Folks in Grant Hall will stop at
nothing to recruit good students, even if it means using a tour guide that is,
well, not human.
Kate Elliott, admissions
counselor, recently received a typical glowing letter from a prospective
student, which began: “I enjoyed the unique tour around campus last Thursday
with you and Sally.”
“For a second I thought, 'Who is
Sally?'” Elliott remembers thinking when she read the note. “I don't have a
tour guide named Sally.”
Then she remembered: Sally is a
golden retriever belonging to Dan Lundquist. The vice president for admissions calls
the practice of using canine tour guides “recruiting by all means necessary.”