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Student Newspaper of Saint Augustine’s College Raleigh, N. C. tV October 1999 tV Volume 8 Number I
New Dean of Enrollment brings new ideas
By Annette Hinkson
Staff Writer
According to the Admissions
Office, enrollment for freshmen is
at a 10 percent decrease as of the
beginning of September.
Out of this percentage there are
140 students from North Carolina
and 328 students from out-of-state.
The decrease may be caused by the
offers from the more competitive
schools.
“The possible reason behind this
decrease could be how competitive
the field is in starting high school
seniors,” said Sha-Ron Jones, the
nevi^ dean of enrollment
management.
Jones comes to St. Aug from
North Carolina Central University
where he was Director of
Admissions last year. According to
Jones, the school needs better
marketing in order to raise the
number of enrollment. These high
school students choose public
colleges over private colleges because
of better scholarships and lower
tuition.
Jones and his staflfs goal is have
Staff Photo
Sha-Ron Jones working hard in his office to come up with ideas to increase enrollment.
‘2000 by Fall 2000.’ Their main
concentration are the freshmen and
they plan to drain every effort to
achieve their goal. They cannot do
it alone so they are asking the entire
college to assist in pressing this
effort.
“The new Admissions staff is
very excited and will carry the
banner of St. Aug on in a very
productive and positive manner,”
Jones said.
The admissions staff can
motivate the students to come to St.
Aug, but it is up to the academic
departments to keep them here by
considering their interest. Jones
wants to engage the college
community to encourage that goal.
This includes friends, alumni,
students, faculty and staff. Another
way to boost enrollment is
upgrading the college website.
“We need bright colorful images
of the campus and students with
captions,” Jones said. “On the
admission links of the website of the
website incorporating faculty on the
website as well as students and
facilities in order to give it fun and
adventure and include a lot of
positively.”
The idea is to make the website
so the students will be enthused by
St. Augustine’s College and feel that
it is the place to be. Jones feels the
faculty should be promoted in the
classrooms of high schools in and
around Wake County as guest
speakers.
“If the college initiated a
commercial the signal should go as
far as funds will allow,” Jones said.
According to Jones the focus
points should be on students’
success, students actively at work
and student activities.
“Other programs should
participate more with grant funding
opportunities to promote their
academic area,” Jones said. “They
should become more active in their
areas and allow the students to get
involved to enrich their
undergraduate experience here.”
New staff arrives and are ready to work
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By Jamie Harris
Sports Editor
As Saint Augustine’s College
opened its doors to welcome all the
smiling faces of new freshmen, the
doors were also wide open for new
faculty and staff.
Along with adding four new
faces in the Business Department,
Baruti Kstembo, Wayne Johnson,
Marcel Ngambi, and Barbara
Corvette, the Admissions Office has
two new faces of its own.
With the loss of our admission
staff, St. Aug’s was in serious need
of finding new people to bring in
more students. With the new Dean
of Enrollment, Sha’Ron Jones, the
Admissions Office has added two
personal that are looking to make
sure the students will enjoy their
stay, and leave Saint Augustine’s
College knowing it was the right
institution for them.
Sherlock McDougald is
originally from Bunnlevel, North
Carolina, His job is Admissions
Counselor. McDougald attended
Saint Augustine’s College,
graduating in 1996 with a BS degree
in Criminal Justice and completed
four years of ROTC . He is now
the first Lt. in the Army Reserves.
McDougald enjoys spending
time with his friends and family and
loves sports. His main concern is
the students and staff involvement
at the College.
“It will take the student body
and the staff to have an effective
recruitment program,” McDougald
said.
Charlatta Sims, from Dudley
North Carolina, is no stranger to the
CIAA. She attended Winston
Salem State University, majoring in
Therapeutic Recreation and
Psychology, and received her Master
Degree at Bowie Sate in Guidance
and Counseling. She is also an
Admissions Counselor. Before she
came to Saint Augustine’s College
she worked at Prince George
County Schools in Maryland. Sims
enjoy music, jazz, singing, reading,
and cross word puzzles.
Both McDougald and Sims’
responsibilities include supervising
admissions staff when necessary,
travel as needed to High Schools,
plan and conduct Open House
activities, other required
Recruitment Activities, and make
sure the student are happy here.
“I enjoy the one on one
relationship with the students, and
. Photo by Jamie Harris
McDougald (sitting) and Simms enjoy getting started on their new jobs in the Admissions Office
is willing to go the extra mile to
help that student if needed,”
McDougald said.
The lack of support from
Alumni staff, has been a problem
that Admissions Office has faced
in the past, and is looking to find
a bond between the two.
“We want to work closely with
the alumni office and build a
strong relationship with existing
alumni chapters,” Sims’ said. “We also
want to help develop alumni chapters
for areas who don’t have a chapter.”
McDougald said that coming to
Saint Aug was a good choice for him.
“I love my job, it is rewarding,”
McDougald said.
Sims’ is delighted as well to be here.
“I like to work with the students
and this office has become a close nit
family,” said Sims.
All in all the two wants everyone
to become involved and to know
that the Admissions office is willing
to help out in whatever ways
necessary.
“We want alumni chapters to be
aware of what admissions office
responsibilities are and well aware of
what programs are in their high
schools and communities,” Sims
said.