Familiar Face

Paul Wells

Enrollment Management and Student Services Advisor
Enrollment Management, Office of Admissions
Kent State University at Stark

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Recruit and enroll freshman, transfer, post-undergraduate and College Credit Plus students for Kent State Stark. Coordinate all transfer student recruitment initiatives for the campus.

WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:

July 2012

EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY:

Senior director of Admissions and Advising, Washington State Community College (Marietta, Ohio); previous institutions include DeVry University (Columbus, Ohio), Henry Cogswell College (Everett, Washington), Catawba College (Salisbury, North Carolina) and Walsh University (North Canton, Ohio). I also provided higher education business process consulting to nearly 90 different colleges and universities while employed with Datatel Inc. from 2005-2010. 

LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY:

I thoroughly enjoy the diverse array of colleagues and students whom I work with on a daily basis here at the Regional Campus.

ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER:

The campuses of Kent State University provide a high-quality education, with an emphasis on delivering exceptional customer service to our students, while offering a tuition cost that remains competitively priced in the higher education marketplace in Northeast Ohio.

RESIDES IN:

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

HOMETOWN:

Old Washington, Ohio

EDUCATION:

Master of Public Administration, Keller Graduate School of Management, DeVry University; Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Walsh University

HOBBIES:

Basketball, fishing, reading and unsuccessfully negotiating with two toddlers