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

    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

    CMA General Membership Meeting

    Zoom

    Join the Coalition for Multicultural Affairs (CMA) in community with our Networks to gather for a general membership meeting. CMA's Networks include the Asian Pacific American Network, Latinx Network, Multiracial & Transracial Adoptee Network , and Pan African Network.

    • Free for Members
    • Virtual

    Bridging the Gap Between National Entertainment and Higher Ed

    Online

    Bridging the Gap Between National Entertainment and Higher EdPresented by the Commission for Student InvolvementMonday, March 9 2026 | 3:00PM ESTPlanning a large event can be overwhelming, especially when you combine it with campus hurdles and red tape. Everyone is short on resources, time, and staff, and sometimes it feels as though high level artist […]

    • Free for Members
    • Virtual

    Anchored at Convention: Coalitions & Networks ACPA26 Virtual Preview

    Join us for a pre-convention virtual social with ACPA's Coalitions and Networks, which foster mentoring, advance scholarship, and build community across roles and identities. This session offers a preview of what to expect from the Coalitions and Networks at the ACPA26 Annual Convention in Baltimore, Maryland. Participants will connect directly with Coalition and Network leaders to learn about upcoming socials, sponsored programs, and open business meetings. Attendees will also be entered into a giveaway raffle for a chance to win books during the session.

    Free
    • Free for Members
    • Virtual

    CCPA Meet and Greet

    Join us for a Meet and Greet for those who are interested in learning more about the California College Personnel Association CCPA), a Chapter of ACPA. The CCPA Board of Directors will be presenting to those who join the webinar on what the organization consists of and ways to get involved. This event is free to attend for ACPA members and non-members looking to learn more about ACPA or Chapter Only membership.

    • 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