2026 - 2027 Admissions and Recruitment Plan

A general statement (narrative) about what the department wants to accomplish.

Last updated on: 12/08/2025 11:45 am by Maynard Schmidt

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During the 2024-2025 academic year, our admissions team worked towards meeting enrollment goals tied to the Strategic Enrollment Management Plan (SEM) through strategic planning and careful review of past events and practices. We continued to provide services that will cater to every student including virtual, in-person and phone meetings. Below you will find a listing of major on-campus events for Fall & Spring 2025

  • Annual Guidance Counselor Luncheon – Middletown Campus
  • Middletown Campus Open House
  • Newburgh Preview Day
  • Spring Incoming Student Day Program
  • Virtual Health Profession Sessions

Over the past academic year, we had a number of on-campus and off-campus events. Below you will find a small snapshot of our on-campus events and how many visitors we saw throughout the year. Please note, these numbers do not include students who were walk-in appointments.

  • Guidance Counselor Luncheon: 21 local counselors
  • Middletown Campus Open House: 70 families – over 145 guests
  • Newburgh Preview Day: 15 families
  • Spring Incoming Student Day Program: 198 families
  • Weekly appointments: 210 Appointments
  • Campus Tour & Information Sessions: 100 families
  • Virtual Health Profession Sessions – Between 50-60 students attended our events

This year, we went back to our Open House date scheduled the Saturday before Thanksgiving and had a really nice turnout. In addition, we will be changing the format of our Newburgh Preview Day and will be hosting a joint event with SUNY Orange Plus to promote workforce development and healthcare programs. More details will be flushed out during the fall semester. In addition, we will be hosting an adult learner program to help promote our SUNY reconnect and SUNY for all initiatives.

Goals & Priorities for 2025-2026

Below you will find a list of goals and priorities for the 2024-2025 academic year. The following goals will
support strategic priority #4: Systems & Spaces:

  • Objective #1:  Optimize systems and streamline internal processes to reduce administrative barriers, improve efficiency and enhance the SUNY Orange Experience
  • Objective #2: Invest in Technology that enhances learning, improves student access and increases institutional data-driven decision making.

2025-2026  Goals:

  • Create a new Admissions Application through the use of our CRM
  • Build & create a new admissions presentation room for our prospective students
  • Create Admissions instructional videos - ReAdmit registration
  • Build communication plan in the financial aid module in our CRM to leverage FA in the Enrollment process
  • Expand group tour offerings
  • Implement new technologies to enhance the prospective student experience

2025-2026 Initiatives:

  • Build and enhance admissions space to include a presentation room in Shepard Student Center
  • Continue to expand our group visitation program
  • Purchase SLATE consultation services
  • Get funding to attend SLATE Conference
  • Explore the use of AI technologies through Element 451, Gecko, Halda & Mongoose

Department Goals

Specific things the department wishes to achieve or accomplish this academic year.

# Department Goal
1 Create a new Admissions Application through the use of SLATE CRM
2 Create Admissions Instructional Videos - ReAdmit Registration
3 Expand Group tour offerings
4 Implement new technologies to enhance the prospective student experience
5 Build an admissions presentation room adjacent to our new admissions space

Initiatives

Projects or processes that would assist you in achieving one or more of your goals this academic year.