Courtney Cassard
Courtney Cassard
aid determine eligible financial gathered needed status whatever
Once we did that we gathered whatever transcript that we needed to determine their status and if they were eligible for admission. Financial aid has been working with all these students, too. That's pretty much all they had to do.
gone variety wide
It could have been used for a wide variety of things. It wasn't an admissions recruitment thing exclusively. However, we would have gone on the weekends.
ads advocate billboards campaign local next print strategic
There were also print ads in the Times Picayune, the Advocate and some other local newspapers. The next part of the campaign is that we're going to get some billboards up in some strategic areas.
course holiday malls people shopping traffic
Of course that was during the holiday shopping season. That's when the people were in the malls. There's just not enough traffic in the malls now. Staffing is also a concern.
affects budget class cuts hire size tough
If they can't hire teachers, that affects class size and class availability. The budget cuts have been tough on everybody.
decided happen number thursday until
It's a pretty substantial number that decided to stay. With registration now going until Thursday (today), we don't know what's going to happen with that.
affected against families hard school trying
We're up against the storms. There were a lot of families who were affected that are trying to rebuild. It's kind of hard to concentrate on school when you don't even have a home.
aid clear communication constant orleans throughout understood visiting
We were in constant communication with them throughout the semester. We wanted to make it clear that we understood that they were visiting students, and we were here to aid the institutions in New Orleans that were closed.
activities mission office
There are a lot of recruitment activities that are always on-going. That's part of what the admissions office mission is for recruiting.
eligible students target trying
We're trying to target students who are eligible here with the new admissions requirements.
front holidays information lobby people weekends
We wanted to use the front part on weekends and holidays for recruitment where it would be kind of a lobby where people could go get information about Nicholls.