[Oacrao-l] ACT Post Secondary Spring Conference-New Orleans April 28-30

[Don.Pitchford at act.org]

Greetings from ACT, 

Just a quick reminder hoping some of our OACRAO friends can join us in New 
Orleans this April ! This email serves as notification to register (if you 
have yet to do so) to attend the  14th Annual ACT Southwest Region 
Conference on College Readiness and Success. This year's conference will 
be held at the contemporary W hotel in festive New Orleans from Wednesday, 
April 28, 2010, through Friday, April 30, 2010. The 14th annual conference 
coincides with the internationally recognized New Orleans Jazz Fest!  
http://www.nojazzfest.com/ 

The conference will provide you and your staff with a great low-cost 
opportunity for professional development as well as an opportunity to 
experience what many consider the best "cultural and musical festival" in 
the world. As a non for profit partner of higher education, ACT is 
sensitive to budget constraints that many are experiencing and is able to 
offer this conference at a very low cost of $145.00 per person. This cost 
includes four meals. Conference and registration information is available 
on our website at: 
http://act.org/cgi-bin/cal/cal.pl?CODE=5402 

The 14th Annual ACT Southwest Conference will provide postsecondary 
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. All session presenters are postsecondary 
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 has been added to this year's conference along with sessions 
that will focus on innovative uses of ACT's COMPASS system for diagnostic 
testing and high-school outreach. Most of the conference will focus on how 
ACT's programs and services, specifically the COMPASS internet version, 
can strategically be used to enhance student success initiatives 
associated with recruitment,  placement, advancement and retention.  The 
conference is well attended each year and 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 college readiness, 
increase student persistence and enhance overall institutional 
effectiveness. 

If you are unable to attend, please forward this email to any other 
administrator or staff member that you believe would benefit from 
attending.  Please note that there is a limited number of hotel rooms 
available to conference attendees at $139.00 per night. These are quickly 
being filled so be sure to secure a room asap as we expect to fill our 
allotment well before the hotel deadline of April 7, 2010. New Orleans is 
experiencing some phenomenal tourism trends so alternate lodging options 
will be limited.  You can contact the hotel at 504-525-9444. Be sure to 
mention that you are with the ACT GROUP. We are looking forward to seeing 
all past attendees, and a significant number of new attendees, this spring 
in festive "N'Awlins"!


PS: Please contact me directly if any of you could possibly forward this 
message to our friends that are members of GPACAC and the Oklahoma College 
Fair Coordinating group.Thanks. 

Don Pitchford Ph.D.
ACT Southwest Region 
Austin, Texas
512 345-1949 (office) 


Learn more and register for the 14th annual Post Secondary Conference for 
Student Success
http://act.org/cgi-bin/cal/cal.pl?CODE=5402 


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