Bringing Theory to Practice Project
3rd National Student Conference
Student Voice and Higher Education:
Communicating and Engaging on Campus as a 'Millenial' Student to Enrich Educational Outcomes
October 3-4, 2008
Washington, DC
About the Conference
The Bringing Theory to Practice Project has excelled at helping to bridge the gap between faculty, student affairs personnel, counselors, and administrators on college and university campuses. Bridging the gap between these key constituents and the students that they are counted on to serve is equally important.
Within the unique social, political and technological climate that higher education currently finds itself, many perceive a growing disconnect between faculty, staff, other campus constituencies, and students in effective communication strategies and engaged interactions that are necessary to achieving the common goal of every student obtaining a liberal education (including engaged learning, civic engagement, and mental health and overall well-being).
Student Voice and Higher Education: Communicating and Engaging on Campus as a 'Millenial' Student to Enrich Educational Outcomes will highlight how the student voice informs not only the work of the BTtoP Project, but also all college and university campus cultures. The conference will be an opportunity for students to engage with their peers from across the nation to discuss how BTtoP grantee campuses (and others) can better communicate and collaborate with their student body towards the anticipated outcomes of their own BTtoP program or research, and also towards the more general outcomes of the liberal education they promote. The conference will inspire the student participants to spread the work of their campus project, and to promote their own activism by initiating other collaborative programs on their campus.
Registration Information
Registration Fee: Single student registration: $25;
ssssssssssissssssTeam of (3 or more) students: $20/person.
If you need to pay by check, you may submit a paper registration:
Registration Form
Send registration (with check payment) to:
BTtoP Project, c/o Association of American Colleges and Universities
1818 R St., NW, Washington, DC, 20009
Electronic submission: obrien@aacu.org
Fax submission: [attn: BTtoP] (202)265-9532
*With electronic or fax submission, please indicate that you have sent check payment via mail.
*Registration covers the cost of materials and meals throughout the conference.
Registration Deadline: September 10th
Conference Materials
Student Conference 2008 Agenda
Hotel & Travel Information
Hilton Washington Embassy Row
2015 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Located in NW DC, in the Dupont Circle Neighborhood
Red Line Metro stop: Dupont Circle
http://www.hiltonembassyrow.com/
**The BTtoP Project will be covering the cost of all the students' hotel rooms; please simply indicate on your registration form the number of nights you will need a room (per your travel arrangements).**
Travel Information
Air
Reagan National Airport is the closest and best option for getting into downtown Washington, DC.
Dulles Int'l Airport is about 45 minutes away; you can take the metro and a bus from there if necessary.
Train
Plenty of trains
come in/out of DC through Union Station, which is on the RED metro line, and can take you directly to Dupont Circle and the hotel.
Metro
Use this metro map to find your way to/from the airport, Union Station, or any other travel desintation: http://www.wmata.com/
Cabs
Plenty of cabs in the DC area.
For more information please contact:
obrien@aacu.org or vacek@aacu.org
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