Telephone calls lure students
By Jolayne Houtz
Of the Emerald
University students are help
ing to increase enrollment by
reaching out and touching so
meone — newly admitted
students.
The New Student Telephone
Project is geared toward calling
all admitted high-school seniors
to give the University a more
personal feeling, says Craig
Peterson, project coordinator.
“There’s so much misinfor
mation out about the University
in the community, and this is
really positive PR (public rela
tions) for Oregon. I think it’s
definitely part of the reason that
enrollment is up," Peterson
says.
Peterson will select a student
coordinator for the project, as
well as eight to 10 students to
make the calls.
“it's the students who are
calling the students, and that’s
the big difference. It’s so much
easier to ask fellow students
questions,” Peterson says.
Last year, students contacted
more than 2.000 high-school
seniors, or about 40 percent of
those admitted.
"it seems like new students
get sent everything but the kit
chen sink. We follow up on
other information to see if peo
ple even acknowledge if or
understand it," Peterson says.
The program, in its sixth
year, operates from mid
February to late May. One of its
major functions is to determine
if students have sent in their
housing forms, and if they have
signed up for the Early Orienta
tion and Registration Program,
Peterson says.
“We have found that those
who attend EORP have a more
successful time here," Peterson
says.
From there, the questions are
open-ended. Typical questions
concern athletics, financial aid,
housing, the Creek system and.
in general, how the caller feels
about being a student at the
University, Peterson says.
“Callers are not expected to
know everything, but we are
looking for people who have a
good working knowledge of the
University,” Peterson says.
The program also has a refer
ral system, in case the caller
cannot answer a question,
where information is sent out
the next day to the student.
Student callers work about 11
hours each week, from about 5
p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, and receive $3.73 an
hour. Peterson says.
Applications can be picked
up in the Office of Student
Development in Room 364
Oregon Hall after Oct. 22. and
are due Nov. 16. Interviews will
be the week of Nov. 26-30.
The student coordinator
receives approximately $150 a
month. Applications for that
position are due Nov. 2, with
interviews from Nov. 12-16.
Students also have the chance
to get internship credit. Peier
son says.
Callers go through an exten
sive training program that
teaches them how to answer
questions and how to be a good
resource person, Peterson says.
Graduate students9 artwork
exhibited at University gallery
This year's graduate-student fine arts exhibition will
open today in the University’s Gallery 141.
The exhibit by 30 new and returning graduate student ar
tists will run through October 26. A wide variety of artworks
are featured including paintings, ceramics, prints,
photography, sculpture, jewelry, fibers and drawings.
Gallery director and graduate teaching fellow Denise
(Mark notes that the University’s graduate art progra.m is the
second largest in the Northwest, after the University of
Washington.
The opening reception will be held from 7 to 9 tonight in
the gallery located in Lawrence Hall. The reception and the
gallery are open to the public free of charge.
The telephone project is a
new trend that is developing at
many campuses as the competi
tion for the limited number of
high-school graduates in
creases. Peterson says.
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