AUCCCD Conference | 2025 Call for Proposals

AUCCCD Call for Proposals
2025 Annual Conference
October 11 - 15, 2025

The 2025 Programs Committee is calling for programs that promote a sense of connectedness, drive attention to weaving diversity and inclusivity within every facet of the work that we do, and help our students and staff manage the stress, trauma, and challenges that they face.

Presenters must be AUCCCD Members: Only current AUCCCD Members and Emeriti members may submit and present sessions, with an exception being for the pre-conference (October 11) only.

New / Newer Directors: AUCCCD leadership and the conference committee highly encourage newer directors to submit programming. Your colleagues and peers want to hear from you and what you are facing! 

In order to complete your submission, you will need the following:

• Presenter CVs (to upload)
• Current (within last 10 years) Peer Reviewed Citations in APA format (to upload) - 3 Required
• School sizes of co-presenters (if applicable)
• Session description (200 word max)
• 1 learning objective (75 word max) per Educational Hour
  • Learning objectives should clearly describe what participants are expected to learn; and
  • How participants can apply this knowledge in practice or other professional contexts.
  • Please review the Guidance for Writing Behavioral Learning Objectives prior to submitting your proposal.
  • Verbs to avoid when writing learning objectives: know, understand, learn, appreciate, become aware of / familiar with
• Please remember to be as descriptive and accurate as possible in the title of your presentation. Many members use CEs for specific requirements, such as ethics.

• Differing service delivery models
• Useful Technology / Innovations in service delivery
• Use of third-party vendors for service provision
• Treatment approaches or interventions
• Diagnoses and innovations in treatment of said diagnoses

• Recruiting and retaining diverse staff in a challenging hiring environment
• Reaching out to minoritized students through relevant programming and services
• Ensuring equitable access to counseling services
• Social justice / advocacy work in a counseling center setting
• Doing DEI work in uncertain times - changes, adaptations, innovations

• Open notes / Cures Act
• HIPAA/FERPA
• Ethical Challenges and Resolutions
• Latest legislative trends and their impact on college students and / collegiate mental health
• Role of the clinician on the BIT

• Self-care: Director and Staff
• Staff Retention and Development
• Budget Management with Reduced Enrollment/Funding 
• Leading in uncertain times

• Opportunities / Challenges of the Directors’ roles on campus
• Models of Care (Embedded/Integrated/Hybrid)
• Suicide and homicide Prevention - Risk assessment and safety planning in the counseling center

• How to partner with other departments on campus
• What is the counseling center’s role in creating a culture of care on campus
• What does it mean to be the Chief Mental Health Officer on campus

• What is our role on political issues from either the overall association or campus level
• Navigating uncertainty
• Student Activism and the Counseling Center’s Role

• Post-traumatic growth - moving to resiliency
• Post-COVID trauma
• Trauma Informed Campus Programs

STATEMENT OF VALUES TO CONFERENCE PRESENTERS

Thank you for your interest/involvement in presenting to members of AUCCCD at our annual conference. Here is important information about AUCCCD's commitment to inclusive excellence, the promotion of social justice, civility, and collegiality. We hope it helps you shape your presentation in a way that best fits with AUCCCD values.

AUCCCD is an organization of highly diverse members on all characteristics of identity (e.g. race/ethnicity, gender identity, sexual identity, religion, and other characteristics of identity) and professional affiliation (e.g. social workers, psychiatrists, licensed professional counselors, psychologists, and other professions).  As professionals, we serve university and college students who represent every facet of cultural identity.  As such, we do not use disrespectful or derogatory images or language about any particular groups, or engage in actions that would minimize or invalidate people because of who they are.