Saint Martin’s hires expert in student enrollment practices
as new director of admissions
March 31, 2011
LACEY, WASHINGTON — Saint Martin’s University announced today
that Scott Andrew Schulz, Ph.D. will be the institution’s new
director of admissions. Schulz comes to Saint Martin’s from the
University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Since 2007 he
has served as program director for the USC Center for Enrollment
Research, Policy, and Practice. Prior to that role, he worked as
an enrollment research specialist at the University of Arizona
in Tucson. He also served as a research assistant in the Center
for the Study of Higher Education and as an instructor in the
Center for Student Involvement and Leadership, both at the
University of Arizona. He holds a doctorate in higher education
and a bachelor’s degree in communication, both from the
University of Arizona.
Schulz brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the
director position at Saint Martin’s. At USC, he analyzed policy
and interpreted research on enrollment and retention trends at
colleges and universities nationwide to help enrollment
professionals improve their practices. Schulz also developed
conferences and symposia that focused on coordinating federal,
state and institutional enrollment and student aid policies in
the public interest.
Over the past four years at USC, Schulz has served as host,
writer and producer of a monthly podcast series focused on
enrollment issues, has been published in numerous journals, and
has helped secure several grants in support of the center’s
work. Schulz is an active member of the College Board, the
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) and the
National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC).
“Consistent with its strong Benedictine identity, Saint
Martin’s University is a mission-centered institution devoted to
expanding social opportunity and to developing individuals who
lead lives of balance, generosity and integrity while striving
to improve the world for others,” says Schulz. “I am thrilled to
be joining the Saint Martin’s University community and will
promote value-driven admissions practices that reflect the
University’s commitments while enhancing efforts to help the
University grow, increase quality, sustain its impressive
diversity levels, and retain its students en route to successful
outcomes.”
“Scott will be a tremendous asset to Saint Martin’s as he
takes on this key leadership role,” says Juan Flores, Ph.D.,
dean of admissions and student financial services. “His
extensive expertise in the area of recruitment and enrollment,
paired with his deep understanding of the Saint Martin’s
mission, will strengthen the University as a whole. We are
delighted to welcome him to the campus community.”
As director of admissions, Schulz will manage day-to-day
operations of the University’s Office of Admissions. He will be
responsible for developing short- and long-term recruitment
plans for first-year and transfer students, and will help
create, refine and support admissions policies. Schulz will
officially assume his new role at Saint Martin’s on July 1.
Saint Martin’s University is an independent four-year,
Catholic, coeducational university located on a 380-acre wooded
campus in Lacey, Washington. Established in 1895 by the Catholic
Order of Saint Benedict, the University is one of 18 Benedictine
colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and
the only one west of the Rocky Mountains. Saint Martin’s
University prepares students for successful lives through its 21
majors and six graduate programs spanning the liberal arts,
business, education and engineering. Saint Martin’s welcomes
1,250 students from many ethnic and religious backgrounds to its
main campus, and 650 more to its extension campuses located at
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Everett College, Centralia College and
Tacoma Community College. Visit the Saint Martin’s University
website at www.stmartin.edu.
For further information:
Jennifer Fellinger
Vice president, marketing and communications
Saint Martin’s University
360-438-4332
jfellinger@stmartin.edu
www.stmartin.edu