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There鈥檚 nothing Adam Emerson loves more than coaching his son鈥檚 hockey team at the Vietnam Veteran鈥檚 Skating Rink in North Adams. 鈥淢y friend and I have been coaching a group of kids for about six years and it鈥檚 been quite the ride鈥� Emerson said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 good times with good families and they鈥檙e a great group of kids 鈥� and great athletes.鈥�

Emerson has been the Registrar at 黑料不打烊 (BCC) since 2015 鈥� before that, he worked as the assistant registrar/coordinator of records & registration systems since 2006 here at the College. As Registrar, Emerson is responsible for the administration of student credit course records including: student registration, maintenance of academic records, auditing and certification of student records for degree completion, coordination of course offerings and calendar planning.

Emerson has an even longer history though with the College. 鈥淚 have a degree in Biology and I have an A.S. from here in Environmental Science and one of my first jobs was working 25 hours a week as a Lab Tech on the College鈥� Emerson says.

It wasn鈥檛 until he started looking for a full time job that he was hoodwinked into working in the registrar鈥檚 world. 鈥淚 had seen a record keeping job posted for Southern Vermont College and it ended up being the Registrar鈥檚 job 鈥� the reason it didn鈥檛 say Registrar is because they couldn鈥檛 get anyone to apply for it,鈥� Emerson said. 鈥淚t was really trial by fire 鈥� I had an idea of what a Registrar did, but I didn鈥檛 really know. Luckily, the president of SVC really pushed professional development and I was there for six years prior to getting the assistant registrar position here at the College.鈥�

As Registrar, Emerson says:

I always see this job as problem solving and fixing things for a student. The rules are the rules, but if there are ways to help a faculty member and to help their students, I鈥檓 very interested in finding ways to do that.

When asked what he鈥檚 most excited about here at the College 鈥� he doesn鈥檛 miss a beat, responding: 鈥淥h, it鈥檚 the buildings I think, at least recently. I鈥檝e been brought in to look at the classrooms and look at what kinds of classes we need for our students. The buildings are a huge draw 鈥� and I think the progress we鈥檙e making in technology solutions over the last six years have also been a huge improvement for the school too.鈥�

Bringing in Adam Klepetar (Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management) to focus on enrollment specifically was also the 鈥渟ingle most important thing we can do,鈥� Emerson says, adding 鈥淭o bring in someone solely focused on our enrollment, and not just from a numbers perspective, but from a holistic approach, is really great.鈥�

In terms of where the College is headed, he thinks we need to focus more on recognizing 鈥淭he students coming in are our raw materials, we need to look at focusing on what is the final product. We need to think about ways to focus on retention of students.鈥�

Emerson is focused on problem solving here at the College, and he鈥檚 also keen to help solve some of the community鈥檚 most pressing issues too. He was elected to the Cheshire School Committee in May of 2017 and so, when he鈥檚 not here on campus, he has been trying to find solutions to one of the toughest school budget issues in the county. He has the grit and know-how to roll his sleeves up and get to work on these pressing issues.

He reminds residents of the town of Cheshire that providing students with quality education is one of his most important tasks as School Committee member, something he carries with him at the College as he endeavors to help the students succeed.