The College of Engineering, in partnership with the Graduate School and International Education, have selected AnneDella Hines to serve as the inaugural assistant director of graduate recruitment for the College of Engineering. This position reports jointly to Bryan Hill, the College of Engineering's assistant dean for student recruitment and diversity, honors, and international programs and Lynn Mosesso, the Graduate School and International Education's director of graduate and international recruitment and admissions.

Hines will assist with the strategic planning, implementation and follow-up of a comprehensive recruitment plan primarily focused on prospective engineering graduate students, domestic and international. 

"We are always striving to expand, strengthen and diversify our graduate student body; this is critical for the College of Engineering," said Hill. "As part of Chancellor Steinmetz's eight priorities, creating this new position and hiring an exceptional candidate was the first step toward reaching the College's 2021 balanced growth goals for master's and doctoral student enrollment." 

"The successful recruitment of high ability and diverse graduate student populations takes collaboration," said Mosesso. "The Graduate School and International Education partnership with the College of Engineering will allow us to better engage our outstanding faculty and showcase their cutting-edge research. We welcome AnneDella and look forward to working together to grow our engineering graduate student population."

Hines received her bachelor's degree in journalism in December 2016. She has three years of recruiting experience with the College of Engineering, serving as multimedia coordinator for the College of Engineering recruiting office, as well as working as a traveling recruiter for the college and as a residential director for the Engineering Summer Academy and the ECAP Summer Bridge Program. Hines has worked as a news director and producer for UATV News, and she is a co-founder and former president of Hogs for Hope, a non-profit student organization that raises money for Arkansas Children's Hospital.

 "I am excited to work with both the Graduate School and College of Engineering to increase graduate student quality and quantity while championing diversity in higher education," said Hines.