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Our PURPOSE
Our newly-elected Directorate Board will be updating our purpose, missing, vision, and values statement over the coming months. We are excited to engage in thoughtful, meaningful, and exciting work with all of you at ACPA!
Our MISSION
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Vision Statement
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Values Statement
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CAOFYE News & Updates
AOFYE Transitions Newsletters Archive: 2016-2019
Read the current issue of the Commission for Admissions, Orientation, and First- Year Experience (AOFYE), Transitions! 2019 Issues AOFYE Transitions: January 2019 Issue AOFYE Transitions: February 2019 Issue AOFYE Transitions: March 2019 Issue AOFYE Transitions: April...
Join the AOFYE Directorate!
ACPA's Commission for Admissions, Orientation and the First Year Experience is looking for nominees for it's next class of Directorate Board leaders. If you are interested in becoming more involved with the commission, and would like to help shape the direction in...
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Meet the Directorate
Emilie Waggoner
Chair
Michael A. Smith
Chair-Elect
Katy Jones
Directorate Board Member
Jim Fry
Directorate Board Member
Christopher Hensley
Directorate Board Member
Get Involved
Become a member of the Commission for Orientation, Admissions and First Year Experience! Support student learning in higher education by helping to share knowledge of best practices, policies, and programs for those working with men and masculinities in the higher education community.
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Joining an Entity through the ACPA Member Portal automatically identifies you as a member of that Entity! You will begin to receive Entity communications through their respective email listserv and have access to any resources they share!
- Once logged in to the ACPA Member Portal, 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
Any ACPA member can become involved and there are varying levels of involvement:
- Join our listserv (sign up under “my profile” in the ACPA membership area)
- Attend our open business meeting at the annual ACPA convention
- Review conference programs for the annual convention
- Submit a sponsored program proposal for the annual convention
- Host a webinar
- Submit a proposal for a paper to be published on our website
- Tell us how the Commission for Academic Affairs Administrators can help you in your professional journey