Qualified applicants are invited to review our membership categories and join VACRAO. For additional information, please e-mail Darren Troxler, Vice President for Membership.

As part of our new website design, we’ve gotten rid of the old email list and replaced it with a Discussion Area.

Now, all our discussions will be available on our site, searchable, archived, and best of all, you can subscribe to the RSS feed, and the content will come to you. We also offer a feed for content on our site, too.

Want the content to come to you?

Subscribe to our RSS feed.

What’s an RSS feed?

You may recognize the universal feed icon or these “chicklets” from your favorite Web sites, blogs and podcasts. These icons represent content in any format — text, audio or video — to which you can subscribe and read/watch/listen using a feed reader.

Why is This a Good Thing?

Technology evolution in online publishing has made it really easy to not only publish regular updates to web-based content, but also keep track of a large number of your favorite Web sites or blogs, without having to remember to check each site manually or clutter your email Inbox. You can now streamline your online experience by subscribing to specific content feeds and aggregating this information in one place to be read when you’re ready.

Bottom Line: Subscribing to feeds makes it possible to review a large amount of online content in a very short time.

How do I read feeds?

If you want to browse and subscribe to feeds, you have many choices. You can sign up with a free service, like Netvibes, Bloglines, NewsGator, etc., or you can read feeds in your favorite web browser. A handful of popular feed readers are listed in the sidebar on this page.

A typical interface for a feed reader will display your feeds and the number of new (unread) entries within each of those feeds. You can also organize your feeds into categories and even clip and save your favorite entries (with certain applications).

This seems too complicated. Can’t I just get email?

Once you get yourself a feed reader and add the feeds to all the places you like to go, you’ll never use the web the same way again! Feeds rock!

But, we do offer an email subscription service as well.

Get the VACRAO Discussion Area delivered via email

Everyone can view, but only Members can post

What that means is, everyone can see the discussions. But if you want to contribute, we need to know who you are. In order to know that, you have to register as a member on this site. It will take you about 30 seconds, tops! If you want to post, just click on the Registration link at the top of the Discussion Area page.

Go to the Discussion Area now.

VACRAO offers numerous professional opportunities and access to current and pertinent information on a wide range of topics.

• Annual meeting each December
• Newsletter produced three times a year
• VACRAO listserv—an electronic network for information exchange
• VACRAO home page with resources, contacts, and program announcements
• Support Staff, New Counselor, and Special workshops
• Virginia Tour & Roadrunner Gazette
• Coordination of college day and night programs
• Directory of the Membership
• Opportunities to share experience, develop mentoring relationships, and serve in leadership roles
• Professionals—both colleagues and Corporate Members—who can provide advice and assistance

How to Become a Member

2008 VACRAO membership renewal invoices will be mailed to current members on March 7, 2008

Membership dues are $100 for the January 1 – December 31 calendar year. Dues cannot be prorated. Dues can only be accepted in the form of a check, made payable to “VACRAO”. Electronic transfers and credit card payments cannot be processed. For additional information, please e-mail Vice President for Membership Darren Troxler.

• VACRAO Voting Membership Application (pdf)
• VACRAO Associate Membership Application (pdf)

Membership is contingent upon approval of the VACRAO Executive Board.

VACRAO membership is institutional. Voting member institutions may list up to eight members for the annual fee while associate and corporate memberships may list two members for the annual fee. All members are listed in the VACRAO annual directory.

Membership Categories

Voting Members – Institutions of higher education may be considered for regular institutional membership if their central offices are located within the Commonwealth of Virginia and they are approved to award degrees by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Each institution may designate up to eight voting members for an annual fee of $100 and may designate additional voting members for an additional annual per-member fee. Each voting member in good standing and present at the annual meeting shall be entitled to one vote in all matters coming before the membership.

Associate Members – Institutions that are not eligible for voting membership but that have purposes parallel with or related to those of VACRAO may be considered for associate membership. Institutions of higher education whose central offices are located outside the Commonwealth of Virginia or are not approved to award degrees by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, non-collegiate organizations, and others approved by the Executive Committee are eligible to join as Associate Members. Each associate member may designate two individual members for an annual fee of $100. This membership is institutional and non-voting.

Corporate Members – Corporate membership is available to those organizations that provide products and services that assist and benefit Association members in carrying out their duties and responsibilities. Each corporate member may designate two individual members for an annual fee of $375. Benefits include one registration and exhibit space at the annual meeting, one set of mailing labels of the membership, and opportunities for advertisements. This membership is non-voting.

Individual Members – Individuals not eligible for voting or associate membership but who would benefit by participating in Association activities and receiving Association literature may be recommended for individual membership by a voting member. This membership is non-voting.

President
Barbara Rowe – Washington and Lee University

Immediate Past-President
Melissa Yakabouski – University of Mary Washington

President-Elect
Jarret Smith – Bridgewater College

VP for Admissions and Enrollment Management
Judith McKeon – Jefferson College of Health Sciences

VP for Professional Development
Sarah Ross – Jefferson College of Health Sciences

VP for Registration and Records
Kathy Woodson – University of Virginia

VP for Membership and Communication
Darren Troxler – George Mason University

Secretary
Susan Kennon – Lynchburg College

Treasurer
Kathie Tune – Averett University

Executive Committee Documents

Executive Manual (Word)

Reimbursement Form (pdf)

Reimbursement Form (Word)

While the individual fairs are organized by local school districts, VACRAO assists in scheduling, publicity, set-up, and the dissemination of program details to its membership. The School and College Relations Committee works closely with high school counselors and community colleges to coordinate mutually-convenient programs. The schedule of college day and night programs includes some 75 individual fairs a year, and blanket the state of Virginia over eight weeks from September to November. The result provides every student within the state the opportunity to attend a fair in his or her region, and every VACRAO member the ability to effectively recruit in Virginia. Participation in the Virginia Tour is one of the primary benefits of VACRAO membership.

VACRAO’s Goals

• Emphasize the importance and benefits of learning for all in higher education.
• Support VACRAO members and support staff with career and professional development through a forum of statewide workshops, newsletters, as well as an annual state meeting.
• Provide exchanges of ideas and information by attending regional and national meetings, including SACRAO and AACRAO.
• Encourage research in the field of education through articles and projects submitted through the newsletter or through the Jean Rayburn Research Scholarship.
• Recognize leadership and contributions to VACRAO by members and others through the following: Honorary Memberships, Certificates of Appreciation, New Professionals Awards, and Distinguished Service Awards.
• Cooperate with and attend annual meetings of other organizations (e.g., VASFAA, SCHEV, SACRAO, AACRAO, PCACAC, NACAC, VACBC) in order to reach association goals.
• Conduct the Virginia Tour, a detailed recruiting schedule for Virginia.

See also:

Articles of Incorporation (pdf)

VACRAO Bylaws (pdf)