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TACRAO 2025
Nov 09, 2025 - Nov 12, 2025 • El Paso, TX
PROGRAM SESSIONS
SEM Pre Conference Workshop: Reimagining Enrollment: Challenges, Strategies and Skills for the Future
Sunday 11/9/25, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Reimagining Enrollment: Challenges, Strategies and Skills for the Future
Juarez C
Luisa Havens Gerardo
TBA
Application Review Process Panel + Best Practices
Juarez B
Session M.1
TBA - 12:00am
Admission & Campus Marketing → How do you work together
Juarez A
Rebeca Perfecto, Brandon Sermon
Session W.1
TBA - 12:00am
All Things Graduation/Commencement
Juarez C
Michelle Lara, Carrie Pratt
Session M.1
TBA - 12:00am
Best Practices in Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) for Technical Students
Juarez C
Carl Husband
Session W.1
TBA - 12:00am
Beyond the Visit: How Strategic Relationships Fuel Recruitment Success
El Paso B
Jordan Baylor, Noah Murray
Session M.1
TBA - 12:00am
Beyond the Zoom Box: Creative Approaches to Engaging Online Students Outside the Classroom
El Paso A
Alex Crouse
Charting New Territory: Cambridge Growth in the US
Paso Del Norte Plaza
Barbara Smith, Janet Swandol
Session T.1
TBA - 12:00am
Course Leaf - HOLDING SESSION: TITLE TBD
Paso Del Norte Plaza
Session W.1
TBA - 12:00am
Cultivating Belonging, Expanding Our Success
El Paso C
Rachel Hoover
Driving International Recruitment
El Paso A
Ludmi Herath
Session M.1
TBA - 12:00am
Empowering Career Success: Building Strategic Campus Partnerships for Micro-Credentialing at TCU
El Paso B
Regina Middleton
Session T.1
TBA - 12:00am
Enrollment Reporting Committee: News You Can Use
Rio Grande B
Session W.1
TBA - 12:00am
FAST Process - (TITLE TBD)
Rio Grande C
Louisa Martin
Session T.1
TBA - 12:00am
FERPA 101 with Dale King (TBD)
Rio Grande C
Dale King
Generational Differences: The Changing Face of Higher Education
Juarez A
Morgan Jackson
Hot Topics: AI Implementation in the Admissions Process
El Paso B
Selton Rigsby
Session W.1
TBA - 12:00am
How to Stay Out of Hot Water... Writing Procedures Panel
Rio Grande A
Ashley Moore
Let's get ready to rumble........
Juarez B
Hector Cerda Dyer
National Student Clearinghouse Verifications
Juarez A
Carol Hanes
Session M.1
TBA - 12:00am
Networking Beyond the Job
El Paso C
Alba Cook
Session T.1
TBA - 12:00am
Professionalism in Admissions
Juarez B
Sierra Trenhaile
Session W.1
TBA - 12:00am
The Power of Self-Care in Higher Education
Rio Grande A
Regina Middleton
Session T.1
TBA - 12:00am
The Specialist Approach to Student Success
El Paso C
Alejandra Padgett, Jessica Murph
Session W.1
TBA - 12:00am
Tips and Tricks on SharePoint
Rio Grande B
Bobbie Brown
Session T.1
TBA - 12:00am
Transfer Advising from the Four-Year Perspective
Juarez C
Victor Moore
UNDC 1301: Serving Our Undocumented Students
El Paso A
Hector Cerda Dyer, Armando Palomino McClure
Session M.1
TBA - 12:00am
Utilizing Graduation Fairs to Improve Completion
Rio Grande B
Makayla McMorrise, Becki Rathfon
Whistle While You Work...or Cry: Surviving NJCAA Certification as a Registrar
Juarez B
Caroline Whitaker
Session W.2
TBA - 12:00am
Communication/Collaboration/Connection
El Paso C
Alex Salas, Monica Benitez
Hot Topics: Graduation/Commencement for Universities
El Paso A
Diane Brice
New Week, New Policy: How Texas State Implemented New Security Policies to Prevent Ceremony Disruptions
Juarez C
Kristin McDaniel
Outreach Initiative Favorites
Juarez A
Kendal Hill
Racing the Clock- Training Student Workers with Limited Time
