Victoria O’Donnell
Graduate Admissions Coordinator
Long Neck,DE
Summary
Seeking a challenging and rewarding career opportunity, with full utilization of extensive Organizational, Operations, Admissions, Research and Analysis, Client Interface and Technical skills. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Graduate Admissions Coordinator
Purdue University
09.2022 - Current
- Conducts initial read and review of all Krannert Graduate Programs applications for quality control process
- Technolutions Slate front end user
- Facilitate admissions communication process for all Graduate programs
- Prepare files for admission committee review
- Supervise regular admissions process through entering in admission decisions and communication of decision to student and Graduate School
- Manage all in-progress applications into Slate CRM to ensure all candidates are processed and notified of their admissions statuses and decisions
- Responsible for ensuring all admission statuses are current in Slate
- Solely responsible for all PhD admissions.
- Conducted thorough evaluations of applicant credentials, ensuring fair consideration of diverse backgrounds and experiences
- Maintained accurate records of applicant data, ensuring timely decision-making and reporting
Graduate Admissions Operations Representative
Seton Hall University
08.2018 - 09.2022
- Responsible for maintenance, input, and regular updates for prospective graduate student records in Slate and Banner CRM systems
- Technolutions Slate back end user
- Ensures timely and accurate data entry and processing of all graduate-related inquiries and applicants for all 8 colleges within University
- Maintains high level of data integrity within graduate admissions process
- Ensures accuracy of technical processes (including file transfers and batch processes) through data integrity checks and clean up, exception reporting, data purging and monitoring of progress and status of files in Axiom
- Codes graduate admissions decisions, process change of major and deferral of admission requests, etc., received from each school
- Acts as liaison with Graduate Directors, Deans, and faculty members in all academic departments and advises in various academic programs offered by Seton Hall.
- Participated continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing overall organizational effectiveness
- Assisted in the planning and execution of large-scale events, ensuring seamless coordination among various stakeholders on-site logistics management
Graduate Admissions and Clinical Representative
Seton Hall University
11.2017 - 08.2018
- Processes and reviews applications and manages admissions including advisement, fulfillment, transcripts, acceptance letters and Banner coding for CNL and PhD programs
- Maintains student’s clinical clearance database and provides clinical locations with attestation letters for each student
- Manages all email and phone inquiries for CNL and PhD programs
- Maintain Blackboard sites for graduate programs
- Assist PhD and DNP students in process of uploading their doctoral dissertations to University Libraries Dissertation and Theses Services
- Knowledge of medical terminology and documents.
Freelance Telecommunications Consultant
01.2005 - 01.2017
- Work with large consulting firms on ad hoc contract basis providing research, data analytics and presentations for major telecom infrastructure and services providers
- Provide industry-specific market data to consulting firms to be included in their published monthly reports to clients
- Act as subject area expert in wireless infrastructure business with specific emphasis on 3G equipment and software.
Co-Owner
Ridgedale Florist & Nursery
01.2000 - 01.2017
- Performing all aspects of office management including management of accounts receivable, accounts payable and event planning
- Order processing and customer service for 2000+ customers
- Streamlining of processes to increase efficiency
- Hiring and training of personnel
- Data analytics for forecasting inventory control
- Website development and administration
- CRM implementation.
UMTS Offer Director
Lucent Technologies
09.2000 - 01.2005
- Traveled 50% of time to act as liaison between North America and Europe ensuring all features and functionality inherent in North American networks were included in UMTS product development occurring in UK
- Identification and prioritization of target markets in region for UMTS including anticipated evolution path, spectrum to be used, and timeframes for deployment to facilitate regional support strategy
- Development of training program for regional Customer Business Managers and Technical Support Managers to educate them on UMTS and Lucent offer
- Participate in review of offer presentations for customers by providing market-specific input.
Senior Competitive Analyst
Lucent Technologies
01.1998 - 09.2000
- In-depth and ongoing research and analysis and impact assessment of major competitor’s activities to keep Lucent Wireless Networks Group President abreast of pertinent industry changes
- Benchmarking analysis of financial performance of key players in telecommunications industry against Lucent as well as Total Addressable Market data
Education
Bachelor of Science - Political Science
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJSkills
Proficient Microsoft Officeundefined
Accomplishments
- Charter Board Member of the Larry’s Legacy Scholarship Fund
- Managed Donor relations and donor lists
- Planned and executed fundraising events
- Solicitation of large donations
- Who’s Who among Students in American Colleges and Universities
- President of the student judiciary, rutgers university
Timeline
Graduate Admissions Coordinator
Purdue University
09.2022 - Current
Graduate Admissions Operations Representative
Seton Hall University
08.2018 - 09.2022
Graduate Admissions and Clinical Representative
Seton Hall University
11.2017 - 08.2018
Freelance Telecommunications Consultant
01.2005 - 01.2017
UMTS Offer Director
Lucent Technologies
09.2000 - 01.2005
Co-Owner
Ridgedale Florist & Nursery
01.2000 - 01.2017
Senior Competitive Analyst
Lucent Technologies
01.1998 - 09.2000
Bachelor of Science - Political Science
Rutgers University
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