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Virtual Spring Conference for Admissions Professionals
Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
Category: AISGW Events

Offered Together with the Enrollment Management Association's Spring Seminar Series

As our institutions continue to put more emphasis on creating a community reflective of the world in which our students live in now and into the future, it is important that our Admission offices understand their role as diversity practitioners in creating the student body. In our opening session, Rohan Arjun will help us explore the role of the Admission Officer as a Diversity Practitioner. Following this session, the Enrollment Management Association will share information about national and local admission trends and offer an opportunity for small group discussions on selected topics.  There will be an optional people of color affinity session immediately following the program.

There is no charge to attend this conference.  To register through the EMA website, click here.

About the Speaker:

Rohan Arjun

Rohan M. Arjun is a dynamic educator, nationally recognized diversity practitioner, noted speaker, and facilitator. He currently serves as the Director of Admission at George School, a prestigious Quaker International Baccalaureate (IB) boarding high school in Newtown, PA, whose students hail from 47 countries and 17 states. After graduating from George School, Rohan earned a Bachelor of Arts from Temple University in African-American Studies with a minor in History. He went on to receive a Master of Science in Education for School Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania, where he continues to give back by conducting alumni interviews for undergraduate applicants and serving as Co-Chair for the School Leadership Program Alumni Steering Committee (ASC). While at Temple, Rohan was initiated into the Lambda Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. 

Rohan has a true passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work as it pertains to independent schools and not only providing underrepresented students with the access and opportunity to attend these institutions, but also helping to equip faculty, staff, and students with the tools and skills necessary to be successful. As such, many of his volunteer obligations are a perfect blend of his passion and profession. Rohan is a Principal Consultant for The Glasgow Group, LLC, a consortium of diversity, equity, and inclusion consultants. Rohan is a Founding Member and Chair of My Brothers' Keeper: A Retreat for Men of Color in Education, a bold intersectional affinity space specifically curated and designed for self-identified men of color in education. He is also a Founding Member of the National Diversity Practitioners Institute (NDPI), a three-day intensive professional development institute for educators responsible for building and sustaining inclusive school communities. Chair of the Faculty Search Committee for the annual National Association of Independent School (NAIS) Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC), a multiracial and multicultural gathering of 1700 independent school student leaders grades 9 through 12 from across the U.S. and abroad; Co-Chair of the Boarding School Consortium, a partnership of top college preparatory institutions dedicated to helping families learn about the significant benefits of the boarding school experience; Member of Newtown Friends School (NFS) School Committee, Board of Trustees; member of the Admission Leadership Council (ALC), a sounding board for The Enrollment Management Association (EMA) for the development of admission services and member of the Admission Advisory Council for ASSIST, a U.S. based non-profit that matches academically talented, multi-lingual international students with American independent secondary schools.

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