Student Resources - Conferences

2008 Conferences

September

September 25-28, 2008
Washington, D.C.
National Student Government Summit
This intensive four-day national summit will allow Student Government leaders and advisors at your college or university to share ideas and solutions, receive training and personal consultations from the acclaimed ASGA staff of SG experts, and to network with your peers from colleges and universities of all types nationwide.
Sponsored by the American Student Government Association
conferences@asgaonline.com
http://www.asgaonline.com/conferences

October

Network for Academic Renewal Conference
October 16-18, 2008
Long Beach, California

Long Beach, California The African American Empowerment Weekend (AAEW). The African American Empowerment Weekend (AAEW) is a 3 day program with sessions designed to empower African-American men, women and children as they strive to become entrepreneurs, as well as assist current entrepreneurs to excel and build a lasting legacy. The deadline for registration is next Nov. 2. The fee to attend the conference is $50 for university and community professionals, $25 for college students and $15 for high school students. One-day registration is $15. Sponsorships are available for IU Bloomington students. Interested students should contact the Office of Mentoring Services and Leadership Development at 812-855-8850. The fee includes all conference materials, the opening reception, breakfast and lunch, and materials. There will be no onsite registration.
For more information: www.aacu.org/meetings/diversityandlearning

National Conference on Student Leadership
October 25-28, 2008
San Diego, CA

Since 1978, the National Conference on Student Leadership has equipped collegiate student leaders and their advisors with comprehensive tools to achieve their leadership potential and positively impact their campuses and communities through practical, focused training and opportunities to collaborate with other student leaders.
Sponsored by National Conference on Student Leadership
Contact Person:Beth Lindorff
Contact Email: beth.lindorff@magnapubs.com
Web address: http://www.ncslcollege.com

November

November 2 - 4, 2008
Albany, New York
National Council on Student Development

The National Council on Student Development (NCSD) is an affiliate council of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the only organization solely dedicated to serving the needs of student development professionals in the community college. NCSD is the nation's primary voice for sharing knowledge, expertise, professional development and student advocacy for community college student development professionals. http://www.ncsdonline.org/Conference/conferenceInfo.html

November 6 - 8, 2008
Providence, Rhode Island
Engaging Science, Advancing Learning:  General Education, Majors, and the New Global Century
This conference will explore the place and practice of science in college learning for the twenty-first century. Conference sessions will feature practices that engage students with the power and centrality of science and with the global reach of science and technology in addressing the world’s urgent challenges.  Participants will work on ways to accelerate hands-on learning in science, both in general education and in majors, especially reforms that put critical inquiry, undergraduate research, and social responsibility at the center of the educational experience.  And they will work on ways to remove the many barriers—in campus culture and the reward systems—that still impede faculty efforts to teach “science as science is done.”
http://www.aacu.org/meetings/engaging_science/index.cfm

November 7, 2008
4th Annual National Black Pre-Law Admissions & Preparation Conference and Law Fair
Houston, Texas - The University of Houston – Central Campus-University Center
To increase the chances of admission of prospective Black law students by emphasizing the importance of early strategic planning, understanding the highly competitive nature of the law school admissions process, and stressing the significance of academic preparedness and standing out from tough competition.
http://www.blackprelawconference.com/2008/index.html

November 12-16, 2008
New Orleans, Louisiana
National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) 18th International Conference

NAME celebrates cultural and ethnic diversity as a national strength that enriches a society and rejects the view that diversity threatens the fabric of a society. NAME believes that multicultural education promotes equity for all regardless of culture, ethnicity, race, language, age, gender, sexual orientation, belief system or exceptionality. Multicultural education enables the individual to believe in one's own intrinsic worth and culture, to transcend monoculturalism and, ultimately, to become multicultural.

November 22-25, 2008
Orlando, FL
National Conference on Student Leadership

Sponsoring Assoc./Org: National Conference on Student Leadership
Contact Person:Beth Lindorff
Contact Email: beth.lindorff@magnapubs.com
Web address: http://www.ncslcollege.com

2009 Conferences

January

January 21-24, 2009
Seattle, Washington
READY OR NOT: Global Challenges, College Learning, and America’s Promise
SUSTAINABILITY:  Place, Responsibilities, and the Curriculum

AAC&U’s Annual Meetings provide opportunities for participants to examine the relationship between college learning and society.  In recent years, we have collectively insisted that attention to the tradition, language, and practice of liberal education is critical if we hope to meet the many challenges of the world today.  Our failure to fully engage our publics with the kinds of learning best suited to our current needs persists even as the creative energies, widespread innovations, and intentional efforts of campuses across the nation are signaling resurgence in the vitality and relevance of liberal education.
http://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/index.cfm

February

February 26-28, 2009
General Education, Assessment, and the Learning Students Need
Network for Academic Renewal Conference
Baltimore, Maryland

This conference will help campuses align General Education vision and action, including action to assess and strengthen students’ cumulative learning.  The four conference tracks are organized around one or more “big questions” related to philosophical and practical challenges facing campuses today and an expectation of evidence—the ability to show “what’s working” and why. http://www.aacu.org/meetings/generaleducation/index.cfm

April

April 2-4, 2009
San Diego, California
SHAPING FACULTY ROLES IN A TIME OF CHANGE:  Leadership for Student Learning

AAC&U’s April 2-4, 2009 conference in San Diego will be the first in a series offering a national forum on the current state of the higher education faculty and the changes needed to strengthen undergraduate education.  A second conference to highlight new models for faculty will be held in Philadelphia, March 25-27, 2010.  Plan now to organize a campus team to join others from across the country in both national conversations about these critical faculty issues. http://www.aacu.org/meetings/faculty/index.cfm

April 4-7 2009
Westin Boston Waterfront - Boston, MA
National Conference on Student Leadership

The theme of the National Conference on Student Leadership's spring 2009 Boston conference is Find Your Balance. We all have the same 24 hours a day (and 7 days a week) to balance our responsibilities. Learn from nationally renowned speakers who will give you their insight on balance. Network with hundreds of student leaders and advisors to share your thoughts on how you handle (and balance) your daily schedule. We hope you'll find this conference hands-on and helpful and you'll take back lots of ideas to your campus, but also put those ideas into practice in your daily life.
http://www.ncslcollege.com/conf/april2009boston/