Shandol Hoover is the Associate Director of New Student & Carolina Parent Programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has worked with new student programs at The Pennsylvania State University and Purdue University, and also worked in the areas of residence life, academic advising and admissions. Hoover is the NODA Transfer Student Network Co-Chair and has facilitated conference presentations and written articles related to designing effective transfer orientation programming. Hoover received her bachelors degree from Purdue University and a masters degree from the University of Maryland, College Park.