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June/July 2007
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Region 1
Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Regional Director
Stephanie Halton
Whitworth College
509-777-3287 / shalton@whitworth.edu
Regional Director-Elect
Alice Sorensen
Willamette University
503-370-6241 / asorense@willamette.edu
Region 2
California, Hawaii, Nevada
Regional Director
Sonja Hyde
University of Redlands
909-335-4033 / sonja_hyde@redlands.edu
Regional Director-Elect
Nicholas Bonora
University of California, Los Angeles - Conferences
310-206-9212 / nbonora@ha.ucla.edu
Submitted by Sonja Hyde
Loyola Marymount University hosted the Kobe Bryant Basketball camp this summer, with meals, housing, and of course, basketball. According to Trish Carlson, assistant director of conference and events services, "It was an interesting time, but overall it was a great experience."
The University of Redlands partnered with College Summit this year to host two workshops. Tired of seeing students "graduate" from a teen center to the streets, J.B. Schram became determined to help admissions offices see students the way he saw them. These workshops are designed to help bright, low-income students who, with the right support during the post-secondary transition, could propel their lives in a positive direction and enter college.
The University of California in Riverside has begun a new chapter. They are building a new dining commons with twice the square footage, several lounges and nine conference rooms (including one that will seat 1,000 people). There will be many outdoor usable spaces, plenty of work space for student organizations, and advanced technology capabilities. It will be a great addition to an already excellent campus.
California State University, Northridge created a new conference coordinator position and hired Brooke Yeager to fill the position. Brooke has been on the Residential Life side of Student Housing for several years and is fitting perfectly into our world of conferences. CSUN has also hired Karla La Rosa as manager of conference and hospitality services. Karla has many years of experience renting space to film crews and off campus groups at CSUN, so her expertise will come in handy in her new role.
Our regional meeting is coming in October! The Region 2 meeting will be at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to continue planning for the 2008 ACCED-I Annual Conference. The dates of the meeting will be Wednesday, October 10, and Thursday, October 11, 2007. The hospitality committee will stay and meet on Friday, October 12. Anyone wishing to help with the Annual Conference is welcome to attend. There is a room block at the Embassy Suites, near the university, from October 9-11, for $159.00/night. You can call the hotel directly at 702-795-2800 or 1-800-Embassy. The block is being held until September 17, 2007.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Region 2!
Region 4
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah
Regional Director
Perry Hacker, CMP
University of Utah
801-587-1010 / phacker@guesthouse.utah.edu
Regional Director-Elect
Melanie Eaton
University of Denver
303-871-5110 / melanie.eaton@du.edu
The Region 4 fall regional meeting will take place November 2, 2007 at University of Denver in Denver, CO. Watch your email for further information.
Region 5
Manitoba, Minnesota, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Regional Director
Donna Wells
Marquette University
414-288-7208 / donna.wells@marquette.edu
Submitted by Donna Wells
It’s time to mark your calendar! You don’t want to miss the ACCED-I Region 5 fall meeting to be held November 8-9, 2007 at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in Madison, WI.
The meeting fee of $80 for members/$95 for non-members includes:
All meeting sessions and guided tours
Thursday lunch and afternoon break
Friday lunch and beverage break
A block of guest rooms has been set aside at The Lowell Center Inn, located on the UW-Madison campus. Nightly rates, which include complimentary parking and a hot breakfast on Friday morning, are $81 for a single room or $91 for a double room. Reservations may be made by calling 866-301-1753 or online at: http://conferencing.uwex.edu/. You will need to use the option for “Conference or Event Block Reservations” and the Group Number is: ACCED. Note that the ACCED-I room block will be released on October 11, 2007, so make your reservations early.
Meeting Schedule
Thursday, November 8
Registration starting at 11 a.m. in the Wisconsin Union
Special lunch prepared by Wisconsin Union Catering
Guest presentations and guided tours of the Wisconsin Union and Smith Residence Hall
Ice cream treats at Babcock Hall Dairy Plant and Store
Dinner at Tutto Pasta Cucina Italiana
After-dinner socializing and networking
Friday, November 9
Breakfast and roundtable discussions starting at 8 a.m. in The Lowell Inn dining room
Regional business meeting and ACCED-I updates
Guided tours of The Pyle Center and The Lowell Center
Guest presentations
Concluding remarks and lunch to-go
For further information, visit www.acced-i.org/region5.
Region 6
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
Regional Director
Tony Rathgeber
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
402- 472-5063 / trathgeber2@unl.edu
Submitted by Tony Rathgeber
The dates have been set for the Region 6 meeting! Please mark your calendars for September 24-25 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. We have a great mixture of fun, educational, and networking activities planned. This is certainly one that you won't want to miss! Look for more information to come to your mailbox soon. If you have additional questions please contact Tony Rathgeber at trathgeber2@unl.edu or 402-472-5063.
