This evening in San Diego, Michele Sandlin, OSU Director of Admission was awarded the inaugural Thomas A. Bilger Citation for Service by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) at the Association’s annual national conference.
Michele Sandlin stands with the daughter and widow of Thomas Bilger, the namesake of the award.
While the actual nomination is rather long, the highlights include Michele’s service as Chair of AACRAO’s Admissions Practices and Policies Committee, development of the Admission Management 101 workshops, coordinator of the Admission Institutes (now a permanent piece of AACRAO professional development offerings), Program Coordinator for Admission and Enrollment Management for AACRAO conferences, numerous presentations through AACRAO, and recruitment of outstanding professionals in admission to add value to Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) and AACRAO meetings. Throughout, she has helped develop a holistic admission system implementation plan at OSU.
Congratulations, Michele!
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Way to go, Michele! What an honor, and you thoroughly deserve it for all your hard work.
Congratulations!
Hooray, Michele! It could go to no better person! Congratulations!
Congratulations! I’m so happy for you!
Wow!! This is absolutely awesome! Michele, I am very proud of you (really!). It’s great that other people know and recognize you as a hardworking and intelligent admissions professional. I have no doubt that many of them also know what a wonderful and fun person you are! Way to go!
Congratulations Michelle. They could not have chosen someone more fitting to honor. It is a fitting thanks for all you have done.
Michele, AACRAO is such an enormous organization, this award is a real tribute to your engagement in their efforts and your positive contribution to the profession. It is certainly rare to be singled out for recognition in an association the size of AACRAO. Congratulations!
Michele, I have tremendous admiration for your leadership. I am thrilled that AACRAO has recognized your contributions to admissions nationally. We are blessed to have you as a friend and colleague.
Congratulations, Michele–I’m proud of AACRAO for making such a find selection.
Way to go, Pogo!
Congratulations, Michele. I am very proud of you!
I’m not convinced that OSU’s new admissions approach is better than the previous system. Does a scholarly examination of the old versus the new system exist? If so, where and how can it be accessed?
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