Happy NACAC Conference 2021 everyone! This week's pod features my good friend Joni Klopp of Millersville University. We take some time to catch up and then we talk about our approach to this fall's recruitment. How are we building our schedule? Does the in person high school visit still matter? What pieces are we bringing with us? How do we plan on meeting students where they are? All of that and more on this week's episode of The Beebo University Podcast. Timestamps below:

0:00 - walking into Fall not knowing what is coming due to COVID.

2:00 - breakthrough cases causing trepidation.

3:40 - rebooking personal vacations.

9:00 - dusting off travel hat.

13:30 - where are you mentally with travel?

15:00 - having students back on campus.

17:30 - trying to schedule visits and not being able to lean on past experiences.

20:00 - Joni’s big three sticking points with travel so far.

21:37 - cramping a lot of travel/recruitment into a smaller window.

22:35 - making tough choices regarding where we visit this fall

24:20 - meeting students where they are - recruiting freshmen like transfer students

26:00 - let’s not completely poo poo the high school visit…… subsidize, don’t replace.

28:00 - battling nervousness.

30:00 - my high school visit hot take…… people talk about your visit.

35:30 - trying to balance our schedules with virtual and in person visits.

39:00 - building in time to breathe….. Literally.

42:00 - look good, recruit good.

44:00 - building in return to work flexibility; Millersville’s approach.

48:00 - lack of flexibility and its effect on high education employee retention moving forward.

52:00 - presenting virtually while in a staffed office was a disaster!

56:00 - self care/mental health and the value of STAFF at a university.

58:00 - what we have learned in the last two years that will always benefit us. EMPATHETIC RECRUITING

01:07:00 - make sure you are really listening.

01:17:10 - the QR Code… She Back….. What are we taking on the road?

01:19:30 - the uptick in bad student questions.

01:21:00 - trying new things this fall.

01:22:00 - the playing field is leveling for younger counselors.