May 1st Madness!

Hi Everyone,

It's Kevin O'Sullivan checking in with you all on a rainy Monday afternoon at Sacred Heart.  I guess I shouldn't complain because we have had some outstanding weather over the past few weeks.  Fortunately, all of our accepted students days went off without a hitch (with the minor exception of a Fire Drill on our second accepted students day :)) and I met a ton of accepted students who are eager to begin their college journey at Sacred Heart in the fall. 

We have certainly had a busy couple of weeks on campus.  Ne-Yo and T-Pain were on campus to perform for the Spring Concert back on April 11th, and we also have the spring carnival. In addition our athletic teams have been playing outstanding recently.  Congratulations to the women's lacrosse team for winning the NEC Championship game against arch-rival Quinnipiac 15-14 yesterday!  The win advanced Sacred Heart to the NCAA Tournament this weekend where they will take on nationally ranked #8 Boston University in the First-Round.  Also congrats for nice wins over the weekend to the Men's Lacrosse team who defeated Delaware 15-7 and finishes the season with a 7-5 record.  Men's Baseball also completed a 4-game weekend sweep of Farleigh Dickinson winning 6-4 yesterday.

I'm sure many of you noticed my headline for May Madness.  Most sports fans favorite time of the year is March Madness.  Here in the admissions world, May 1st is the equivalent to March Madness.  We are extremely busy enrolling what we expect to be the largest freshman class in the history of the University!  It is certainly an exciting time of the year in the Admissions Office as we meet all of the excited students who have decided to enroll at SHU next year.  It should be a wonderful experience!  I would also like to give a shout-out to all of the students that I have spoke to on Facebook in the Accepted: Sacred Heart University- Class of 2012 Group!  It's been a great way to answer student's questions in a fun, relaxed way.

Well, I have to go, I am heading to Scranton, Pennsylvania tonight to meet with sophomores and juniors in high school who are just beginning their college search.  If you are in the Scranton area, stop by the Wachovia Arena tonight and say hello!

Take care and feel free to post comments.  Show me some love. 

Attached are some photos from the recent Spring Concert with Ne-Yo and T-Pain!