A Special Interest Group (SIG) is a community of student life staff who come together around a shared interest, challenge, or professional goal. This could include areas like leadership development, mental health programming, accessibility, student engagement strategies, or residential life. 

Think of SIG as a focused space where student life professionals can:

• Connect with colleagues who share similar passions or responsibilities

• Collaborate on best practices, resources, and programming ideas

• Create a network for support, innovation, and professional growth

At this conference, SIG can give you the chance to engage in meaningful dialogue, build community, and bring new insights back to your campus.

Tuesday, July 8 (SIG)

1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 

Celebrating Student Life Success Stories

• Be considerate of your talking time

• Respect various opinions/perspectives

• Seek solutions and be positive! 

• Be mindful of side conversations

• Spread out from your school

Subtopics to talk about in groups

• After School Program + Athletics

• Reward/point systems

• Discipline Approach

• Daily Schedule

• Recruitment and Retention

• Employee Morale

• Conflict Resolution

(Group moderators will take notes)

• Split into Groups

  • Post-Graduate Program + Senior Independent Living Program → Roddy

  • Middle + High School Program → Peggy Ann, Dee, Jeff

  • Elementary School Program → Erin

  • Overnight Staff → Skye

  • Second line supervisors/managers → Baranda, Wilmonda

  • Directors → Matt, Eva

Wednesday, July 9 (SIG)

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

Creating Student Life Census

• Be considerate of your talking time

• Respect various opinions/perspectives

• Seek solutions and be positive! 

• Be mindful of side conversations

• Spread out from your own school

Participants will fill out responses on the papers provided

Split into groups of 10 people

List questions you want to include in the Student Life Census (survey).