Aaricka Hellberg
Assistant Director at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Director, Recruit & Admissions at Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Emotionally intelligent and innovative leader and administrator, with a strong student support background and service-oriented attitude. Over 7 years of experience in various leadership roles within higher education institutions including recruitment, enrollment management, student services, leading dynamic teams, digital marketing, and project management. Excellent organizational and communication skills, ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities, and proven success in managing across multiple stakeholders.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Champaign, Illinois, United States
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Assistant Director
Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
https://www.linkedin.com/company/giesbusiness
Champaign, Illinois, United States
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Coordinator, Learner Relations
Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Provide recruitment and admissions support in a fast-paced, professional, customer-focused and results-driven environment. Collaborate with Online Programs staff on recruitment initiatives to drive enrollment growth for iMBA and iMSA programs through the development of strategic recruitment and relationships. Consult and support the program directors in cultivating, admitting and serving high quality graduate students.  
•  Redesign and develop marketing and email campaigns with messaging to create a more personalized and professional recruitment process
•  Counsel and advise prospective students as they move through the admissions process including consulting with them on program fit, answering questions about the admissions process, alleviating concerns, assisting with application submission
•  Evaluate admissions applications; apply discretion and independent judgment in evaluating and comparing applications and gathering information in preparation for admission consideration; and provide input to the admissions team for admissions decisions.
•  Design and implement newly admitted student onboarding process to increase readiness and registration yield; create and oversee unique graduate student mentoring program for the continual leadership development of continuing students and peer-to-peer guidance of newly admitted students
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
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Admissions Coordinator
Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Provided an exceptional student experience by serving student needs related to course scheduling, course registration, academic advising, new student orientation, and other student services for graduate degree students seeking their MBA. Played an integral role in helping students both recognize and achieve their educational goals. 
•  Served as primary contact to campus for more than 600 full-time, online students through one-on-one meetings, office hours and group advising 
•  Worked with faculty and program administrators to remain up to date on program and curriculum changes, and to develop new initiatives based upon student feedback and program assessments to improve the services and experiences offered by the program.
•  Fostered student retention by guiding students to degree completion through creation and development of academic plan to maximize success
•  Coordinated with and refered students to a variety of University offices to provide excellent customer service and clear guidance on University policies
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
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Academic Advisor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Managed all responsibilities of a 400+ student residence hall including all hiring, supervision, and training of all hall staff. Served on committee for student conduct adjudication, maintaining and community standards and code of conduct at the building and campus level. Worked with campus partners to provide various enhanced learning experiences in the building. 
•  Responded to emergency crisis situations within building of 400 residents and participated in a rotation of on-call professionals for an area of 10 residence halls housing 4500 residents on a regular basis
•  Managed a complex ﬁnancial budgets of more than $10,000 allocated to a variety of resources including student programming, administration, and maintenence; properly allocated funds to ensure resident needs were met while maintaining fiscal responsibility of university fund
•  Served as staff advisor for three different student organizations including more than 50 members, guiding them toward organizaitonsl goals and objectives while providing a meaningful undergraduate experience
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
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Residence Hall Director
Oklahoma State University
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Served as primary professional staff for apartment-style residence hall with co-ed occupancy of 286 students while maintaining role as Conduct Liaison and Education Facilitator. Worked with both Residential Life and University Conduct Education to provide various educational outcomes and guidance in response to violations of the Student Code of Conduct.
•  Responded to emergency crisis situations within building of 550 residents and participated in Residence Hall Director on-call for a campus of approximately 7100 students on a rotating basis 
•  Planned, organized, and implemented the annual Reality Check alcohol awareness program for a residential population of more than 12,000 undergraduate students providing education to ensure safe consumption behaviors
•  Participated as case manager and evaluation team member for the Back on Track behavioral monitoring program; a program designed to provide an educational equivalent to parole for serious student violations of the code of conduct related to substance abuse.
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Residence Director
Certificate
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Master of Science (M.S.)
Educational Leadership
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Oklahoma State University
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Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.)
Architecture
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Virginia Tech
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Evergreen, CO
Ella Van Wyk
Associate Director of Advancement at Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Champaign, IL
Kacie Jones
Associate Director, Admissions and Recruitment, Gies Online Programs at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Champaign, IL
Hayden Noel
Clinical Associate Professor at Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Champaign, IL
Jeff Yacup
Leadership Educator and Coach, Recruiter of Top Talent, MBA
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Boston, MA
🎇 Karen Finocchio Lubeck, MBA 🎇
Strategic Engagement | Community Builder| Relationship Cultivation | Innovation | Change Agent
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Greater Orlando
Roberta Jorge, M.B.A
Elearning Specialist at Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Champaign, IL
Kate Deering
Coordinator, Recruitment and Admissions at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Greater Chicago Area
Jeanine Mozie
Vice President for Enrollment and Retention | MBA Candidate at University of Illinois
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United States
Gary Hecht
Faculty and Subject Matter Expert - Managerial Accounting and Analytics
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Austin, TX
Dawn M Carey
VP of Operations and Finance & MBA Candidate - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Urbana-Champaign Area
Jeff Brown
Illinois Gies Business Dean, Financial Economist, & Board Member with a passion for creating opportunities for others
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Urbana-Champaign Area
Elizabeth A. Luckman
Clinical Assistant Professor in Business Administration
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Roswell, GA
Sneha Suresh
MBA candidate at Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Greater Chicago Area
Denise Lewin Loyd
Educator | Diversity & Inclusion Scholar | Speaker
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Greater Madison Area
Laurel Purves
Sales Analyst at Spectrum Reach | MBA Candidate at University of Illinois
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Greater Chicago Area
Jacqualine Price Osafo, MBA, CAE
Executive Director at Society of American Archivists
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San Diego, CA
Christopher Woo, CPA
Senior Revenue Accountant | MBA Candidate at University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign
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Washington, DC
Zenash Tamerat
Intrapreneur & Strategist | MBA Candidate at University of Illinois UC
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Bentonville, AR
Adalberto Molina
MBA MSA Retail Industry Expert Specializing in Format Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, Audit and Category Space for Global Markets
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        Aaricka is a passionate student affairs professional who is committed to the growth and personal development of her students.  She is detail oriented and produces results.  Aaricka would make an excellent addition to any Student Affairs team.
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