Are you a WCPA Conference pro? Someone who has been sailing the seas and would like to share your wisdom?
If so, you can sign up to be a WCPA Conference Mentor – you will be matched with a graduate student or new professional who could benefit from your experience.  Click Here: (http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22ASK3LZX3U)

Are you a graduate student or professional in your first year or two in the field? Is this your first WCPA Conference?
If so, you can sign up to get a WCPA Conference Mentor – someone who will show you the ropes and help you navigate the conference!
Go to the Graduate Student and New Professionals Commission page (http://mywcpa.org/commissions/gnp/) to learn more and sign up.

At the 2009 conference, the past commission chair, members of the commission, and myself had a discussion about where we as the PD Commission were headed.  From there, we decided to put out the survey to ask what others were interested in doing for PD within WCPA.

-Adopt-a Professional Program   

-Online Opportunities (Social Networking, Webinar, Blog)   

-Book Club

 -Learning About Others Student Affairs Professions/Job Info

Currently, the Professional Development Commission and the Graduate and New Professional Commission are teaming up for a mentor matching that we plan to roll out for the conference coming up in October!  See other posts about that particular professional development activity!

Also, the Professional Development Commission is looking into a Book Club for the upcoming conference.  This book will piggy back on the conference theme.

Hi everyone!

This is my first official post!  This past Friday was the WCPA Summer Retreat at Glacier Canyon Lodge at the Wilderness Hotel in the Wisconsin Dells!

We had some great discussions about the 2010 Conference coming up October 21st/22nd, as well as about the directions the commissions are heading.

I presented the survey results from the survey that was sent out in January.  If you are interested in seeing the results, please see the Survey Results Page!  Otherwise, there will be posts on some of the topics more geared towards the Professional Development Commission.

If you have any questions, or ideas of things that can be posted here on the website, please email me, Maigan Wipfli at wipflim@uwec.edu