Cassandra Moore

Director-Enrollment Development and Admissions at Anne Arundel Community College

Vice President for Access and Equity Position Statement

Dear Higher Education Warriors!

I am honored to be nominated to serve and contribute as the Vice President of Access and Equity! Access, equity, diversity and inclusion has been my life's work and passion! It is important to AACRAO and to me, and I relish the opportunity to work with you as we discuss and identify ways to improve access, equity and inclusiveness in our work, departments and greater campus communities. The work of access, equity, diversity and inclusion is hard work, but I have faith in our ability to conduct the work to improve and expand opportunities for diverse, marginalized and underrepresented populations. I believe that the core values of access, equity, diversity and inclusion are not separate from, but are compatible with our values of integrity, civility, opportunity, positivity, innovation and creativity.

If elected, I will engage and inform. To aid and improve our knowledge and skills I will:

Create an Access, Equity and Inclusion Clearinghouse with an advisory board of AACRAO members and others from peer organizations to:

• Highlight best practices and programs.
• Provide the tools and strategies that include solutions, implementation, and practical applications.
• Facilitate constructive engagement, including dialogue to create an understanding about issues that impacts access, equity, progression and completion of diverse and marginalized groups.
• Teach our membership how to embed the values and goals of access, equity and inclusion in their daily work.
• Conduct an audit of our peer organizations to determine the methods used to inform their members.
• Create a digital repository of the scholarship, tools, and strategies for implementation and practical applications that will be available to all members.
• Conduct workshops during AACRAO meetings that are targeted specifically to registrars, admissions, enrollment manageers, technologists and student service professionals.
• Facilitate a Great Read book discussion led by a panel of experts in this area via a webinar or as a session during one of our meetings.

I am blessed to work at Anne Arundel Community College, because it has long been committed to improving the student experience and changing their lives by identifying strategies that will allow us to embed the goals and values of diversity and inclusion into our daily work carried out by every office and department, including staff and faculty. The college has received the Higher Education in Diversity (HEED) award for the last three years.

As you determine if my goals and values align with yours, please know that I take the work of access and equity very seriously, that I believe in being a good steward, but I am also someone who approaches this work as a joyful warrior, intent upon engaging as many members as possible!

My contributions to AACRAO have been guided by the following questions:

• Why should access, equity and inclusion be important to the general membership of AACRAO? I want to engage the informed AND those members who cannot envision how access, equity and inclusion is impactful and relevant to their work.
• How can I help members identify practices, policies, procedures and attitudes that create barriers to access and equity AND offer relevant and practical solutions for their workplace?
• How can I demonstrate that being inclusive, equitable and diverse creates a learning environment that can improve access, progression and completion, something we are striving to achieve?
• What are the best practices and scholarship that informs this work?

My AACRAO experience:

• Group V Access and Equity Coordinator - 2018-Present
• Annual Meeting Program Committee - 2018- Present
• Member, Criminal Justice Information in Admissions Workgroup - 2018-Present
• AACRAO Hill Day - 2018
• Member, Awards Committee - 2017-Present
• Chairperson, Student Access and Equity Committee - 2016- Present
• Chairperson, Nominations and Elections Committee - 2015-2016
• Chair-elect, Nominations and Elections Committee - 2014-2015
• AACRAO Leadership Conference - 2013-Present
• Member, Black Caucus - 2009-Present
• Annual Meeting Presenter - 2010- Present

Focus:

Current and Emerging Issues in Student Access and Equity

High School-College Partnerships

Delivering College Enrollment Services to High Schools: Diminishing Barriers

Creating an Infrastructure for Access and Success

Early College Participation and College Readiness

CAPACRAO Experience:

• Founding Board Member-2013
• Treasurer-2013-2014
• Member, Program Committee-2015-2017
• Member, Nominations and Election Committee-2015,2016 and 2018
• Presenter, 2012-2018

Employment Experience:

Director, Enrollment Development and Admissions at Anne Arundel Community College (AACC)

AACC Cross-functional team experience:

• Determining Placement: Multiple Measures Implementation Team
• Systemic Enrollment Management Matrix2 (SEM2) Think Tank
• Data Integrity Group
• Mandatory Orientation Implementation Team
• Diversity Committee
• Chief Diversity Officer Search Committee
• Latinx Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator Search Committee Chairperson
• Strategic Plan: Engagement Matters Team 20 – Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
• Chairperson-Sub team 3: Student and Community Engagement
  • Charge:
    The focus of this sub-team was to create a strategic lens for diversity, equity and inclusion for Anne Arundel College’s student and community engagement that is intentional, with a focus on increasing, retaining and sustaining participation of under-served populations.
  • Theme: Create opportunities! Remove Barriers! Incentivize!
  • Outcome: Submitted 14-page report with environmental scan, research, and recommendations. Several of the sub-team’s recommendations were approved by the President and Vice-Presidents for implementation.
• Council on Advancement of Standards (CAS) of Higher Education Self-Assessment for Undergraduate Admissions Coordinator, report writer and analysis.
• John and Suanne Roueche Award Development Committee for Professional Staff
• Academic Integrity Review Committee
• Education Policies and Curriculum Committee Sub-Committee: General Education, Diversity and Computer Technology
• Institutional Assessment Team

Previous Higher Education Employment:

• University of Maryland School of Nursing
•  Community College of Baltimore County
• Central Michigan University

Education

• Master of Public Administration- University of Arkansas, Little Rock
• Bachelor of Arts- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Honors and Recognitions

• 2019 Anne Arundel Community College Equity and Inclusion Champion!
• 2019 Anne Arundel Community College Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Zeitgeist Award
• 2018 AACRAO Thomas A. Bilger Award
• 2016 YWCA: A Tribute to Women of Color Service to Youth Award
• 2016 AACRAO Nominations and Elections Chairperson
• 2015 Minority Access, Inc. Role Model Award for Recruitment
• 2012 Northern Anne Arundel County  (MD) Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Education Award

Service

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
• Ft. George G. Meade Historic Post Chapel Usher
• Gates Millennium Scholars Application Evaluator
• United Negro College Fund (UNCF) STEM Scholars Application Evaluator

Philanthropy

• Women’s Giving Circle: Anne Arundel Women Giving Together 
  • Women pool their resources to award grants up to $20,000 per year to organizations that improve the lives of women, children and families in Anne Arundel County Maryland.

In my heart, I know that our members are focused on being their best personal and professional selves, and that broadening their prism, and helping all to understand the value of this work is something that I am passionate about! I am thanking you in advance for your time and consideration of my nomination as the Vice President of Access and Equity.

Respectfully submitted,

Cassandra Moore