N E W S L E T T E R

S t u d e n t A f f a i r s

July

2019

A d m i s s i o n s ︳ C o u n s e l i n g & C a r e e r S e r v i c e s ︳ F i n a n c i a l A i d ︳ H o u s i n g ︳ R e g i s t r a r

S t u d e n t A c t i v i t i e s ︳ S t u d e n t L i f e ︳ S t u d e n t S u p p o r t S e r v i c e s ︳ U p w a r d B o u n d

VP for Student Affairs:MR. RICHARD HESTER

It is officially summer! We have already welcomed a good number

of camp groups to Livingston and we are looking forward to hosting

our new incoming students for Orientation the week of July 8-12.

This is the best/busiest part of summer for our division and the

excitement of having our new student families on campus raises the

energy level university wide. Let’s continue to provide the atten-

tion and caring service that makes UWA standout from the crowd.

Happy Summer 2019 to you all!

Sincerely,

NEWSLETTERPUBLISHED MONTHLY BY

Will AtkinsonAsst. to VP for Student AffairsStation #56(205) 652-3581watkinson@uwa.edu

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 MEETINGSJuly 3, 2019August 7, 2019September 4, 2019October 2, 2019November 6, 2019December 4, 2019

DATES TO REMEMBERTRANSFER ORIENTATIONJuly 9, 2019FRESHMAN ORIENTATIONJuly 11-12, 2019RESIDUAL ACTJuly 26, 2019AUGUST ORIENTATIONAugust 15, 2019

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Student Activities

Student Life

Housing

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Counseling &

Career Services

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University Cinema

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Admissions

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Financial Aid

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Upward Bound

Student Support Services

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Inside This Issue

Registrar

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Orientation Info

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Cheer Coach Hired

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By the NumbersEnrollment Comparison:• Applications - Fall 2019 vs Fall 2018

• 7,370 (-1,119) applications• 3,234 (-319) admits

• Transfer - 421 applications (-47) with 161 (-27) admits

• Freshman - 6,949 (-1,072) applica-tions with 3,073 (-292) admits

• Applications - Summer 2019 vs Summer 2018• 437 (-45) applications• 105 (-13) admits

• Transfer - 109 applications (+9) with 21 (+8) admits

• Freshman - 328 (-54) applications with 84 (-21) admits

• ECF Payments - Fall 2019 vs Fall 2018: • 384 (-106)

• 304 freshman (-89) and 80 transfer (-17)

Campus Tours:• August 15, 2018 - June 26, 2019: 247 (77%

check-in rate) • August 15, 2017- June 26, 2018: 251 (84%

check-in rate)

Scholarships: • Fall 2019 Freshman

• Reviewed - 1,086• Awarded - 842• FR Accepted - 164 (-67 from 2018)

• Fall 2019 Transfer• Reviewed - 82• Awarded - 49• TR Accepted - 31 (-1 from 2018)

Orientation Registrations: 308

• Summer: 7 (6 attendees)

• Freshman: 239 (135 parents)

• Transfer: 49

• August: 13

Important Dates to Note:

• July 9- Transfer Orientation

• July 11-12 - Freshman Orientation

• July 26 - Residual ACT

• August 15 - August Orientation

Staff Notes:

• Admissions staff members, Mrs. Libba

Baker, Mr. Kirstan Cunningham, Mrs.

Emily Stuart, Mrs. Sonia Shaw, Mr. Shaw

Cornelius, and Ms. BreAnna Johnson, at-

tended the ALACRAO Conference June 17-19

in Florence, AL. They attended sessions on a

variety of subject matters including conflict

resolution, recruitment event planning, so-

cial media. Staff members Mrs. Sonia Shaw,

Mr. Shaw Cornelius, and Mrs. Emily Stuart

presented sessions on regional recruitment,

recruiting for a university you did not attend,

and communication plans, respectively.

ADMISSIONSMRS. LIBBA BAKER

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Student Activities• Continuing to work on the fall schedule of ac-

tivities.

Band• Continuing the prepare for the fall semester.

• New sousaphones and snare drums have ar-rived.

CAB• Finalized the calendar for the fall semester and

are working on marketing strategies for those events.

Cheerleaders• June 21-23 - Completed the first practice

weekend of the summer in preparation for camp.

• Announced the hiring of new cheer coach, Ms. Kylee Koch.

