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2016 ACPA ANNUAL CONVENTION<br />

WELCOME<br />

Bienvenue au Congrés 2016 de ACPA à Montréal, Québec, Canada!<br />

Welcome to the ACPA 2016 Convention in Montréal, Québec, Canada!<br />

After 91 years of hosting the annual meeting in the same country, we are honored and excited to welcome you to ACPA-College Student Educators<br />

International’s first convention outside of the United States. The city of Montréal offers a unique opportunity to explore the global dimensions of our<br />

work as higher/tertiary educators in the support of student success throughout the world. By centering our work on a set of convention learning<br />

challenges, the 2016 Convention Planning Team has created a curriculum of experiences that delivers on ACPA’s core values: Diversity, multicultural<br />

competence, dignity, inclusiveness, access, involvement, openness, respect, learning, growth, outreach, advocacy, and action. When we build upon<br />

our own professional and personal competence, we are better positioned to support the development and learning of students in our programs and<br />

on our campuses.<br />

As the Association expands beyond geographic, cognitive, and emotional borders by hosting its first convention in Canada, the ACPA Governing<br />

Board, 2016 Planning Team, and International Office have embraced their collective and individual responsibilities of addressing the opportunities<br />

and challenges presented by this historic moment in time. Inequities, injustices, and intolerances within communities and nations continue to require<br />

attention and advocacy, and the ACPA 2016 Convention provides a rare opportunity to engage in these discussions and debates with colleagues<br />

from around the globe. While at ACPA 2016, we ask that you stretch to engage in meaningful discourse on topics and issues that will increase your<br />

expertise and specialty AND those who are uncomfortable and unfamiliar. The complex issues of our time require us to be not only broadly informed,<br />

but also deeply committed. Following convention, we also ask you to take these conversations back to your campus, colleagues, and organizations<br />

to share your learning and reflections with those who experienced limited ability, access, or privilege preventing travel to Montréal this week.<br />

This incredible and historic convention would not be possible without the talents and time given by the ACPA 2016 Convention Planning Team.<br />

Please join us in congratulating this team on their amazing accomplishments and in thanking them for their service to the profession of higher/<br />

tertiary education. We are so grateful for their leadership, and you will experience their extraordinary efforts this week in what will surely be an ACPA<br />

Convention to remember.<br />

Welcome to ACPA 2016 in Montréal!<br />

Chris Moody<br />

Montréal 2016 Convention Chair<br />

Assistant Vice President, American University<br />

Doctoral Student, George Washington University<br />

Gavin Henning<br />

ACPA 2015-2016 President<br />

Associate Professor and Higher Education Program Director,<br />

New England College<br />

Cindi Love<br />

Executive Director, ACPA-College Student Educators<br />

International<br />

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For program updates, follow @ACPA on Twitter.<br />

Visit https://crowd.cc/acpa16 or download the CrowdCompass convention app here: https://crowd.cc/s/cMZm

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