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Matthew Marcial, CAE, CMP has been selected as the incoming Chief Executive Officer of NACAS. Meet Matt at C3X in Atlantic City, New Jersey this October at the in-person Conference and Expo.
“I am incredibly honored and thrilled to serve as the next CEO of NACAS,” says Mr. Marcial. “I have been privileged to work with diverse teams and stakeholders, and I look forward to building upon an already strong foundation to deliver innovative programs and resources to enhance the careers of auxiliary service professionals."
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Current Events
November 4, 2021 12 PM - 5 PM Eastern
Developed exclusively for our Canadian Members, the NACAS Canadian Committee invites you to Canada Lab 2021. This half-day virtual event brings together Canadian institution professionals to exchange ideas, trends, and updates and equip each attendee with a better footing to tackle the challenges facing auxiliary services by collaborating on a vision for the future. Programming will include topics such as Emergency Management/Crisis Planning & 2021 government mandates, Campus Sustainability, Long-Term Planning for Dining Services, and Marketing & Communications. The full schedule will be posted soon.
PRICING
$50
Free if registered for C3X 2021 (in-person or virtual)
Free if registered for C3X 2021 (in-person or virtual)
Making the Connection
For the first time in history, C3X will be offered both in a virtual format as well as in person in Atlantic City! With the General Sessions and Education Sessions being offered in both formats, what else can you expect in Atlantic City? The following are unique opportunities built into the Atlantic City experience:
Concurrent Workshops: Designed as a 90-minute experience, these interactive sessions introduce a specific skillset or theme by industry experts. Attendees will get an in-depth look into specific auxiliary areas and issues facing higher education.
Roundtables: It has been quite a year! Join thematic roundtables to converse and collaborate around auxiliary-specific areas and other challenges facing your campuses such as enrollment challenges, repurposing facilities, and staff wellbeing. Share your pain points and successes while gaining insights from others facing the same setbacks and successes.
Special Events: Reunite with friends old and new at C3X Special Events. These are the perfect way to recharge with your favorite industry peers — in person!
Concurrent Workshops: Designed as a 90-minute experience, these interactive sessions introduce a specific skillset or theme by industry experts. Attendees will get an in-depth look into specific auxiliary areas and issues facing higher education.
Roundtables: It has been quite a year! Join thematic roundtables to converse and collaborate around auxiliary-specific areas and other challenges facing your campuses such as enrollment challenges, repurposing facilities, and staff wellbeing. Share your pain points and successes while gaining insights from others facing the same setbacks and successes.
Special Events: Reunite with friends old and new at C3X Special Events. These are the perfect way to recharge with your favorite industry peers — in person!
NACAS News
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Celebrate our 2021 award winners with a fun happy hour experience! All award winners will be recognized, including a special presentation of the Newton Award and the NACAS Foundation’s Campus Care Grant.
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NACAS is following the recommendations and research data of the CDC for large gatherings. Attendees can expect some safety measures to be in place while on-site for C3X. These include:
1. A wellness screening area prior to checking in at registration
2. Hand sanitizer stations throughout the venue
3. Seating arrangements that encourage comfortable distancing
4. Monitoring counts of attendees for indoor rooms
5. The option to use badge ribbons to communicate your personal comfort levels with attendee interactions
2. Hand sanitizer stations throughout the venue
3. Seating arrangements that encourage comfortable distancing
4. Monitoring counts of attendees for indoor rooms
5. The option to use badge ribbons to communicate your personal comfort levels with attendee interactions
Research indicates that vaccination helps reduce the risk and transmission of infection from COVID-19. All NACAS staff are vaccinated to help protect our members. To help create a safe event environment, vaccines are strongly recommended to attend C3X. For those not vaccinated, we ask that you take a COVID-19 test indicating a negative result within 72 hours prior to arrival.
NACAS believes in the personal responsibility of community members to create a safe and inclusive experience. The CDC recommends wearing a mask indoors (for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals), especially in areas of substantial or high transmission. Per this recommendation, NACAS requests all attendees to wear a mask as much as possible and when distancing isn’t an option throughout the duration of C3X.
More resources may be determined as NACAS assesses on-site operations and as local and federal guidelines shift.
