APCA Fall Programming Conferences!

The staff at APCA would like to thank everyone for joining us this year for our APCA Fall Programming Conferences. We had such a great time and we hope to see everyone soon! Here are some highlights from the conferences. 

To kick things off, we held a poster and graphics contest. Each poster had to incorporate the school's logo and the conference theme: "Building Purposeful Programming."

For the NE:

 Poster Contest Winner - Pratt Munson Williams Proctor

In our graphics category our winners were:

T-Shirt: Niagara County Community College

Printed: Jefferson Community College

3-D: Niagara County Community College

Facebook: Ithaca College

We also announced our APCA Regional Award Winners for the NE, these were:

Advisor of the Year - Mehtap Donuk - New York Institute of Technology
Student of the Year - Chris Miree - Ithaca College
Campus Events Organization of the Year - QU After Dark - Quinnipiac University

Program/Event of the Year - QU After Dark Presents: Comedian Michael Malone, 

Quinnipiac University
Agency of the Year - Endeavor Entertainment

For the MW: 

Poster Contest Winner - Marian University

In our graphics competition:

Tshirt - Saulk Valley CC 
Printed Advertising - Wayne State College

  3D - Wayne State College 
Facebook Page - Kirkwood Community College

Pumpkin Carving Contest - Michigan Tech University

Regional Award Winners for MW:

Program/Event of the Year - UA Leads - University of Akron Sigma Lambda Honorary
Advisor - Sharinda Welton - University of Findlay
Student - Cale Crowder - University of Akron
Organization - Kirkwood Community College - Student Leadership Council
Agency - The College Agency

For the SC:
Student of the Year - Andrew Armand - McNeese State University
Advisor of the Year - Kandice Herron - Southern Arkansas University
Agency of the Year - Degy Booking International
 Organization of the Year - Campus Activities Board - Louisiana State University-Eunice
Program/Event of the Year - Texas A&M Texarkana - Campus Concert & Fish Fry featuring
Son of a Bad Man

All of these Regional Award Winners are now finalists for the APCA National Awards!

During registration, each student and advisor is encouraged to volunteer in our APCA Serves Program. During October, We honored Breast Cancer Awareness Month by asking our participants to acknowledge those they know affected by the disease on pink ribbons which were displayed throughout the event. Since Halloween was right around the corner, we made ghost suckers and trick -or- treat bags for elementary school kids. For Thanksgiving, we created table mats for the elderly who celebrated Thanksgiving at a local nursing home. Participants also made their own Flat Stanley and Christmas cards that will be sent to our troops during the holidays.

 

A lot of great networking opportunities occurred throughout the conferences. Our advisors attended a reception, and were also provided breakfast before the activities on Saturday. During the breakfast, advisors from various schools were able to discuss numerous topics relevant to them as Programmers and Higher Education Professionals.

 NORTHEAST ADVISORS BREAKFAST

   

 Throughout the conference, students were able to interact with each other as well. APCA provides excellent late night activities for students that can be booked on site and can come to their campus for specific events.  They also had the chance to mingle with associates, and received tons of free swag at our APCA Exhibit Hall. Social Media awards were also given throughout the conference to the students who tweeted, posted pictures to instagram, or posted to Facebook on the APCA social media pages. The winners of each received a special prize from the APCA.

Danielle Colby from the hit TV show, American Pickers joined us for all of our Fall Programming Conferences. It was the perfect chance for our participants to come and meet Danielle. There was also plenty of time to snap a picture with her and get her autograph during the APCA Exhibit Hall.

 We hope to see you all soon!

Thanks again to everyone who helped make our APCA Fall Programming Conferences a success!

For more information on upcoming events, check us out at www.apca.com

APCA BABY!