Intramurals• Completed fall schedule• Working on August calendar for Student En-

gagement• Working on new Intramural Championship t-

shirt design• Continued summer maintenance Intramural

fields

Gulf Coast native brings team and coaching experience

The University of West Alabama has announced that Kylee Koch will lead the varsity cheerlead-ing team, filling the vacancy as the team prepares for summer cheer camp in July. Koch is a 2019 graduate of UWA and will continue her stud-ies in pursuit of a master’s degree in integrated marketing communications. She brings to the role seven years of cheer and tumbling coaching and instruction, as well as a career focus in com-munications.

Koch, a native of Gulf Shores, Ala., is an alumna of the UWA cheerleading program and says that her experience on the team gives her confidence in her ability to make a substantial and positive impact in the role.

“I am excited to continue my work in leading active and healthy practice sessions, delivering positive and constructive feedback to improve cheerleaders’ performances, and managing oper-ations for the cheerleading team at UWA,” Koch said. “I am a strongly motivated and personable coach, and I know that our team has great poten-tial.”

Koch will be responsible for scheduling, practic-es, community involvement, and other logistics for the team. She will combine her experience as a past member of the team with previous experi-ence as a coach at another organization.

“I have known Kylee for four years and love the passion she has for UWA and cheerleading, so I am excited to see where she leads our team,” said Libba Baker, staff advisor for UWA Cheerlead-ing and interim director of admissions. “She is a great fit because she understands the culture of our program and will incorporate her coaching and cheering experience to take our team to the next level.”

In Baldwin County, Koch has worked with count-less youth and students over the last decade through Gulf Coast Tumbling, where she has taught cheer and tumbling group classes. In this capacity, Koch has taught students ranging from ages three to 18 the skills of stunts and tumbling. As an instructor at Gulf Coast Tumbling, Koch also recruited students for classes and for COAST Elite Allstars, and she helped promote cheer events and secured corporate sponsorships.

As an undergraduate at UWA, Koch worked in several student leadership capacities that al-lowed her to hone her marketing and commu-

nications skills. She was marketing director for the Campus Activities Board, a director and field reporter for the student newscast of Studio 96, an event chair for IMC3, and she participated in fundraising activities for Phi Mu Fraternity. She was part of a team that helped raise nearly $150k during a 24-hour call-a-thon on campus.

Koch received a prestigious media internship to work during the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores in 2015, working with MTV productions to film for television and livestream and offering photography and interviews.

In her new role at UWA, Koch will serve the Of-fice of Student Affairs, where she will also sup-port recruiting efforts and other special projects.

Courtesy of UWA Public Relations

Student Support Services• Continued recruiting and interviewing of new

SSS students• Ms. Tanzie Brown and Ms. Jessica Lotz...

• Preparing for SSS summer orientation activities

• Attended a Department of Education sponsored Priority 4 training in Atlanta, GA from June 6-8.

• Ms. Jessica Lotz has led a college orientation course for the three bridging Upward Bound students

• Ms. Tanzie Brown is developing an academic boot camp course for SSS conditionally admitted students to increase academic success

• Ms. Gloria Mayo continues to gather data for the 2018-19 APR

• Ms. Andrea Farquhar attended a one day SAEOPP SSS Program Best Practices Training in Atlanta on June 28.

The “SSS FLi Society” Student Club:• The “Zach Narramore Memorial” FLi Society

Library is currently being prepared and catalogued by SSS student, Erin Watt.

• Currently accepting donations of textbooks and funds to help create a textbook library to be utilized by First Generation and Low-income eligible students.

Upcoming:• Continue recruiting and interviewing new

students for Fall 2019• Connect new students to SSS student mentors• Continue to plan summer orientation and

study skills boot camp for incoming freshmen• Continue to develop training modules for

academic coaches and tutors• Assist SSS students in planning summer and

fall courses• Help students complete KHEAA verification

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICESMS. ANDREA FARQUHAR

STUDENT ACTIVITIESMR. JASON GARDNER

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REGISTRARMRS. SUSAN SPARKMAN

• Registration for the 2019 Fall Semester and 2019 Fall 1 and 2 Online Sessions are open

• June 13 & 26 - Submitted enrollment information to the National Stu-dent Clearinghouse

• June 20 – End of Summer 1. Grades were due at noon. Deregistration was run for Summer 2. Processed end of term reporting and academic standing for Summer 1

• June 24 – Summer 2 began

• June 25 - Posted degrees for Summer 1

• Will assist the CARES Office with class schedules for incoming freshmen during orientation.

• 579 transcripts were processed in June 2019 compared to 574 tran-scripts processed in June 2018.

