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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">This email serves as a reminder about registering for the 17th Annual ACT Southwest Region Post Secondary Conference. This popular conference will be held
at the spectacular </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylord-texan/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Gaylord Texan Resort</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
overlooking beautiful Lake Grapevine.(hotel registration deadline is March 19th!) Brimming with authentic Texas style and hospitality, the Gaylord Texan Hotel contains over four and a half acres of indoor gardens and winding waterways and is just six minutes
from the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, 30 minutes from Dallas Love Field and within driving distance for all of our friends from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico. The SW Regional Post Secondary conference is conveniently scheduled
to begin the afternoon of Wednesday April 10th and conclude after Friday morning brunch on April 13th. Thus, only requiring the maximum of a two night stay. However, we have blocked a limited number of rooms for additional nights as there are a myriad of other
activities to experience ranging from an opportunity to shop at the enormous Grapevine Mills outlet mall, sight see at Bass Pro shops or catch the Wednesday night Texas Rangers baseball game.
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">This informative ACT conference provides you and your staff with a great low-cost opportunity for professional development and includes insightful messages from keynoters
Dr. Belle Wheelan, President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and Sarita Brown, President of Excelencia in Education, Washington DC. 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 $170.00 per person. This cost includes four complete meals. The conference registration link and conference agenda can be accessed</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://www.regonline.com/register/checkin.aspx?MethodId=0&eventsessionId=17ddcf0d911e4d2c95dcd80107b8848c&eventID=1149364" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The 17th 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, institutional research, course placement, remediation, accreditation 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. 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 join us in April, we ask you to please consider forwarding this email to other administrators or staff members that you believe would benefit from attending.
<b>Please note that there are a limited number of hotel rooms available to conference attendees at $149.00 per night. We anticipate these to fill so be sure to secure a room ASAP as we expect to fill our allotment before the hotel registration deadline of March
19, 2013.</b> You can contact the hotel at 1-866-782-7897 to RSVP and mention the ACT INC GROUP rate. We are looking forward to seeing all past attendees, and a significant number of new attendees, this spring at the beautiful Gaylord Texan Resort. Should
you have any questions about the conference, please contact Ruby Howard, Conference Coordinator at 512 320-1850 or email
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