ACCIS is excited to announce that there will be two colloquiums in the summer of 2011.

The New York Colloquium is being hosted by Sarah Lawrence College from Sunday, July 31 to Wednesday, August 3, 2011.  Click here for the schedule (06/20/11).

The Southern Colloquium is being hosted by The University of the South ad Rhodes College from Wednesday, July 20th to Saturday, July 23, 2011.  Click here for the schedule (05/14/11)

(Rhodes College)

ACCIS Southern Colloquium  (PDF of the schedule)
Wednesday, July 20th - Saturday, July 23rd
Sewanee: The University of the South and Rhodes College

Theme:  Honoring the Developmental Needs of Our Students throughout the College Search and Application Process in a Market System

Suggested Readings/CDs:

1. Madeline Levine: The Price of Privilege

2. NACAC Conference 2010
Several sessions at the 2010 conference dealt with subjects related to our colloquia discussions.  We recommend that you review notes from any of the sessions below which you might have attended.   
If you did not attend the sessions at the 2010 NACAC conference, and you would like to listen to them, you can purchase a CD recording at a cost of $20 each from the NACAC site.  The subjects discussed are at the core of our conversations during this colloquium.  The link to that section of their website is:
http://www.nacacnet.org/EventsTraining/NC10/Pages/default.aspx.

Sessions include:
Selling Our Souls? The Ethical Dilemmas Surrounding the Commercialization and Marketing of College Admission
Mountains and Molehills
The Myth of Fit and Other Hobgoblins of College Admission and College Counseling
Working Together to Serve Students as Learners in the College Planning Process

3. Relevant Articles~will be suggested by colloquium organizers and participants.[Marker]


Daily Schedule

Wednesday, July 20th

1:00 pm                 Counselors arrive at Nashville Airport by 1PM CST for transport to Sewanee.
3:00-4:00 pm        Arrive at Sewanee and check into rooms.
4:00-5:30 pm        Sewanee Admissions - Tour/ Info Session/ Reception
6:00-7:00 pm        First Discussion: Responsibility and the Drinking Age with Vice-Chancellor John McCardell - McClurg Hall
7:00 pm                 Dinner with the Vice-Chancellor - Clement Chen Hall
                              Dinner and drinks at the home of Vice-Chancellor and Mrs. McCardell
8:30 pm                 Social Time - St. Luke's Hall

Thursday, July 21st

7:30-8:30 am             Breakfast
8:30-10:00 am      Second Discussion: Developmental Needs and Tasks of Adolescents With Eric Hartman, Sewanee Dean of Students.
10:00-10:15 am         Coffee Break
10:15-11:30 am      Third Discussion:  How does the philosophy of the Independent Curriculum Group (ICG) address developmental needs of students? Led by Bruce Hammond (Executive Director -ICG Group) and faculty from St. Andrews-Sewanee Independent School (ICG Member School)
11:30 am-12:00 pm     Check out and Board Buses to Rhodes (Box lunches will be provided)
12:00-5:00 pm          *Movies (The Race to Nowhere and 500 Words or Less) and lunch aboard bus.
5:00 pm                     Arrival and Check in at Rhodes
6:00-9:00 pm             Exploring Rhodes: Progressive Dinner on campus including tour
                                  Vegetarian options at each location
9:00 pm-midnight       Evening fun in downtown Memphis

Friday, July 22nd

7:30-8:30 am        Breakfast
8:30-10:00 am      Fourth Discussion: How can the Common Application better serve developmental needs of students while also meeting college/university needs?  With Scott Anderson from the Common Application
10:00-10:15 am     Coffee Break
10:15-11:45 am      Fifth Discussion: Moving Forward - Based on the presentations, movies, suggested pre-conference readings, what specifically can we do at the micro (our schools) and macro (national/international) levels to provide developmentally appropriate college counseling~services to our students that will also foster healthy change in the college admissions process? Moderated by a Rhodes Psychology Professor

12:00-1:00 pm        Lunch

1:00-3:00 pm        Best Practices Sharing - How do you do this?  Breakout sessions

3:00-5:30 pm        Free time/option for continued discussion Access to campus facilities or visit local historic sites w/ admission staff: Civil Rights Museum, Graceland, St. Jude's or Stax Museum
6:30 pm                  Dinner: "Rendezvous" restaurant in Memphis w/ admissions representatives.
12:00 midnight        Final transport back to Rhodes from Memphis nightlife.


Saturday, July 23

7:00 am            Bus back to Nashville Airport and Departures home (box breakfast provided)
10:30 am          Arrive at Nashville Airport
*Subject to time change.

Please note that this Colloquium concludes with a bus trip from Memphis back to Nashville on Saturday morning. Mapquest estimated driving time is 3 hours and 22 minutes, so we should arrive at the Nashville airport by 10:30 AM. Attendees flying out of Nashville should plan accordingly with flights no earlier than noon or later. Please contact Joanne Letendre if you have further questions jletendre@baylorschool.org