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Office of Student Life

• Outdoor Recreation trips have been planned and will be an-nounced to students during Orientation. Students can expect new locations this year.• Whitewater Alabama – Phenix City, AL• Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort – Snowshoe, WV

• Partnering with IMC and Professor Caleb Walters to produce a downloadable copy of the Tiger Paw Student Handbook. The goal is to make information easier to access by enabling students the ability to download to their personal computer.

Student Involvement

• Student groups have begun turning in rosters for the fall and it appears that this year’s students will be active among the various organizations around campus once again. The move to an online platform has streamlined the registration process and in turn registration numbers have increased.

Greek Life• Recruitment for Panhellenic sororities is scheduled for August

23-26. • Special thanks to Paige Miller for providing a continual so-

cial media presence in this area.• Orientation announcements and a postcard mailing will also

promote recruitment this year.• IFC Fraternity Rush has been scheduled for August 26-29 and

this year we will again be utilizing online registration.• NPHC Organizations are planning the second annual summit

for all those interested in participating in intake. September is the projected month for this event and the goal is to exceed the inaugural event’s success.

Fitness Center• Swim lessons boasted a total of 180 students this summer.• Expect to see some exciting renovations and changes for the Fit-

ness Center beginning in August. Join us!

STUDENT LIFEMR. BYRON THETFORD

• 2018-2019 Financial Aid Processing:

• As of June 27, 2019

• Downloaded 6,437 ISIRs (631 since last report)

• Packaged 4,375 awards (522 since last report)

• 844 selected for verification (58 since last report)

• 366 verifications completed (51 since last report)

• Delinquent Loans Activity:

• The following delinquency emails were sent in June 2019:

• 368 emails to those who are 31-134 days delinquent

• 73 emails to those who are 75-115 days delinquent

• 176 emails to those who are 135-239 days delinquent

• 83 emails to those who are 240+ days delinquent

• 700 TOTAL emails

• These students are at risk of defaulting on federal student loans.

• 49 letters/emails were sent from the period May 15, 2019

through June 14, 2019 advising those that are in default to con-

tact their student loan servicer to resolve their defaulted loan(s).

FINANCIAL AIDMR. STEVE SMITH

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CAREER SERVICES &COUNSELING CENTERMS. TAMMY WHITE

Career Services (cont.)

Upcoming

• CPI Convening - July 1-3 and a CPI Report

Due later in the month

• AACE Annual Conference – July 10-12 in

Mobile, AL

• Designing material for UWA 201 Fall 2019

Launch using LinkedIn Learning platform

• Setting up the Career Closet in Foust Hall

• Follow up survey to SP 2019 graduates to

collect more employment/school data.

Counseling Services

Individual Student Contacts: 5

• Counseling Sessions – 4

• New Student Intakes - 1

Events/Meetings/Other:

• Summer ADA Accommodations

• ADA Documentation

• Attended...

• Human Trafficking 101 Conference in the

Bell Conference Center

• Alabama Counseling Association’s quarterly

Executive Committee Meeting in Montgomery,

AL

Presentations:

• Conducted a session for the summer Student

Support Services Bridge students on Successful

Transitions – 3 present

• Presented an informational session to UWA

campers (Economic & Workforce Development) at

Land Hall – approximately 20 present

Upcoming:

• ADA Accommodations for Fall

• Completing and compiling 2018-2019

Counseling Services Evaluation results

• June 2 - Upward Bound Summer 2019 Scholars move in day• Attendees:

• Sophomores -20 students• Juniors- 17 students• Seniors- 13 students

• June 3 - Upward Bound Summer program began

• June 5 - Meet the Greeks

• June 6 - Etiquette Dinner

• June 12 - Mr. and Miss Upward Bound and Upward Bound Talent Show

• June 25-26 - Selma Air presented on HIV/AID Awareness and Prevention

• June 26 - Upward Bound Dance

• June 27 - Selma Air and UWA’s Upward Bound Program hosted the Living Well Com-munity Health Fair.

• June 27 - Upward Bound Summer scholars will move out

Upcoming:

• July 8-9 - Upward Bound Summer 2019 Scholars will be meeting to take ACT Prac-tice Assessment, review and reflect, and plan 2019-2020 activities

• July 12 - Upward Bound Annual Closing Banquet

UPWARD BOUNDMS. VICKIE PULLUM

Career Services

Classes/Group Presentations:

• Hosted Etiquette Dinner for Upward Bound

• Presented on Resume Writing and Career

Services to Upward Bound Bridge students

Recruiting/Referrals:

• Meeting with Kisha Vassar, Regional

Recruiter from Enterprise.

