Leadership Webinar Series - Session 3
JOIN US FOR SESSION 3!
Thursday, January 23, 4:00-5:00 pm
Dollars and Sense: Financial Aid and Admission Counseling
Financial aid, in all its forms, has a major impact on all aspects of the college admission and advising process. Hear from college admission leaders on how the cost of college and financial aid impacts their recruiting and enrollment efforts, and learn how experienced counselors integrate financial concepts into their counseling discussions with families.
Presenters:
Sharon Alston, American University (DC)
Anthony Ambrogi, St. Catherine's School (VA)
David Burge, George Mason University (VA)
Crys Latham, Washington Latin Public Charter School (DC)
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Questions? Contact Anthony Ambrogi, [email protected]
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55th Annual Conference
April 19-21, 2020
Hotel Madison
710 South Main Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
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EXHIBITORS
SPONSORS
Awards and Nominations
Questions?
Conference Chair: Rosemary Martin, [email protected]
Sessions: Rebekah LaPlante, [email protected]
Exhibits: Amanda Wolk, [email protected]
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
PCACAC Executive Board
PCACAC's Nominating Committee values your opinion as we identify the following 2020 Executive Board candidates:
- President-Elect
- At-Large Delegate (2 positions)
Please review the duties of each available position in the Call and consider either a self-nomination or identify a PCACAC member who is ready to take the next step in PCACAC leadership.
Current membership is required in order to submit a nomination. If you are NOT a current PCACAC member, you may join while submitting your nomination.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - submit by Friday, February 7
Email your questions to Jake Talmage, Past President and Nominating Chair, [email protected]
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2020 Marion Flagg Scholarships
 The Marion Flagg Scholarship Program gives you the perfect opportunity to provide support to colleagues and friends in the field of college counseling and admissions.
Named for one of PCACAC's most outstanding members, the Marion Flagg Scholarship is awarded annually to a group of exceptional educational professionals who are not currently members of PCACAC and who have not previously attended a PCACAC conference. PCACAC and its sponsors provide up to TEN scholarships for counselors to attend the 55th Annual Conference in Harrisonburg, VA from April 19-21, 2020. Self nominations are welcome.
This scholarship specifically targets counselors who work with historically underserved students, minority students or students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Each scholarship includes one year of free membership in PCACAC, one conference registration, hotel lodging (two nights, in room shared with another scholarship winner of the same gender or 50% of the cost of housing for a single room), and transportation.
SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION by February 21.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
We invite you to think about PCACAC members who you believe go above and beyond in their work with students and nominate them for a 2020 Counselor of the Year Award, to be presented during our 55th Annual Conference.
LEARN MORE AND SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION by March 13.
 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Student Support Grant
Do you have a student event or project that you’d like to accomplish over the next many months? We recognize that members may not always have the financial resources to implement student programming and, since 2013, have provided help through our Student Support Grant (SSG), designed to reimburse counseling professionals in their development and implementation of programs that directly benefit students in the college admissions process.
If you know a way to help your students in the college process, but don't have the funds to carry it out, or you know of a community program that needs funding to deliver college counseling programming, we may be able to help fund the program you've been dreaming about!
APPLY FOR THE STUDENT SUPPORT GRANT by February 21
Government Relations at Work
This year's Richmond Advocacy Day will be on January 27th and PCACAC's GRC welcomes anyone who wants to participate. If you are interested in getting involved, email GRC Chair, Ginger Miller, at [email protected].
General Assembly - Pocahontas Building
900 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
NACAC Action Alert!
Congress is soon expected to vote on H.J.Res.76, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval on the Department of Education’s Borrower Defense to Repayment Rule (“Borrower’s Defense rule”). The Department’s rule would place the burden on students to prove they were defrauded and make it more difficult for their loans to be discharged. Encourage your elected officials to support H.J.Res.76 by completing a QUICK action alert! This and other action alerts can be found at www.nacacnet.org/advocacy--ethics/take-action/
And, check out ways to stay involved with advocacy year-round with NACAC's new Monthly Advocacy Checklist at www.nacacnet.org/advocacy--ethics/monthly-advocacy-checklist/
College Fairs ...
PCACAC's College Fair/College Nights committee is looking for more volunteers, specifically from the college side. Please consider joining this very talented and hard-working group of professionals who directly impact the students of our region. For more information, please contact Sanjay Mitchell, Chair of the CF/CN committee at [email protected].
COMING UP...
January 24, 3:30-8pm: Montgomery County Public Schools, MD Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) fair - REGISTER HERE
Advertise your fair for free!
 Click HERE to add your spring 2020 fair to the list for FREE! Updates are made available to members as fairs are submitted.
Get a jump on your planning and add these events to your calendar:
Connect with our College Fair/College Night Chair, Sanjay Mitchell, at [email protected].
SIGs - Special Interest Groups
A SIG is a Special Interest Group that brings colleagues together to explore a topic or population in higher education/ K-12 through discussion, networking and resource sharing. PCACAC has served as a leading affiliate in many ways including launching our very own SIGs at our 2018 Conference. We have grown from 3 to 5 SIGs in just one year, to include: African-American, LatinX, Independent Education Counselors/Consultants, Rural, and First-Generation College Students.
To learn more, connect with our SIGs Chair, James B. Massey, Jr. at [email protected].
We simply can't do it without you!
PCACAC invites you to contribute to our new endowment fund - created to help counselors whose schools, districts or programs are underfunded and/or who need extra support. With your support, we can provide additional professional development opportunities, programming, and materials for those counselors most in need. GIVE HERE
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