<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Greetings from ACT, <br>
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We hope you enjoyed the break and are off to a successful start of the
Spring semester. This email serves as a reminder to consider attending
, or finalize approval for attending, the 16th Annual ACT Southwest Region
Conference on College Readiness and Success. This popular conference will
be held at the magnificent </font><a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/satrc-san-antonio-marriott-rivercenter/"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">Marriott
River Center Hotel</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> </font><a href=http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/SanAntonioLaMansionDelRio.aspx></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">located
directly on the famous San Antonio Riverwalk. The conference is uniquely
scheduled to begin the afternoon of Wednesday April 18th and conclude after
Friday morning brunch on April 20th. The 16th annual conference has been
designed to require the maximum of only a two night stay and coincides
with the internationally recognized Fiesta San Antonio cultural celebration.
Therefore, this provides you and your colleagues with a great opportunity
to mix professional development with an exciting leisure event. More information
about Fiesta can be found here: </font><a href="http://www.fiesta-sa.org/"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><u>Fiesta</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
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This informative ACT conference provides you and your staff with a great
low-cost opportunity to benefit from a variety of professional development
sessions as well as experience insightful messages from key note speakers:
Stuart Hunter, Executive Director of the National First -Year Experience
Center and Bruce Vandal, Director of the Postsecondary and Workforce Development
Institute of the Education Commission of the States. As a non for
profit partner of higher education, ACT is sensitive to budget constraints
that many are experiencing. Thus, we are able to offer this conference
at a very low cost of $165.00 per person. This cost includes four complete
meals. The conference program and on-line registration information is available
here </font><a href="http://www.act.org/cgi-bin/cal/cal.pl?CODE=5758"></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">:
</font><a href=http://www.regonline.com/sw_postsec_2012><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">Conference
Registration</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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The 16th Annual ACT Southwest Conference provides post secondary administrators,
from both student and academic affairs, with the opportunity to learn more
about best practices associated with testing/assessment , student recruitment,
course placement, remediation and retention related strategies. Most all
session presenters are post secondary administrators who will share expert
insight relative to how they have been successful in achieving critical
institutional goals on their respective campuses. An informative enrollment
management/admissions related track is included that focuses on strategic
enrollment management. We have also added several research based sessions
that will provide insightful information relative to student persistence
and success. Much of the conference will focus on how ACT's programs and
services, specifically the COMPASS internet delivered placement and diagnostic
system, can strategically be used to enhance student success. This
conference continues to grow in attendance each year as it provides a wide
array of campus administrators with an opportunity to gather valuable information
relative to what others across the nation are doing to ensure optimal enrollments,
increase student persistence and enhance overall institutional effectiveness.
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If you are unable to attend, please forward this email to any other administrator
or staff member that you believe would benefit from attending. <b>Please
note that there is a limited number of hotel rooms available to conference
attendees at $149.00 per night. These quickly fill so be sure to
secure a room asap as we again expect to fill our allotment before
the hotel registration deadline of March 27th. </b> <b>San Antonio
experiences phenomenal tourism during Fiesta week so alternate lodging
options will be limited. </b> You can contact the hotel at 210-223-1000
to rsvp and mention the ACT GROUP rate. Or simply click on this link to
register on-line </font><a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/satrc-san-antonio-marriott-rivercenter/"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">Marriott
River Center </font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">. We are looking
forward to seeing all past attendees, and a significant number of new attendees,
this spring in festive San Antonio. Should you have any questions about
the conference, please contact Ruby Howard, Conference Coordinator at 512
320-1850 or email </font><a href=mailto:ruby.howard@act.org><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><u>ruby.howard@act.org</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
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<p><font size=3>Don Pitchford PhD<br>
Senior Consultant<br>
Austin, Texas</font><font size=3 color=blue><u><br>
</u></font><a href=mailto:Don.Pitchford@act.org><font size=3 color=blue><u>Don.Pitchford@act.org</u></font></a><font size=3><br>
512.320.1850</font>
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