit can be your most strategic lever
Chautauqua B
Moments of Euphoria: Fostering Gender-Affirming and Trans-Inclusive Campuses
Spring Lake C
Kara Fahringer-Baer
Strategies for Hybrid and Remote Work
Veramendi G
Samantha Taylor, Lori Zerr
Regional Meetings
Monday 11/11/24, 5:00pm - 5:30pm
CenTACRAO (Central Texas) Regional Meeting
Veramendi A
ETACRAO (East Texas) Regional Meeting
Veramendi B
NTCCURAO (North Texas) Regional Meeting
Veramendi C
SETACRAO (Southeast Texas) Regional Meeting
Veramendi G
STARAO (South Texas) Regional Meeting
Veramendi D
WTACRAO (West Texas) Regional Meeting
Veramendi H
Session T.1
Tuesday 11/12/24, 8:00am - 8:50am
AI’s Potential in Higher Education: Transforming Admissions, Records, Student Success and Retention
Veramendi H
Troy White
Community College Transfer Centers & Transfer Advising
Veramendi B
Dorylee Baez-Nieves, Mireya Jacuinde, Jamie Perez
Embrace Your Dream: Riding the Wave to Your Next Degree
Veramendi D
Erika Graham, Trish McCormick
Graduation 101
Spring Lake C
Bobby Lothringer, Andrea Wiste, Laura Zeig
Keys to Student Success through Promise Partnerships
Veramendi G
Dariela Gonzalez, Sandra Esquivel, Daniel Varela
Navigate Trends in Transfer through Process and Tech Innovation
Chautauqua A
Jason Hale, Kim Herman, Manny Smith
The Registrar's Role in Microcredentialing: Navigating Creation, Governance, and Implementation
Spring Lake A
Brenda Schumann, Kimberly Tate
Session T.2
Tuesday 11/12/24, 9:20am - 10:10am
A Simplified Transfer Process using TES + Transferology
Chautauqua B
John Panzica
Automating Transcript Processing… and more
Veramendi B
Cindy Hess, Becca Bishop, Tanya Elston, Emily Treadaway
Cambridge 101: Learn about AS and A Levels
San Marcos River A
Janet Swandol
Critical Questions for Student Success
Veramendi G
Rachel Hoover
Family Graduation: Pros, Cons, & Planning
Veramendi D
Amy O'Keefe
FAST and HB-8
Spring Lake B
Melissa Humphries
Formulating SMART Goals for Strategic Planning
Veramendi A
Bobby Lothringer
Hot Topics: Public Institutions
Veramendi J
Marquita Malone
Navigating University Admissions: Essential Spanish Phrases and Vocabulary
Spring Lake A
Georgina Antillon
Office the Registrar Career Ladders
Veramendi C
Erika Graham
Securing Your Data
Veramendi I
Tony Sauerhoff
Tarrant To & Through (T3): Supporting Students' Enrollment and Retention at Tarrant County College
Spring Lake C
Angela White
Workday Student: What’s New & What’s Next?
Chautauqua A
Rod Agee, Nick Gianforte, Abbey Rossi
Session T.3
Tuesday 11/12/24, 10:20am - 11:10am
Applying FERPA in Real Life Situations
Spring Lake B
LeRoy Rooker, Brenda Schumann
Building Infrastructure for Optimal Training & Professional Development Programs
Spring Lake C
Regina Middleton
Discover Paradigm's Power of Effective Credentialing (Win Raffle)
Chautauqua A
Olivia Lowman
Eddy-ing Through Lies: Steering Through the Waters of Fake Applications
Spring Lake A
Nicholas Medina, Lu Waterhouse
Fostering Transfer Recruitment Success: Innovative Initiatives and Best Practices
Veramendi I
Evelyn Betancourt-Martinez, Clarisa De La Fuente, Mariah Neumeyer, Lucilla Vasquez
From Manual to Magical: Transforming Transcript Processing with AI
Chautauqua B
LiAnn Seale, Troy White
Hot Topics: Admissions & Recruitment
Veramendi B
Jason Hale
Hot Topics: Commencement (up to 5K Enrollment)
Veramendi A
Andrea Wiste
Nurturing the Person Behind the Professional
Veramendi D
Melinda Berry
Partnering with Phi Theta Kappa
Veramendi G
Mary Linder
Record Retention
Veramendi H
Stephanie Matlock
Revolutionizing Recruitment in the Digital Age: A Hands-On Approach to Learning AI to Improve Your Processes
