黑料专区

Counselors from 黑料专区鈥檚聽Undergraduate Admissions聽department hit the road on Sept. 13 with the goal of recruiting prospective freshmen and transfer students. They鈥檒l plug the university through Thanksgiving at various in-person events, including 89 college fairs in North Carolina and another 34 in South Carolina.

This business-as-usual activity is a welcome contrast to last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic put all face-to-face recruiting on hold, causing a negative impact on enrollment numbers.

鈥淲e鈥檙e really pushing the admissions team to get in as much face-to-face recruiting as possible,鈥� said Emily Carella, the Vice President of Enrollment Management at Pfeiffer. 鈥淲e鈥檙e hopeful that if we can finish out a travel season, we should be able to deliver an enrollment number for Fall 2022 that we can all feel good about.鈥�

Undergraduate Admissions has also scheduled several events for prospective students on Pfeiffer鈥檚 Misenheimer campus through the spring of 2022.* Carella urged Pfeiffer alumni and friends to encourage any prospective students they know to attend. Prospective students who visit Pfeiffer are 鈥渢hree times鈥� more likely to attend the University than those who don鈥檛, she said. 

Carella stressed that a $2k-a-year alumni scholarship is available to any student with Pfeiffer alumni in their immediate family. Currently, there are 46 recipients of alumni scholarships; eight are freshmen in the incoming class for the current academic year.

*颁濒颈肠办听here聽to register for the following on-campus events, geared for prospective students:

Falcon Preview Days during the 2021-22 academic year will be held Dec. 11 and Feb. 12.

Each Preview Day runs from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Attendees can learn about campus life, internships and servant leadership from students, faculty, and staff. They can find out more about the University鈥檚 academic programs and tour its Misenheimer campus. The aim is to get a sense of the Pfeiffer experience. Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m.

Drop-in Events will be Oct. 30, Nov. 13, Jan. 22, and March 19.

Attendees may come at their leisure to these floating-style events from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Prospective students can meet with Admissions Counselors, tour campus, see a residence hall, grab a snack, and have their picture taken with Pfeiffer鈥檚 mascot, Freddie the Falcon.

Accepted Students Day will be April 30.

Attendees can meet and hear a welcome address from Dr. Scott Bullard, the University鈥檚 President. The day will also feature lunch and games, along with opportunities to meet classmates and to join student clubs and organizations.

Ken Keuffel, who authored this article, has served as Pfeiffer鈥檚 Assistant Director of Communications since December 2019. He welcomes story ideas from Pfeiffer鈥檚 faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends. The form for submitting story ideas is at聽Story Idea/News Item Request Form.