Extend your Annual Meeting experience by registering for one of the pre-conference or new post-conference educational sessions. Registration for all sessions is available through FSCentral. Please note that space is limited for some presentations.
Pre-Conference
Hazing Prevention: One-Day Power Course
Presenter: Emily Perlow, PhD, on behalf of Hazing Prevention Network
Member Registration: $199 / $250
Wednesday, December 4 — 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET
Level up your hazing prevention education with curriculum developed in partnership with the Piazza Center. The Hazing Prevention One-Day Power Course aims to address individual, organizational, and community-level hazing motivators, apply prevention concepts to your campus or organization, and identify strategies to disrupt hazing cultures. With each module, you will gain new abilities to lead and protect your community or organization. (Student Affairs Certification CE credit available.)
As a result of participating in the Hazing Prevention One-Day Power Course:
- Participants will describe individual, organizational, and community level hazing motivators and barriers to hazing reduction.
- Participants will describe three ways the Piazza Horizontal Hazing Model can be applied to their campus/organization.
- Participants will apply the four components of situational strength to their campus/organization and will identify four strategies to disrupt situational strength.
- Participants will identify four change management strategies they can employ in their hazing reduction efforts.
Hazing Prevention Network has been approved by the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification to provide CE credit for Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd™). Programs that qualify for CE credit in this program are clearly identified. Hazing Prevention Network is solely responsible for all aspects of this program.
Ultimate D9 + MGC BOOTCAMP! (Campus Based Pro Edition)
Presenter: Rasheed Ali Cromwell, Esq., president, The Harbor Institute
Member Registration: $150 / $165 / $190
Wednesday, December 4
Discretion: CBFO Hazing, Pledging and Intake
9 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET
83% of hazing deaths involve alcohol but what about the other 17%? Many national media incidents focus on these high profile alcohol related deaths. There is a different, however, more elusive side of hazing that is not addressed in the national narrative. This disparity causes a distortion on the perception, perspective and expectations as it relates to the understanding, awareness and accountability with hazing in culturally-based fraternal organizations (CBFOs).
We Don’t Recruit? Black Greek Success Strategies
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET
“We Don’t Recruit”! – A phrase that constantly resonates in chapters, councils, and Black Greek at campuses nationwide. Despite the ever-changing collegiate landscape, chapters with less than a handful of members, post global pandemic challenges, anti-DEI legislation and the nationwide repeal of affirmative action proponents of this philosophy still promote and firmly believe this idea.
AFA has been approved by the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification to provide CE credit for Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd™). Programs that qualify for CE credit in this program are clearly identified. AFA is solely responsible for all aspects of this program. [FSL specialty credit]
Maximize your HQ/Campus Operations: Building Brand Loyalty to Drive Results
Presenter: Rafael Matos, PhD
Member Registration: $75 / $90 / $115
Wednesday, December 4 — 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET
Fraternities and sororities are not your average student organizations. Whether our members realize it or not, fraternities and sororities are corporate entities with distinct brands. And like any corporation, building brand loyalty is essential to achieve organizational goals. This session will focus on ways fraternity and sorority HQ and campus-based professionals can maximize their headquarters/campus operations using an integrated marketing communications approach (IMC). Attendees will process and apply concepts through discussions and individual/group activities. Attendees can hope to identify techniques to: organize their headquarters work around organizational priorities; cultivate and maintain relationships with stakeholders; and define priorities for allocating resources. This session will use IMC as a framework to guide a needed re-conceptualization of fraternity/sorority headquarters operations.
Mental Health First Aid
Presenter: Kollin Fitzpatrick, assistant director of health & well-being, Delta Gamma
Member Registration: $75 / $90 / $115
Wednesday, December 4 — 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an evidence-based program developed and built by the National Council on Mental Health and Wellbeing and has been delivered to over 1 million people globally. This program guides new first-aiders through the ALGEE framework for mental health support and steps on how to support someone experiencing a mental health challenge or crisis. After completing the 90 minute pre-course, the 5-hour in-person session will dive deeper into the topics such as anxiety, stress, disordered eating, trauma, psychosis, and substance use disorder support for first-aiders. The in-person time consists of learning the application of the ALGEE framework and how it applies to the work of fraternity/sorority support. In addition, intervention application for panic attack, anxiety attacks, suicidal intervention and non-suicidal self-injury are provided. At the end of the in-person time, an exam is given to certify the first-aider for three years.
Note: this program is limited to 30 individuals.
AFA has been approved by the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification to provide CE credit for Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd™). Programs that qualify for CE credit in this program are clearly identified. AFA is solely responsible for all aspects of this program. [Core credit]
Transcending Brotherhood & Sisterhood: Enhancing LGBTQ+ Inclusion for Trans and Non-Binary Members
Registration: $25/$50
Wednesday, December 4th, 2024 — 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Transcending Brotherhood & Sisterhood is designed to help you understand and support trans and non-binary members through engaging education and actionable strategies. Over the course of the afternoon, you will engage in a session on LGBTQ+ basics, where you’ll dive into the unique experiences of trans and non-binary individuals in FSL; a dynamic panel of stakeholders who have successfully championed inclusive practices; and an interactive discussion on current practices, policy development, and implementation. We are committed to building understanding, sharing best practices, and driving meaningful change towards greater inclusivity. This is your opportunity to gain valuable knowledge, connect with trailblazing individuals, and become a champion for inclusivity in your organization/community.
Post-Conference
Release Figure Methodology (RFM) Lite
Presenters: Julie Fletcher Mincey, director of growth and Panhellenic recruitment, National Panhellenic Conference
Malaea Seleski, Panhellenic RFM chair, National Panhellenic Conference
Registration: $75 / $90 / $115
Saturday, December 7 — 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET
RFM Lite helps campus-based professionals learn about the methodology used by the National Panhellenic Conference. The methodology is a mathematical model that determines the number of invitations issued by each chapter participating in primary recruitment based on three years of historical data. RFM has existed since 2003; today, nearly 500 campuses use it to assist in executing a fully or partially structured recruitment.
Questions?
- For questions about pre- and post-conference sessions, please email info@afa1976.org.
- For questions about the registration process, please contact Gretchen Foran.
