[Oacrao-l] 15th annual ACT Post Secondary Conference on Student Readiness and Success

[Don.Pitchford at act.org]

Greetings from ACT, 

The ACT Southwest regional staff is excited to invite you to join us this 
year in festive San Antonio!  This email serves as first notification to 
register (if you have yet to do so) to attend the  15th Annual ACT 
Southwest Region Conference on College Readiness and Success. This year's 
conference will be held at the historic La Mansion Del Rio  located 
directly on the famous San Antonio Riverwalk. The conference is uniquely 
scheduled to begin the afternoon of Wednesday April 6th and conclude after 
Friday morning brunch on April 8th. The 15th annual conference requires 
only a two night stay and coincides with the internationally recognized 
Fiesta San Antonio cultural celebration. More information about this 
popular event can be found here:  Fiesta 

This informative ACT 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 one of the best "cultural 
festivals" in the world. 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 $125.00 per 
person for early registrants. This cost includes four excellent meals. 
Conference and on-line registration information is available : Conference 
Registration 

The 15th Annual ACT Southwest Conference will provide 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. 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 will focus on strategic enrollment 
management strategies associated with recruitment and retention. Much 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.  This conference has grown 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 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 $149.00  per night. These will 
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 14th. San 
Antonio experiences some phenomenal tourism trends during Fiesta week so 
alternate lodging options will be limited.  You can contact the hotel at 
210-518-1000 to rsvp and mention the ACT GROUP rate. Or simply click on 
this link to register on-line La Mansion Del Rio .   We are looking 
forward to seeing all past attendees, and a significant number of new 
attendees, this spring in festive San Antonio. 

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

Mark the dates for the 2011 ACT Post Secondary Student Success Conference
April 6-8  La Mansion Del Rio  San Antonio Texas
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