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TACRAO 2025
Nov 09, 2025 - Nov 12, 2025 • El Paso, TX
PROGRAM SESSIONS
Pre-Conference Workshops (Registration Required)
Sunday 11/9/25, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
National Student Clearinghouse
Rio Grande B and Rio Grande C
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
Session M.1
Monday 11/10/25, 8:00am - 8:50am
Beating the enrollment cliff with AI and Candidate360
Rio Grande A
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
Empowering Career Success: Building Strategic Campus Partnerships for Micro-Credentialing at TCU
El Paso B
Regina Middleton
Networking Beyond the Job
El Paso C
Bernadette Martinez
Sorting Hat
Juarez C
Monyce Bevis, Kayla McDowell
Utilizing Graduation Fairs to Improve Completion
Rio Grande B
Makayla McMorris, Becki Rathfon
Whistle While You Work...or Cry: Surviving NJCAA Certification as a Registrar
Juarez B
Caroline Whitaker
Session M.2
Monday 11/10/25, 9:20am - 10:10am
Admissions Utilization of Resources
Juarez B
Brittnee Hernandez
Building an Adult Promise Program
El Paso B
Jayce Randolph
Expand Your Horizons: Learn How uAchieve + TES + Transferology Work In Harmony to Support Your Students and Staff
Rio Grande A
Hot Topics: Public Institutions
Juarez C
Jodie Rexroat
Texas Tech Trek: A One-Day Event for New Students
El Paso A
Rachel Hoover
THECB - CBM Updates
Rio Grande C
Torca Bunton
Two Wise People
Rio Grande B
Sofia Almeda, Brenda Schumann
Session M.3
Monday 11/10/25, 10:20am - 11:10am
Beyond the Visit: How Strategic Relationships Fuel Recruitment Success
El Paso B
Jordan Baylor, Noah Murray
Filling Your Shoes: Preparing the Next Generation
Juarez A
Hector Cerda Dyer
From Insight to Impact: Solving UT Arlington’s Scheduling and Enrollment Challenges with Ad Astra
Paso Del Norte Plaza
How to Best Assist Pregnant and Parenting Students
El Paso A
Becki Griffith, Sofia Almeda
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!
El Paso C
Bobbie Brown
Streamlining Collaboration - Using Microsoft Power Automate for Workflow, Approvals, and Communication
Rio Grande B
Steven Morales
THECB - TSI and Dual Credit
Rio Grande C
Andrew Lofters, Suzanne Morales-Vale
Session M.4
Monday 11/10/25, 1:30pm - 2:20pm
AACRAO Legislative Update
Hall B
Session M.5
Monday 11/10/25, 2:30pm - 3:20pm
Am I Supposed to be HERE?
Juarez C
Karla Hernandez, Zaria Kelley
Course Dog - HOLDING SESSION: TITLE TBD
Paso Del Norte Plaza
Empowering Women in Admissions
El Paso C
Andi Scott
Hot Topics: Registrar
Juarez A
Scott Branum, Bobbie Brown
Record Retention Practices
El Paso B
Stephanie Matlock
Recruitment and Outreach: cultivating success through meaningful connections!
Rio Grande C
Fabiola Hernandez
StriveScan Holding Slot
El Paso A
The Credentialing Ecosystem: Paradigm's Vision for a Fully Integrated Future
Rio Grande A
Session T.1
Tuesday 11/11/25, 8:00am - 8:50am
Enrollment Reporting Committee: News You Can Use
Rio Grande B
Cathy Littleton
Families & FERPA: Building Stronger Student Support Systems in Texas
Rio Grande A
FERPA 101: The Basics
Rio Grande C
Dale King
From Pathway to Persistence: Leveraging Technology to Nurture Student Retention and Success
Paso Del Norte Plaza
Hot Topics: AI Implementation in the Admissions Process
El Paso B
Selton Rigsby
Outreach Initiative Favorites
Juarez B
Kendal Hill
The Specialist Approach to Student Success
El Paso C
Alejandra Padgett, Jessica Murph
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 T.2
Tuesday 11/11/25, 9:20am - 10:10am
AI at Work: Breaking Through Registrar and Admissions Bottlenecks to Deliver Superior Student and Staff Outcomes
El Paso A
Connecting the Pieces: Registrar, Financial Aid, and Student Accounts
Rio Grande B
Latoya Whitaker
Driving Change from the Registrar’s Office: Lessons from Dallas College’s Integration Journey with Stellic
Paso Del Norte Plaza
Encapsulating students through Event Planning
El Paso B
Frances Kelly
FERPA 102: Applying FERPA in Real Life Situations
Rio Grande C
Dale King
