UMW seeks a dynamic counselor to support students by through planning and resource connections toward their ultimate goal of enrolling and graduating from UMW.
This individual will be on the front-line of student recruitment and retention services with a financial aid focus. This individual will engage in supporting low income prospective and continuing UMW students who experience significant financial hurdles to pursuing higher education. This individual will provide proactive and responsive intervention, problem-solving, resource-connecting, networking, and education to intentionally connect with at-risk students prospective and continuing students.
This individual will collaborate closely with at team including a Retention Specialist to actively support the strategies and tactics outlined in the Pell initiative grant project to enroll, retain, and graduate low-income students and to demonstrate and document UMWs progress toward meeting the measures defined by the Pell initiative.