[Oacrao-l] 16th Annual ACT Southwest Region Conference on College Readiness and Success

[Don.Pitchford at act.org]

Greetings from ACT, 

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 Marriott River Center Hotel 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:  Fiesta   

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 : Conference Registration

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. 

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 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.  San 
Antonio experiences phenomenal tourism during Fiesta week so alternate 
lodging options will be limited.  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 Marriott River Center .   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 ruby.howard at act.org .

Don Pitchford PhD
Senior Consultant
Austin, Texas
Don.Pitchford at act.org
512.320.1850
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