| Initiative Title | Student Ambassador |
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| Submitted in Previous Year(s) | No |
| Critical Information, Notes, Justification, Rationale | These students are the first people prospective students have interactions with and can lead to very meaningful conversations and experiences for our applicants. Offering a paid Student Ambassador Program would give the Office of Admissions a more diverse number of ambassadors while also enabling us to reach prospective students on a more personalized method. Our department utilized a great deal of student workers when we were on campus. Due to COVID-19, we are currently remote and could use Student Ambassadors to help with our FA presentations, outbound phone calls, Live-chat etc. |
| Consequences of this initiative not being funded | Our Student Ambassador program has a small number of students. With the overall work -load and work life balance, a lot of these students cannot afford to volunteer their time without compensation. Many of them pay for college on their own or support their families. Funding this position would give us a greater number of participants while helping the students financially. Without this support, our FA team would have to complete these tasks, which would take away from the processing side. |
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| Locations | Main Campus, Newburgh Campus |
| Estimated Completion Date | |
| Will this initiative span multiple budget years? | No |
| Importance | Low |
| Funding Source | Request for Prioritization |
| Created | 02/15/2021 9:46 am |
| Updated | 02/16/2021 4:35 pm |
| Goal | How will the initiative support this institutional goal? |
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Prospective students tend to gravitate more towards current students. The stories and information our Student Admission Ambassadors share with our prospective students resonates with these students and allows our applicants to build a connection to our institution. |
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If paid, we would be able to invite our Student Admission Ambassadors to recruitment events on and off campus including high school college fairs and panel presentations. In addition, I would like to institute a Student Admission Ambassador phone call yield campaign. This campaign would entail our ambassadors contacting our prospective students to let them know the next steps in the enrollment process. |
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Student Ambassadors would be an added resource to help our incoming and current students understand the Financial Aid Process. |
| Action Step | Responsible Party | Order |
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| Work with HR & Payroll, once funding is approved, to set up the proper process for our students to get paid. | Admissions, Human Resources & Payroll | 1 |
| Market program to campus community | Admissions & Marketing (Marketing primarily for marketing materials and social media postings) | 2 |
| Interview and hire student admission ambassadors | Admissions | 3 |
| Request funding | Financial Aid | 4 |
| Outcome | Order |
|---|---|
| Ambassadors would help with our Marketing and Recruitment efforts, thus helping increase our enrollment. | 1 |
| Increased completion of Financial Aid Applications | 2 |
| Method | Description | Other Method | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observations | Information can be collected while observing “events” (including, sponsored activities, student {office staff} sessions, etc.) in the natural setting. Observation can provide information on student behaviors and attitudes. | Admissions | |
| Interviews | The students (or other participants) are able during an interview to share their direct experiences, attitudes and beliefs. Interviews can be either structured or unstructured. | Admissions | |
| Institutional Data | Review both program and student data that is collected at the institutional level. Data can include program enrollment, retention, transfer, student GPA, etc. | Student Services & Admissions |
| INITIAL YEAR COST: | $20,000.00 |
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| RECURRING COST: | $20,000.00 |
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| 100000 | $10000.00 / 10000.00 (1st year) |
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| Funding to pay ambassadors | $10000.00 / 10000.00 (1st year) |
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| TOTAL: | $20,000.00 / $20,000.00 | ||
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
| Initiative Title | Department |
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| Institute funding for Student Ambassador Program | Admissions and Recruitment |
| Institute Financial Aid Student Ambassador Program | Financial Aid |
The Student Ambassador initiative would enable us to expand the current Admissions Ambassadors program to include peer support in Financial Aid, at Student Services Central, and in the Academic Advising Office. Peer-to-peer engagement is a learning and leadership opportunity for peers and a beneficial way to connect current students to prospective students and their families at all stages of the enrollment process.
Students who can share their SUNY Orange experiences are the best ambassadors we have and engaging them in introducing new students to the College supports the work of our enrollment offices.
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