Creighton University in downtown Omaha, Nebraska is underway with the construction of the Harper Center for Student Life and Learning. This new facility will boast almost 220,000 square feet, comprised of administrative offices, a bookstore, a convenience store, a sports bar, a 500-seat theatre, 10-12 classrooms, 15 meeting rooms, a grand ballroom, and a private dining room for the president. Completion is scheduled for the end of summer 2008. With the addition of this great new facility, Creighton is hoping to reach 6,000 reservations a year on campus. For more information on the Harper Center for Student Life and Learning, please contact Connie Aliano at conniealiano@creighton.edu
Region 7
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
Regional Director
Hugh Daschbach
Trinity University
210-999-7601 / hdaschba@trinity.edu
Regional Director-Elect
Melanie McGuire
Oral Roberts University
918-495-6421 / mmcguire@oru.edu
The Region 7 fall regional meeting will take place November 8-9, 2007 in New Orleans, LA. Watch your email for further information.
Region 8
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio
Regional Director
Vicki Sussman, CCEP
Denison University
740-587-6461 / sussman@denison.edu
Regional Director-Elect
Heather Roden
Hope College
616-395-7221 / roden@hope.edu
Submitted by Vicki Sussman, CCEP
Greetings from Region 8! I hope this finds you all in recovery mode from the summer conference season! I know we have all been so busy tending to our guests and surviving the summer that we had no time to think about the news!
Watch for details soon on our upcoming regional meeting October 10-12, 2007 at Hope College in Holland, MI. Heather Roden and her staff have a great program planned for us. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the experts and network with your colleagues.
Dave Stout, honorary ACCED-I member, previously Ball State University director of conference services and special events writes that there IS life after retirement! He has recently been named news director for WLBC and Backyard Broadcasting’s Indiana cluster of radio stations. Dave retired in 2001 from Ball State and maintains contact with his ACCED-I friends. Congratulations Dave!
Finally, I am pleased to report that I am now a CCEP! What a great experience the entire process was for me. I encourage each of you to sign up now!
Region 9
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Grenada
Regional Director
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Regional Director-Elect
Nancy E. Semones
Guilford College
336-316-2155 / nsemones@guilford.edu
Submitted by Dan Dykstra
Bring on fall…
Our fall regional meeting is just around the corner as we get ready to descend on Greensboro, NC and the beautiful campus of Guilford College. The meeting will take place November 12-14, 2007. Nancy Semones is finalizing arrangements and will soon be calling out for presentations. Also, please begin considering yourself or a colleague for the position of regional director-elect. A request for nominations will follow.
From Sherry Ebrahimi, Emory University:
I am happy to announce that Michelle Wu has been named as the assistant director of conferences at Emory University. Michelle comes to the position with a great knowledge and understanding of the Conference Office. She has served as a conference manager for two summers and the summer intern housing coordinator for one summer. Most recently, Michelle has worked at the Student Activity and Academic Center as the program specialist. Michelle will be leading initiatives to market and grow our intern program in addition to working to make the conference program thrive in future years. Please join me in welcoming her to Region 9!
Welcome other new Region 9 members!
Jane Heshman, Emory University
Erika Matos, University of South Florida–Tampa
Leslie Washburn, Savannah College of Art and Design
Angela Ayers, Georgia Institute of Technology
Samantha Bruess, Vanderbilt University
William Fleming, Palm Beach Atlantic University
Jennifer Kidwell, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Karin Lehn, Duke University
Janie Nobles, Auburn University at Montgomery
Sandra Seay, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tory Shumpert, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Linda Welch, Vanderbilt University
Tony Zefiretto, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
Region 10
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia
Regional Director
Peter Kaiser
Anne Arundel Community College
410-777-2821 / ptkaiser@aacc.edu
Regional Director-Elect
Drema Wentz
University of Maryland Baltimore County
410-455-3621 / dwentz@umbc.edu
Submitted by Peter Kaiser
The Region 10 regional meeting will be October 23-25, 2007 on the beautiful campus of Radford University (Virginia). Drema Wentz is working on the program, so please feel free to submit any session proposals that you feel would be of interest to Drema at dwentz@umbc.edu.
Michele Eicher Whiteside, events & technology manager/commencement coordinator at the University of Richmond, just finished her Masters in Liberal Arts degree this August.
Miller Roberts announced that Jessica Kupper has taken his position as the assistant director of student housing at Johns Hopkins University. After several wonderful years in the profession, Miller is stepping down to return to school. His last day is Friday, September 7, 2007. Miller says "It has been a pleasure working with all of you and getting together at our conferences."
As you may know, Miller coordinated our "Act of Caring" at this years conference in Baltimore and has been a strong member of the Region 10 team. Miller, we will certainly miss you. Good luck with your studies.
Jessica welcome to Region 10.
Region 11
New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec
Regional Director-Elect
Jeffrey Barta
University of Pennsylvania
215-898-9319 / bartaj@pobox.upenn.edu
Submitted by Mary Cranwell
Region 11ers will be following the star to Bethlehem – Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that is – November 4-7, 2007 for our regional meeting. Located in the beautiful Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem’s colonial roots, college town atmosphere, and central location in our region, will make this a great place for us to learn, network, and just have fun with friends. The folks at co-host institutions Lehigh University and DeSales University, as well as our Regional Director-Elect, Jeff Barta, are working hard on an engaging and enjoyable program. Registration information and schedule will be available soon. Keep checking our regional webpage on the ACCED-I website.
