2013 Spring Conference

View the Full Conference Schedule

View the List of Sessions.

Reserve your room(s) at the
Overland Park Marriott >> (GPACAC Group Rate)

April 7-9, 2013

Marriott Hotel  
Overland Park, KS
10800 Metcalf Avenue 
Overland Park, KS 66210
(913) 451-8000

Current proposed topics include:

  • -High school student panel
  • -College Counselor panel
  • -First year college student panel
  • -Government Relations
  • -Asking the right questions: frequently unasked questions that students should be asking
  • -Switching Sides: How to transition from high school to college counseling and vice versa
  • -Admission Best Practices and Ethics
  • -NCAA and NAIA eligibility and requirements
  • -Delicate Conversations on the High School Side
  • -Customizing the Admission Experience for Private Universities 
  • -Driving Applications While Building Community
  • -Effective Test Prep
  • -The Art of Engaging Faculty to Increase Yield
  • -Crafting a Powerful College Application Essay
  • -Data and the Campus Tour
  • -Really Recruiting High Achievers: It’s about more than $$
  • -Tales from the Dark Side
  • -What Should I Bother to Track Anymore?
  • -Guidance Counselor Challenges, Perceptions, and Strategies in the Digital Age
  • -How to Hire Top Performing Admission Recruiters
  • -Integrating Scanners into Your State
  • -The Social Admissions Reports
  • -Taking Action on NACAC’s Step-by-Step College Awareness
  • -Trends in E-Recruitment
  • -Undeclared but not Uncharted – Using ACT Interest Inventory
  • -Serving the Under-Served in an Online World
  • -Understanding and Equipping the Growing Population of Undeclared Students
  • -Using the ACT to Develop and Empower Admission Staff
  • -The Art of Recommendation Writing
  • -Minority Student Recruitment 
General questions regarding the Annual Conference: 
      contact Karen Chen, GPACAC Annual Conference Co-Chair
      contact Lisa Clay, GPACAC Annual Conference Co-Chair

Register HERE!

Exhibitor Application HERE!


CONFERENCE COST

Early Bird
Full
Conference
Early Bird
One Day Conference
After Feb 28
Full
Conference
After Feb 28 One Day
Conference
High School  $130 $65 $140 $75
College $175 $100 $185 $110
Exhibitors $275 $275 $285 $285
Additional Exhibitors $175 $175 $185 $185