负责招生管理的助理副教务长道格·斯温克（Doug Swink）宣布了这一消息； 首席营销策略师兼招聘委员会主席金·韦斯特。
Thomas自2015年以来一直在招生办公室工作，她曾担任欢迎中心经理、副主任，最近担任临时主任。 她曾担任堪萨斯州堪萨斯城唐纳利学院（Donnelly College）的招生主任。 She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, a master’s degree from 威尼斯人娱乐城 and is currently enrolled in a doctoral program at the 威尼斯人娱乐城 School of Education.
在招生办公室任职期间，托马斯帮助建立了与校园合作伙伴以及外部合作伙伴（如KC学者计划和西班牙裔发展基金）的重要关系。 最近，托马斯一直在与她的团队合作，在大流行期间实施多渠道虚拟招聘策略。 她将是学校提高招生的重要资产。
“We are excited to extend this new position to Elora, who has demonstrated her passion for leading the entire Admissions team over the past five months,” Swink said. “We look forward to exceptional strategy and planning under Elora’s leadership as she looks to find new ways to continue growing our enrollment. We ask everyone to show their support of Elora in this new role.”