Her Story
About Meghann
Meghann Ashey serves as Assistant Director of Admissions for Georgia State College of Law, a role she has held for over two years after beginning her career in admissions following graduate school. She manages recruitment efforts in the fall by traveling to schools and guiding prospective students through the application process, and in the spring she supports admitted students through orientation, handling questions on registration, scholarships, and relocation. Her path into recruitment began as a choral assistant during her undergraduate studies at Georgia Southern University, where she earned a Bachelor's of Music in Vocal Performance in 2020, and continued as a graduate assistant while completing her Master's in Vocal Performance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2022. Ashey attributes her success in admissions to her training as an opera singer, which honed her skills in public speaking and conversation, and she remains active in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus. She is also pursuing an MBA at Georgia State University and recently led her team to victory in the National Exclusive MBA Competition, winning $10,000. Outside of work, Ashey values loyalty, reliability, and flexibility, and she volunteers by fostering cats for local animal shelters.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Meghann
01What do you attribute your success to?
My success comes from my background in vocal performance and opera singing, which trained me to be comfortable speaking in front of people and being a good conversationalist. I started doing recruitment work as a graduate assistant in my music program and realized my knack for it. Being an extrovert who loves being around people keeps me in admissions and recruitment. My performance experience also helped me win a business school competition by presenting confidently to executives.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
My undergraduate voice teacher advised me that sometimes you just have to accept the way that things are and move on. You have to manage the things that you can control, and accept the things you can't control and focus on what you can do. This universal advice applies to admissions, music, or performance.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Be your own best advocate. Learn how to advocate for yourself in how you present yourself to others, whether on paper on your resume or in person in an interview. Nobody is going to advocate for you the way that you can advocate for yourself. Make sure that you believe in yourself and that your motivation is coming from within.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest challenge is balancing representing our program effectively while connecting students with the most valuable information. Deciphering what information different prospective students need can be difficult because they come from varied backgrounds with different needs. It requires active listening to their stories to understand potential hurdles in the application journey.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Loyalty is a big value for me in both professional and personal life - showing up for people who have shown up for me and being in it for the long haul. Responsibility and reliability are also key so people know they can rely on me and the quality and timeliness of my work. Flexibility is important too, even though I'm Type A, because life doesn't always go according to plan and growth happens when adjusting to challenges.
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