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The Way I See It: The New Professional
By Amy Hammer Moving along with our series, Joel Ontiveros of UCLA shares his experiences of starting a career as an admission counselor. Please click here to read the introductions by our two other contributors before we jump into learning more of their opinions on various admission-related topics. “The New Professional” – 1-4 years Joel…
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Rental Car Shaming
By Sam Schreiber Another week on the road, another day of frustratingly typing locations into your Neverlost cursing Hertz for not updating it annually. I am home this week which means lots of laundry and wanting to unpack but knowing I’m going to have to repack in less than a week so what is the…
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DEA Inclusion: Get Involved & Reach Higher Initiative
By Jamilla Jamison NACAC is always a great experience for gaining new knowledge, ideas and an opportunity for networking. NACAC San Diego was the largest ever hosted and WACAC was fortunate enough to have 900 attendees for its membership meeting! During the WACAC membership meeting, I was able to give a brief overview of the…
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Government Relations Alert: Save the Perkins Loan, Part 2
By Kris Zavoli The US House of Representatives passed H.R. 3594, the Higher Education Extension Act which would extend the Perkins Loan Program for one year. Now, the Senate needs to act on the same bill. Both Senator Boxer and Feinstein firmly support the passage of H.R 3594 and passage is critical. If you have…
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Admission Leaders in Action: Becky Konowicz
By Curtis Morisaki The Journey Blowing out your knee as an athlete in college may seem like the end of the world, but for Becky Konowicz the injury opened the door for new opportunities. After her injury, Konowicz decided she was done playing competitive sports and looked for a new passion. While completing her degree in…
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You Go Girl (or Boy)! – Post 2
By Amanda Wallin Cheers to the second entry of You Go Girl (or Boy)! Here are this month’s tips for encouragement and connection! We need you! We all have our strengths and specialties. If we are lucky, we also know about the strengths of our colleagues. Is there someone in your office who is just…
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WACAC Member Spotlight: Kristy Blue on Admission, Life and Travel
Q & A with Kristy Blue with Neelam Savla interviewing on behalf of WACAC Over the next several months, we wanted to help you meet WACAC. How, you ask? We’re bringing you WACAC member spotlights to help us all learn more about the passionate individuals within our education field. This week we’d like to introduce…
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The Way I See It: The Rising Professional
By Amy Hammer It is time to introduce the second contributor for our new blog series, Julio Mata of Miami University. If you did not catch our first blog posting with April Crabtree of University of San Francisco, please click here. “The Rising Professional” – 5-10 years Julio Mata – Senior Assistant Director for Regional…
