2025 Spring Conference

May 18-20, 2025

Host Site:
Indian Hills Community College

Registration opens March 3!

 CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS - Deadline March 14!

Share your knowledge! Present on your own or team up with a colleague - need help finding a co-presenter? Just ask and we'll help you out!

Here are some session topic ideas to help you start brainstorming.
-How AI/generative AI plays a role in recruitment
- Tips and tricks to get the most out of your CRM
-Bridging the gap between recruiting new students and the transition to being on your campus
- DEI – What’s next? 
-College students and mental health
-Partnerships between high schools and colleges/universities or CBOs
-How to get involved in Iowa ACAC
-Optimizing recruitment outreach strategies
-Study Abroad programs
-How to help students understand value and not just dollar signs
-How to talk to students and families about affordability
-Assisting undocumented students
-Self-care for college admission counselors
-Innovating campus visits
-Social media and its role in recruitment
-Strategies for transfer recruitment
-Campus visits/Ambassador programs

 

REGISTRATION -  Opens March 3

Hotel Accommodations  

Tentative Schedule

Please watch your Iowa ACAC listserv messages, social media, and this website for important updates! 
 

Conference Planning Committee

Autumn Luce, Grand View University, Chair
Susan Dickinson, University of Iowa
Sabrina Tapps-Fee, Mount Mercy University
Tina Miranda, Grand View University
John Laverty, University of Iowa
Liz Wessels, Kennedy High School
Robbie Stran, Loras College
Maia Augustine, Cornell College
Maria Gentile, Loras College
Ranae Molkenthin, Indian Hills Community College
Tanner Lascheid, Ellsworth Community College
Brandon Schutte, Iowa State University
Kimberly Roberts, Simpson College
Katarina Okulich, Cornell College