<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2024/0418-true-belonging.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>True belonging: Rediscovering the values that matter in college admissions</title><author>James Helicke</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>04/18/2024 12:00:00 PM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>Ángel Pérez ’98, CEO of the National Association for College Admissions Counseling; Jessica Ricker, Skidmore's VP for enrollment and dean of admissions and financial aid; and Janessa Dunn, its director of admissions, spoke to Scope magazine about a changing admissions landscape and how institutions of higher education are grappling.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/images/admissions-web-thumbnail.jpg" alt="The Skidmore community gathered to support and celebrate first-generation students at a reception on national First-Generation College Celebration Day in November. Vice President for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Jessica Ricker, Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Affairs Adrian Bautista, both first-generation college graduates, and A.M. Consulting CEO Altagracia Montilla ’12 were among dozens of faculty, staff, students, and alumni to attend the event."/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/images/k8i0345-copy-cropped.jpg" alt="The Skidmore community gathered to support and celebrate first-generation students at a reception on national First-Generation College Celebration Day in November. Vice President for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Jessica Ricker, Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Affairs Adrian Bautista, both first-generation college graduates, and A.M. Consulting CEO Altagracia Montilla ’12 were among dozens of faculty, staff, students, and alumni to attend the event."/></image><caption>The Skidmore community gathered to support and celebrate first-generation students at a reception on national First-Generation College Celebration Day in November. Vice President for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Jessica Ricker, Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Affairs Adrian Bautista, both first-generation college graduates, and A.M. Consulting CEO Altagracia Montilla ’12 were among dozens of faculty, staff, students, and alumni to attend the event.</caption></item>