2024 NASPA Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education

Full-day Pre-conference Workshop - Saturday, June 22 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Lunch is not included)

Description: Strengthening the capacity of institutions to facilitate student success has never been more important. CAS Standards can be used to develop, implement, and assess programs and services that facilitate student learning, development, and student success outcomes. Participants will explore diverse ways to use the CAS Standards and CAS cross-functional frameworks to enhance program and service delivery and will leave with a plan for using these tools and practices in ways that make sense for diverse functional areas and institutional types.

Presenter(s): Raymond Plaza, Santa Clara University

Full-day Pre-conference Workshop - Saturday, June 22 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Lunch is not included)

Description: Learn the foundational knowledge and skills needed to successfully execute assessment strategies in every role! This pre-conference session will focus on the assessment cycle, types of assessment, outcome development, choosing and implementing methods, and sharing and using results. Participants will have the opportunity to practice and will leave with resources they can use on their campuses. This program is designed for practitioners who do not have assessment as a primary job responsibility.

Presenter(s): Darby Roberts, Texas A & M University; Shaun Boren, University of Florida; Erica Eckert, Ken State University

Half-day pre-conference workshops will take place on Sunday, June 23 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Lunch is not included)

Description: Of the 1.8 million students enrolled in the California Community Colleges (CCC) system, 35% identify as first-generation. The CCC system engaged the Guided Pathways (GP) framework to advance equity, transform institutions, redefine college/career readiness, and redesign student support. Implementing GP aims to clear paths for students and remove systemic obstacles to their success. GP is an opportunity for system-wide transformation to rethink how existing structures, programs, and practices align with student needs.

Presenter(s): Ángel Gonzalez, California State University, Fresno; Eric Felix, San Diego State University

Half-day pre-conference workshops will take place on Sunday, June 23 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Lunch is not included)

First-gen 101: Developing an Asset-based Approach to Student Success

Description: Over half of all college-going students identify as first-generation, and the higher education community must play an active role in advancing the success of first-generation students. Implementing an asset-based approach to first-gen student success begins with an understanding of the first-gen student definition and intersectional identities. The presenters will offer a review of the literature to ground a foundational understanding, discuss a framework for implementing an asset-based approach, and provide examples of model institutions.

Presenter(s): Deana Waintraub Stafford, NASPA

Half-day pre-conference workshops will take place on Sunday, June 23 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Lunch is not included)

Certified Peer Educator (CPE)

Train-the-Trainer Description: NASPA’s Certified Peer Educator (CPE) training is a fantastic training opportunity for your students that will provide a foundation for understanding the role of a peer educator and the way to effectively and successfully create change on campus and in their community. Campus staff members that work with peer educators can become CPE Trainers, enabling them to facilitate the CPE curriculum to their students, leading them through the training, and certifying them as Certified Peer Educators.

Presenter(s): Warren Martin, NASPA

Half-day pre-conference workshops will take place on Sunday, June 23 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Lunch is not included)

Students with Homelessness Experience – Your Role in Building Equitable Campus Support to Enhance Student Success

Description: Presenters unveil NAEHCY's SPOC model, empowering participants to dismantle inequities in higher education for homeless students. Addressing key SPOC components, participants will learn to identify barriers, create strategies, build alliances, and conduct campus assessments. Tailored for her education professionals, it offers a road map to support homeless students with an asset-based approach fostering inclusivity and ensuring student success

Presenter(s): Lisa Jackson, Florida State University; Shirley Fan-Chan, Heading Home, Inc.

Half-day pre-conference workshops will take place on Sunday, June 23 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Lunch is not included)

Pop Culture isn’t Goofy: Exploring First-generation College Identity in Mass Media and Popular Culture

Description: From Viola Davis's award-winning memoir to Spider-Man: No Way Home, the first-generation college experience (and beyond) is gaining currency in mass media. Attendees are invited to join a lively conversation that helps provide social context for these narratives. Presenters will validate pop culture as a vehicle for understanding the first-gen experience and offer attendees promising practices for incorporating these texts into research and programming, such as new student orientation, courses, and workshops. Cosplay encouraged!

Presenter(s): La'Tonya Rease Miles, ReUp Education; Martha Enciso, California State University, Fullerton

Half-day pre-conference workshops will take place on Sunday, June 23 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Lunch is not included)

Mending Education and Achieving Student Success Through Pandemic Positives

Description: This program focuses on concrete strategies to enable vulnerable student success academically and psychosocially, with attention to the positives garnered from the Pandemic. Given our complex and ever-changing world, we address how to improve educational institutions so they better serve their students. Relying on trauma theory, mental wellness theory, existing literature and our own professional experiences teaching, we offer pathways for creating higher education change, reflected in our new 2024 book from TC Press titled Mending Education.

Presenter(s): Karen Gross, Rugters University

Refunds will be given for cancellations less a $50.00 processing fee. In addition, a processing fee of $50.00 per registration will be charged for credit cards declined. Please allow 30 business days for processing. To inquire about the status of a refund after 10 business days, please send an email to [email protected].

Substitutions are allowed by individuals within the same institution/company. Substitutions should have the same member classification so that the payment is an even exchange transfer of payment. Additional charges may apply if the membership status is not the same. Please email your request for the substitute attendee to [email protected].

Please note, individual NASPA memberships are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Additional registration questions? Please contact the NASPA office at 202-265-7500 or via e-mail to [email protected]. For a comprehensive listing of NASPA registration policies, please visit this page.

The 2024 Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education offers special registration types to individuals and institutions as a part of their participation in certain NASPA programs.

Individuals, institutions, and organizations that identify as any of the registration types below will receive separate communication regarding conference registration. Please do not send an email requesting a passcode.

• Exhibitor/Sponsor
• FS/FgF Cohort Institution
• First-gen Center Partner

The one day registration type is ideal for presenters and attendees that are local to the Anaheim, CA venue location. Registrants will be asked to identify which conference date (June 23 - June 25, 2024) they plan to attend.

• One Day Registration

To receive one invoice for multiple registrations, you must complete all fields in this group registration form. Please note that we can only offer a single invoice for groups of between six and twenty registrants from a single institution or organization. Groups of five or fewer must register separately and will receive individual invoices. Groups of twenty-one or more will need to submit multiple copies of the form linked above. For example: If an institution aims to register 27 staff members; 1-20 will be submitted through the form and 21-27 will be submitted through the same form separately.

People who have already registered outside of the group cannot be added to the group registration and will have to pay for their registrations separately. No refunds will be given to individuals who completed their registrations separately and now desire to be added to a group invoice.

Please forward any questions about group registration to the Conference Planning Committee at [email protected].

Event Safety During Ongoing Public Health Emergencies

With ongoing public health emergencies, NASPA is prepared to manage our place-based events with the health, safety, and well-being of our attendees, staff, presenters, exhibitors, sponsors, and speakers in mind. All participants, including, but not limited to, attendees, speakers, sponsors, volunteers, NASPA staff, service providers, and others are expected to abide by our code of conduct and all polices in effect for any event sponsored by the Association.

We will continue to monitor and update safety precautions for all of our conferences regularly and coordinate with trusted national resources, state and local public health agencies, and the hotels/venues hosting our events.

In all cases, we will continue to assess the risks in the area local to the event and the current status in the United States. In keeping with the Association's duty of care and the responsibility as host, NASPA has implemented safety requirements for many of our place-based convenings.

We reserve the right to modify these policies and procedures at any time given the rapidly changing nature of any current and ongoing public health emergencies.

For more information, please visit the Global Health, Safety, and Responsibility page.