Admissions and Financial Aid are continuing to work with new students right into the first week of the semester. Special thanks to all our colleagues who are working tirelessly to help onboard and orient our students to the Vermont State University community in a condensed time frame. Your efforts are truly appreciated!
The enrollment planning team has been focused on how to build on the foundation of success that we achieved in the past cycle and make improvements going forward. A strategic admissions and enrollment marketing plan has been drafted and will be finalized in the coming weeks. Increased focus on academic program level marketing and differentiated strategies to engage with adult and online learners are two of the major themes permeating the plan. The admissions team is excited to participate in training that focuses on a more consultative approach to working with these populations.
In addition to all the exciting planned changes in the year ahead, there is also a lot of work happening to prepare for the next recruitment cycle. This includes building out the new applications, designing and printing collateral for upcoming recruitment events, updating presentations and information sheets, and continuing to work with online college search platforms to maximize exposure for VTSU. On Thursday of this past week, we received word from the U.S. Department of Education that the official unification of Castleton, NVU, and Vermont Tech into Vermont State University was completed and approved. Now VTSU is able to award Title IV federal funding to our students without missing a beat. This is a huge accomplishment and another major milestone in the launch of our new university. The financial team has spent considerable time and energy on this project, and we thank them for all their efforts in making this happen!