• Notified recent Secondary Education

graduates in regards to openings with Tuscaloosa

City Schools.

• Advertised positions to recent graduates

from...

• Corps of Engineer in Meridian area

• Corps of Engineer in Demopolis

• Fleming Photography in Demopolis

• YWCA AmeriCorps positions in

Birmingham

• Census Bureau

• Provided Westside Elementary School

Principal with contact information on spring

Education graduates who are still possibly

seeking employment.

Individual Student Contacts: Total - 13

• Resume advice/critiques: 7

• Mock Interviews: 2

• Other: 4

Other:

• Ms. Tammy White attended NACE Annual

Conference in Orlando, FL

• Hosted the second Accounting and Finance

Day planning meeting with faculty.

• Participated in SoAce Webinar on Leveraging

Opportunity: The Job Search Appointment

• CS 2 Staff Meetings – Discussed logo,

graphics, promotional items, etc.

• C2C Meetings – Discussed current status of

grant implementation and plans for the 2019-

20 academic year.

• Ms. Tammy White has a Point of Contact

Meeting in Atlanta, GA on June 30 prior to

the beginning of the Annual CPI Convening.

• Preparing for the Tiger Connect Launch in

August using the Purple Briefcase software.

• Mrs. Allie Mills continues to design course

material for the UWA 201 Fall 2019 launch

using LinkedIn Learning.

• Completed summary of Class of 2017 First

Destination Survey.

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Housing Operations:• Housing Application Comparison

• New freshmen 251 (-111 from this time last year)

• Transfers 59 (-9 from this time last year)• Current students 434 (-35 from this time

last year)• Total of 744 students have applied for fall

housing (-155 from this time last year)• July 2-7 - New freshman will select their

rooms during online Room Selection. This will be the first time that new freshmen have selected their own rooms.

• July 23-25 - The second freshman room selection opportunity

• 138 new freshman have already selected roommates through My College Roomie, the roommate matching service.

• New dining room tables and chairs have been ordered for Hoover Phase 1, replacing the original tables and chairs that were pur-chased 28 years ago.

• Hookless shower curtains were purchased, cutting down significantly on the labor re-quired to hang and take down shower cur-tains each summer for camps and confer-ences.

• The Housing website’s landing page has been updated, to ease navigation.

• A REACH board television is being installed in the Gilbert Hall lobby to advertise events on campus.

Summer Camps and Conferences:• Five (5) camps were hosted during June:

• Upward Bound• UWA CARES Camp• Two Career Exploration Camps• AFFIRM

• Six (6) residential camps are scheduled for July

• Move-in schedule• August 3 - Athletic Training Program

and Housing Resident Assistants (1:30 - 2:00 pm)

• August 6 - Band Leadership, Percussion, Color Guard, Dance Line and Majorettes (1:30-2:30 pm)

• August 7 - Football Program (1:30-2:30 pm)

• August 9 -Marching Band (1:30-2:30 pm)

• August 12 - Cross Country, Men’s and women’s soccer, Volleyball, and Cheer-leaders (9:30-10:30 am)

• August 13 - Leadership Expedition (1:30-2:30 pm)

• August 14 - Express Orientation Wednesday (1:30-3:30 pm)

• August 17 - Move-In Day 2019 (10:00-3:00 pm)

Residence Life:• Residence Hall Association (RHA):

• Four (4) students and an advisor attended the NACURH conference. Tiffany Willis was chosen to present at the conference and her presentation was recognized as a Top 40 program for the national confer-ence.

• Weekly activities have been coordinated for summer residents:• A community meeting and ice cream

social welcomed residents to Reed Hall for the summer.

• Sips and Strokes allowed residents to de-stress through painting.

HOUSINGMR. LUTHER GREMMELS

University Cinema:

• June Movies – Avengers:Endgame,

Aladdin, and Secret Life of Pets 2

• Cinema Hours:

• Monday - Saturday - 7:00 pm

• Sunday - 2:00 pm

Miss UWA:

• June 9 - Miss Alabama Competition

• Awarded $2,000 in scholarships during

Miss Alabama Competition

Upcoming Events:

• June 28 - July 4 - Secret Life of Pets 2

(University Cinema)

Caidie Johnson - Miss UWA

CAMPS & EVENTS/UNIVERSITY CINEMAMS. DANIELLE MILLER

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