Enrollment Management Community Briefing

1. Enrollment ManagementCommunity Briefing January 24, 2008

2. University Updates • Connect-ED Crisis Communication Service • Sign up NOW!!! • Go to the WPI Crisis Contact Information page: http://bannerweb.wpi.edu • Unified Digital Campus project • Thanks to everyone for time invested! • Reviewing how we do business and how we use technology to accomplish our goals • Most recent focus: reporting needs/ODS/EDW

3. WPI Site Redevelopment Project • Over 100 participants in the WPI Community: • Web Committee • Faculty Web Committee • Student Web Committee • Admin Group • Departments/Divisions https://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Marketing/BigBad

5. WPI Site Redevelopment Update Five Benefits of the Redevelopment project: Global navigation Cohesive site architecture Simplified CMS Templates Cleaned up content New look and feel Questions? Tonya Price, tprice@wpi.edu

7. The Rules • The contestant furthest from “Alex” on his left goes first • You must answer in the form of a question • Failure to do so will result in an incorrect answer • Please wait for question to display and be read prior to “buzzing” • If you answer correctly, you receive the point value • If you answer incorrectly, you lose point value • the next flashing buzzer contestant gets to answer the question (you must wait until “Alex” has clearly stated that the answer is incorrect) • If this contestant does not answer correctly, the audience has the opportunity to answer • Audience members who correctly answer the question will receive a prize • The contestant that correctly answers the question gets to select the next category • If nobody correctly answers the questions, then the team who previously selected gets to select again • The judges decision on all “questions” is final

8. UG ADMISSIONS GRADUATE ADMISSIONS FINANCIAL AID REGISTRAR’S OFFICE POTPOURRI The number of credits in a unit The Regular Decision Application Deadline $200 The number of classrooms at WPI $200 $200 Applicants to the MBA program must submit this test score One of the two required forms needed by incoming first year students in order to apply for need based financial aid $200 $200 CGSR stands for… FAFSA stands for… $400 The number of open houses hosted annually by the Admissions Office $400 $400 The number of times a year WPI confers degrees $400 $400 The new software to manage events, classrooms, other space $600 The component of the admissions process that just became optional Number of doctoral degrees awarded in 2007 $600 The minimum amount of academic credit required for a bachelors degree The number of community service hours a Federal Work Study recipient needs to work during FY'08 $600 $600 $600 WPI’s current freshman to sophomore retention rate The busiest month of the year for Admissions visitors Number of Master’s degrees awarded in 2007 FERPA stands for…. This federally mandated reporting system is commonly referred to as IPEDS $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 When a student/family files the FAFSA, the Federal Dept of Education makes this calculation The number of applications received for Fall 2007 is: The first Master of Science degree was awarded in this major On the graduate level, a grade of UP stand for… The name of WPI’s Project Manager for the Unified Digital Campus The dollar value of institutional need and merit based aid awarded to students in FY'07 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000

9. Final Jeopardy!

10. Final Jeopardy! The number of Enrollment Management Division families that were/are expecting new babies in the 2008 fiscal year?