Events
NACAC’s 64th Annual National Conference
NACAC 2008 – Our Favorite Time of Year
You know them… The people who live and die for the holidays and their fruitcake. Your friends who tan all year long for their Caribbean vacation in February. And those of us at ConnectEDU who can’t wait to cross the country for NACAC. This year, NACAC 2008 in Seattle was no exception and provided the perfect opportunity to learn first-hand what’s happening in college admission counseling.
From each corner of the exhibit hall, the dominant discussion was the budget crisis gripping every sector in the U.S. More and more high schools were approaching our booth to learn about a free solution that would actually save them money immediately. Colleges were equally interested in finding ways to streamline efficiencies in admissions and recruitment that would have an impact on their dwindling budgets. They wanted to know what leaders in our network were doing to make a difference. Our ConnectEDU Awards for Excellence provided a snapshot.
ConnectEDU awarded nine high schools and five colleges the Award for Excellence for their progressive deployment of a ConnectEDU platform, either Connect! or Prep Headquarters, and for their innovation in college admission counseling or college admission respectively. Congratulations to all of our winners!
Watch our video footage from the 2008 NACAC Conference and check out some of the pictures of our Award for Excellence Winners.
2008 ConnectEDU Award for Excellence Winners
Canal Winchester High School
Linda Knicely, Counselor at Canal Winchester High School (right) accepts the 2008 ConnectEDU Award for Excellence from ConnectEDU’s Sheri Meyer, Vice President of High School Services(left)
East Grand Rapids High School
Danielle Beller, Counselor at East Grand Rapids High School (right), accepts the 2008 ConnectEDU Award for Excellence from ConnectEDU’s Sheri Meyer, Vice President of High School Services (left)
Cathedral High School
Kathy Pivonka (center) and Lynn Miller (right), College Advisors at Cathedral High School, accept the 2008 ConnectEDU Award for Excellence from ConnectEDU’s Sheri Meyer, Vice President of High School Services (left)
Powers Catholic High School
Mary Ann Newbill, Director of Guidance at Powers Catholic High School (right), accepts the 2008 ConnectEDU Award for Excellence from ConnectEDU’s Sheri Meyer, Vice President of High School Services (left)
East Brunswick High School
Myron Small, Guidance Department Chair at East Brunswick High School (right), accepts the 2008 ConnectEDU Award for Excellence from ConnectEDU’s President & CEO Craig Powell (left)
Kenmore East High School
David Coates, School Counselor at Kenmore East High School (left), accepts the 2008 ConnectEDU Award for Excellence from ConnectEDU’s Frank Vastola, Senior Vice President for Sales & Marketing (right)
Forest Hills Public Schools
Carl Peterson, Counseling Department Chair at Forest Hills Public Schools, (right), accepts the 2008 ConnectEDU Award for Excellence from ConnectEDU’s Sheri Meyer, Vice President of High School Services (left)
Michigan State University
John Ambrose, Recruitment Coordinator, James Cotter, Acting Director, Mike Cook, Senior Associate Director, and Michael Kolar, Assistant Director of Admissions (Left to right) from Michigan State University accept the 2008 ConnectEDU Award for Excellence from ConnectEDU’s Frank Vastola, Senior Vice President for Sales & Marketing (right)
University of Vermont
Chris Lucier, Vice President of Enrollment Management at University of Vermont (right), accepts the 2008 ConnectEDU Award for Excellence from Frank Vastola, Senior Vice President for Sales & Marketing at ConnectEDU (left)
University of Iowa
Frank Vastola, Senior Vice President for Sales & Marketing at ConnectEDU, presents the 2008 ConnectEDU Award for Excellence to University of Iowa’s John Laverty, Associate Director of Admissions, Kathryne Bassett, Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Michael Barron, Assistant Provost for Enrollment Services & Director of Admissions, and Jane Warner, Associate Director of Admissions
(l to r – Laverty, Bassett, Barron, Vastola, Warner)
University of Michigan
ConnectEDU’s President & CEO, Craig Powell, presents the 2008 ConnectEDU Award for Excellence to Ted Spencer, Associate Vice Provost & Executive Director Undergraduate Admissions, and Clark Brigger, Associate Director of Systems & Research Undergraduate Admissions from the University of Michigan along with Frank Vastola, Senior Vice President for Sales & Marketing at ConnectEDU
(l to r – Powell, Spencer, Brigger, Vastola)
The City University of New York
Richard Alvarez, University Director of Admission at The City University of New York (left), accepts the 2008 ConnectEDU Award for Excellence from Craig Powell, ConnectEDU’s President & CEO (right)