Wes K. Waggoner, whose university admissions experience spans 20 years, is SMU’s dean of undergraduate admission and executive director of enrollment services.
Wes previously served as the associate dean and director of freshman admission at TCU. He has held admissions roles at the University of Tulsa, Tulane University, Fort Worth Country Day School and The Episcopal School of Baton Rouge.
Wes is a nationally known leader in the admission profession, having served as chair of the Professional Development Committee for the National Association of College Admission Counselors, chair of the Admissions Practices Committee for the Texas Association of College Admission Counselors (TACAC), instructor for the TACAC Summer Institute, chair of the Higher Education Curriculum committee for the Admission and College Counseling Institute, and as a member of The College Board’s SAT Advisory Committee and the SAT Score Choice Task Force.
As dean of undergraduate admission at SMU, Wes oversees all activities of the SMU Office of Admission, including admission for first-year, transfer and international applicants. He works closely with SMU Public Affairs to develop the University’s marketing messages, and with recruitment groups from Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, the Lyle School of Engineering, the Meadows School of the Arts, the Cox School of Business and the Simmons School of Education and Human Development to support efforts to recruit outstanding undergraduates to SMU.
Wes holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Tulane University and an MBA with a concentration in not-for-profit management from the University of Dallas.