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Dr Kristi Wold-McCormick

University Registrar at University of Colorado Boulder

Vice President for Records and Academic Services Position Statement


With competing resources, emerging and ever-changing technologies, creative pedagogies and increasingly diverse student bodies, it is imperative that registrars and enrollment management professionals be constantly vigilant, adaptable and innovative. The Vice President for Records and Academic Services of AACRAO must be a thought leader who can inspire and push the envelope while ensuring compliance, accountability and academic integrity remain at the forefront of all we do.

It is also essential that the vice president be able to represent, influence and address a myriad of dynamic and complex academic record issues facing our profession institutionally, regionally and nationally.  This position needs to demonstrate a strong understanding of policies, laws, trends and issues that impact all the professions AACRAO serves, including registrars, admissions officers, enrollment managers and financial aid professionals.

I am truly honored to be considered for this very important position. I am a highly dedicated and motivated higher education professional with 25+ years of experience in admissions and records. I have served as university registrar for the past 16 years at two public research institutions, North Dakota State University and the University of Colorado Boulder. At CU Boulder, I’m recognized as a leader for academic policy evaluation and change to breakdown long-standing institutional silos, am an advocate and change maker for diversity and equity, am engaged in numerous compliance initiatives, help problem solve complex implementation and data integration issues related to student records, and am a key contributor to space utilization and planning initiatives. Across these priorities, I ensure that academic integrity is upheld while we strive for innovate, effective and efficient changes to positively impact our many campus stakeholders, especially students. During my decade in admissions, I specialized in policies and processes, state compliance, transfer student and permanent resident concerns, and new student scholarships.

I have served AACRAO in numerous ways at the state, regional and national levels. I have attended every annual meeting since 2003 (and many AACRAO Tech and Transfer, Leadership and SEM meetings) and have presented at most. I served on the Nominations and Elections Committee, which afforded me a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the importance of leadership diversity for our association. We can only achieve excellence when we have fully embraced inclusion and broadly represent the unique needs and positions of the members and institutions we serve.  

I also have been actively involved on the AACRAO annual meeting program committee, with the past three years serving as group coordinator for Leadership and Management Development. Prior to this role, I was the chair of the Professional Activities Committee (PAC) for Student Academic Records. This PAC is part of Group III/Records and Academic Services, which directly liaises with the Vice President for Records and Academic Services. As such, I am highly qualified to be able to both represent and advise Group III when it comes to annual meeting planning.

Finally, I chaired the 2016-2017 AACRAO work group on disciplinary notations, which resulted in the publication of a guidance report for members. During my leadership of this work group, I was fortunate to be able to network with AACRAO members who represent a variety of professions and institutions. In addition, I forged relationships with leaders from several affiliated higher education association, including ASCA and NASPA, to seek agreement and shared solutions across our professions.

At the regional level, I am past-president of Upper Midwest ACRAO (UMACRAO) for which I also served as annual meeting program chair. I am currently active in Rocky Mountain ACRAO, and am excited to have CU Boulder host RMACRAO’s annual meeting in 2019.

As Vice President for Records and Academic Services, I will strive to engage members to increase exposure to and representation of our diverse institutions and membership. I believe it is critical to recruit, retain and mentor new and budding admissions and records professionals to both expand professional growth in our field and to ensure future leadership vitality and sustained and diverse membership in our association.

I will strive to ensure that AACRAO and its members have a known and respected voice in discussions focused on meeting the needs of our students, employers and society. I will commit to setting high standards for establishing best practices in our profession. Further, I will work to advance the progress made in finding creative and flexible solutions in the delivery and credentialing of the education provided by our institutions

I have long considered accepting a nomination for an AACRAO board position. However, after transitioning to my role at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2014, it was professionally necessary and responsible that I spend my first few years establishing relationships, identifying priorities and committing myself to ensuring the success of critical projects at my new institution before committing myself to such an important national level role.

