Conference Registration Fees:
Early Bird (by 2/28/20) = $295/person
Regular = $325/person
Max Capacity for Conference = 570
We are pleased to announce that the 2020 WSSSC Conference will once again be held in Tacoma at Hotel Murano. The Murano is a "boutique" hotel that features beautiful original glass art on every floor of the hotel and sets the stage for a true humanities experience. To make reservations,
Hotel Murano is located at:
1320 Broadway
Tacoma, WA 98402
253-238-8000
We have secured room rates of $124 (single/double), $134 (triple), or $144 (quad) at Hotel Murano. You must book your room prior to April 7, 2020 and reference the group code: WSSSC20. To make a reservation, please call 253-238-8000.
In the event that Hotel Murano sells out of our room block, we have secured a backup hotel at the Holiday Inn Express in Tacoma (www.hiexpress.com/tacomadowntown) at a conference rate of $135. All bookings should be made by 3/29/20 and reference the code: WSSSC20 for the rate. To make a reservation at Holiday Inn Express in Tacoma, please call 253-272-2434.
When is the Early Bird Registration Deadline?
Early Bird Registration ends on February 28th.
NOTE: PLEASE LIMIT EARLY BIRD REGISTRATIONS TO NO MORE THAN 25 ATTENDEES PER COLLEGE. This will allow all colleges to send people to the conference. If we do not hit capacity, we will communicate out that we can accept more than 25 sign-ups per college.
Who do I contact if I need an accommodation?
If you have specific access needs or require accommodations for a disability please contact marisa.hackett@bellevuecollege.edu by March 31st 2020 .
What's the refund policy?
Conference registrants canceling their registration on or before Friday, April 17th will receive a refund of the conference registration fee.
NO refunds will be allowed beyond that date. To request a refund, please email margo.hood@ghc.edu.
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
Please bring your printed ticket as it will help expedite the registration check-in process when you arrive at the conference.
Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable?
Your registration fee/ticket can be transferred to another person at your college. Please contact Margo Hood at Grays Harbor College (margo.hood@ghc.edu) by Friday, April 17th so information in the registration system can be updated and a name tag can be ready for the alternate attendee.
How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Conference Co-Chairs:
Dr. Jennifer Alt, Vice President for Student Services
Grays Harbor College
360-538-4067 or jennifer.alt@ghc.edu
Dr. Robert Cox, Vice President of Student Services
Centralia College
360-623-8385 or robert.cox@centralia.edu
Registration Questions:
Margo Hood
Grays Harbor College
(360) 538-4066 or margo.hood@ghc.edu
Nicole Zock
Centralia College
360-623-8613 or nicole.zock@centralia.edu
Registration Open: 12:00pm-6:00pm
Workshop Sessions: 1:30pm-5:00pm
*Break(s) and snacks will be included throughout sessions.
Dinner On Own
Registration: 7:00am-5:00pm
Breakfast: 7:00am-8:00am
Conference Welcome: 8:00am-8:15am
Morning Keynote (Dr. Kyle Reyes): 8:15am-9:30am
Break:...
Breakfast: 7:30am-8:30am
Commission/Council Mtgs: 8:30am-11:30am
Alternate Workshop Session (Michael Miller): 8:30am-11:30am
Dr. Kyle A. Reyes currently serves as Vice President of Student Affairs at Utah Valley University (UVU)—the largest university in the state of Utah with over 40,000 students. From 2014-2017, Dr. Reyes served as UVU’s Chief Diversity Officer and led the development and implementation of UVU’s nationally-recognized Strategic Inclusion plan consisting of nearly 40 initiatives focused on making UVU a more inclusive campus. He has been at UVU for 16 years in various offices and programs: TRIO Upward Bound, GEAR UP, Multicultural Student Services, Student Success & Retention, and the Office of the President. Dr. Reyes is also an Associate Professor of Education at UVU and teaches courses in Multicultural Education, Family & Community Partnerships, and Arts-based Integration. His research focuses on arts based student empowerment; leadership for equity and access; and institution-wide inclusion and diversity strategic planning. Kyle serves on the Board of Directors for The United Way of Utah County, American Indian Services and the national organization of Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education. Dr. Reyes serves on the Utah Governor’s Multicultural Commission and was the co-chair of the College Access Network for the Utah System of Higher Education. Dr. Reyes has received a number of awards including: UVU’s Board of Trustees Award; the Exemplary Educator for Diversity Award from the National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME); Inclusion Cultivates Excellence Award from CUPA-HR, Utah Valley Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40; and the top 50 Diversity Executives in the Nation from Diversity MBA Magazine. Kyle received his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Utah and was the recipient of the Bennion Morgan Fellowship.
