KOKOMO, Ind. — Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region has added Alexandra Nelson to the admissions staff in Kokomo and has promoted Anjanetta Polk to associate director of financial aid. Polk will primarily split time between Peru and Wabash. Both additions will improve services for students and prospective students.

Nelson joins the college as an assistant director of admissions in Kokomo. Before Ivy Tech, she was an educational assistant at McCulloch Middle School in Marion. She holds three Bachelor of Arts degrees from Pepperdine University: one in German, one in international studies and another in political science. As assistant director of admissions, she will actively recruit Wabash and Tipton county high school students in addition to advising students at the Kokomo campus. To reach Alexandra Nelson in the admissions office, call (800) 459-0561, ext. 437, or e-mail her at anelson75@ivytech.edu.

Polk, now associate director of financial aid, has been with the college for one year. Prior to her recent appointment, she served as the financial aid clerk at the Kokomo campus. Before coming to Ivy Tech, she spent nine years in human resource management. She holds a bachelor’s in business management and administration from Indiana University and she currently is pursuing her MBA at Indiana Wesleyan University. Beginning Dec. 15, Polk will be in Wabash on Mondays and Tuesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., in Peru on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and in Kokomo on Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To reach Polk in financial aid, e-mail her at apolk5@ivytech.edu.

Ivy Tech Community College is one of the nation’s largest singly-accredited statewide community college systems and the state’s second largest public post-secondary institution with nearly 120,000 students enrolled annually. Ivy Tech has 23 campuses throughout Indiana. It serves as the state's engine of workforce development, offering affordable degree programs and training that are aligned with the needs of its community along with courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and universities in Indiana. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region serves Cass, Fulton, Howard, Miami, Tipton and Wabash counties and includes campuses in the communities of Kokomo, Logansport, Peru and Wabash. To learn more about Ivy Tech, visit www.ivytech.edu.

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