2018 KACRAO Conference Kansas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
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2018 KACRAO Conference Kansas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers September 26-28, 2018 Good Vibes & Good Times * Garden City, KS * KACRAO 2018 Schedule at a Glance Tuesday, September 25th 6:00 p.m. Local Arrangement and Program Committee Meeting 7:00 p.m. Executive Council Meeting Wednesday, September 26th 9:00 a.m. Registration and Information Booth Open 1:00 p.m. Opening Session 2:30 p.m. Corporate Partner Fair & Snack Break 2:45 p.m. Town Hall Meetings 3:45 p.m. Corporate Partner Fair & Break 4:15 p.m. Interest Sessions 5:00 p.m. Past President’s Reception 6:00 p.m. Mexican Dinner & Sol De Mexico Thursday, September 27th 8:00 a.m. Registration and Information Booth Open 8:30 a.m. Interest Sessions 9:30 a.m. Corporate Partner Fair & Snack Break 10:00 a.m. Jam Session 10:30 a.m. Rockin’ Robin Sessions 11:30 a.m. Lunch, Awards, Business Meeting & AACRAO Update 1:00 p.m. Break 1:30 p.m. Interest Sessions 2:15 p.m. Corporate Partner Fair & Break 2:30 p.m. Interest Sessions 3:15 p.m. Corporate Partner Fair & Snack Break 3:30 p.m. Jam Session 4:00 p.m. Interest Sessions 6:00 p.m. BBQ Dinner & The Long Tooth and the Hound Dogs Friday, September 28th 8:30 a.m. Round Table Meetings 9:15 a.m. Corporate Partner Fair & Snack Break 9:30 a.m. Interest Sessions 10:15 a.m. Check Out Break 10:30 a.m. Closing Session Good Vibes & Good Times * Garden City, KS * KACRAO 2018 Featured Keynote Speakers Opening Session Keynote Speaker: Darienne Mobley, ACC Darienne Mobley is a professional coach, speaker and facilitator who brings a world of experience and wisdom to her work. She works with women to help them embrace life and leadership; and organizations to help them develop a successful, effective and empowered team. Her philosophy is that we all want to be happy, accomplished, balanced and even have some fun. She believes that is possible. She has developed a process to help women and organizations succeed. Darienne offers one on one coaching, workshops, keynotes, group coaching and virtual online programs. Darienne is a passionate public speaker. She is a story teller who connects with her audience. Her presentations inspire, entertain and educate. Darienne has consulted with more than 100 organizations around the country. Her previous career was in the tourism industry. She had the distinct honor of serving as the Director of Tourism for both Mississippi and Louisiana. Closing Session Keynote Speaker: Jackie Stiles Jacqueline Marie Stiles was born in Kansas City, Kansas on December 21,1978, to parents Pat and Pam Stiles and is the oldest of four children. She grew up in Claflin, Kansas, and attended Claflin High School. Jackie’s athletic accomplishments are numerous and diverse but she is known best for her endeavors on the basketball court. As a junior in high school, she scored 61 points in 17 minutes of the opening game of the season. By the end of her senior year she becomes the leading scorer for boys and girls in Kansas High School history. Jackie is the state record holder with 71 points in one game. During her four years of high school she won a state record 14 gold medals in track, including the first to win the 400, 800, 1600 and 3200 meters in one day. She placed in the top three in state cross country all four years. This well-rounded athlete also played tennis for the Claflin Wildcats and placed second in state all three seasons. Jackie continued her basketball career in college at Missouri State University, then Southwest Missouri State, where she returned as an assistant coach for the Lady Bears in 2013. As a player, she scored 3,393 career points, breaking the NCAA all-time scoring record on March 1, 2001, and holding that mark until February 2017. Her competitive spirit helped take the Lady Bears to the 2001 Final Four, a run that included a 41-point scoring effort against top-seeded Duke in the Sweet Sixteen. As a senior at Missouri State, Jackie was named to the 2001 Kodak All-America First Team, the Associated Press All-America First Team and was named Women’s Basketball News Service Player of the Year. Her 1,062 points that season remained the only 1,000-point season in Division I women’s basketball history until 2014, and stood as the record until 2017. She also holds the No. 6 single game total in NCAA history with 56 points in a March 2000 contest against Evansville. She was named the Honda Awards program Player of the Year and was the recipient of the coveted Honda Awards Broderick Cup, as well as the Wade Trophy as a senior. A four-time Missouri Valley Conference first-team selection, Stiles earned MVC Player of the Year honors as a sophomore, junior and senior, and the award for the league’s most outstanding player now bears her name. Jackie