Erin Jones is a nationally-recognized classroom teacher and administrator. She earned recognition as the WA Milken Educator of the Year in 2008. She was a White House Champion of Change in 2013. She is also a lifetime athlete. She attended Bryn Mawr College on an academic scholarship but also played Division III soccer and basketball, holding records in both sports until just recently. Erin had two children, took in a niece, and then was invited to tryout for both the Seattle Storm and the Portland Fire WNBA teams. She was interviewed by NBA Live for being “the oldest woman with the most children” to try out that year. Her tryout in Portland led to an invitation to serve as captain and translator for the American team in a series of exhibition games against the Mexican Olympic Team in Mexico City during the summer of 2000 at 30 years old. Erin continued to play in men’s and women’s basketball leagues until she decided to run for public office. Erin was the first Black woman in WA to run statewide, a race she lost in 2016 by less than 1%. She has spent the last 2 years doing school assemblies, keynote speeches at conferences and training educators and non-profit organizations in culturally-responsive practice and equity. Erin speaks 4 languages (English, French, Spanish, Dutch).
Michael Miller, largely focusing on effective communication, inspiration, teambuilding and enhancing self-awareness and group/solo effectiveness, strives to bring his bold, challenging approach and energetic sense of fun to all of his speaking engagements. Michael has had a great deal of experience in the spotlight, spending over 200 nights a year traveling the nation to groups as varied as human resources departments, student organization leaders, freshman parents and large corporations. Michael received his B.A. in English from Fairfield University and his M.A. in Public Administration from Framingham State College. He worked for two decades at six college and university campuses in an array of different positions that include Residence Hall Director, Multicultural Director and Assistant Dean of Students, and he also has experience working for United Airlines as a reservationist and trainer. Michael has also contributed to the book Lessons From the Road: Inspirational Insights by Leading Speakers in Higher Education (2008) and was co-author of The NOW Factors of College Success. (2009)
These workshops will be longer in duration from 1:30-5:00 pm and include a 30 minute break.
First hour: Geography and reportable crimes, those responsible for reporting crimes (campus security authorities), and emergency & timely warnings (Sr. Counsel Derek Edwards)
Second hour: Clery policy statements, including drug and alcohol policy requirements, fire logs and reports and missing students for student housing, and compliance issues related to GRCC's DOE audit (AAG John Clark)
Third hour: mediated panel discussion, featuring college personnel
Focus on First Amendment, with attention paid to the lines between free speech, harassment, hate speech, threats and intimidation in the context of the campus, the code of conduct, and non-speech burdening tools. (Workshop lead by Washington State Assistant Attorney General's Office and Friends)
Workshop lead by Kristi Wellington-Baker
Please join colleagues from Skagit Valley College to discuss their current work with reengaging adult learners. This session will be highly interactive and an opportunity to network with peers from around the system. Plan to come to share the work happening on your campus and learn about what other schools are doing in supporting adults who are returning to pursue additional education. (Caryn Regimbal, Kayla Scammon/Skagit Valley College)
Most colleges utilize a medical or legal framework for supporting students with disabilities. (How much will this accommodation cost? Where's the doctor's letter?) Disabled students are thus bombarded with messages about how they are a financial and administrative burden & have to break through more barriers than others just to receive equal access. In this session, we will present a different model for understanding & supporting disabled students. (AJ Duxbury, Marisa Hackett/Bellevue College)
History of military Veterans and what they offer besides their GI-BILL. Session will include historical, evidence base for connecting veterans to social networks on campuses and how that will look. Techniques and ways to honor and integrate military (U.S.) history in campuses and cultural curriculum. (Matthew Durkee/Whatcom Community College)
This presentation focuses on building key relationships, internal and external, and best practices that support the unique and growing population of formerly incarcerated students on their journey to degree completion. We will address some of the major challenges in reaching these students, how we can transform common institutional barriers to access, and the crucial role of student services and strong advocates for their success. (Em Daniels, Connan Campbell/Spokane Community College)
For the first time in our history, there are five generations in our workforce. The diverse perspectives, motivations, attitudes and needs of these generations have changed the dynamics of today’s work environment. By learning the motivations and the footprint of each generation, you can leverage your team’s talents and capitalize on its diversity to maximize unit outcomes. (Mark Brown/Green River College)