If I am fortunate enough to be elected by the AACRAO membership to serve on the Board of Directors, I will embrace this opportunity by working with intention, passion and dedication. I will, to the best of my ability, represent the board’s interests, innovate, serve and advocate on behalf of our members. I look forward to giving back to the association that has provided me countless opportunities throughout my career to expand my knowledge, enhance my professional growth and build my network with other dedicated higher education professionals

Kristi Wold-McCormick

Category

Vice President for Records and Academic Services

Description

Years as an AACRAO Member: 16
Annual Meetings Attended: 16
Annual Meetings Attended in the Last Five Years: 5

AACRAO Activities

AACRAO Leadership:

  • Since 2016, I have served on AACRAO's Program Committee as Group IV Coordinator (Leadership and Management Development)
  • In 2016-2017, I chaired the AACRAO Work Group on Disciplinary Notations (10-person panel that developed national guidance/report for membership. 
  • In 2013-2015, I served as PAC Chair for the Student Academic Records Committee for the AACRAO Program Committee
  • In 2011-2013, I was a member of the Student Academic Records PAC Committee
  • In 2010, I was a member of the AACRAO Nominations and Elections (N&E) Committee

AACRAO Conference Presentations, Publications, Workshops and Webinars:

  • 2018·     Disciplinary Notations: Where do we go from here? (article) C&U Journal
  • 2018       Disciplinary Notations Panel (co-presenters: Brad Myers, OSU, William Gill, AACRAO, Amelia Parnell, NASPA, and Bart Quinet, Vanderbilt)
  • 2018       Registrar and IT Partnerships (co-presenters: Beth Kienle-Granzo, NYU, Kara Saunders, U of Buffalo, and John Papincek, Carnegie Mellon University)
  • 2018       When Your Students Don’t Fit… (co-presenters: Dan Weber, Northeastern Illinois Univ, Holly Halmo, NYU, and Julia Pomerenk, U of Oregon) 
  • 2017       Disciplinary Notations Webinar (co-presenters: Brad Myers, OSU, and William Gill, AACRAO)
  • 2017       When Students Don’t Fit Into the Reporting Box: Gender Identity and Downstream Considerations (co-panelists: Polly Griffin, Princeton ; Daniel Weber, Northeaster Illinois Univ, and Juanita Womack, Philadelphia Univ)
  • 2017       Disciplinary Notations AACRAO Guidance Update (co-presenter: Brad Myers, Ohio State University)
  • 2016       Disciplinary Notations and the Academic Record (co-presenter: Brad Myers, Ohio State University), AACRAO Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) annual meeting
  • 2016       Workshop (3-hour) - Financial Aid Regulations and the Academic Record (co-presenter, James Kennedy, Indiana University)
  • 2016      Disciplinary Notations and the Academic Record (co-panelists included admission, registrar and student life representatives from Arizona State, Vanderbilt and NASPA)
  • 2015       Tail Wagging the Dog: Financial Aid and the Academic Record (co-presenter; James Kennedy, Indiana University)
  • 2014       Accelerated Programs Roundtable, Facilitator (accepted)
  • 2014       WICHE Passport Initiative, Panelist (co-panelists: Pat Shea, WICHE, Roland Squire, Utah State University and Nancy Krogh, University of Idaho) (accepted)
  • 2013       Trends and Best Practices with Transcripts and Academic Records (co-presenter: Ed Lee, Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)
  • 2012       Turn Your Incompletes into More Completes
  • 2012       Joint Degrees and Programs: Challenges and Opportunities (co-presenter: Suzanne Anderson, Univ. of North Dakota)
  • 2010       Is it Ever Too Late to Complete Your Doctorate? (co-presenters: Alan Tuchtenhagen, Univ. of Wisconsin-River Falls, Monica Bruning, Iowa State Univ., Jodi Hare, Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
  • 2010       Transcripts: Non-standard Perspectives on a Standardized Document (co-presenter: Sam Fugazotto, Columbia Univ.)
  • 2009       How to say that on a record, I-II (co-presenter: Heather Soleim, NDSU)
  • 2009       Managing Student Records in an Era of Five-year Programs (co-presenter: Keith Ingalls, Springfield College)
  • 2009       Moving Forward with Document Imaging in Enrollment Services (co-presenter: Kevin Tews, Perceptive Software)           
  • 2008       How Should We Say That on an Academic Record?
  • 2008       Applying to Graduate: How? When? How much? (co-presenters: Julie Fell, Univ. of Iowa, Susan Dickens, Century College)

Other AACRAO Involvements:

  • 2014       Represented AACRAO (along with Exec Director Reilly) at WCET conference in Salt Lake City, UT
  • 2002       Participated in Registrar 101 Workshop (St. Louis, MO)

