Meet Ayo Bond

Ayo Bond has been a Business Systems Analyst in the Office of the Registrar since April 2025. She frequently partners with the Registration and Scheduling team on classroom scheduling and serves as a functional administrator for systems supporting these processes, most notably 25Live. Her work focuses on system development, data modeling, documentation and continuous process improvement.

How did you come to work in higher ed and in your role?

As a lifelong learner raised and formally educated in Massachusetts college towns, I’ve always felt at home in higher education environments. After completing my undergraduate degree at Tufts University and moving across the country to Indiana, getting a job at a college helped ground me as I formed new roots. My studies in engineering psychology gave me a framework for understanding and optimizing how people interact with systems and processes. That background, combined with my drive to make tools work better for the people who use them, has fueled my career growth across roles in events, facilities, IT and registrar offices over the past 11 years.

Where in Massachusetts did you grow up and what do you like most about your hometown?

I grew up in Amherst, and I am grateful that my parents made it possible for me and my two older sisters to be raised in a close-knit community with a world of opportunities. Regular access to college campuses, programs and scholars enriched my childhood.

What is something fun or interesting about you that people may not know?

Staff who joined or started new roles in Office of the Provost units in September

Enrollment

• Jessica Woodhouse, Undergraduate Retention Coordinator

Financial Aid

• Daniel Cross, Financial Aid Counselor, Chicago 

Office of the Provost

• David Robledo, Assistant Vice President for Communications Analytics 
• Marc Wilson, Director of Academic Labor Relations

Office of Undergraduate Research

• Maya Kraidy, Outreach Coordinator

Engage in the search for the next University Librarian

Northwestern announced the formation of a search committee for Northwestern’s next Charles Deering McCormick University Librarian on Oct. 7. The committee has launched the process of obtaining University community input on the qualities and experiences that should be prioritized as they recruit and evaluate candidates for this important role. Northwestern community members are invited to share thoughts about the search as well as nominate potential candidates via this brief survey or by emailing UniversityLibrarianSearch@northwestern.edu. Visit the official search page for more information.

Engage with the new Campus Reading Program

Staff are encouraged to engage with the Litowitz Center's Campus Reading Program and its inaugural selection, "Vigil" by George Saunders. Tickets are available for the Nov. 19 keynote event with Saunders. The Campus Reading Program also includes an array of "Vigil"-related events, including lunch-time book club discussions organized by the Office of Community Enrichment and NUSAC in advance of the keynote (Nov. 2 on the Chicago campus, Nov. 18 on the Evanston campus). Lunch will be provided. Sign up here.

Flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinic
Appointments for vaccinations will be available on the Evanston campus from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 27 (schedule through PlanIt Purple). Staff members enrolled in a University health plan are covered for the vaccine and will be billed through insurance. If you are covered under another health plan, such as a spouse or parent’s plan, you are welcome to attend, but will need to confirm that CVS is in-network for your insurance provider. 

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