In an effort to meet students where they're at and avoid the 2-hour "info dump", LCC remodeled the new student on-boarding process to better align with CAS Standards, Guided Pathways, and the student feedback. Come see what they are doing, the outcomes they've seen so far, and share what you're doing or considering. (Byron Ford, Kristy Gutierrez/Lower Columbia College)
FAB Life is a financial literacy simulation intended to teach students basic financial education concepts in an interactive way. Participants will find a variety of ideal ways to incorpate this on their campus. (Tammy Zibell, Janet Rice, Olesya Sytnik/Spokane Community College)
Student Services are essential to the success of community college students. SS professionals are often the first point of contact for students, therefore, our roles in this system are crucial to advancing equity. Skagit Valley College staff will present on the first ever Inclusive Excellence Learning Community to take place in Student Services at SVC. The session will include curriculum examples of how we interacted with the first cohort. (Yadira Rosales, Alison Fernandez/Skagit Valley College)
In conjunction with Guided Pathways, Clark College recently brought back & reenvisioned their student Orientation. Learn about the process they went through, lessons learned, & plans for the future as well as Clark's student plan that is introduced at orientation, which includes a student Career Plan, Financial Wellness Plan, and an Academic Plan. Share out & learn from others about what has worked for you and your institutions. (Vanessa Watkins, Edie Blakley, Renee Schiffhaver/Clark College)
Learn how to create and turn to your postvention plan, a specialized type of suicide prevention designed to reduce the likelihood of suicide contagion. Postvention includes protocols for communications, providing grief support, connecting with the media, and more. Student services leaders will learn the elements of postvention & the value it provides to students & institution. (Marny Lombard/UW, Scott Latiolais/CPTC, Donn Marshall/SB6514)
Do you ever feel like a Fish Out of Water? Ever wonder why or how you can help yourself get into the right-sized pond? Come and learn how Fish Out of Water use Code Switching in their professional and everyday lives. This session is also great for those who manage individuals that may not seem to fit in. Learn strategies to support a culture that is inclusive. (Nadine Stecklein/Walla Walla Community College)
An interactive workshop exploring how our own personal identities as Student Affairs professionals impacts our work with students, specifically students with disabilities. We will explore disability and disabled identity and how ableism, as well as other forms of oppression impact Disabled Students' identities. We will also spend time exploring our own identities, our impact on students, and the ways we ask students to be vulnerable with us. ( Marisa Hackett, AJ Duxbury/Bellevue College)
Framing Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) as a Trauma-Responsive Educational Practice (TREP) offers an opportunity to strengthen the bonds between faculty & student services, as well as having broad potential across institutions. The TILT approach provides a robust, well-researched foundation for meaning-making & creating connection, as well as creating safety & consistency - critical elements of a trauma-responsive approach. (Em Daniels, Angela Rasmussen/Spokane Community College)
Explore adultism and the many ways it can impact engagement for students of all ages. While staff & faculty aim to provide student-centered work, convenience, assumptions, & maintaining control can block us from recognizing opportunities for choice & agency with students. Through key themes & discussion, this will be a space to reflect on ways we can better recognize power dynamics like adultism on our campus and empower student engagement and voice. (Collin Veenstra/Green River College)
In this session, we will look at the unique challenges community and technical colleges encounter in working to prevent interpersonal violence (including sexual assault, domestic/dating violence, and stalking). We will give an overview of bystander intervention principles, discuss the potential barriers to intervention as individuals at institutions, and provide examples of how to engage in violence prevention in your current role. (Kelsey Barrans, Amanda Greene/Edmonds Community College)
Puget Sound Educational Service District is committed to its END: "Eliminate the Opportunity Gap and Success for Each Child by Leading with Racial Equity." We focus on racial equity as a starting point of our conversations about systemic injustice. This workshop will share PSESD's journey toward becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Organization, provide understanding of the importance to lead with racial equity, & how to put it into action. (Felisciana Peralta, Eileen Yoshina/Puget Sound ESD)
Make this session your own with large and small group discussions related to dual credit programs. Topics can include: funding, barriers to access, best practices, etc. Bounce ideas off of peers and learn from one another. (Britny Covert-Avilla/Skagit Valley College)
Experience implementation of the SCC Workforce Transitions re-organization to provide holistic student services to students. From theory to practice, this has shown increase in retention & persistence of students while being implemented in the midst of ctcLink and Achieving the Dream. Multiple presenters will provide context on the process from planning, going live, continuous improvements, and data collection. (Lori Hunt, Wendy Jones, Joshua Temple, Amme Paluch/Spokane Community College).
