Michelle Pribbernow Named Student Recruiter At UA Bumpers College

Michelle Pribbernow of Fayetteville is the new director of student recruitment for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas.

Pribbernow will assume her new duties Oct. 8 and report to Mike Vayda, dean of the Bumpers College. Pribbernow is expected to work closely with the office of university admissions and department heads in execution of the Bumpers College recruiting plan.

“Michelle Pribbernow comes to us with a wealth of experience and expertise from her five years of experience in university admissions” said Vayda. “She has a keen sense of student and parent perspectives and is very knowledgeable of what prospective employers look for in our students to enhance their workforce. I am very pleased to have Michelle lead our student recruitment effort as we aspire to be a primary unit contributing to Chancellor Gearhart’s mission to make the University of Arkansas a ‘Top 50 Public University’ by 2021.”

Pribbernow studied at the University of Notre Dame, where she earned her bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in anthropology. She earned a master’s degree in anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, where she was recognized as a Japan Iron and Steel Fellow and a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow. Pribbernow worked as a research assistant at Stony Brook University and as an academic adviser at Indiana University.

In 2007, she moved to Fayetteville to join the university’s office of undergraduate admissions, where she has contributed to the university’s success in increasing both undergraduate enrollment and student academic quality.