Natalie Blais

• Conceived of a new, alternative application.
• Devised and implemented strategic recruitment plan with consideration to both long and short term goals.
• Worked with marketing, alumni and development to develop recruitment strategies in accordance with organizational goals and within budgetary guidelines.
• Served as primary contact for coordination of applications, visit and interview arrangement and marketing communications for new Discussion-based Application.
• Designed effective and user-friendly yield events and programming/messaging for admitted students.
• Serve as primary faculty volunteer liaison.
• Oversee the campus Visit and Events Program

• Lead an interdisciplinary team to increase yield.
• Planned and executed academic panels, parent/president panels, zoom meet and greets, sketch nights, virtual ice breakers, and more.
• Created our alumni volunteer program to expand our outreach by recruiting, training and nurturing alumni participants.
• Conceived of and launched The Teacher Project - an alumni/educator stewardship effort to identify and mobilize our alumni educators in high schools and colleges.
• Supervised multiple staff.
• Coordinated and participated in campus recruitment events, orientation programs and open houses.
• Developed marketing campaigns to relay school's mission to prospective parents and students.

• Communicated the nuances of what public health is to diverse audiences

• Developed and implement recruitment plans to increase student diversity

• Worked with applicants to the masters and doctoral program to the department and facilitated communications between faculty, staff, alumni, and other university personnel.

• Maintained databases for admission, recruitment and program evaluation purposes.

• Served as a student advocate and administrative liaison for the department.

• Played a key role in the development and launch of new department website.