First interview for Director of Admissions will be held today at 2:15 p.m.

The first interview for the Director of Admissions will be held today, May 19th. You are invited to attend the Open Forum at 2:15 p.m. in CMU 205 for Ashley Weatherspoon.

Ashley Weatherspoon is currently the Director of Enrollment Services at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, a position that she has held since January 2011. In this leadership role she has developed new recruitment strategies and implemented the Hobsons Connect CRM program at Anoka-Ramsey. She has increased prospective student inquiries by 25% and applications by 10% and has led the effort to restructure the orientation and registration process at Anoka-Ramsey. Prior to this role, Ashley served as an Admissions Advisor at Anoka-Ramsey Community College and at the University of Phoenix. Ashley earned her Master of Science in Education Leadership from Minnesota State University, Mankato and Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication/Public Relations from Minnesota State University Moorhead.

You may view the candidate’s resume on the Admissions Director website: https://sp.mnstate.edu/sites/dasearch The website is accessible only by current MSUM employees from the MSUM network. Enter your username and password (DragonNet Username and DragonNet Password) to access the site. Your DragonNet username and password are the same as your email username and password.

The feedback survey is also located on the website. Please use this document to provide your input on all three candidates. Feedback will be collected through 3 pm on Thursday, May 29th. The search committee will review all feedback provided.

Two additional candidates will also be interviewing over the coming days. Merideth Sherlin will be on campus on May 22 and Matthew Suby will be on campus May 28. Open forums with the candidates will be held at 2:15 pm each of those days in CMU 205.