Ryan Hargraves currently serves as Executive Director, Student Recruitment and Admissions at the University of Toronto (U of T) and is a two-time alumna of the University of Virginia (UVA). Prior to joining the U of T team in 2021, Ryan served as Executive Director of Admissions and Orientation at the University of Vermont (UVM) and as Senior Associate Dean of Admission at UVA, where he was Chair of the University’s Athletic Advisory Council. He also helped launch UVA’s Undergraduate Admission Diversity Outreach Office and has been dedicated to leading several projects designed to help students from underrepresented backgrounds maximise their university admissions processes.
Ryan has also worked as a faculty member for the Emerging Leaders Program sponsored by the National Association of College Admissions Counselors. An expert on international enrolment, in his current role Ryan oversees the recruitment of students in nearly 200 countries/regions across the world. A lover of language and culture, he is a fluent English and German speaker and is also proficient in Spanish.
Alongside his professional role, Ryan is currently studying the work of admissions committees at selective universities as part of his doctoral dissertation research.
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