Amanda Spencer

Experience

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  Wright State University

  Aug 2011 - now

  Oversee a campus-wide comprehensive proactive intrusive academic advising program that facilitates student academic success, retention, and timely academic progress. Serve as senior academic advising administrator on policy issues, concerns, and practices related to academic advising services and programs consistent with the mission and strategic plan of Wright State University.Develop goals and strategic plans to ensure continuance of quality and student-centered academic advising services for a diverse group of students.Manage, plan, organize, and assess the university-wide academic advising program to ensure uniformity of student experience in various locations within the degree granting colleges at Wright State University.Manage a significant sized budget and administer programs having a university-wide fiscal impact.Provide leadership and direction for a team of 36, with direct supervision for seven Assistant Directors and a Program Director.Develop and implement training and professional development for academic advisors, along with develop and implement academic advisor review process and sets performance standards and accountabilities.Provide university assessment of academic advising and coordinates academic advisor staffing levels and caseloads. Show less Supervised and led undergraduate and MBA academic advising team. Responsible for training, policy development, troubleshooting, and professional coaching. Acted as college admissions officer. Advised students by applying best practices and methodologies including strategies to serve at-risk and diverse minority student populations through one-on-one advising and specific population programming.Created, implemented, and administered student recruitment, retention, and success initiatives including mentor and scholarship programs. Pioneered outreach initiatives with community partners and launched communication and collaboration campaigns.Collaborated with other units to improve student experience including planning and executing information sessions and orientation, working with Raj Soin College of Business’ international development department to meet international student needs, and analyzing processes to ensure all services were deployed with a student-centered philosophy.Interfaced with other units to create and implement transfer agreements and dual enrollment programs with partner institutions.Instructed students in various first-year student success courses using experiential learning and service learning techniques, such as Business and Career Opportunities, Business Living Learning Community, and Business Honors Learning Community.Developed strategic enrollment management plans with college leadership in an effort to increase student recruitment, retention, and completion. Show less Served as key member of the advising team, and facilitated student success in all academic stages ranging from admission through graduation by applying top quality student-centered advising practices. Created and maintained student files using university software systems. Reviewed and evaluated transfer students’ coursework to make admissions decisions.Collaborated with key campus administrators for the creation, planning, and implementation of a four-year business degree at Wright State University’s Lake Campus. Show less

  • Director, University Academic Advising at Wright State University

    Aug 2017 - now

  • Assistant Director of Academic Advising and Enrollment Management

    Oct 2013 - Aug 2017

  • Academic Advisor

    Aug 2011 - Oct 2013