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Recruitment and Admissions

Phase 1 of the Student Experience Enhancement workstream will focus on recruitment and admissions. This project will deliver an integrated CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) solution.

The project will deliver a CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) experience to support recruitment, the application process, application management, application review and decision-making, communications and events throughout the admission funnel (prospect to admit).

A comprehensive system reduction and deduplication will reduce complexity and allow for the future technology landscape at WVU to transition from manual processes to an integrated suite of tools allowing students and staff to have a unified One WVU experience.

  1. Recruitment and Admissions
    • Implement Salesforce’s Education Cloud in support of a streamlined, personalized recruitment and admissions experience
  2. Application Forms
    • Develop a single unified student experience portal to enable prospective students to access key tasks and information related to the admissions process
    • Develop data flows through a centralized hub, reducing the need to transition between systems to access data (example: Common Application)
  3. Marketing and Communications
    • Automate communications to prompt prospective students from inquiry to enrollment
  4. Event Management
    • Implement an event management system to enhance a seamless and personalized event experience
  5. Short Message Service (SMS)
    • Develop a digital engagement strategy by integrating an SMS system for efficient and effective text messaging communication

  • Brice Knotts, Executive Sponsor
  • Jerod Hall, Program Executive
  • Neil Jones, Project Manager
  • Rich Finnigan, Project Manager
  • Sucharitha Bachanna, Salesforce Subject Matter Expert
  • Emily Seggie, Enrollment Management Subject Matter Expert

Recruitment and Admissions Project Timeline
Timeframe Work to Complete Status
July 2023 Project Kickoff Complete
August-October 2023 Foundation Build Complete
November 2023-March 2024
  • Recruiting and Prospecting Build
  • Application Forms Build
Active
January 2024-May 2024 Marketing and Communications Build Upcoming
January 2024-April 2024 Event Management Build Upcoming
March 2024-May 2024 Training Upcoming
March 2024-May 2024 Testing Upcoming
May 2024 WVU go-live for the 2025 recruitment and admission season Upcoming