2025 Spring Conference

May 18-20, 2025

Host Site:
Indian Hills Community College

REGISTER - Early Bird deadline is April 18!

 CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS - Deadline March 28!

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!


Registration Scholarships!

The Iowa ACAC Executive Board has approved several conference registration scholarships:

  • Registration for 10 high school counselors to attend the conference. High school counselors in Iowa interested in attending, should apply for a registration scholarship by 11:59pm on Sunday, March 30. We'll randomly select 10 high school counselors to attend for free (registration only; attendees will be responsible for hotel, mileage, meals, and any other expenses).
School Counselor Scholarship Application
  • Registration for 10 scholarships for college admission professionals! College admission professionals who are Iowa ACAC members and  interested in attending, should apply for a registration scholarship by 11:59pm on Sunday, March 30. We will be randomly selecting ten postsecondary professionals to attend for free (registration only; attendees will be responsible for hotel, mileage, meals, and any other expenses).

College Admission Professional Registration Scholarship Application

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Autumn Luce at [email protected].

STARS Network Scholarships

The STARS College Network is offering up to 15 conference scholarships to cover High School Counselor/CCTS registration and lodging expenses for the conference.

Sponsorship applications are due by 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 9. Sponsorships will be provided as available. Recipients must be an Iowa high school counselor or college and career transition counselor that works in a rural or small-town district according to dataset maintained by the University of Iowa. Sponsorship includes the cost of registration, two nights in a conference hotel, and a complimentary STARS College Network dinner with University of Iowa staff during the conference. Applicants will be contacted by Jess Klein, Senior Admission Counselor and STARS College Network Program Director.


 Join the Annual Conference Golf Outing!

Our Golf Outing kicks off the state conference! Don't worry - you don't have to be a pro! Find your teammates and join us for a 4-person 9-hole best-shot golf outing at Cedar Creek Golf Course at 2pm on Sunday, May 18. Entry fee is $31 per person and covers greens fees and your cart. Participants will pay upon check-in at the golf course.
Register Here for the golf outing!

Hotel Accommodations  


 Tentative Schedule

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

Thank you to our Sponsoring Business Partners 

Bronze Sponsors

  

 

Silver Sponsors

 


 

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