[civsa] Saturday Tours

Mon Oct 19 13:34:44 CDT 2015

At Lake Superior State University in Michigan, we offer Saturday tours
nearly every Saturday during the academic year, and then once monthly
during June, July and August.  Our Saturday tours are very popular.  Those
held in the summer months are even more popular!  People are sometimes
disappointed that we don't offer Sunday tours, in fact!

We try to schedule faculty visits on Saturday when faculty are willing.
Some are, some are not.  More and more are becoming more willing though, I
think largely from seeing how popular the tours are and realizing that
they're missing out on an opportunity to recruit for their department.

Parking and sporting events are not a problem for us, so overall, our
Saturday tours are very successful.

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Vawter, Blake <blake.vawter at oregonstate.edu
> wrote:

> Greetings from ‘sunny’ Corvallis,
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> We have attempted the Saturday visit thing in the past.  While we also are
> on the receiving end of people being disappointed in not being able to
> visit on a Saturday, we don’t offer them at all (aside from a scheduled
> Open House program).    Our response is:  Saturdays are not great times to
> visit due to the lack of academic appointments, and on game days,
> parking/tailgating/traffic is less than optimal.  We have done our best to
> insulate visitors from the game day experiences on those Pac 12 Thursday or
> Friday night games (unless they are into that) by communicating the
> situations well in advance and being borderline militant on protecting the
> prospective visitor parking spaces we have nearby.
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> But back to the Saturday point:  our experience in providing Saturday
> visits in the past wasn’t good for anyone because visitors tended to be
> disappointed because all they could participate in was a tour and an
> admission presentation.  No Honors College, no viewing classes, no academic
> appointments.  If we have folks on campus, we want to provide the best
> experience and service possible.  If they truly want to visit, they’ll make
> arrangements to do so during the week or at a program.  If they can’t/won’t
> make other arrangements, we happily provide a self-guided tour booklet to
> them.
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> Nail-biter on Saturday….good luck the rest of the way (except for Oct 31.)!
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>
> Blake Vawter
> Associate Director of Admissions
> Marketing and Programs
> Oregon State University
> 541.737.3597
> http://oregonstate.edu/visitosu
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> GO BEAVS!
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> *From:* listserv [mailto:listserv-bounces at civsa.org] *On Behalf Of *Scott
> Kirkessner
> *Sent:* Monday, October 19, 2015 11:12 AM
> *To:* 'listserv at civsa.org'
> *Subject:* [civsa] Saturday Tours
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> Hello Friends!
>
> Here in Utah, time with family is seen as very important, and the majority
> of institutions (the U included) only host Saturday tours approximately
> once a month.  I personally have not received much pushback from visitors,
> just an occasional disappointment here or there usually always from out of
> staters, but despite being a large PAC12 school, most people accept that we
> don’t have regular Saturday tours.
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> I am calling out today to find your experience and have a few questions
>
> 1)      How often do you offer Saturday tours?
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> 2)      If you don’t offer Saturday tours every Saturday…
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> a.       What has guest reaction been?
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> b.      What has university reaction been?
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> c.       What’s your average size?
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> 3)      If you DO offer Saturday tours every Saturday
>
> a.       Have you always done it that way or did you have to increase?
>
>                                                                i.      What
> prompted moving to more Saturdays
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> b.      How do you schedule your Ambassadors and Office Staff?
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> c.       Are the Saturday tours always packed?
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> Thanks everyone!
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> Don’t forget!  Registration for both the Student Development Institute and
> the Annual Conference are open!  Consider submitting a session proposal and
> register today!
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> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> *Scott Kirkessner, M.Ed.*
>
> *Region One Director*
> Collegiate Information and Visitor Services Association
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> Office: 801-585-1995
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> Scott.Kirkessner at utah.edu
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