Join Us in June for Professional Development Events to Advance Your Career

"Advancing Student Affairs, Engaging Students" is central to being a student affairs professional and an engaged member of ACPA. As you progress in your career, it is imperative to keep abreast of current issues, trends, and research in this field. We have four events this June to help you accomplish your professional goals and network with colleagues in the field.

Symposium on Service-Learning

June 3 – 5, 2014 • Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Service-learning “enables colleges and universities to meet their goals for student learning and development while making unique contributions to addressing community needs” (CAS Standards, 2009). This focus on reciprocity–mutual benefit to students and the community–and on reflective practice make service-learning an unparalleled opportunity to engage students in powerful, community-based learning experiences.

ACPA’s Symposium on Service-Learning, co-sponsored by the Commission for Student Involvement, will provide a forum for exchanging innovative ideas and promising practices relevant to service-learning practitioners and scholars. This symposium will be specifically geared toward new to mid-level professionals working with service-learning programs or offices, though interested graduate students, academic faculty, and community partners are welcome to participate.

Get the details on the Symposium’s learning outcomes and schedule!

Phyllis L. Mable New Professionals Institute

June 8-10, 2014 • St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Attrition rates for student affairs professionals are estimated at 50-60% in the first five years (Tull, 2006). Yet, approximately half of ACPA members currently identify as entry-level professionals, and 40% have less than 5 years of experience in student affairs work. As a result, ACPA created the Phyllis L. Mable New Professionals Institute in 2012 to address the knowledge and skills emerging professionals desire as they collectively serve thousands of students on a daily basis.

Participation is limited to the first 50 registrants. Learn more about how you can receive Continuing Education Credits, create mentoring opportunities, interact one-on-one with faculty, and so much more!

This institute is named in honor of Phyllis L. Mable, a highly respected educator and leader in student affairs for the past four decades. She served as Vice President for Student Affairs at Longwood University, and Executive Director of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education.

A Time for Rethinking Student Affairs: A Call to Action #ACPArethink ACPA Presidential Symposium

June 11-12, 2014 • St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Join ACPA President Dr. Kent Porterfield, Vice President for Student Development at Saint Louis University, for two days of action and engagement around critical issues facing our profession.

Participants will begin to #ACPArethink using one Guiding Question: To what extent do we need to rethink student affairs preparation, organization and practice to help our institutions effectively address mega-issues of access, affordability and accountability?

Join our five experts in higher education as we being to #ACPArethink our work in student affairs!

Student Affairs Assessment Institute

June 24-27, 2014 • Denver, Colorado USA

ACPA is a leader in student affairs research and scholarship because of our members who are leaders in assessment. Start leading the way by cultivating your essential assessment skills.

ACPA’s Student Affairs Assessment Institute is a two-and-a-half-day institute with plenary sessions as well as separate tracks focused on division-wide planning and department/program assessment. In addition,  breakout sessions focused on various data collection and analysis methodologies will be offered.  Whether you are a seasoned assessment professional or a beginner looking to learn some basic assessment skills, don’t miss the Student Affairs Assessment Institute!