2015-2016 PCACAC Leadership EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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April 17-19, 2016 Ocean City, MD #PCACAC2016 Greetings! am thrilled to welcome you to PCACAC’s 51st Conference in Ocean City. Whether this is your first or your 51st Conference, I know you will be able to find a session, conversation, or presentation that will provide you with some new professional insights. There is a lot Ithat’s new for us and the students we guide. Whether it is the redesigned SAT assessments, the Prior-Prior Year FAFSA, the updated ACT scoring, changes in the Common Application, the launch of the Coalition Application, or the continuing complexity added to our work lives, you will be able to have a conversation or attend a session that will help you better comprehend these changes to your work life. Of course, you will also have the opportunity to learn how to more deeply understand the parts of our profession that are not changing but will still be vital to being the most effective professionals we can be. Finally, and importantly, there’s an ocean and a beach right outside, so I hope you’ll take some time to relax on these days away from FROM THE PRESIDENT your office. The Conference Planning Committee has put together a professionally relevant and fun conference for us, and it’s my pleasure to be here with you. Mike Oligmueller Director of College Counseling The Potomac School, VA elcome to the OC! On behalf of the Conference Planning Committee, I’m so glad that you are here for the 51st PCACAC Conference. We have an outstanding program for you as we kick off our next half-century of Wadvocacy and camaraderie for our profession. I first visited Ocean City in middle school, and I remember three things: the beach, Thrasher’s fries (with vinegar?? Yes!), and parasailing for the first time. It was exhilarating to see the entire beach from above with a totally new perspective, and I immediately wanted to do it again. This conference is a chance to look at what we do every day in a new way, to build new relationships and renew existing ones, and hopefully, to excite us enough to want to do it all over again. FROM THE PRESIDENT-ELECT PCACAC is vibrant because of the engagement of our members and our connections to each other. I experienced it at my first conference nearly 20 years ago and every Anthony Ambrogi time since, and I hope you’ll feel the same. We’re so happy to have you here, and enjoy Director of Admissions & Enrollment Research the conference! Randolph-Macon College, VA elcome to PCACAC’s 51st Annual Conference in Ocean City, MD! Every year a group of dedicated PCACAC colleagues work together to create, coordinate, and execute a conference experience to be remembered. An endless thank you to each of the WConference Planning Committee members for all of their hard work and efforts to make this event come together. This year, I have had the pleasure to step into the Chair position for the Conference Planning Committee. I was faced with hard shoes to fill, taking over this role from the esteemed Heather Jeter. The mentorship, guidance, and time Heather and I spent together while she prepared me to take on this role were invaluable. Although Rhonda Douthit is leaving the Executive Assistant position with PCACAC, it does not feel like it! She still spends endless (many sleepless nights) making sure every minute detail of the conference comes into place. Thank you, Rhonda, for all of your hard work and tireless efforts! You are going to be very FROM THE CONFERENCE CHAIR missed by all. This year marks a year of many changes in the landscape of our profession. The PCACAC Rosemary Martin Conference is a great time to connect with colleagues, get informed on upcoming hot topics, Assistant Director of Admissions University of Maryland, and participate in some great conversations with professionals from both sides of the desk. I College Park, MD always look forward to our annual conference because it is a time to see old friends, to make new connections, and to gain knowledge that can positively impact my career. The Conference Planning Committee has spent endless hours finding ways to enhance and add to our already wonderful program. We hope you will take advantage of every minute! Make sure to find time to also enjoy the amazing views of the Atlantic Ocean and get some sand in between your toes! PAGE | 1 CONFERENCE-AT-A-GLANCE Princess Royale ² Ocean City, MD April 2016 SATURDAY, APRIL 16 MONDAY, APRIL 18 (CONTINUED« 5:00 ʹ 6:30 pm Executive