A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff
Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg (left) and Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski (right) at WFVA
Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg and Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski appeared on News Talk 1230 WFVA’s Town Talk this month to share practical advice for students and parents as key college admission decisions are released. Listen to episode on WFVA.
Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg and Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski
Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg and Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski appeared on News Talk 1230 WFVA’s Town Talk to discuss homecoming, Virginia College Application Week, National Transfer Student Week, National First-Generation College Celebration and UMW Tuition Promise, which helps make college more affordable for Virginia families. Lindberg and Yakabouski discuss UMW admission events open to all prospective students, including a fall Open House on Saturday, Nov 8 and how students can use the code VCAW on the Common App to waive the $50 application fee during Virginia application week. Listen to the episode.
Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg and Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski
Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg and Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski appeared on News Talk 1230 WFVA’s Town Talk to discuss using the summer for college visits. Listen to the episode.
UMW Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg (left), and Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski
Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski and Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg appeared on News Talk 1230 WFVA’s Town Talk to talk about decisions facing students and parents. What should seniors be doing right now to prepare for their upcoming college careers, the UMW Summer Enrichment Program, FAFSA, and what type of classes high school students should be taking. Listen to the episode.
Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski
Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski spoke with Virginia Public Media for a piece titled “FAFSA problems cause ‘a lot of heartbreak’ for some college applicants. The article included the fact that UMW moved its deadline for students to commit to attending in the fall to June 1 and paraphrased Yakabouski as saying that the University wanted to give students more time to make a decision about where to go to school. Read more.
UMW Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg (left) and Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski
UMW Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg and Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski spoke recently on the WFVA radio show “Town Talk” about how the summer break is a great time for high-schoolers to visit potential colleges, especially UMW. Hear the episode.
Dean of Admissions Melissa Yakabouski
Dean of Admissions Melissa Yakabouski shared tips on the college search, paying for college, changes in FAFSA and writing an application with Town Talk radio show host Ted Schubel. Listen to the segment, which was also shared by the Fredericksburg Free Press.
Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski and Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg
shared their college admissions expertise in an article called “Go-to Guide: Experts peel back the layers of the college application process” in The Free Lance-Star. Between them, University of Mary Washington’s Melissa Yakabouski and Sarah Lindberg hold a half-century of college admissions experience. Read more.
UMW Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg (left), and Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski
UMW Director of First Year Admissions Sarah Lindberg (left) and Dean of Admissions and Associate Vice President Melissa Yakabouski talked with radio show host Ted Schubel for an episode of Schubel’s WFVA radio show called “Town Talk: UMW Admissions.” Ahead of Virginia College Application Week, the pair talked about choosing a college and getting in! Everything from grades and extracurriculars to the college essay, tuition and FAFSA. Listen to the segment.
Stephen Covert ’93 sees information about all kinds of collegiate leadership programs cross his desk as principal of Pine View School for the Gifted in Osprey, Florida. An email from his alma mater stood out. It described a program that “will serve as a springboard for already stellar students to learn from leaders and use […]