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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:58:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Webinars and Handouts</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Copies of the handouts and a link to the November 10th webinar on Forging (and Being) the Way Forward for Equitable Access and Opportunity in Higher Education is up on the members only section of the NDDSWA website.&amp;nbsp; Check it out!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/13284982</link>
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      <dc:creator>Jacqueline Englehardt</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:34:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Enrollment Trends Survey</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The summary from the Fall 2023 Enrollment Trends survey conducted by Jamie Hennessey Adkisson, Sarah Birch, and Sarah Lueken from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis is available in the Members Only section of the NDDSWA website.&amp;nbsp; Check it out!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/13267909</link>
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      <dc:creator>Jacqueline Englehardt</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Art &amp; Science of Graduate Enrollment Data Analytics</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Copies of the handouts and a link to the March 6, 2023 webinar on The Art &amp;amp; Science of Graduate Enrollment Data Analytics by RNL is up on the members only section of the NDDSWA website.&amp;nbsp; Check it out!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/13141646</link>
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      <dc:creator>Jacqueline Englehardt</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 15:29:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Enrollment Trends Survey Online</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The final report and raw data from the Summer 2022 Enrollment Trends survey conducted by Jamie Hennessey Adkisson and Sarah Birch from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis is available in the Members Only section of the NDDSWA website.&amp;nbsp; Check it ouT&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/12933885</link>
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      <dc:creator>Jacqueline Englehardt</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:22:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Video of 6/2/22 Webinar on Predictive and Prescriptive Analysis</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The hour long video from the 6/2/22 NDDSWA professional development webinar "Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics: Strategies on Ways to Use Data and Data Tools to Support Enrollment Success" is in the members-only section of the NDDSWA website - check it out!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/12819094</link>
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      <dc:creator>Jacqueline Englehardt</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2022 16:55:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Video of 4/13/22 webinar Cultural Humility: The Intersection of Values and Decisions</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The hour long video from the 4/13/22 NDDSWA professional development webinar "Cultural Humility: The intersection of values and decisions" is in the members-only section of the NDDSWA website - check it out!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/12777959</link>
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      <dc:creator>Jacqueline Englehardt</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:46:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Videos and Materials from the NDDSWA Annual Business Meeting/Awards Ceremony and Professional Development Session on Admissions, Enrollment, and the Law</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;New content is in the Members-Only section of the NDDSWA website - check it out!&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;A recording of the 10/18/21 NDDSWA Annual Business Meeting &amp;amp; Awards Ceremony&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;A recording of the 10/25/21 professional development session: “You Can Handle the Truth: Emerging and Evolving Trends in Admissions, Enrollment and the Law”&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;PowerPoint slides from the 10/25/21 session “You Can Handle the Truth: Emerging and Evolving Trends in Admissions, Enrollment and the Law”&lt;/li&gt;
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      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/12119982</link>
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      <dc:creator>Jacqueline Englehardt</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:37:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Video and Materials from 7/15/21 Anti-Racist &amp; Inclusive Leadership Webinar</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Materials from the NDDSWA 7/15/21 Anti-Racist &amp;amp; Inclusive Leadership Strategies and Action webinar are available in the Members-Only section of the NDDSWA website.&amp;nbsp; View a recording of the presentation and download the PowerPoint slides and DEIB Action Planning worksheet.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/10763856</link>
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      <dc:creator>Jacqueline Englehardt</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2021 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Membership Virtual Happy Hours: 6/17, 9/17, &amp; 12/16</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Save the dates for the 2021 NDDSWA Membership Virtual Happy Hours.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;June 17, 4:30-5:30pm ET&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;September 17, 4:30-5:30pm ET&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;December 16, 4:30-5:30pm ET&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;Join NDDSWA members and guests for a networking happy hour! We'll be talking admissions trends, recruitment strategies, and anything else happening in the enrollment world! This is an informal hour to meet and network with fellow social work enrollment professionals.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;Join the event here:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nddswa.org%2FEmailTracker%2FLinkTracker.ashx%3FlinkAndRecipientCode%3D%252f7yQ3D28xlSdHZucPz2syCnfUaSXpkdqaUCj8dwPWu2Db02RjOB5k%252b2bBChXRATO%252bhHsA9RwT7yQcQIelxea8bZ6PbhuQ%252fl1MkZ1Htijo1Y%253d&amp;amp;data=04%7C01%7Cld505%40ssw.rutgers.edu%7C0966366777ff4d24c6e808d8e8b8e127%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C637515228046869139%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;amp;sdata=plaE1SsIyEGOpAvQuZdB7A6xm%2Fw9jPnYq1bvISx%2BRKc%3D&amp;amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;https://zoom.us/j/9599365425&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;Password: NDDSWA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/10520827</link>
