Optimizing Communications Sent to New Graduate and Professional Students

Project Sponsors

• Michele Mariscalco, Associate Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences  Academic Affairs
• Jonathan Art, Interim Dean of Graduate College

Project Team

• Sean Boettcher, Director of Recruitment and Enrollment Strategy, College of Nursing
• Clarence Glenn, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UIC Law
• Brittany Grantz, Associate Director of Admissions
• Kathleen Kashima, Senior Associate Dean of Students, College of Medicine
• Steve Kowal, Director of Admissions Systems and Data
• John Slavick, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, School of Public Health
• Michael Wesbecher, Director, Communications and Events, UIC Health Affairs
• Joshua Adkins, Graduate Assistant

Project Leads:

• Jamie Haney, Executive Assistant Dean, Graduate College
• Darryl Pendleton, Associate Dean for Student and Diversity Affairs, College of Dentistry

Project Objectives:

A project that takes inventory of all of the communications new graduate and professional students receive from variety of UIC offices/programs before the start of the 1^st term and into their first semester. The goal would be to increase effectiveness and reduce confusion for the new students by optimizing the quantity and content of these communications. Key campus partners would gather information on communications starting from the point of admission to enrollment, as well as the first year of college. The group would map the timeline / nature of the communication sent to particular audiences (and the sub-populations) and explore feasibility and strategies for optimization. A similar project was done at MSU with interesting results.