Request Lisa Perry, Ed.D. as a speaker
About Lisa Perry, Ed.D., is the Director of UC Merced’s Students First Center (SFC). She has been with the SFC since the campus opened in fall 2005 and is a key player in the development and implementation of the department, which primarily serves the Offices of Admissions, Financial and Scholarships and Registration. She and her staff strive to encourage student self-sufficiency and success using social media and technology. Lisa has shared her expertise on one-atop development and student service technologies with colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. In her role, she also routinely works with the UC Office of the President to increase the number of online course offerings across all ten UC campuses. Perry is a graduate of California State University, Chico, and California State University, Stanislaus, and has worked in all three tiers of California’s higher education system. She authored a chapter titled “What was it like? Being in the Pioneer Class at UC Merced,” which appeared in New Directions for Higher Education Special Issue: From Rangeland to Research University: The Birth of University of California, Merced and has recently completed a dissertation titled “One Stop Enrollment Management Service: An Evaluation of The Relationship Between Centralized Services and New Student Enrollment.”
The Relationship Between One-Stop Support and New Student Enrollment
Fostering a Culture of Care for a Student Ready Institution