She is the middle child of three sisters. She says it’s hard to think about her life without CI, and enjoys cultivating close relationships with her staff similar to the close ties she shares with her family. in Organizational Leadership at Pepperdine University, hopes to assume a position of Dean or Assistant Vice President of Enrollment. Ultimately, Reyes, who is pursuing her Ed.D. I have been fortunate to hold various positions at CI.” “One of the beautiful things that CI has afforded me is the opportunity to move up. She has grown right along with her department, beginning as an outreach and transfer services counselor in 2001 and assuming more responsibilities as coordinator of recruitment, associate director, and then department director. Reyes describes her workplace as having a family feel, something it has been able to maintain as the Division of Student Affairs has grown from 12 to nearly 80 staff members. The priority application filing period for the Fall 2011 semester ends November 30. With the state’s recent budget adoption, good news was received from the Chancellor’s Office that with partial funding restored to the CSU, Channel Islands could accommodate 400 new students for the Spring 2011 semester including students seeking a second baccalaureate degree. We tell them that staff is available and we want to help.” “We assist students through the entire process so they don’t get lost, that’s the difference between CI and other universities. Understand the process and be prepared for admission,” says Reyes. “I constantly tell students, and their parents, to prepare – be prepared, and be informed. Strict deadlines have been imposed in order to fairly accommodate students who have met all admission requirements. However, when asked to describe a significant challenge working in college admissions today, Reyes quickly replies having to tell students that they cannot attend CI because of ongoing budget limitations. “This is a great place to work.” The University was named this year as a “Great College to Work For” according to a survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education. “I am so fortunate to love what I do and the people that I work with,” says Reyes, who as Director of Admissions & Recruitment oversees the University’s admissions process including undergraduate and graduate marketing and recruitment. Nearly a decade later, she can answer that question in more ways than one. As she drove up the meandering entrance that is University Drive, Reyes recalls wondering if she was going in the right direction. It would still be one year before the new University opened and another two years before the inaugural freshman class would arrive. It was March 2001 when Ginger Reyes first visited the new Channel Islands campus.
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