Maximizing the Impact through Effective Case Management
Juarez C
Alex Salas
New Boss, Who Dis?: How I Survived My First Few Years In Charge
El Paso C
Colleen Moore
Non-US Resident- Obstacles and Barriers
Juarez A
Ashley Moore
TES + Transferology: Your Gateway to Expanding Transfer Horizons
Rio Grande A
Title IX for Non-Title IX Higher Ed Staff
Juarez B
Kimberly Simon
Session T.3
Tuesday 11/11/25, 10:20am - 11:10am
Developing an Engaging Student Ambassador Program
Rio Grande B
Stacy R.E. Huhn
EdVisorly
Rio Grande A
Hot Topics: Graduation/Commencement for Community Colleges
Juarez C
Colleen Moore
Hot Topics: Recruitment and Admissions
El Paso A
Rex Oliver
Reimagining Transcript Processing with Generative AI: A New Era for Higher Ed
Paso Del Norte Plaza
Student-Ready Starts with Staff-Ready: Cross-Training as a Retention Strategy
Rio Grande C
Zachary Solano
THECB - Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) Updates
El Paso C
Jana Cossairt, Torca Bunton
Understanding our Students' Basic Needs: Financial, Emotional, Mention
Juarez B
Melinda Carroll
Veteran Certification Roundtable
El Paso B
Steven Morales, Eris Xhakupi
Session T.4
Tuesday 11/11/25, 1:30pm - 2:20pm
Choose Your Own Adventure: Professional Growth with AACRAO's Core Competencies and Professional Proficiencies
Rio Grande B
Justin Schilke
Degree Audit Wizard for PeopleSoft Campus Solutions
Rio Grande A
Dual Credit Programs: At the Intersection of Innovation & Opportunity
Rio Grande C
Ashlie Resendez
Growing up in Admissions
El Paso B
Anam Iqbal MPA, Tiffany Lipscomb M.Ed., Beca Perfecto MBA
How Credit Transparency and AI are Advancing Enrollment in Higher Education
Paso Del Norte Plaza
Juggling Chainsaws - How to Multitask and manage multiple responsibilities
El Paso C
Jerrod Nutt
Texas Legislative Update
El Paso B
Brenda Martinez, Cynthia Blanco, Trish McCormick, Brenda Schumann
VA Audit Experience
Juarez A
Jennifer Baker
When Free Isn’t Always Easy: Lessons from Free Application Week
Juarez B
Jason Hale
Working with and Creating Connections with Gen Z
El Paso A
Rebecca Lothringer
Session T.5
Tuesday 11/11/25, 2:30pm - 3:20pm
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
Elevating Enrollment Communication with Conversation Intelligence
Juarez A
Recruiter Olympics
Rio Grande C
Zaria Karla, Kelley Hernandez
Registrar 101
Juarez B
Bobby Lothringer
Teach what you know, Grow who you have: Developing People and elevating Financial Aid
Rio Grande B
Zachary Solano, Stephanie Morin
Understanding the Cloud
Paso Del Norte Plaza
Session W.1
Wednesday 11/12/25, 8:00am - 8:50am
Cultivating Belonging, Expanding Our Success
El Paso C
Rachel Hoover
Driving International Recruitment
El Paso A
Ludmi Herath
Let's Get Ready to Rumble! - Managing Conflict in the Workplace
Juarez B
Hector Cerda Dyer
National Student Clearinghouse Verifications
Juarez A
Carol Hanes
Oops! I did it again
El Paso B
Chandra Slaughter
The Power of Self-Care in Higher Education
Rio Grande A
Regina Middleton
This is How We FAST: Navigating Dual Credit data and THECB Compliance
Rio Grande C
Robert Fernandez, Jesse Alcala
Tips and Tricks on SharePoint
Rio Grande B
Bobbie Brown
Session W.2
Wednesday 11/12/25, 9:00am - 9:50am
Engagement by Design: Connecting Career & Educational Pathways for Public Safety Professionals
El Paso C
Alex Salas, M.Ed., Monica Benitez
Hot Topics: Graduation/Commencement for Universities
El Paso A
Diane Brice
Professionalism in Admissions
Juarez A
Sierra Trenhaile
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
Sofia Almeda
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 W.3
Wednesday 11/12/25, 10:00am - 10:50am
Bridging the Gap Between Recruitment and Student Success
Rio Grande B
Casey Weatherly
Hot Topics - Private Institutions
Juarez C
Bobby Lothringer
Hot Topics: Residency
Rio Grande C
How to Stay Out of Hot Water... Writing Procedures Panel
El Paso C
Ashley Moore
More Than Just a Pizza Party
Juarez B
Jerrod Nutt
Resu-ME: Build the Brand Called You
Juarez A
Ed Montoya, Gabriel Hernandez