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      <dc:creator>Jacqueline Englehardt</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Membership Virtual Happy Hour 3/26/21</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Join NDDSWA members and guests for a networking happy hour on March 26, 2021 from 4:30-5:30pm (EDT)! We'll be talking admissions trends, recruitment strategies, and anything else happening in the enrollment world! This is an informal hour to meet and network with fellow social work enrollment professionals.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join the event here:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://zoom.us/j/9599365425" target="_blank"&gt;https://zoom.us/j/9599365425&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/10223747</link>
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      <dc:creator>Jacqueline Englehardt</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:33:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>NDDSWA Webinar 4/1/21</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Join us for a &lt;em&gt;**members only&lt;/em&gt; webinar on enrollment marketing techniques on &lt;strong&gt;April 1, 2021 at 12:30pm EDT via Zoom&lt;/strong&gt; (log in info sent via email)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Post-Pandemic Benchmarks for Enrollment Marketing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Presented by: Tony Fraga, CEO, Direct Development Agency&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tony will present the most recent benchmarks from various enrollment marketing tactics during the pandemic, as well as provide specific insights on which tactics are the most effective in engaging and converting prospects at all stages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Membership in NDDSWA is just $25/year.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://www.nddswa.org/join-us" target="_blank"&gt;Join today&lt;/a&gt; for access to exclusive member content such as free professional development webinars, online membership forum, and more!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/10223796</link>
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      <dc:creator>Jacqueline Englehardt</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:14:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Upcoming NDDSWA Webinars!</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 align="center"&gt;Connect with your Fellow NDDSWA Members&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p class="contStyleCaption" align="center"&gt;Upcoming Webinars...&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h4 align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle001" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font color="#598527"&gt;NNDSWA Recruitment and Graduate Enrollment Considerations during COVID19&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4 align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#598527"&gt;Time: Apr 17, 2020 12:00 PM EST&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4 align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#598527"&gt;Join Zoom Meeting:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4 align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://zoom.us/j/9599365425"&gt;&lt;font color="#598527"&gt;https://zoom.us/j/9599365425&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4 align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle001" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;NDDSWA Webinar: ADA Compliance in Online Environments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4 align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;Time: Jun 25, 2020 12:00 PM EST&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4 align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;Join Zoom Meeting:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4 align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://zoom.us/j/9599365425"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;https://zoom.us/j/9599365425&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/8870572</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 18:17:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Membership Renewal Period</title>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;The renewal process to pay for your NDDSWA membership is quick and easy. Please check your email for an invoice. If you are interested in joining and have not received an invoice, please reach out to Scott Stafford at &lt;A href="mailto:sstafford@ssw.umaryland.edu"&gt;sstafford@ssw.umaryland.edu&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;

&lt;P&gt;Renewals should be completed by September 15, 2019. Please reach out if you have any questions.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/7816978</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2018 23:02:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Introducing your 2018-2020 Board of Directors!</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 data-waedittimecounter="54006"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Congratulations to the incoming NDDSWA Board!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.nddswa.org/resources/Pictures/IMG_0559.jpg" border="0" data-wawidth="1" width="320"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 9px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Back row, L to R: Tim Colenback, Scott Stafford, Amber Mollhagen, Liz Szpilka&lt;br&gt;
Front Row, L to R: Crystal Diaz-Espinoza, Kathryn Kendall&lt;br&gt;
Not pictured: Laura DiMarcantonio&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Elections for the 2018-2020 Board of Directors were held during NDDSWA's annual business meeting at APM 2018 in Orlando. The following are your Board members for the next two years:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Kathryn Kendall, University at Buffalo:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Co-President&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Amber Mollhagen, University of Houston:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Co-President&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Tim Colenback, University of Michigan:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Treasurer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Liz Szpilka, Adelphi University:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Secretary&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Crystal Diaz-Espinoza, Baylor University:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Membership Co-Chair&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Scott Stafford, University of Maryland - Baltimore:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Membership Co-Chair&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Laura DiMarcantonio, Rutgers University:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Professional Development Chair&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/6897563</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 02:21:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A new NDDSWA membership experience is coming!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;We are moving to a new web site and a new online membership management system!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Look for an email in the first week of October with membership renewal information.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://nddswa.org/news/6696178</link>
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