Committee Mtg. 7:30 ʹ 8:30 am Past Presidents Breakfast Off-site (Closed) Cayman 7:00 ʹ 9:00 pm 3UHVLGHQW·V&RXQFLO'LQQHU Exhibitor Breakfast for the Off-site (Closed) College Side Eleuthera SUNDAY, APRIL 17 Exhibitor Breakfast for the 8:30 am ʹ 12:00 pm 3UHVLGHQW·V&RXQFLOMtg. High School Side Dominica (Closed) Dominica 12:00 ʹ 2:00 pm Exhibitor Set-Up Continental Breakfast for All Caribbean/Exhibit Hall Caribbean/Exhibit Hall 12:00 ʹ 4:00 pm REGISTRATION 9:15 ʹ 10:15 am B Sessions Premiere Lobby Barbados and Palmetto 2-5 1:00 ʹ 3:00 pm Committee/SI Meetings Atrium/Palmetto 5 10:30 ʹ 11:30 am C Sessions Caribe Ballroom, Palmetto 2-5 1:30 ʹ 3:00 pm Virtual College Tours 11:45 am ʹ 1:45 pm Luncheon Mako At Monday’s Luncheon, Ms. Siler will provide updates and news from NACAC and other state and regional affiliates. Atrium 3:15 ʹ 4:15 pm First Timers Session Palmetto 3 2:00 pm ʹ 3:00 pm D Sessions 3:15 ʹ 4:15 pm Emerging Leaders Session Caribe Ballroom, Palmetto 1-5 Palmetto 5 3:15 ʹ 4:15 pm E Sessions 2:00 ʹ 4:15 pm Exhibits Open Caribe Ballroom, Palmetto 2-5 Carribbean/Exhibit Hall 4:30 ʹ 5:30 pm Counselors College Fair 4:30 ʹ 5:45 pm Opening Session A Atrium Carribbean/Exhibit Hall 6:30 ʹ 8:00 pm Dinner on Your Own 6:00 ʹ 7:30 pm 3UHVLGHQW·V5HFHSWLRQ Group Sign-Ups at Hospitality Table Sun Deck (Atrium if rain) 7:30 ʹ 9:00 pm 3UHVLGHQW·VDinner 8:00 pm ʹ 12:00 am Social Atrium Off-Site at Seacrets 9:00 ʹ 11:00 pm Outside Bonfire Café South TUESDAY, APRIL 19 MONDAY, APRIL 18 8:30 ʹ 9:00 am Beverage Break Palmetto Promenade * Welcome One-Day Attendees! 7:30 am ʹ 12:00 pm REGISTRATION 9:00 ʹ 10:15 am Closing Session F Premiere Lobby Palmetto Ballroom 7:30 am ʹ 5:30 pm Exhibits open 10:30 ʹ 12:00 pm Membership Meeting Caribbean/Exhibit Hall and Brunch *One-day registration includes participation in events & sessions scheduled from 7:30 am ʹ 5:30 pm on Monday, April 18. PAGE | 2 2015 PROGRAMMING NACAC REPRESENTATIVES and families we serve. Looking at your online blog, The Anchor, has made me even more excited to interact with your emerging leaders and rising stars as well as those who have many years of service at the affiliate and national level. TAMARA SILER NACAC Board of Directors Please feel free to use me as a resource during the conference whenever Senior Associate Dir. of Admission applicable. In my 24 years as a college admission professional, I have Rice University, Houston, TX been a leader in defining how diversity of all types shapes a community, an advocate for GLBTQ students and professionals, a promoter of the reetings! I am honored to value of STEAM and not just STEM, and a guide and supporter for represent NACAC at Potomac rising leaders in my home affiliate of Texas ACAC. I estimate that I and Chesapeake ACAC’s 51st have read over 30,000 applications of promising first-year and transfer undergraduate students over the years, and I still find myself excited by annual conference. As a newlyG elected board member, I am pleased the process of building a class. Spring conferences are often a great way to be sharing this leadership journey with one of your own, Jayne to recharge each admission season, and I look forward to renewing my Caflin Fonash. I look forward to reconnecting with so many PCACAC commitment to this important work that we do with all of you. professionals I know through NACAC and my work at Rice University, and to connect with many of you whom I will be meeting for the Thank you to the PCACAC leadership and conference planning first time. committee for your hard work! I’m sure we have all heard that the only constant in life is change. This is certainly true in the current college admission landscape. My formal comments on behalf of NACAC to be delivered at the Monday luncheon will certainly highlight some of the ways NACAC is responding to these changes, challenges and opportunities. However, my hope is that the entirety of our time together will allow me to be a teacher and a student as we discuss topics in an effort to better counsel the students At Monday’s Luncheon, Ms. Siler will provide updates and news from NACAC and other state and regional affiliates. In the face of our extraordinary challenges I would encourage each JAYNE CAFLIN FONASH NACAC Board of Directors of you to continue to change the world right now from where you Director of School Counseling are standing. As you learn from others in the next few days, I Loudoun Academy of Science hope you will take away new thoughts and ideas on improving PCACAC President, 2010-2011 the work you do each day.