Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
University of Minnesota
Olivia Buncher, MA is the Assistant Dean of Admissions at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. She received her B.A. in Communication from the University of Minnesota Duluth and her M.A. in Student Affairs Administration from Michigan State University. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development at the University of Minnesota. Prior to joining the College of Pharmacy in 2014, she held roles in undergraduate and graduate/professional admissions at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Wisconsin - Superior. Her research interests center around the use and application of non-cognitive variables in admission and retention practices, with a focus on evaluation methods that accurately reflect the knowledge, skills and attributes of students from populations that have historically been underrepresented in higher education.
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Admissions Workshop: Is Seeing Believing? A Debate on Open-file versus Closed-file Interviews
Friday, July 19, 2024
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
Admissions Workshop: Friday Wrap-up
Friday, July 19, 2024
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
Admissions Workshop: Working (and Networking!) Lunch – Sponsored by Certiphi Screening
Saturday, July 20, 2024
12:15 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time