Region 9
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Granada

Regional Director
Kate Shelton
Associate Director, Conference and Events
University of South Carolina
Academic Enrichment & Conferences
1600 Hampton Street Annex, Ste 208
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 777-9444 / Fax: (803) 777-2773
kshelton@sc.edu

Regional Director-Elect
Jim Hodges
Manager, Conference Services
Duke University
Event Management Department
Box 90841, 0066 Bryan Center
Durham, NC 27708-0841
(919) 660-1761 / Fax: (919) 660-1769
jim.hodges@duke.edu

California, Nevada, Hawaii

Regional News

From Janaury - March 2010 ACCED-I Connections

Last November, Region 9 had a successful regional meeting at Duke University.  Special thanks to Jim Hodges and Chuck Catotti for hosting us!  Educational sessions covered “green” initiatives, student intern housing programs, working with budget cuts and smaller staffs, and registration services.  A special panel from Duke discussed their summer emergency response and how they managed an outbreak of Pandemic Flu.  Registration was the same as the year before which we thought was especially good with the current economic conditions and the freeze on many travel budgets.  Attendees came from four states and of those attending; this was the first regional meeting for about 50% of the participants.  

Region 9 is looking forward to the 2010 Annual Conference in Louisville.  Special thanks to Jamie Simmons of Southeastern University and Matt Pack from Wake Forest who will be our Hospitality Committee co-chairs for the 2011 Annual Conference in Orlando.  Hope everyone will be able to join us for the pre-view lunch in Louisville.

News from Kate Shelton, University of South Carolina (USC):

We have changed our office name from Academic Enrichment and Conferences to Continuing Education and Conferences to improve awareness and understanding of the work in this office on the part of all USC constituents.  The Office of Continuing Education and Conferences supports the community’s continuing education efforts through personal and professional continuing education initiatives and a comprehensive, professionally managed conference program. 

Click here to read past Region 9 news.

ACCED-I Report

Fall Meeting

ACCED-I Region 9 Fall Meeting
November 8 - 10, 2009
Duke University, Durham NC

Here are some photos from the meeting:

Regional Photos

Region 9 members at ACCED-I 29th Annual Conference in Boston, MA