Join us for a tour of the Willamette Valley of Oregon!

Registration for the 2011 Pacific Northwest ACAC College Counselors’ Tour is open! Join other counselors and educational consultants from across the country as we tour the colleges and universities of the Willamette Valley area of Oregon.

When: July 10-15, 2011

Who: Public and private school counselors and independent counselors and educational consultants

Where: Concordia University (Portland), George Fox University (Newberg), Lewis & Clark College (Portland), Linfield College (McMinnville), Oregon State University (Corvallis), Pacific Northwest College of Art (Portland), Pacific University (Forest Grove), Portland State University (Portland), Reed College (Portland), University of Oregon (Eugene), University of Portland (Portland), Willamette University (Salem), Western Oregon University (Monmouth)

Cost: PNACAC Members: $400, Non-Members: $450.

Registration: Online at www.pnacac.org (follow the link to Programs & Events, College Tour) - download and mail in the registration form, with payment, to Professional Development Chair, Lisa Knodle-Bragiel.

Registration is first-come, first-serve. We hope to see you this summer in the Pacific Northwest!

WACAC First Look:

            Supporting the Dream Act
            Extension of the Annual Conference Session Proposal Deadline
            California and Nevada Legislative Conferences . . . Registration Now Open
           
The Dream Act . . . Contact Your Legislator Today!

Did you know that 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school each year in the United States?  As educators, we know that having access to a college education has a great impact on our students, their families and their entire communities.  We change lives each day as we inspire our students to reach for their dreams. Unfortunately, these dreams are often deferred as undocumented students do not have full access to higher education.  Today, we urge you to support “The Dream Act”*, a proposed legislation that would create a pathway to higher education and citizenship for undocumented students.  By sending an email to your Congressional Representatives you are not only advocating for this college access initiative but also speaking out on behalf of our educational community.   TAKE ACTION NOW by clicking on the following link:  http://capwiz.com/nacac/issues/alert/?alertid=13099226

*What is the DREAM ACT? (http://www.nacacnet.org/LegislativeAction/LegislativeNews/Pages/TheDREAMAct.aspx)

Deadline December 10^th for WACAC Annual Conference Session Proposals

The 2011 WACAC Conference Planning Committee is thrilled to have received wonderful session submissions, but we need more!  We are looking forward to putting on an engaging, exciting and relevant conference, but we need your help. In the spirit of, not only the holiday season, but recommendation letter writing and application review…seasons in which we could all use a little more time and a deadline extension…your WACAC elves have extended the deadline for session submissions!!  Hooray and no more excuses!  We will gladly be accepting session proposal submissions until December 10, 2010.  Gather those ideas and a few friends and submit today!

You can find the session proposal form on the WACAC website by clicking here: http://www.wacac.org/annconf

Registration Now Open for the WACAC Legislative Conferences in Sacramento and Carson City

Registration is now open for the 2011 WACAC Legislative Conferences in California (February 2 and 3) and Nevada (February 10)!  Please visit www.wacac.org to register.

If you have not already visited our new website, you will need to login using this email address and then request a temporary password before registering to attend one or both of the Legislative Conferences.  Please note that this is a MEMBERS ONLY event, and we encourage you to invite your colleagues who are not currently WACAC members.  In order for a non-member to attend, he/she will need to first become a WACAC Member (only $45 annually) and then register.