UC Visitors Services Forum – April 29, 2016
Program
8:30 am
9:00 am
Welcome and introductions
La Dawn Duvall, Executive Director, UC Berkeley Visitor & Parent Services
9:15 am
Welcome
Claire Holmes, Associate Vice Chancellor, UC Berkeley Communications and Public Affairs
10:00 am
Roundtable 1: Student ambassadors: The role of leadership teams in training, development, mentoring, and evaluation of their peers
Panel:
- La Dawn Duvall, Executive Director, Visitor & Parent Services, UC Berkeley
- Risa Farrell, Campus Tours Coordinator, UC San Diego
- Lynn Bajorek, student ambassador and Leadership Team member, UC Berkeley
- Frank Heyward, campus representative, UC Irvine
11:00 am
11:15 am
12:15 pm
Lunch
Working With Parents
David Ortega, Director, UC Berkeley Parent Services
1:30 pm
Roundtable 2: More requests/fewer means. Maximizing the visitor experience with limited resources
Introduction: Juan Vellegas, Associate Director, UC Merced Admissions & Outreach
2:30 pm
2:45 pm
Roqua Montez, Executive Director, UC Berkeley Communications & Media Relations
3:45 pm
Wrap-up
Glenda Rubin, Assistant Director, UC Berkeley Visitor Services
General Information and Links
- Forum location: The Seaborg Room at the Faculty Club on the Berkeley campus.
- Travel directions
- Interactive campus map: http://www.berkeley.edu/map
- Printable campus map: http://www.berkeley.edu/pdf/campusmap.pdf
- Parking: Underhill parking garage, on the 2600 block of Channing Way (between College Avenue and Bowditch Street, 2 blocks from the campus). A campus ambassador will be at the garage entrance from 8:00-9:00 am to give you a parking permit.
- Walking directions from the garage to the Faculty Club: Exit onto Channing way and turn right towards the hills. At the first corner, College Avenue, turn left. In two blocks, at College Avenue and Bancroft Way, enter the campus into Kroeber Plaza. Bear left slightly and walk between Hertz Hall and Morrison Hall. The Faculty Club, a wood Arts & Crafts building will be a short distance on your right.
- Contact information:
- Glenda’s mobile number: 510-932-6607
- Visitor Center: 510-642-5215
- Campus wifi: CalVisitor
Participants
UC Berkeley
- La Dawn Duvall, Executive Director, Visitor & Parent Services
- Glenda Rubin, Assistant Director and Tour Coordinator, Visitor Services
- Jeff Marble, Information Coordinator, Visitor Services
- David Ortega, Director, Parent Services
- Leadership team members: Jason Allenstein, Aditi Asthana, Lynn Bajorek, James Bradley, Isabella Brandes, Humair Burney, Kelly Cai, Lena Horvath, Justin Johnson, Derek Schatz; and Laura Shenk, Cal Parents intern – as class schedules permit
UC Davis
- Lanette Bingaman-Rodriguez, Visitor Services Manager
- Brenda Fudge, Associate Director, Admissions Advising
- Azeema Yahya, Student public adviser
UC Irvine
- Bryan Jue, Public Information Manager
- Ronald Whitenhill, Programs Coordinator
- Frank Heyward, Student campus representative
- Nida Fatima, Student campus representative
UC Merced
Juan Villegas, Associate Director, Admissions & Outreach
UC Riverside
- Griselda Rodriguez, Visitor Relations Manager
- Julie Salgado, Special Events & Tours Manager, Housing Services Administration
UC Santa Cruz
- Beatrice Atkinson-Myers, Assistant Director, Admissions
- Susan Burrowes, Campus Tours Manager
UC San Diego
- Risa Farrell, Campus Tours Coordinator, Admissions Officer