Institutional scholarship management structure - seeking contacts!

Bailey Poindexter

Hi everyone!


I’m working with our institutional leadership to develop a proposal to streamline our scholarship procedures potentially into one office - we're currently very decentralized and exploring our options. We’re hoping to talk to other schools with a centralized scholarship office managing their processes. We’re looking for four-year, public colleges and universities. I’m less concerned about enrollment sizes, but preferably some schools at or bigger than our size (range of 20,000-40,000 enrolled students). Also, if you are an administrator in a system that has a central office overseeing multiple campuses, I would love to chat with you too!


Thanks so much!


Bailey Owens Poindexter

Mississippi State University

Melonie Bryan

Bailey,


ECU sounds very similar to Mississippi State. We are a 4-year public with about 30,000 students and formerly had a very decentralized process. We have been with AcademicWorks / Blackbaud since 2014. If I can answer any questions or provide insight - just yell!



Melonie Bryan

Director of University Scholarships

East Carolina University
bryanm@ecu.edu

252.328.5816

Bailey Poindexter

Thank you so much, Melonie! I will reach out via email!

Cindy Bublitz

Baily,


Northern Arizona University is looking to centralize scholarships under the Foundation so I am also curious to hear how other universities have accomplished this. We are a 4-year public university with about 30,000 students and 1,000 scholarships.


Cindy Bublitz

Cindy Bublitz

Melonie,


Out of curiosity, how many scholarships does ECU have and how long of a process did it take you to centralize scholarships?


Thanks,

Cindy Bublitz

Bailey Poindexter

Hi Cindy,


I will be happy to share my findings with you when our reporting is complete, if that's helpful! My email is bowens@advservices.msstate.edu - feel free to reach out if you're interested so we can connect!


Thanks!


Bailey

Cindy Bublitz

Thank you Bailey. That would be wonderful! My email is cynthia.bublitz@nau.edu.