Meghan Madler-Spisak

- Worked with Slate database to read student applications, maintain connection with school counselors, and plan events - Coordinated virtual student engagement events for admitted students during Covid-19 pandemic - Fostered relationships with nonprofit access organizations - Served on university-wide planning groups: First Generation and Low Income Advisory Group and Neurodiversity Working Group - Frequently presented on the university through various formats including large presentations, Zoom webinars, college fairs, and small group meetings

- Advised and individually assisted students completing applications and financial aid forms, edited essays, and explained college-related personal finance. - Increased parent, student, school, and community interest in postsecondary education through individual meetings, classroom presentations, and large-scale workshops. - Analyzed data about applications and events to improve advising best practices and find the best ways to reach students at two different high schools. - Kept year-to-year data about application and enrollment trends to share with the counseling department and other relevant school stakeholders at each school. - Presented at national conference on best practices for caseload management and best practices for advising at multiple schools. - Doubled school FAFSA completion statistics within 6 months of beginning job, increased overall attendance of workshops and large events from previous years, and doubled the number of seniors taking the SAT through use of social media and one-on-one communication with students and parents.

- Evaluated potential student athlete (PSA) academic profiles for NCAA eligibility and University enrollment requirements and wrote initial reports about individual eligibility - Reviewed PSA campus and coaching visits to log into NCAA Compliance Assistant software - Completed an extensive research project studying the effect of new recruiting standards and academic inequality in NCAA PSA initial eligibility - Evaluated academic profiles of football players potentially entering UVA in 2018 and 2019