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  • Wednesday, April 23, 2025
  • 3:00 PM – 6:30 PM PT
    Registration
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    First Timers Session
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PT
    Welcome Reception
  • Thursday, April 24, 2025
  • 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM PT
    Yoga
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PT
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 3:15 PM PT
    Exhibits Open
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM PT
    Registration
  • 8:00 AM – 8:15 PM PT
    Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • 8:15 AM – 8:45 AM PT
    NAGAP Awards Presentations
  • 8:45 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    Keynote Session
  • 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM PT
    Break
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    "I’m Just a Baby!": Leadership as a Junior Staff Member
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Alumni-Driven Recruitment: Amplifying Your Graduate Recruitment Reach Through Alumni Networks
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Bridging the Tour Gap: Creating a Graduate Ambassador Program as Iconic as the Golden Gate Bridge
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Exploring Student Success Strategies for Online Students
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    How to approach your faculty to look at retention: Delivering on recruitment promises
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    LGBTQ+ Staff and Faculty Council: What Worked for Indiana University Bloomington and How to Implement One at Your University
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    NAGAP Joint Research Session
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Strategic Enrollment Planning: Implementing Strategies
  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM PT
    Lunch on Your Own
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    2024 RESEARCH GRANT WINNER – A Social Science Approach to GEM: Leveraging Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Enhanced Strategy in Complex Admissions Markets
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Beyond Borders: Accelerating Enrollment Growth Through Strategic Global Collaborations
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Confidence Matters: New, Actionable Insights to Improve Enrollment Predictability
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Embracing Holistic Admissions: Engaging Your Programs for Success
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Good Friction in GEM: Evolving Practices and Encouraging Growth
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    NAGAP Joint Research Presentation
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Putting the R & R in GEM
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Stressed, Tired, and Overwhelmed
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM PT
    Break
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    Accelerated Master's Programs: Widening Your Applicant Pool Through a Cross-Degree Approach
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    Cultivating a Growth Mindset: Strategies for Engaging and Developing Your Team
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    Holistic Review for a Diverse Student Population
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    Making Friends with Financial Aid: Collaboration Strategies to Make Recruiting and Onboarding Easier
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    NAGAP Joint Research Presentation
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    Need help retaining your staff? - EQ to the rescue
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    The Tech Stack Powering Modern Recruitment: From Silos to Synergy
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    Unionization in Higher Education: Sharing Experiences and Building a Network
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    ADVANCED ROUNDTABLE – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    Critical Competencies for Today's GEM Professional
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    Expanding Access: Strategies for Recruiting Diverse Graduate Applicants to Rural-Based Programs
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    Financial Value Transparency will impact Graduate Enrollment Management: what you need to know
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    Increasing Yield with In-Person Recruitment Events in an Online World
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    NAGAP Joint Research Presentation
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    The Communication Advantage: Earning Trust and Demonstrating Value
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    The Little Engine that Could
  • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM PT
    Off-Site Event
  • Friday, April 25, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PT
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM PT
    Exhibits Open
  • 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM PT
    Registration
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    Plenary Session
  • 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    Break
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    An Alumni Symposium - an innovative approach to connecting, engaging, and celebrating our graduates.
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    Keeping Students SAFE: Protecting Physical, Mental, and Financial Student Well-Being from Recruit to Graduate
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    NAGAP Joint Research Presentation
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    Navigating the Future of Education: A Look at Graduate Online Programs
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    Strategic Planning Workshop: A Step-by-Step Session
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    The Prospective Graduate Student Journey
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    Using CGS Data to Understand Graduate Career Outcomes
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    Whose job is it? Finding the Balance Between Staff and Faculty Responsibilities
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    "You Get a Budget and You Get a Budget": Centralized and Decentralized Budget Management Strategies
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    ADVANCED ROUNDTABLE - Golden Opportunities: Mid-career Role Shifting Beyond GEM in Academia
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    Allyship in Action: How Admissions Teams Can Support and Recruit LGBTQ+ Students
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    Confidence Boosters: How Peer Advocates Help Prospects Make the Grade
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    I Didn't Meet My Admissions Target: Survey Strategies to Understand Yield Rates, Applicant Behavior, and Student Readiness
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    Morale Matters: A "Hiring, Training, and Committee Structure" Blueprint for a Happy, High-Performing Team
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    NAGAP Joint Research Presentation
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    Unplugged: Getting real about GEM partnerships
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PT
    NAGAP Business Meeting AND Lunch
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    2024 RESEARCH GRANT WINNER – Exploring Mentoring Expectations: A Quantitative Analysis of Faculty and Student Perspectives in Graduate Student Mentoring
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Artificial Intelligence in Graduate Admissions
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Enrollment Marketing Improv! A Panel of GEM Experts Answers Enrollment Marketing Challenges in Real Time
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Graduate Student Success-Developing a Best Practice Model
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Mindfulness for the GEM Professional: Burnout, grit and emotional resilience
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Money Talks: Using Finance & Funding Webinars as a Graduate Recruitment Tool
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    NAGAP Joint Research Presentation
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    SAIGES: Strengthening American Indian Graduate Enrollment and Success
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM PT
    Break
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    A SMASching way to Recruit and Showcase your Programs through Social Media Ambassador Scholarships (SMASch)
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    Be Brave: How to Have Authentic Conversations and Develop Trust
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    Facilitating Graduate Advising Success by Developing Shared Expectations
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    Golden Gate Bridge: Driving Student Recruitment with Alumni
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    Implementing a Holistic Review Strategy: Reflections and Lessons Learned after Year 1
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    NAGAP Joint Research Presentation
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    Navigating a Student's Journey from Prospect to Alumni: A Road Map for Small Office Success
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT
    No Mission Without Margins
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PT
    Emerging Leaders Reception (BY INVITATION ONLY)
  • Saturday, April 26, 2025
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM PT
    Beverage Service Available
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    Registration
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PT
    Demystifying Success: Enrollment Marketing Benchmarks that Matter
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PT
    Does one leadership approach fit all situations? Adopting a flexible leadership style to meet the needs of your team
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PT
    How to Build a Mentor Program: Bridge the Gap Between Academic and the “Real World” with Human Centered Connections
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PT
    Leveraging internal and external partners to increase net tuition revenue
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PT
    NAGAP Joint Research Presentation
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PT
    Presentation Title Supporting DEI in Doctoral Recruiting: Implementing and Sustaining a Pre-Application Mentoring Program
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    Equity and access in practice: How enrollment management professionals' conceptualize DEIB
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    NAGAP Joint Research Presentation
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    Partnering with For-Profit Education Organizations in Times of Enrollment Decline: A Case Study at Clemson University
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    Resilience Recharge: Self-Care Strategies for Admissions Officers
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    Spending money to make money: A scholarship alternative that impacts enrollment matriculation and student job outcomes through professional development
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    Student Services Beyond Institutional Resources - A Personal Approach
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    Brunch and Closing Keynote Address