Searching for new Enrollment Services VP
Texas A&M University-Kingsville held two on campus interviews last week to help end the hunt for a new Enrollment Services Vice President.
The role of TAMUK’s future Enrollment Services Vice President would be to recruit students and enhance the college experience. The new role is the result of the merger between Student Affairs and Enrollment Services.
“Enrollment Services is being combined with Student Affairs. This change recognizes that recruiting students depends strongly on the student experience. With this change, the new vice president for Enrollment Services and Student Affairs will be responsible for promoting a positive experience for all students from the time they apply to Texas A&M-Kingsville until they graduate,” Dr. Lou Reinisch, provost and vice president of academic affairs, said.
The goal in merging Student Affairs and Enrollment Services is to improve the overall college experience and aid in recruiting.
“What we are looking for is someone who can really manage and be in charge of the student experience, half of this job is recruiting students to have the experience,” Dr. Thomas Spencer Dean of Honors College and Hiring Committee member said. “This position is unique in that it is actually being in charge of making sure that experience lives up to the sales pitch.”
A total of 60 applications were submitted for this position. The committee ranked the top 15 candidates and had video interviews. Out of the 15 video interviews two were invited to campus and met with different departments on campus including the President’s Council, Enrollment Management, Student Affairs, the Student Government Association Executive Committee, Provost, Student Success, Human Resources and the President.
Although the hiring committee has reached the final steps in the hiring process. An estimated starting date is yet to be determined.
“Even though we are at the final steps in the process, this can take the most time. So, it is impossible to say when a decision will be announced. This stage of the search process involves negotiating a salary, start date, etc. among many other details. Instead of predicting when this might happen, we will, instead, promise to notify you as soon as the best candidate is recruited,” Reinisch said.