News Release

March 30, 2007

Southern Oregon's Affre Named Boise State Director of Enrollment Management

Mara A. Affre, director of admissions and assistant vice president for enrollment services at Southern Oregon University, has been named executive director of enrollment management at Boise State University.

Affre brings more than 25 years of experience in student affairs, serving for the last eight years in her position at Southern Oregon. In that capacity, she was responsible for directing the admissions and recruitment program, overseeing the Office of Financial Aid and leading other services important for student success. She worked with Southern Oregon’s provost and vice president of student affairs to develop work plans, program plans, mission and goals specific to enrollment.

“Mara has the experience and insight to help Boise State achieve a more vibrant campus community by increasing the number of students recruited to campus, further developing our student success and retention efforts, and being the champion of an enrollment plan that complements our institutional vision,” said Michael Laliberte, Boise State’s vice president for student affairs.

Over the course of her career, Afree has worked with admissions programs at Arizona State, Northern Arizona and the University of California, Irvine. She has been active in the National Association of College Admission Counseling and the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers in various state, regional and national capacities.

She earned her master’s of education in counseling with an emphasis in human relations at Northern Arizona and she holds a bachelor’s of arts degree in psychology from California, Irvine. She will assume her duties at Boise State on May 31.

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Contact: Michael Laliberte, Student Affairs, (208) 426-1418, michaellaliberte@boisestate.edu 
Media contact: Bob Evancho, University Communications, (208) 426-1643, bevanch@boisestate.edu 

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