New Case Study Format

CORE – Community, Opportunity, Renewal & Education: Get all four by participation in the conference case study program!

This program is designed to be a central education component of the conference. Undergraduate and graduate student conference goers will participate in an exciting new rendition of the traditional case study: Point – Counterpoint style! All students who register for the conference will be assigned to various case study groups, each with a seasoned student union veteran serving as their advisor. Topics will give students an opportunity to explore and develop in greater depth the ACUI Core Competencies. Each case study group will have two teams; the teams will meet informally on Friday night, and will have designated time during an extended education session on Saturday to research and deliberate their subject; they will then debate two sides of the same topic in their presentation to the conference delegation on Sunday morning. Judges will provide feedback, but this is not a competition; all participants get a free t-shirt!

Sunday Keynote Speakers

Elizabeth Beltramini is ACUI’s director of communications, managing Association publications and coordinating marketing efforts. Before coming to ACUI, she worked for Ladies’ Home Journal and a corporate communications firm. Beltramini received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University in 2002 and now serves the university as a member of the Student Media Board and adjunct instructor of magazine journalism. Beltramini also advises the local chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi.

Justin Rudisille has been an ACUI educational program coordinator since June 2008. Rudisille earned his bachelor’s degrees in adolescent education and mathematics from The University of Toledo in 2006 and his master’s degree in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University in 2008. His professional interests include the impact of campus involvement on student development, learning outcomes assessment, free speech on campus, engaging college men, and the influence of pop culture and media on college students.

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