44. Academics • • trative Directors Rookie Director Sees Success Mike Williams , Director of Admissions, could be taking all the credit for this year's record enrollment. However , he attributes the enrol lment ucces es to many people beside hi admissions team. Williams, who just finished his second year as Director of Admissions, said, "Each year, we try to do more aggressive recruiting than we _have the year before. We have a very good recruiting team that works well together and gets the job done. " When the admissions team recruits for possible students, they not only tiy to promote Harding University, but they tty to build friendships. Williams said, "We try to develop relationships with these high school students who are at major transition points in their lives , and we also tty to communicate why Harding is such a special place, and how it can be special to them. That is a very tough challenge, but we want to give them a glimpse of Harding through us. " Williams said one of the biggest joys the admissions team experiences is just simplymeeting Christian famili s all over the Jerome Barnes Director of Special Projects James F. Carr, Jr. Assis1ant 10 1he Pn:sident David Crouch Director of Puhlic Relations Don Diffine Director of Belden Center Ron Finley Registrar C. Alvin Fowler Assistant Vi ce Pres ident for llnivers it y Relations L "Butch" Gardner Dean of Student ~ervices and Assistant \'ice President A. Edward Higginbotham / Direclor of Placemen! and Career Counse ling Wyatt Jones Director of raduate Studies Donald Kee LTnivcrsit y All o rney Bob Kelly Director o f lnsti1u 1ional Testing and Research Randy Lambeth Academy Superintendent nation. Ev n if they choose not to come to Harding, we have been successful because we have made friends. We are not just recruiting students for Harding, but we are recruiting friends ." As far a recrniting for the future Williams says that Harding ha lo t the ame number of graduates this year than they did in 1992. o , once again, Harding can expect a fairly large freshman class in the fall of 1993. Williams said that the admissions office's future recruiting goals for the year included making the recruiting process more personal, and less like a sales strategy. He said "This year we have been ve1y successful in meeting that goal , but we are still not quite there, yet. " The other goal was to attract Christian high school students who are the "high achievers ." This goal was also closer to achievement at the end of this year, and the future looks very good for Harding. We can expect many years with capacity enrollments of talented young people. " - Dave Jacobs
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