Communities of practice
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Communities of Practice represent and focus on the unique needs of professionals at various points within their career. Communities of Practice recognize the importance of community, conversation, and collaboration among professionals spanning functional areas and identities, yet sharing positional-related experiences. Members can participate in Communities of Practice by attending sponsored webinars, Convention programs, networking events, volunteering for leadership roles, and more. Involvement opportunities are open to any ACPA Member and can be explored below!
Get Involved in an ACPA coalition or network
- Once logged in, navigate to the Dashboard’s horizontal menu and select “My Account”
- Select “My Profile” from the dropdown menu
- A new page will appear
- On the “My Profile” tab, select the “Entity Involvement Profile”
- A new page will appear
- Select to join and unselect to leave Entities
- Then scroll to the bottom and select “Save Extended Fields” to confirm changes
OUR Communities of practice
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Graduate Students and New Professionals Community of Practice (GSNPCOP)
Contact the Chair:
Julie Townley // [email protected]
![MLCOP logo Mid-Level Community of Practice logo](https://myacpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/main-01-20.png)
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Latest Updates from Communities of Practice
GSNP August and September Events Calendar
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GSNP Scholarship Applications Opening Soon!
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GSNP ELI Scholarship Recipient
Congratulations to this year's GSNPCoP Emerging Leaders Institute (ELI) Scholarship recipient Rimma Korchmit! Rimma (She/Her) currently serves as an Assistant Community Director for Residence Education and Housing Services at Michigan State University. Rimma will...
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The Graduate Students & New Professionals Community of Practice hosted an Involvement Panel on February 27th which included a...
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