Veramendi C
Rebeca Perfecto
Shortened Terms: Building Scheduling Momentum
Chautauqua B
Luke Kearney
Session T.4
Tuesday 11/12/24, 1:30pm - 2:20pm
Birds of a Feather - Ad Astra
Veramendi C
David Short
Dual Credit Updates from THECB
Spring Lake C
Andrew Lofters
Fighting the Imposter: A Guide for New & Aspiring Leaders
Veramendi H
Jana McCarthy
Hot Topics: Commencement (6K-15K Enrollment)
Veramendi D
Ashley Fleeks
Hot Topics: Health-Related Institutions
Veramendi G
Amanda McSween
I Want My Life Back! Taming the Outlook Monster
Veramendi A
Melissa Hyatt
Intuitive Course Planning from CollegeSource Helps Your Students Stay Afloat in Shifting Currents
San Marcos River A
Chris Starkey
Seamless Pathways through Innovative Partnerships
Veramendi B
Walaa Shaath
Solving the Challenge of Efficient Scheduling and Data Integration in a High-Demand Academic Environment
Chautauqua B
Julia Noonan
Unlocking Student Success: Removing Roadblocks with Electronic Forms, Workflows, and eSignatures
Chautauqua A
Chad Shrout
Utilizing Recruiting Programs to Achieve 1st Year Student Success
Veramendi I
Eric Watson
Session T.5
Tuesday 11/12/24, 2:30pm - 3:20pm
Automating Your ApplyTexas Application Integration
San Marcos River A
Jeff Leisse
Birds of a Feather - Workday
Veramendi I
Jennifer Waits-Davis
Commencement is Over: What Now?
Veramendi B
Dana Pence
Efficient Planning and Enrollment - The Fully Integrated & Automated Way
Chautauqua A
Rupal Shah
Hot Topics: Private Institutions
Veramendi C
Kim Herman, M.Ed.
Navigating the Future of Academic Scheduling: The Role of the Registrar's Office at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Veramendi G
Christie Roberts, Cassandra Sanchez
Optimizing Advising and Enrollment Management: Insights from Texas State University
Chautauqua B
Kristopher Infante, Kevin Stejskal
Recruiter Olympics
Spring Lake A
Yadira Munoz, Alexis Remley-McQuillen
Starving the Imposter: A Guide for Mentoring New and Aspiring Leaders
Veramendi H
Jana McCarthy
TSI Updates
Spring Lake C
Suzanne Morales-Vale, Keylan Morgan
UNT ELEVAR Program
Veramendi A
Alex Candelaria, M.A., BCBA
You Down with FVT? Let's Talk & See
Veramendi D
Mario Salinas
Session W.1
Wednesday 11/13/24, 8:00am - 8:50am
Hot Topics: DegreeWorks
Veramendi H
Jessica White
The Power of a Chance
Spring Lake B
Kenne Evans
Tips and Tricks for Recruitment Road Warriors
Spring Lake C
Caleb Crum, Virginia Leathers
What we're doing to find 'Lost Grads': Auto-Grad processes and Reverse Articulation best practices
Veramendi B
Crystal Velasquez
Session W.2
Wednesday 11/13/24, 9:00am - 9:50am
Commencement Timelines & Communications
Veramendi D
Esteban Garcia, Nicole Luna
Professionalism for First Year Staff - Thing to do & not do in Admissions
Veramendi B
Jorge Dimas
Reverse Transfer 101
Spring Lake B
Diana Connell, Erinn Farrell
Smartsheet: Tool to Track Multiple Projects and Daily Tasks
Veramendi G
Leah Ojeda
Underrepresented Student Success and Mentoring Relationships
Veramendi H
Jennifer Schmerber Davila
Session W.3
Wednesday 11/13/24, 10:00am - 10:50am
Dual Credit Students Supporting their 4 year goals and and 2 year degree completion
Veramendi H
Lillian Porter, Kimberly Chavez, George Crump, Leo Fernandez, Nina Guerrero, Cynthia Marquez, Walid Nader, Patricia Sanchez
Internal Audit: Crimebuster!
Spring Lake C
Ranita Nunn, CPA, CIA, MBA
Microsoft TEAMS: Tips and Tricks
Spring Lake A
Jen Aguirre
Other Duties As Assigned
Veramendi D
Hector Cerda Dyer
Self-Care to Prevent Burnout
Spring Lake B
Rebecca Hapes
Why You Should Care about Transfer Students
Veramendi B
Renee Esparza, Victor Gonzalez