Aidan Keane

Recruitment & Enrollment

• Manage prospective student recruitment across an assigned multi-state territory including New England, the mid-Atlantic, and the Southwest.
• Conduct independent recruitment travel itineraries and logistics.
• Delivered over 70 high school presentations during a 12-week Fall recruitment period. This is in addition to representing the Montserrat at college fairs, National Portfolio Days, and guidance counselor visits.
• Conduct in-person campus tours to prospective students and families on roughly a weekly basis.
• Review approximately 110 completed student applications per cycle, evaluating portfolios, academic records, and written materials.
• Support prospective students throughout the admissions process with individualized outreach and 1:1 portfolio reviews.
• Assist in coordinating major on-campus admissions events including Open House, Portfolio Night, and Accepted Students Day.
• Support the three-week residential Pre-College program as an experiential recruitment initiative. Hosted 50 high school students in 2025 and 2026 through field trips, classes and seminars. As part of this effort, I developed and taught an observational drawing workshop.
• Contributed to enrollment efforts resulting in 20 deposits across BFA and Pre-College programs from 2025-2026.

Residential & Professional Development Programming

• Assumed primary responsibility for the 2026 Summer Art Educator Institute. This is a week-long residential professional development program serving about 30 K–12 and community college art educators.
• Oversaw housing logistics, daily hospitality, field trips, opening and closing receptions, and a group exhibition on the final day.
• Departmental Operations & Staff Development
• Maintain prospective student records, calendars, and communications through Slate CRM
• Utilize Slate Reader for application evaluations.
• Manage recruitment travel expenses and institutional purchasing within established budget guidelines for daily expense reporting.
• Conducted training sessions for three new admissions staff on Slate, campus tours, classroom presentations, and portfolio evaluation.

• Represented RISD to prospective and admitted students and their families through campus tours, in-person presentations, and virtual information sessions.
• Supported daily Admissions Office operations by welcoming visitors, managing tour check-ins through Slate, and assisting with data entry.