christine porterfield

recruitment and admissions officer, blended learning part-time mba

About

I'm a student services professional committed to increasing accessibility to post-secondary education through transparency, honesty, and effective communication. I operate with an appreciation that the best intended policies and programs are meaningless if they're not navigable, so I prioritize the use of plain language principles and intentional counselling to help students make informed choices about their post-secondary future. Currently, I work with transfer and mature students at the University of Guelph, where I've developed an effective recruitment and advising platform by leveraging relationships with like-minded colleagues throughout Ontario's post-secondary community. Otherwise, I'm an experienced qualitative researcher, McGill and Guelph alum, current Conestoga Career Development Practitioner student, and recent Hamiltonian. Feel free to connect with me here, or email me at christine.porterfield@gmail.com.

Country

canada

City

hamilton

Industry

higher education

Skill

research, qualitative research, report writing, ethnography, literature reviews, academic writing, public speaking, microsoft office, quantitative research, community outreach, field work, narrative analysis, social sciences, oral history, anthropology, social research, data collection, focus groups, policy analysis, cultural anthropology, community development, student recruiting, academic advising, data analysis, admissions counseling, communication, nonprofits, higher education

Experience

recruitment and admissions officer, blended learning part-time mba

degroote school of business - mcmaster university

2019-9 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

on-campus co-op co-ordinator

university of guelph

2017-10 - 2017-12 · 3 mos

* For one semester, I co-instructed COOP * 1100, a mandatory job search skills course for co-op students. The role included: * evaluating resumes and cover letters * offering more than 40 hours of one-on-one in-person feedback to students * assessment design, including rubrics, quizzes, and assignments

transfer credit coordinator

wilfrid laurier university

2017-12 - 2018-11 · 1 yr

* From my office based in the Welcome Center, I advised prospective college and university transfer students on our programs, pathways, and admission requirements. When I wasn't chatting about transferring to Laurier, my responsibilities included: * upkeeping and updating Laurier's transfer credit database (in Banner SIS and on ONTransfer.ca) * training staff and faculty on transfer through a combination of process documentation, one-on-one sessions, and presentations * working with the Admissions team to troubleshoot external transfer applications and petitions for credit

admissions coordinator

wilfrid laurier university

2018-11 - 2019-9 · 11 mos

In this role, I continued several of the initiatives I began in the Transfer Credit Coordinator position, but also assessed and adjudicated 105D applications to Laurier's undergraduate programs.

office assistant

university of guelph

2012-5 - 2013-6 · 1 yr 2 mos

* This was a front-line support position in the Office of Graduate Studies where I guided graduate students through University administrative policy from application through to thesis submission. Between visitors, I was responsible for: * administrative duties of the office, including creation/destruction of confidential files * entering data into Colleague SIS * reviewing and troubleshooting student applications

teaching assistant

university of guelph

2011-9 - 2013-4 · 1 yr 8 mos

* For four semesters, I supported faculty in the delivery of ANTH 2230 * Regional Ethnography. I focused on: * grading consistently and fairly, with a focus on learning outcomes * proactively identifying and appropriately referring students in need of academic support

pathways advisor and admission counsellor

university of guelph

2013-8 - 2017-10 · 4 yrs 3 mos

* During my time in this role, my main responsibility was building U of G's presence as a transfer destination in Ontario, with a secondary function of adjudicating applications to four undergraduate programs. My accomplishments in this position included: * building strong relationships across institutions and developing recommendations for new pathways * creating content for 5 annual transfer-specific publications * roaming the province promoting U of G's programs to 2500+ prospective transfer students

Education

conestoga college

2015-1 - 2018-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

conestoga college

2015-1 - 2017-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

mcgill university

anthropology

2006-1 - 2010-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Completed a bachelor’s thesis titled “Pentecostalism in First Nations and Inuit Communities: Defining the Development and Success of the Movement"

university of guelph

anthropology

2011-1 - 2013-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Successfully defended a master's thesis titled “Recreational Hunting in Wellington County, Ontario: Identity, Land Use, and Conflict” Project was based on original research including 20 in-depth semi-structured interviews with local hunters