Congratulations go out to:
Jill Nowicki, manager of event operations, Rider University (NJ) on her engagement. The wedding is scheduled for June 8, 2008. Only an experienced event planner would dare to have her wedding right after commencement!
Michele McVay, associate director of conferences & special events, Georgian Court University (NJ) and her husband, George Arnold, on the birth of George Caden Alexander. Baby G.’s “fairy godmothers” in Conferences & Special Events report that he is stunning!
Erin Schuetz, coordinator of events and scheduling, Clarion University (PA) on starting her graduate studies in Student Affairs in Higher Education at Indiana University of PA. In her spare time, Erin is pursuing her CCEP.
Connie Castellano has been appointed the new director of the Gannett Art Gallery at SUNYIT. This will be in addition to her other duties as coordinator of campus & corporate events. She used to work at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Gallery prior to conferencing, so she has experience in museum education/school programs & exhibitions. The gallery has an exhibition coming up in October on the islands and temple culture of Malta. Connie said, "One of our foundation members led an elderhostel to the islands of Malta and has become pretty good friends with someone who directs an organization that is responsible for the preservation and history of Malta. That person is organizing the exhibition to house at SUNYIT. We are organizing all kinds of neat gallery activities, tours, and programs around this exhibition. It will be very impressive!"
Hofstra University (NY) has implemented Resource 25. It combines scheduling of classes with the scheduling of events. Kathleen Dwyer, associate director of event management systems, would love to hear from other schools using R25 with Webviewer, and how they’ve resolved issues such as combining policies and procedures of all user departments. Contact Kathleen at Kathleen.S.Dwyer@hofstra.edu if you can help.
To better serve their Clarion University (PA) campus, the events and scheduling office has changed their name to “Office of Conference & Event Services."
Region 12
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Nova Scotia, Rhode Island, United Kingdom, Vermont
Regional Director
Michele Tourangeau
Hampshire College
413-559-5610 / mtourangeau@hampshire.edu
Regional Director-Elect
Daniel Camacho
The Conference Center at Bentley
781-891-2345 / dcamacho@bentley.edu
Submitted by Michele Tourangeau
Summer Programs at Hampshire College concluded August 12 so we are on the home stretch! All went well, and fortunately, I do not have any horror stories to share. I did notice that overall group counts were down. I have heard from a few of you that you found this as well. Industry trend? Sounds like it.
Danny Camacho, Region 12 director-elect, and I have begun planning the 2007 regional meeting. The date and location have been set; Thursday and Friday, November 15 and 16 at the Boston Park Plaza. The location was an easy choice as the Park Plaza will be the site for the 2009 ACCED-I Annual Conference and much work needs to be done on behalf of Region 12. Additional details will follow; however, please mark your calendars.
Other Region 12 “hot topics”
Bridgewater State College has had a few changes. After six years at Bridgewater, Laura Aikey resigned from her position as director of conference and event services, and is now working as an instructor for Kinetic Solutions Event Software. Dan McHugh accepted the position of director of conference and events and started on August 20th.
After 30 years in the Special Programs office at Colby College, Joan Sanzenbacher will retire this fall. Jacques Moore, who completes his ninth summer at Colby in August, will succeed Joan as director of special programs. Before coming to Colby, Jacques worked at the University of Maine, Presque Isle and the University of Maine at Farmington in their conference offices. Jacques has been active in ACCED-I for a number of years and was co-chair for the Day of Caring in both San Diego and St. Louis.
Karen Ledger continues as scheduling manager (commencement chair, EMS guru, and wedding planner extraordinaire). Karen is co-chairing the local arrangements for the ACCED-I Annual Conference in Boston in 2009 along with Roberta Hudson of Yale and Nicole Vanderpole of Simmons. They ask all our Region 12 members to stay tuned for further news of opportunities to participate in the planning process.
Yale had its first summer experience with coordinating the filming of a major motion picture on campus at the same time several faculty conferences were in progress and the high school and international programs were starting up. This was not Yale's first experience as a film location, but this one was a significant presence on campus, as opposed to previous, more localized film shoots that have not impacted the wider Yale community significantly. They were caught between the excitement of the film, the revenue generated for Yale and the City of New Haven, and the influx of visitors to New Haven during filming - and not to mention the challenge of stretched campus resources, restrictions to movement around the campus, and trying to manage activities around a constantly changing film schedule.
Filming lasted a week, but it was a long week. Susan Adler, director of Yale conference services, was charged with managing one of the location sites to protect Yale's interests. This involved working with the film location directors, approving film shoot dates and times, communicating with campus staff that would be affected by the film schedule and checking facilities for damage. She also followed up and made sure that any changes made to the facilities for the film were undone after filming ended. In certain situations she was required to be on site during filming. If you ask her if she would like to do this again, she would say, once is enough, for her, at least!
Elizabeth A.Morin, director of conference services at the University of Southern Maine has successfully completed all the requirements for ACCED-I's CCEP certification. It was challenging and she is so pleased to be certified!
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