Rio Grande B
Ralie Sutton, Maylin Herrera
Roundtable: Responses to & Experience with Spring's Executive Order
El Paso B
Selling the Office: The Annual Report
Rio Grande C
Justin Schilke
Surviving Internal Audits and Desk Audits
Juarez B
Kimberly Tate
Who let the dogs out??? Coursedog Panel Discussion
Rio Grande A
Darrah Rippy, Tiffany Wendt
Session M.2
TBA - 12:00am
Admissions Utilization of Resources
Juarez B
Brittnee Hernandez
Building an Adult Promise Program
El Paso B
Jayce Randolph, Audra Talley
College Board Session - HOLDING SESSION: TITLE TBD
Paso Del Norte Plaza
College Source Session #1 - HOLDING SESSION: TITLE TBD
Rio Grande A
Session T.2
TBA - 12:00am
College Source Session #2 - HOLDING SESSION: TITLE TBD
Rio Grande A
Connecting the Pieces: Registrar, Financial Aid, and Student Accounts
Rio Grande B
Latoya Whitaker
Session M.2
TBA - 12:00am
Data Plan and Continuity
El Paso C
Reuben Aleman
Session T.2
TBA - 12:00am
Encapsulating students through Event Planning
El Paso B
Frances Kelly
FERPA 102 with Dale King (Title TBD)
Rio Grande C
Dale King
Session M.2
TBA - 12:00am
Hot Topics: Public Institutions
Juarez C
Jodie Rexroat
How Supervisors Create a Different Career Path
Juarez A
Alba Cook
Session T.2
TBA - 12:00am
Leading From Within Part 1
Juarez A
Morgan Jackson
Maximizing the Impact through Effective Case Management
Juarez C
Alex Salas, Mayra Carver
Med Proctor - HOLDING SESSION: TITLE TBD
Paso Del Norte Plaza
No experience? Limited Experience? New and scared? How to Survive Your First Year
El Paso C
Colleen Moore
Session M.2
TBA - 12:00am
Texas Tech Trek: A One-Day Event for New Students
El Paso A
Rachel Hoover
Three Wise People
Rio Grande B
Sofia Almeda, Dana Pence, Brenda Schumann
Session T.2
TBA - 12:00am
Title IX for Non-Title IX Higher Ed Staff
Juarez B
Kimberly Simon
Transfer Considerations for ECHS students
El Paso A
Marissa Moreno
Session M.2
TBA - 12:00am
Updates from THECB
Rio Grande C
Session W.3
TBA - 12:00am
Bridging the Gap Between Recruitment and Student Success
Rio Grande B
Casey Weatherly
From Hiring to High-Performing: Building Culture through Interviews and Hiring
El Paso B
B.J. Oster, Kasey Shelton
Helping Transfer Students Succeed
El Paso C
Caroline Hope
Navigating University Admissions: Essential Spanish Phrases and Vocabulary
Rio Grande C
Georgina Antillon
Resu-ME: Build the Brand Called You
Juarez A
Ed Montoya
Texas Legislative Update
Juarez C
Brenda Martinez, Cynthia Blanco, Trisha McCormick, Brenda Schumann
What does outreach look like in recruitment? (students, parents, community)
El Paso A
Rose Finely
Session M.3
TBA - 12:00am
Ad Astra - HOLDING SESSION: TITLE TBD
Paso Del Norte Plaza
Bridging the Gap - Processing and Recruitment
Juarez C
Adam Pitts
Session T.3
TBA - 12:00am
Developing an Engaging Student Ambassador Program
Rio Grande B
Stacy Huhn, Hector Soltero
Session M.3
TBA - 12:00am
Developing University-Specific Transfer Plans
El Paso C
Nicole Tunmire
Session T.3
TBA - 12:00am
Hot Topics: Graduation/Commencement for Community Colleges
Juarez C
Colleen Moore
Hot Topics: Recruitment and Admissions
El Paso A
Rex Oliver
Session M.3
TBA - 12:00am
How to Best Assist Pregnant and Parenting Students
El Paso A
Becki Griffith, Sofia Almeda
Session T.3
TBA - 12:00am
Leading From Within Part 2
Juarez A
Morgan Jackson
Session M.3
TBA - 12:00am
One Stop Shop to Student Re-Engagement
El Paso B
Alex Salas
Parchment - HOLDING SESSION: TITLE TBD
Rio Grande A
Registrar: Technical Writing training for your Staff!