"Sooo, I'm a leader now?", "I have to say What!?!", "What did I get myself into?" If any of these questions/thoughts are going through your head, then this workshop is for you! Learn about the ways to become a more confident leader in student services and turn that little voice in the back of your head into the leadership voice that your campus needs! Leadership is scary, but somebody has to do it. (Dennis Coy Denman/Seattle Central College)
Learn about the program model CUSP has used to structure professional development & education sessions at conferences. This model is adapted from the worldwide TED Conferences which bring together fascinating thinkers & doers. Hear about the model and share insights on how to implement your own program. Additionally, five guest presenters will present 12-minute presentations that align with the conference's professional competencies. (Cal Erwin-Svoboda/Clover Park Technical College)
This workshop will address the need for participants to develop an understanding into the nuances that shape the way we can change some of the stereotypes and perceptions of students of color. How those changes are interpreted by people in power, conjectured by those who exercise privilege, and how influential those who advocate and support those changes are. (Ty Somerville/Renton Technical College)
Examine the effect of one aspect of the veteran student...brain injury. Brain injury is, unfortunately, very common in the veteran student, but due to many factors, underreported and minimized to the point where veteran students are unaware of the effect the brain injury is having on them. It is a major contributor to the student's ability to succeed & increases the risk of dropping out, substance abuse, suicide, and intimate partner violence. (Daniel Overton/WA State Dept, of Veterans Affairs)
Learn how to integrate basic CliftonStrengths into staff & team member support and development. Attendees will leave with resources and strategies on utilizing strengths in strategically supporting staff members. This program will start from the belief that staff members work more effectively when they are given opportunities to utilize their strengths & as a result, they are more likely to be productive and remain at an institution. (Richard Arquette/Grays Harbor College)
SCC took an on campus, all day New Student Orientation for new first-time students & converted it to online NSO in Canvas. The new model takes a fraction of the time & allows access by all new students. Session highlights work done to meet universal design principles & unique features in NSO, including directed self-placement for English, interactive self-guided advising module, & survey tool. Session includes results & eval. dashboard. (Chantel Black, Sheri Carroll/Spokane Community College)
This session highlights a week-by-week, high touch student success model implemented over 2 years at Clover Park Technical College. This comprehensive model utilizes a proactive approach to student retention & completion featuring deliberate & targeted interventions to ensure student learning. After 2 years of implementation, results have yielded higher student success rates while improving student learning outcomes. (Scott Latiolais, Dean Kelly, Cal Erwin-Svoboda/Clover Park Technical College)
Springing into Action: Student Central was created from a theory that a "one-stop" area consisting of Fin. Aid, Enr. Services, Testing & Eval. uniting could benefit students; providing them with an improved, unique experience. How can you get in on the action? Come find out if practice (sprinkled with some cross-training & effective change management) really does make perfect. (Christine Taylor, Melanie Ruiz, Steve Downing, Hannah Weitz, Sally Rafferty, Anneke Hercules/Bellevue College)
In 2012, the Latin@ Center for Higher Education (L@ CHE) was created and developed at Highline College. Its mission was to increase the enrollment, retention, and completion number of for-credit self-identified Hispanic/Latinx students. Learn how to create essential programming strategies, validate your understanding and use of college level Latinx Experience curriculum, and develop an understanding on how to approach program quantitative and qualitative data. (Cesar Rangel/Bellevue College)
This session will address the growing inability to keep balance between work pressures & life responsibilities, needing creative solutions. These creative solutions often come in the form of preoccupation to respond to work place responsibilities during non-work hours. The presentation will discuss the blending of both worlds, ways that the workplace supports it, the issues that arise, & possible solutions to lead to better balance. (Carolyn Van Beek, Julie Lancour/Clover Park Technical College)
The Everett CC Running Start program has two staff members and relies on collaboration with the Advising Center to transition our new students each year. Come learn how to successfully serve over 500+ new Running Start students in one month of group advising sessions. Save time by hearing our lessons learned and how to successfully collaborate across departments to serve students well. (Arantxa Gallegos, Ariana Stafford, Jessica Cain/Everett Community College)
In 2016, Skagit Valley College began leveraging TargetX CRM to increase communications to inquiries, applicants, & enrolled students. This proactive outreach resulted in significant improvements to recruitment & retention. By adopting CRM, SVC has been able to advance SEM plan priorities. They have also streamlined several internal processes & created a custom online application to gather critical data from applicants. (Kayla Scammon, Stefanie Donahue, Vanessa Allen/Skagit Valley College)
If you do not attend a specific Council, there is still a workshop for you with the legendary Michael Miller!
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Is your work life busy? Are changing conditions preventing you from doing your best? Look at ways we respond to what happens at work & discuss ways to strengthen ourselves to improve our responses. Focus on 4 ways we possess strength to face whatever comes our way. Discuss behaviors that help handle change more effectively. Remember reasons we come to work and how our efforts impact beyond what's immediately obvious. Get ready to think, share, & laugh! (Michael Miller, Guest Presenter)
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