Sam Moss (’63), dean of college guidance, was one of six presenters at the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling’s Summer Seminar held June 12-16 at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. SACAC is the largest regional college admissions association in the nation.
Other presenters were Barbara Polk, senior associate director for undergraduate admissions at UNC-Chapel Hill; Jack Whelan, director of college guidance at Providence Day School; Jean Jordan, interim dean of admission at Emory University; and Carey Thompson, vice president for enrollment and student planning services at Centre College.
“There are two especially rewarding aspects of serving on the faculty of a professional development institute such as this one. The first is working closely with colleagues from ‘the other side of the desk’ – the admissions deans from Emory, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Centre College. The second is the satisfaction that comes with training a group of professionals who will work in the public and independent schools in our region as college counselors helping students to chart their futures,” said Moss, who has also served on the faculty at summer professional institutes at Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Agnes Scott College, and Davidson College.
A past president of SACAC, Moss has served the organization in a number of capacities over the last 20 years, including chairman of the Ethics Committee and serving as delegate to the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC), which he also served as an Executive Board member. In addition, he has served as chairman of the Admissions and Guidance Assembly of the College Board and as a member of the College Board’s Regional Council, on the National Merit Scholarship Selection Committee, and on the Admissions Advisory Committees at both the University of Georgia and at the University of Miami. In 2002, Moss was named the first recipient of SACAC’s Larry West Award for outstanding contributions to the admissions counseling profession and leadership within that profession.
Following his graduation from Darlington in 1963, Moss received degrees from University of the South (Sewanee, Tenn.) and Jacksonville University (Fla.), as well as doing additional study at Oxford University in England. He served at Episcopal High School in Jacksonville, Florida, as a teacher and administrator for 15 years before returning to Darlington in 1982.
Sam Moss, dean of college guidance