was the first Missouri State player to be drafted by a WNBA franchise, going fourth overall to the Portland Fire in the 2001 draft. She averaged 14.9 points per game during her first professional season, and received 32 out of 60 possible votes from sportswriters and sportscasters in being named the league’s Rookie of the Year in 2001. Also a WNBA All-Star that season, she played for the Los Angeles Sparks in 2002 as well as professionally in Australia before retiring in 2006. In 2007, Jackie started her own business, J. Stiles Total Training, which includes a variety of ventures including elite basketball training camps and clinics, personal training, motivational speaking appearances and sports broadcasting. She entered college coaching in 2012 as an assistant at Loyola Marymount University. Never one to back down from a challenge, Jackie added “cancer survivor” to her many accomplishments, undergoing successful ocular melanoma surgery in early 2018. Jackie was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in June 2016, and also has memberships in the Missouri State, MVC, Springfield Area, Missouri Sports, and National High School halls of fame. Good Vibes & Good Times * Garden City, KS * KACRAO 2018 Corporate Partners Platinum SEAtS Software Gold CourseLeaf from Leepfrog Technologies * National Student Clearinghouse * Paradigm, Inc. * Sallie Mae * SmartCatalog Silver Campus Management Corp. * Herff Jones * MyMajors KACRAO Vendorpalooza Collect concert ticket stubs from designated Featured Artists at the Corporate Partner Fair. Drop your stub in the Corporate Partner donated prize of your choice before the Business Meeting on Thursday. Featured Artists will draw a winner for their donated prize at the end of the Business Meeting. Good Vibes & Good Times * Garden City, KS * KACRAO 2018 Conference Map Clarion Inn Sleep Inn First Floor Lower Level Good Vibes & Good Times * Garden City, KS * KACRAO 2018 Leadership Lynnette Hilty, KACRAO President 2017-2018 Lynnette is an Admissions Counselor at Hutchinson Community College. She has worked in admissions at Hutchinson Community College for 10 years. She has an Associate of Arts Degree from Barton Community College and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism from Iowa State University. She has been active in KACRAO for many years serving on various committees including Chair of the Glenn Lygrisse Scholarship Committee in 2014. She has served on the KACRAO Executive Council since 2015 as the VP of Professional Development before taking on the role of President. Lynnette lives in Hutchinson with her husband, Ryan and two children, Kacia, 20, junior Nursing major at Wichita State University, and Carson, 15. Her spare time is taken up by sports. Whether it’s watching her son play sports for the Hutch High Salthawks or following the Blue Dragons, you will find her at some kind of sports venue. Michelle Ponce, KACRAO President 2018-2019 Michelle is an Admissions Counselor at Butler Community College . She has worked in Admissions for the past 10 years, beginning at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, MO in 2008, before moving to Butler Community College in 2012. For the 2 years prior to that, she worked in the Foundation Office at Neosho County Community College. Michelle received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Friends University in 2008. She has served a variety of roles in the KACRAO Organization including Vice President of Professional Development and Secretary, as well as Chair for the Summer Drive In Workshop, New KACRAO Workshop and Program Committees. Prior to taking on leadership roles in the Organization, she has been an active member of the New Counselor Workshop, Summer Drive In and College Planning Conference Committees. Michelle was awarded the Beth Tedrow Outstanding New Professional Award in 2016. Michelle lives in Winfield with her husband, Ben. Together they have two daughters; Gabrielle, 18, freshman Theatre major at Butler Community College, and Alexus, 8, 2nd grader. Michelle is looking forward to watching Gabby on stage this semester and keeping up with sweet little Alex and their two dogs, Randy Watson and Roman. Tiffany Robinson, AACRAO Vice President for Access and Equity Tiffany Robinson is the new Assistant Vice Provost and University Registrar at The University of Kansas. She comes to KU from Western Kentucky University where she served as University Registrar for four years. Tiffany is an active “CRAO” member and has served at the state (IACRAO and KACRAO), regional (SACRAO) and national levels. She currently serves as the VP for Access and Equity on the AACRAO Board of Directors. Her role on the board gives her an opportunity to help shape and create an environment that permeates a positive and successful experience not only for students, but for our colleagues as well.