National Small College Conference

2026 Schedule

2026 Schedule

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10:00 am
to
5:00 pm

Pre-Conference Admissions Workshop

9:00 am
to
1:00 pm

Registration and Exhibitor Area Open

1:00 pm
to
1:05 pm

Opening and Welcome

1:05 pm
to
1:55 pm

Keynote Speaker

2:00 pm
to
3:00 pm

Presidential Presentation 1

3:00 pm
to
4:00 pm

Breakout Sessions

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

Scrolling Alone: The Small College Advantage for Combatting Disengagement in the COVID Generation

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

Visibility Is Validity: How Building Faculty Media Presence Becomes a Powerful Enrollment Strategy for Small Colleges

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

Writing in the Margins: Lessons in Adaptive Leadership

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

Building Financial Fluency for Leaders: How to Use Your CFO as a Strategic Partner

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

The Career-First Advantage: Integrating Employer Relations into the Enrollment Lifecycle

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

Ace the Mighty Conquers Knight School - Book Tour & Community Connections

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

Designing the Climb: Implementing APEX at Scale

4:00 pm
to
5:00 pm

Presidential Presentation 2

6:00 pm
to
8:00 pm

Conference Social

8:00 am
to
9:00 am

Exhibitor Time

9:00 am
to
10:00 am

Presidential Presentation 3

10:00 am
to
11:00 am

Small Group Discussions

11:00 am
to
12:00 pm

Breakout Sessions

11:00 am
to
11:55 am

Admissions & Athletic Recruitment: Working Together More Seamlessly for Better Overall Results

11:00 am
to
11:55 am

Building It Ourselves: A Year Inside Shepherd University's DIY Online Transformation

11:00 am
to
11:55 am

It’s All About Relationships: Admissions and Advancement

11:00 am
to
11:55 am

Great Student Service Starts at Hello: Bridging Enrollment and Operations for Transfer Success 

12:00 pm
to
12:55 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm
to
2:00 pm

Presidential Presentation 4

2:00 pm
to
3:00 pm

Small Group Discussions

3:00 pm
to
3:30 pm

Refreshment Break and Exhibitor Time

3:30 pm
to
4:00 pm

Exhibitor Presentations

4:00 pm
to
5:00 pm

Breakout Sessions

4:00 pm
to
4:55 pm

Building Graduate Student Culture Through Collaboration: From APP to CAP

4:00 pm
to
4:55 pm

Stewardship in Practice: A Talent Investment Model for Institutional Stability

4:00 pm
to
4:55 pm

Small Budgets, Big Impact: Marketing Beyond the Constraints

4:00 pm
to
4:55 pm

Limited Resources, Unlimited Potential - Strategic Enrollment Process Planning

4:00 pm
to
4:55 pm

Scaling Academic Offerings Through Strategic Course-Sharing

8:00 am
to
9:00 pm

Exhibitor Time

9:00 am
to
10:00 am

Presidential Presentation

10:00 am
to
11:00 am

Breakout Sessions

10:00 am
to
10:55 am

Culture Before Strategy: Leading Change and Building Buy-In at Small Colleges

10:00 am
to
10:55 am

Rebuilding & Rising: A Public Regional University's 45% Growth in New Student Enrollment in Three Years

10:00 am
to
10:55 am

Adapting to New Market Realities: A Small College Turnaround Story

10:00 am
to
10:55 am

Don't Lose Them Now: Winning the Deposit to Enroll Transition (Slate)

10:00 am
to
10:55 am

Strengthening the Intersection Between Strategic Finance and Student Success

10:00 am
to
10:55 am

Meeting students where they’re at-how to get in front of students when they’re not coming to campus.

11:00 am
to
11:30 am

Exhibitor Presentations

11:30 am
to
12:00 pm

Exhibitor Time

12:00 pm
to
1:00 pm

Lunch/Prize Drawing/End of Conference Presentation