[civsa] Overnight Visits

[Mike Targonski]

Welcome to CIVSA, Nate!

At Valpo, we offer overnight visits Sunday through Thursday from October
through the end of April. This is my third year overseeing the program and
one of the things that has helped me the most in this role is discussing
overnight visits with the residential life team. Not only did it allow them
to understand the importance in the recruitment process and what we do as a
program, but they taught me so much more than I ever considered. Small
things like asking the students to bring a picture ID so they could check
in to the residence halls easier to knowing the residential life policies
as if it were my job. It has helped me a lot when having conversations in
my office about our program, such as hosting overnight visitors in our new
sorority housing residence hall. It has also made my training much more
aligned with what the overnight hosts are taught at their floor meetings at
the beginning of the year. On the flip side, the Residential Assistants are
also more aware of official overnight visitors in their building and what
they are doing there.

We send a medical consent form that also now lists general rules of campus
that must be submitted before their visit (click here
<https://itvalpo.wufoo.com/forms/overnight-visit-medical-consent-form/>).

Feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions or want to
discuss overnight visits further.

-Mike

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Nate Corbitt <ncorbitt at unca.edu> wrote:

> I am new to CIVSA, so if this question has been asked before, I
> apologize.  We are a small public liberal arts university.  As such, we
> must compete with small private schools.  Because of this, we try to offer
> prospective students the same things that private schools offer, one of
> those being overnight visits.
>
> For as long as I have been employed here, we have offered overnight visits
> Mondays through Thursdays, hosted by our Student Ambassadors.  We have
> never had any issues, however, certain people have begun to express concern
> over this program.  I was just wondering if any other schools out there
> offer overnight visits for prospective students, and, if you do, have you
> run into any problems?  We have a general code of conduct contract we make
> the visitor sign before they arrive, but does anyone have anything else
> they give the students?
>
> Personally, I like the ability to let a prospective student stay
> overnight, so any advice, concerns, stories, etc. you all might have would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Nate Corbitt
> *Campus Visit Coordinator*
> Office of Admissions
> University of North Carolina Asheville
> p: 828-350-4553
> a: One University Heights
> 225 Brown Hall - CPO #1320
>   Asheville, NC 28804
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Mike Targonski
Assistant Director of Admission
Valparaiso University
(219) 464-6448
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