NACAS Foundation
Are you an avid runner? More of a light jogger? Totally into easy afternoon walks? If so, the NACASCARES Run/Walk sponsored by Slingshot is the perfect way to help raise money for the NACAS Foundation while achieving your fitness goals. Participate in this virtual run to help the NACAS Foundation support the NACASCARES grant, other grants and scholarships, professional development programs, and industry research initiatives. The overall fundraising goal is $18,000.
Education
Remember, all webinars and virtual roundtables are included with your membership. Share these with your teammates!
Webinar: How to Align Your Housing Operation with Institution-wide Goals
September 15, 2021 | 3:00 PM ET
September 15, 2021 | 3:00 PM ET
Many colleges and universities leveraged the conditions forced upon them by the COVID-19 pandemic to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of their business models. While nearly all focused on how best to deliver academic instruction, administer daily operations, and manage their physical assets, some concentrated specifically on how student-centered auxiliaries (e.g., housing, dining, campus recreation, bookstore, etc.) needed to change to drive maximum impact.
This webinar highlights Tennessee Technological University’s (TTU) extensive assessment of housing operations with the goal of increasing its capacity to drive value in alignment with the University’s overall strategic objectives related to enrollment management, curriculum enhancement, and financial/operational management strategies. TTU will discuss the drivers for its assessment, the planning process, the areas of operational focus for the assessment, organizational dynamics, and outcomes.
REGISTER
This webinar highlights Tennessee Technological University’s (TTU) extensive assessment of housing operations with the goal of increasing its capacity to drive value in alignment with the University’s overall strategic objectives related to enrollment management, curriculum enhancement, and financial/operational management strategies. TTU will discuss the drivers for its assessment, the planning process, the areas of operational focus for the assessment, organizational dynamics, and outcomes.
REGISTER
Virtual Roundtable: The Evolution of Auxiliary Services on a Post-pandemic Campus
September 17, 2021 | 2:00 PM Eastern
September 17, 2021 | 2:00 PM Eastern
If we learned anything during our time on (and off) campus during COVID, it was the important role auxiliary services plays in keeping campus engaged as a community. With the ebb and flow of reopening phases, and as trends evolve, one thing is certain: student perspectives on campus life are evolving and they demand next-level experiences. From a personalized culinary experience delivered right to them, to transportation at their fingertips, virtual and live residence life events and career-shaping internships. Join Sodexo COO Cal Thetford and Research Director Jon Preciado for a roundtable discussion, and through the lens of dining, understand how recent intelligence and insights has our industry adapting at record pace.
Webinar: What's Trending in Vending?
September 21 | 2:00 PM Eastern
September 21 | 2:00 PM Eastern
This session will give an overview on all things vending – topics shared will be trends in student purchasing, how to choose and evaluate vending locations, how to ensure flexibility in your vending contract, on campus, as well as the success UGA has seen with their unmanned micromarkets!
C3X
Don't miss early bird pricing for the premiere auxiliary services event of the year. Register for C3X by Friday, September 10 to receive a discounted rate.
C3X Virtual Institution Registration Allows Everyone to Attend
Whether it is your staff team, your whole department, or your entire campus – the C3X Virtual Institutional Registration allows you unlimited registrations for your school. This option builds on last year's success with this registration type, with members sending 20, 30, and even 40 folks to experience C3X!
Pricing breakdown:
Schools with less than 7,000 FTE - $1,195
Schools with more than 7,000 FTE - $1,995
Pricing breakdown:
Schools with less than 7,000 FTE - $1,195
Schools with more than 7,000 FTE - $1,995
Membership
Have you been looking for a new product or service to improve your operations, but don’t know where to start? The NACAS Virtual Expo is your one-stop-shop to source campus solutions and is already part of your NACAS Membership! Similar to our C3X Expo, the NACAS Virtual Expo brings together business partners and industry leaders virtually to collaborate, explore, and create new ways to improve and customize campus services that are unique and meaningful to each school’s community. Browse more than 100 NACAS Business Partners and view their profiles that include educational videos and downloadable brochures.
Certification
CASP is the only benchmark certification that measures the needed competencies of college and university executives who oversee multiple auxiliary services.Thinking of applying? We are excited to be able to offer the exam virtually this year! The next remotely proctored exam will be offered December 1-31.
For more information visit: www.nacas.org