Currently recruiting (both new and current students) is not the purview or focus of any one area.  Technically, it is not a focus in the Honors Coordinator's job description and much of it occurs over the summer or winter break when contractually she need not be on campus.  Additionally, she is neither trained to do this nor is it the most effective use of her time and strengths.

If Admissions--already an overworked, under-staffed area--does not have a person to dedicate to this task, it cannot be done effectively. 

We need someone whose specific task is active recruiting for the program to work all stages of the process.  Presently, neither honors nor Admissions has sufficient trained staff to do this effectively and appropriately.

This full-time person could help with the initiative to increase numbers of non-traditional students in the program and College in general, splitting time between honors and Admissions.  His or her focus could be honors and non honors non-trads/adults (honors and not).

Over the last few years, we have used part-time student workers to handle much of the day-to-day calling, etc.  While recruits like to hear from students in the program, turnover is annual (or quicker) and they struggle to truly understand the urgency of the task and the need to be both salesy and accurate with information.  A full-time dedicated person with recruiting training understands the nature and needs of the position, would bring new ideas, and have the training, time and larger concepts to do the job more effectively and efficiently.

Being submitted in Admissions as well as a joint initiative.