OURA Award of Excellence / en Merike Remmel receives OURA Award of Excellence  /celebrates/merike-remmel-receives-oura-award-excellence <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Merike Remmel receives OURA Award of Excellence </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-03-09T17:17:22-05:00" title="Thursday, March 9, 2023 - 17:17" class="datetime">Thu, 03/09/2023 - 17:17</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/staff" hreflang="en">Staff</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6909" hreflang="en">Ontario University Registrars’ Association</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6911" hreflang="en">OURA Award of Excellence</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Merike-Remmel-receiving-her-award-from-Serge-Demers-Chair-of-OURA-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">Merike Remmel receiving her award from Serge Demers, chair of OURA (photo by Andrea McGee)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Merike Remmel</strong>, director of undergraduate admissions at the Ƶ, has received the OURA Award of Excellence from the Ontario University Registrars’ Association.</p> <p>The award recognizes employees in the fields of registration, admissions, recruitment and liaison, graduate studies, records and systems, and scholarships and awards within an institution. </p> <p>Remmel led the U of T community transition from paper-based to electronic offers of admission. She introduced service-level agreements to help maximize service for more than 80,000 first-entry applicants each year and was instrumental in developing an applicant waitlist. Remmel has also served as an ambassador for the university as a delegate, board member, advisor, or regular panelist for several organizations, including the Ontario University Application Center, the International Baccalaureate Organization, the University Relations Committee and Duolingo. </p> <p>“Merike has been an instrumental member of the U of T community for many years,” <a href="https://vpsem.utoronto.ca/profile/angelique-saweczko/">University Registrar <strong>Angelique Saweczko</strong></a>&nbsp;says.&nbsp;“As an institutional ambassador, she has led significant changes to undergraduate admissions. It is wonderful to see her commitment and dedication to supporting our students being acknowledged by OURA. Congratulations, Merike."&nbsp;</p> <p>Alumna Remmel began as a liaison officer for undergraduate programs in 1988, becoming&nbsp;manager of admission services in 1994, then manager registrarial services in 1998. She became assistant university registrar and then director of undergraduate admissions in 2006 and in 2018 was recognized with U of T's <strong>Jill Matus </strong>Award for Excellence in Student Services.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Provost Office</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 22:17:22 +0000 lanthierj 180567 at