College Counseling Hosts College Colloquium

The College Counseling Office is pleased to announce this year's College Colloquium program is from 6:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 5, in the Lou and Nick Martin Campus Center. Parents and guardians with students in grades 8-11 are invited to this informative, enjoyable presentation. The panel of experts will address national trends in college admission and provide valuable perspectives for students and parents who are approaching the college search process. Dr. Stephanie Dupaul, Vice President for Enrollment Management at the University of Richmond (VA); Andrew Linnehan, Senior Associate Director of Admission & Director of Communication and Audience Engagement at Northwestern University (IL); and Chuck May, Executive Director, Student Recruitment & Admissions, at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MO), are the featured panelists.

At Richmond, Dr. Dupaul is responsible for the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Office of Financial Aid, Office of Scholars and Fellowships, and enrollment management CRMs. She has worked in higher education for 35 years in undergraduate and graduate admission, academic program management, academic advising, and all aspects of strategic enrollment planning and management. Prior to joining the University of Richmond, she led enrollment management at Southern Methodist University and has also worked at the University of Dallas and Dallas County Community College. 

Dr. Dupaul holds a bachelor’s degree in English from The University of Texas in Austin and a master’s degree in English from Southern Methodist University. She earned a doctorate in higher education at The University of Alabama.

After graduating from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 2005, Linnehan served as a sports television producer for several years until returning to Northwestern in 2009 to work in the Office of Undergraduate Admission. Since then, he has served in various roles, including as Director of both the Alumni Admission Council and Admitted Student Programming. In 2016, he earned a master’s in integrated marketing communications from Northwestern. He now directs all marketing and communications efforts for the admission office and oversees the southern half of the United States in the recruitment and application review process.

Since 2014, May has served as the Executive Director of Admissions and has worked at the University of Missouri-Columbia for more than 29 years. He earned his undergraduate degree from Mizzou and an  MBA from Columbia College, also in Missouri. He currently sits on the Missouri ACT Council and previously served on the Executive Board of the Missouri Association for College Admission Counseling for more than a decade, leading the association as its President in 2008. Additionally, he served on the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s President’s Council from 2007-10, on the National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s Selection Committee for four years and was honored with Mizzou’s Barbara S. Uehling Award for Administrative Excellence in 2020.

The College Counseling team is excited to welcome a talented panel of admission experts to FWCD. This year’s College Colloquium provides a unique opportunity for students, parents and guardians to hear directly from decision-makers in the world of college admission. Not only are these deans and directors setting admission policies and guiding the admission process at their own institutions, but they are also part of national conversations about the state of college admission.

Please mark your calendar and join us at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 5, in the Lou and Nick Martin Campus Center.