Juarez B
Bobbie Brown
Stand Out
Juarez A
Hector Cerda Dyer
Streamlining Team Collaboration
Rio Grande B
Steven Morales
Session T.3
TBA - 12:00am
Student-Ready Starts with Staff-Ready: Cross-Training as a Retention Strategy (Working Title)
Rio Grande C
Zachary Solano
Understanding our Students' Basic Needs: Financial, Emotional, Mention
Juarez B
Courtney Jaimes
Session M.3
TBA - 12:00am
Updates from THECB 2
Rio Grande C
Session T.3
TBA - 12:00am
Veteran Certification Roundtable
El Paso B
Steven Morales, Eris Xhakupi
Pre-Conference Workshops (Registration Required)
TBA - 12:00am
National Student Clearinghouse
Rio Grande B and Rio Grande C
Session M.4
TBA - 12:00am
AACRAO Legislative Update
Hall B
Session T.4
TBA - 12:00am
Choose Your Own Adventure: Professional Growth with AACRAO's Core Competencies and Professional Proficiencies
Rio Grande B
Justin Schilke, Justin Schilke
Dual Credit Programs: At the Intersection of Innovation & Opportunity
Rio Grande C
International Student Success Through Admissions
Juarez C
Beverly Goddard
Juggling Chainsaws - How to Multitask and manage multiple responsibilities
El Paso C
Jerrod Nutt
Many Purposes of the University Catalog
El Paso B
Mickey Diez, Rebecca Galatas
VA Audit Experience
Juarez A
Jennifer Baker
Working with and Creating Connections with Gen Z
El Paso A
Rebecca Lothringer
Session M.5
TBA - 12:00am
Am I Supposed to be HERE?
Juarez C
Karla Hernandez, Zaria Kelley
Session T.5
TBA - 12:00am
Birds of a Feather-Banner
El Paso A
Hannah McDonald
Birds of a Feather-Colleague
El Paso B
Connie Wall , Angela Balch, Caroline Whitaker
Birds of a Feather-Jenzabar
El Paso C
Kate Richardson
Birds of a Feather-PeopleSoft
Juarez C
Mital Naik
Birds of a Feather-Workday
Rio Grande A
Jennifer Waits-Davis
Session M.5
TBA - 12:00am
Course Dog - HOLDING SESSION: TITLE TBD
Paso Del Norte Plaza
Dollars In, Barriers Down: Reshaping Advising/Student Support Services amidst a New Funding Landscape (Working Title)
Rio Grande B
Zachary Solano, Hector Duarte, Stephanie Morin
Empowering Women in Admissions
El Paso C
Andi Scott
Enrollment Management Dashboards
El Paso A
Kimberly Sanders
Hot Topics: Registrar
Juarez A
Scott Branum, Bobbie Brown
One Stop for Student Success
Juarez B
Melanie Monroe
Record Retention Practices
El Paso B
Stephanie Matlock
Session T.5
TBA - 12:00am
Recruiter Olympics
Rio Grande C
Session M.5
TBA - 12:00am
Recruitment and Outreach: cultivating success through meaningful connections!
Rio Grande C
Fabiola Hernandez
Session T.5
TBA - 12:00am
Registrar 101
Juarez B
Bobby Lothringer
Sorting Hat
Juarez A
Kayla McDowell, Estella Vega
Teach what you know, Grow who you have: Developing People and elevating Financial Aid
Rio Grande B
Zachary Solano, Stephanie Morin