The conference planning committee invites you to submit conference program proposals that will allow attendees to: 

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• Begin the deep dive beyond celebrating racial diversity past numbers and discuss the experience of the whole students as marginalized communities entering the doors of academia.

• The needed work to realize that racism is not a one country issue, but a global pandemic that shows up in different forms with the same impact within communities. Discuss the impact of racism and inequality affect these communities' mental health and wellbeing. 

• Creating racial justice practices within your university.  How is it being implemented, and required for the classroom experience? Identify how individuals in colleges (students and staff) can become allies for those experiencing discrimination."

• Examine the interaction of discriminations and how colleges address these in their policies and application of such strategies. What decisions are being made and how will this humanize/intentionally include marginalized communities?

The conference planning committee invites you to submit conference program proposals that will allow attendees to: 

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• Learn practices on how institutions adapted curriculum goals, delivery or partnerships to help students build the skills they need in a post-covid-19 world of work, and to empower them to search and start their professions online.

• Learn evidence-based career services and employability practices to assist students, both in person and online, and to help them leverage the knowledge and skills acquired in all their learning experiences to navigate uncertain job markets.

• Understand the various ways institutions document and assess learning, both inside and outside of the classroom, and how technological tools can sustain this work.

• Learn practices on how institutions adjusted their partnerships with national and international companies, employers etc. to ensure online or safe in-person service learning, internships or volunteering opportunities.

The conference planning committee invites you to submit conference program proposals that will allow attendees to: 

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• Define evidence-based practices regarding “internationalization-at-home” initiatives that prepare all students to live and work across differences and in an interconnected world.

• Identify best practices for supporting international and inbound students to successfully navigate the local community.

• Share institutional successes and setbacks for programs that create a global experience for students

• Establish a network of colleagues with whom to create short-term mobility opportunities or exchanges for students.

• Develop initiatives, post COVID-19, that ensure student safety while also maintaining quality and impactful global experiences. 

The conference planning committee invites you to submit conference program proposals that will allow attendees to: 

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• Unpack holistic student and staff well-being and its relationship with student success in higher education.

• Create opportunities to define current health triggers (pandemic, economic loss) and its impact on the community. 

• Define current mental health conditions (e.g. depression, substance abuse, etc.) which represent challenges to student success and well-being.

• Identify collaborative models between service practitioners (qualified mental health professionals) on campus and within communities.

• Enhance mezzo- and macro-level strategies to enhance student resilience.

• Discuss replicated return on investment from resources dedicated to Mental Health services, programs, policies, and environmental designs.

• Students who are remote and having access to Mental Health (grandparents with dementia, family responsibilities) balancing home life and becoming self-reliant.

• How to detect onset of mental health issues and stressors. Early signs and support to students. Students experiencing isolation aren't seen often by staff to offer support. When students no longer have roommates or peers to offer insight to students who are struggling. Consider online counseling services. 

• Students who may be experiencing erratic behavior due to boredom, being idle, not having employment, and students who have nothing to do. Increase in student mental health issues.  Supporting student learning in different spaces. Online learning, staying motivated. 

• Discuss cultural design of health promotion within all job functions and roles at an institution of higher education.

The conference planning committee invites you to submit conference program proposals that will allow attendees to: 

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• Identify initiatives that ensure continued student success and engagement, in online and blended learning environments or residential settings, regardless of students’ location.

• Explore strategies to build intentional, inclusive and supportive learning environments and/or living-learning communities post COVID-19.

• Learn concrete practices and tools student affairs professional use to ensure student support regardless of students’ location.

• Identify initiatives for new curriculum development that support students to act as change agents for a positive change in our world or empower them as social entrepreneurs.

• Explore virtual programming ideas, lessons learned or promising practices experimented during the pandemic.

• Explore retention strategies or initiatives to avoid student drop-outs.