Admission Counselors

All of the counselors can be reached at (614) 823-1500 or (800) 488-8144 or through the email links below.

Recruitment Territory: Northwest Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and International

Other Responsibilities: Coordinating campus visitation days and working with the international admission process.

Education: B.A. in Public Relations from Otterbein College. I am currently working on my M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration from Ohio University.

Name one thing you love about Otterbein: I love the sense of community. It's nice to walk across campus and see familiar faces, and even those that are not familiar still offer a smile and a hello as you walk by.

What advice do you have for students in their college search? Keep an open mind and explore many different possibilities; but in the end follow your heart.

Excluding your current profession, if you could choose any other profession what would it be and why? I would love to own my own business. I really enjoy marketing and customer service, and it would be fun to build something from scratch and make it whatever I wanted it to be.

Recruitment Territory: Southeast Ohio, West Virginia, Florida.

Other Responsibilities: Assist transfer students, work with admission surveys, serve as admission coordinator for the STAR Program, act as a liaison with HPED and Athletics, oversee admission internship program, work with Alumni Office on the OARS Program.

Education: B.S. Ohio University 1992, M.Ed Ohio University 1996.

Name one thing you love about Otterbein: The wonderful sense of community. From the administration to the faculty, students will always feel comfortable in their academic setting as they pursue their career goals.

What advice do you have for students in their college search? Enjoy the experience, keep an open mind, do not be afraid to step outside of your comfort zone and stay on top of deadlines.

Excluding your current profession, if you could choose any other profession what would it be and why? My love of food would most likely take me to the culinary world and the intense atmosphere of being a professional chef.

Recruitment Territory: Westerville South (Go Cats!) and Columbus St. Francis Desales

Other Responsibilities: Running the Admission Office.

Education: B.S.E, Northern Illinois University, M.A. Northwestern University, Ph.D., Ohio University

Name one thing you love about Otterbein: Walking from Battelle Fine Arts Center across the campus to the Campus Center on a sunny day (and saying "hi" to everyone on the way). And using the library.

What advice do you have for students in their college search: Start early. Visit. Ask lots of questions.

Excluding your current profession, if you could choose any other profession what would it be and why? A doctor - the other kind - so I could have a different set of useful skills to help people anywhere in the world. (Or a P.E. teacher so I could wear comfortable shoes all day long.)

Recruitment Territory: Pennsylvania / Westerville North High School and Westerville Central High School

Other Responsibilities: I design and manage the Admission Publications, Student Bloggers, and the content of the Admission website.

Education: B.A., Otterbein College '96, Visual Arts (Graphic Design Concentration); Associates Degree in Sport and Fitness Management, Columbus State '00.

Name one thing you love about Otterbein: I love how Otterbein makes me feel at home with the strong sense of community.

What advice do you have for students in their college search? Make sure you visit all the schools you are interested in to find which school is the best fit for you.

Excluding your current profession, if you could choose any other profession what would it be and why? Photographer. I think I would choose this because I would be self-employed, and would travel to some very interesting places (visually).

Recruitment Territory: Oversee Admission, Financial Aid, and Continuing Studies Operations

Other Responsibilities: Merit Scholarship Program, President's Cabinet

Education: BA Ohio Northern University; MS University of Dayton; PhD. University of Toledo

Name one thing you love about Otterbein: The ability to work with students every day.

What advice do you have for students in their college search? Pay attention to deadlines at every institution you are considering.

Excluding your current profession, if you could choose any other profession what would it be and why? Carpenter. I love to work with my hands to create things.

Recruitment Territory: Arts recruiting, Worthington Schools, Texas and Kentucky

Other Responsibilities: Assist with Music and Theatre audition days, travel to off-campus audition sites in Chicago, Texas, Nebraska and Kentucky.

Education: Master of Music, Michigan State University (go green!)

Name one thing you love about Otterbein: The warm and welcoming atmosphere.

What advice do you have for students in their college search? Make a list of colleges that have the programs you are interested in, decide what your geographic boundaries are, make campus visits, try to get a feeling of "best fit" for you.

Excluding your current profession, if you could choose any other profession what would it be and why? I would love to be a full-time music minister at a church so I could conduct choirs, but typically those positions need people with keyboard skills and I have none! Coordinating music and worship to enhance the service and the spoken word is the most gratifying thing I've ever done before I became an admission counselor!

Recruitment Territory: I have the pleasure of working with students from Southwest Ohio and all states with the exception of Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Florida, Texas, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania (try saying that five times fast!).

Other Responsibilities: I work as the coordinator of our Host & Tour program, President's Scholars Recognition Event, and the HOOT program. I also work with those students looking to take transient classes at Otterbein.

Education: Bachelors of Science in Journalism (Public Relations) '00 and a Masters in Education '02 from Ohio University in Athens, OH.

Name one thing you love about Otterbein: While I enjoy the sense of community a lot, I would say one of my favorite things about Otterbein is the strong base provided by the liberal arts education. Being able to take a wide variety of classes and find applicability in those classes toward your major, your career and ultimately your life is a great aspect of the liberal arts.

What advice do you have for students in their college search? Know yourself more than anything else. You're going to want to beat your head against the wall several times throughout the year, but if you have faith in the process and yourself it's hard to make a bad choice.

Excluding your current profession, if you could choose any other profession what would it be and why? My gut tells me the circus, but my fear of clowns would make that somewhat difficult, so I would have to go with my second choice of writing for international travel guidebooks. The freedom of writing and international travel would be a welcome addition to my life!

Recruitment Territory: Fairfield County, Licking County, Franklin County and the S.W. Ohio Schools.

Other Responsibilities: Heart of Ohio Tour.

Education: B.A. Public Relations, Otterbein College '05.

Name one thing you love about Otterbein: The support that is available for the students.

What advice do you have for students in their college search? Keep an open mind, you never know what you may find.

Excluding your current profession, if you could choose any other profession what would it be and why? Firefighter, because they don't mind putting their lives on the line for other people.

Recruitment Territory: Northeastern Ohio, Dublin Coffman, Dublin Scioto, Dublin Jerome.

Other Responsibilities: I oversee the Cardinal Callers (phonathon) students.

Education: B.A. in Women's Studies from The Ohio State University.

Name one thing you love about Otterbein: The strong sense of community and friendliness across campus.

What advice do you have for students in their college search? List the important characteristics you are searching for in a school (ie. specific major, location, etc.) and seek all colleges that fit your criteria.

Excluding your current profession, if you could choose any other profession what would it be and why? A wedding or event planner because I enjoy working with people and the constant change, there would never be a dull day! Plus, I like to make people smile!