State and Regional Activities

Current State Association:
State ACRAO Meetings Attended:
State ACRAO Meetings Attended in the Last Five Years:
Current Regional ACRAO: RMACRAO
Regional ACRAO Meetings Attended: 4
Regional ACRAO Meetings Attended in the Last Five Years: 4


State and/or Regional Activities

State and Regional Leadership:

  • I served on the UMACRAO Executive Board as follows:
    • Past-President 2013 
    • President 2012
    • President-Elect 2011
  • I served as UMACRAO Conference Program Chair in 2009
  • I have been an associate member of Pacifica ACRAO (PACRAO) since 2014
  • I chaired North Dakota ACRAO in 2010(registrar member since 2002; prior year member as an admission officer)

Conference Presentations: Rocky Mountain Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (RMACRAO) –

  • 2017       FERPA Roundtable (with Chris Seng, Colorado State University)
  • 2017       Disciplinary Notations Guidance Update
  • 2017       Colorado Roundtable, Facilitator
  • 2016       Disciplinary Notations and the Academic Transcript
  • 2016       CDHE Policy Panel (with Chris Seng, CSU, and Charlie Couch, UNC)
  • 2016       FERPA Case Studies (with Chris Seng, Colorado State University)
  • 2015       FERPA 101 (co-presented with Chris Seng, Colorado State University)
  • 2015       FERPA for Professionals (co-presented with Chris Seng, Colorado State University)
  • 2015       Financial Aid and the Academic Record (co-presented with Chris Seng, Colorado SU)
  • 2015       Registrar Roundtable, Facilitator

Conference Presentations: Upper Midwest Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Counselors (UMACRAO) 

  • 2013       Mid-Large University Registrar Roundtable, facilitator
  • 2012       UMACRAO/WACRAO conference: Trends and Best Practices in Academic Record Keeping (co-presenters: Ed Lee, Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Heather Soleim, Minnesota State Univ.-Moorhead)
  • 2011       Joint Degrees/Programs: Opportunities and Challenges (co-presenter: Suzanne Anderson, Univ. of North Dakota)
  • 2010       Turn Your Incompletes into More Completes
  • 2010       Registrar 101 (co-presenters: Kristie Vortherms, Univ. of Sioux Falls; Sarah Harris, Univ. of Iowa)
  • 2009       Role of RO with Academic Dishonesty (co-presenter: Sarah Harris, Univ. of Iowa)
  • 2008       UMACRAO: How to Say That on a Record, Part II
  • 2008       UMACRAO business update/greeting at WACRAO
  • 2007       UMACRAO: How to Say That on a Record, Part I
  • 2006       UMACRAO: Large college registrar roundtable, facilitator

In addition: Western Association of Registrars of Universities and Colleges of Canada (WARUCC) –

  • 2013       Academic and Behavioral Misconduct and the Registrar’s Office (co-presenter: Colin Russell, Univ. of Winnipeg)
  • 2013       Facilitated a roundtable on graduation/convocation issues

Education
Highest Degree Earned: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Professional Experience

Work History

  • 2014-present: University Registrar, Office of the Registrar, University of Colorado Boulder
  • 2002-2014: Registrar, Office of Registration and Records, North Dakota State University
  • 2000-2002: Enrollment Advisor, Office of Enrollment Services, Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO
  • 1999-2000: Account Executive, PRACO Public Relations/Advertising Company, Colorado Spring, Colorado
  • 1995-1999: Associate Director, Office of Admission, North Dakota State University, Fargo
  • 1991-1995: Admission Counselor, Office of Admission, North Dakota State University, Fargo

 

Years worked in Admissions: 11
Years worked in International Admissions:
Years worked as Registrar: 16
Years worked in Enrollment Management:
Years worked in Financial Aid:
Years worked in Institutional Research:
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Years worked in other Fields:
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Other Activities: 

  • Parchment Advisory Board, Member
  • Instructor, Fundamentals of Public Speaking general education course (NDSU)
  • Developed and taught first-year experience course (CTU)
  • Featured in national publication, The Successful Registrar, May 2013
  • Blue Key National Honor Society, adviser, 2006-2011
  • Bison Ambassadors student organization, founder and adviser 1993-1998
  • NDSU Alumni Chapter, Alpha Gamma Delta, treasurer, philanthropy coordinator
  • Past-president of NDSU Rocky Mountain Alumni Chapter
  • FM Gators Swim Team, Board
  • Sunday School Teacher

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