Events

  • Spring 2026 Supervisor Strengths Institute

    Online

    Learn to become a more effective supervisor and show up authentically in your leadership role. You'll gain skills around how to feel balanced, aligned, and able to genuinely enjoy your work while having the energy to do your best work. Strengths University understands the challenges, the frustrations, and the joys of leading a team. We want to help you manage the stress and chaos, so you can better lead your team, support your students, and have more balance in your life.

    • Virtual

    Spring 2026 Strengths Accelerator Academy

    Online

    ACPA is excited to partner with Strengths University for the 2024 Supervisor Strengths Institute! Learn to become a more effective supervisor and show up authentically in your leadership role. You'll gain skills around how to feel balanced, aligned, and able to genuinely enjoy your work while having the energy to do your best work. Strengths University understands the challenges, the frustrations, and the joys of leading a team. We want to help you manage the stress and chaos, so you can better lead your team, support your students, and have more balance in your life.

    • Virtual

    Gather with GCPA-Connecting Students with International Education: What Can We Learn from Fulbright Top-Producing Institutions?

    In a recent article “On the Urgency of Restoring and Improving the Fulbright Program” researchers Lally, Blanco, and Flint find that many of the benefits of the Fulbright Program, the U.S.’ premier international exchange program, are concentrated at the same institutions year over year. This webinar explores recent data from the Fulbright Program’s top-producing institutions and provides practical recommendations for connecting students to international education programs across institutional types.

    Free
    • Free for Members
    • Virtual

    Policy Pulse: February Learning Session

    Online

    The ACPA Policy Pulse is a monthly series of open conversations and webinar-style presentations focused on the latest public policy and advocacy efforts of ACPA. Designed as a space for connection and learning, this series invites ACPA members to come together to process recent legislation, digest its implications for higher education, and engage with colleagues and experts who are closely involved in the issues at hand.

    • Free for Members
    • Virtual

    Appreciative Advising

    Zoom

    Join us for this engaging presentation about how student affairs professionals can use the theory-to-practice framework of Appreciative Advising to build trust-filled relationships with students, co-workers, and supervisors.

    • Free for Members
    • Virtual

    ICPA Virtual Meet-Up

    The Illinois College Personnel Association (ICPA) is hosting a series of one-hour virtual meet-ups designed to connect members across Illinois with one another and chapter leadership. These sessions will provide space to reconnect, learn more about upcoming ICPA initiatives, and build momentum ahead of the ACPA Annual Convention.

    • Free for Members
    • Virtual
  • Facilitation School

    Online

    Learn the top 12 things participants need from facilitators, how to flex your style, how to make concepts sticky, the power of storytelling, and leave with tips and tricks to make your programs more interactive.

    • Virtual

    Sashay Into Success: Group Advising that Slays

    Zoom

    Managing a large caseload of students doesn’t have to mean sacrificing connection, clarity, or student engagement. In this interactive session, participants will learn how to design and implement group advising experiences that builds community, fosters student agency, and creates connections that last beyond a single session – a true slay! This is the second webinar in ACPA-Michigan’s 2026 Webinar Series “Doing More with Less,” which features presentations from higher education faculty and staff about how their campus remains steadfast in centering student success while facing budget cuts, minimized staffs, and uncertain futures. We hope you’ll join us!

    • Free for Members
    • Virtual

    CPAC Virtual Social

    CPAC is back and building momentum! Join us for a relaxed virtual social to reconnect with colleagues across Colorado, meet the newly energized CPAC leadership board, and learn what’s ahead, including plans for ACPA, a potential Drive-In Conference, and ways to get involved. Whether you’re a long-time member or new to CPAC, we’d love to see you there.

    • Free for Members
    • Virtual

    NextGen Institute 2026

    NextGen is a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to learn about the field of student affairs. Topics include the breadth of functional areas, trends in Student Affairs, different types of colleges and universities, the graduate school application and selection process, and ACPA. The institute is an opportunity for the next generation of Student Affairs educators to learn from faculty and professionals with a variety of personal and professional experiences and identities from diverse institutional types. NextGen is a wonderful opportunity for participants to learn about the Student Affairs profession, meet new colleagues, establish mentoring relationships, and reflect on the intersection of their personal and professional identities in pursuit of a meaningful career path.

    • In-Person

    2026 Dean of Students Institute

    Identify the knowledge, skills and awareness necessary for culturally competent leadership while you deepen your emotional intelligence and your capacity to be a responsive, empathic and authentic senior leader.

    • In-Person

    ACPA26 // Baltimore, MD

    The ACPA26 Convention Team is excited to welcome you to Baltimore, Maryland for ACPA26 from 30 March – 2 April 2026.  ACPA26 will be a space of learning and growth […]

    • In-Person