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Representing Covenant in the North

I got some very exciting news this afternoon! As some might already understand who read this blog, I am now an Admissions Representative for Covenant College. Well, today I found out the one piece of information that I have been in suspense about ever since I took the job. What region of the United States will I represent Covenant to? This is a pretty big question, because I am presumably to do a lot of travel this year, and so I was naturally wondering "Where will I travel?"

I found out today that my region will be the Northeast (VA, WV, PA, MD, DE, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, NH, VT, ME), and a great bit of the upper Mid-West (OH, MI, WI, MN, and IA) Now this is huge I know, but the system is based on numbers. On a map it looks like I am covering three times as much ground as some of the representatives. But in actuality, Covenant gets most of its students from the South, so thats why one person can afford to be so spread out in the North. I will definitely have to be a little choosy about what areas I want to focus on. Right now, I know I will make a trip to Iowa to visit my old Cono students and from there I could take a trip up to Minnesota. And I know I will be going to Michigan a good bit because the school has some major connections there. My mom is from Ohio so who knows what kind of connections I might build there? I am very, very excited about getting to focus on some of the major Northeast cities like New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and DC. I have some good connections in each of those cities and I am already talking very enthusiastically with our diversity representative, Kara, about the kinds of things we want to do up there.

So if you live in any of these areas (come on Boston bloggers!) help me out by connecting with me! For the next couple months I have to work very heavily on building connections and making travel plans. I think Ill try to put a visual map up soon on my blog so you can see just what areas I will be responsible for. I want to connect, connect, connect, so comment away or email me at twillison@covenant.edu if you know of people in the Northeast or upper Mid-West who would be interested in building a relationship with Covenant College.