Intergenerational Excellence: Strategies for Bridging Gaps in Higher Education

Thursday, April 18, 2024 from 9:00am to 4:00pm

PDI Registration

TypeCostDeadlineDescription
Institution Group Registration$200Wednesday, April 17This registration provides your campus/institution with unlimited participants in the 2024 Virtual Professional Development Institute. See additional detail below.
Individual Single Registration$20Wednesday, April 17This registration provides you with a single registration for the 2024 Virtual Professional Development Institute. See additional detail below.
Institutional Group Registration

This registration provides your campus/institution with unlimited participants in the 2024 Virtual Professional Development Institute.  Please note the following for this registration:

  • Only one campus liaison should register for this ticket.
  • Within 72 hours after registering, you will receive a confirmation email with a discount code for anyone from your campus to register for free.
  • Please share this code with participants from your campus including any students.
  • Only participants who register with the assigned discount code will receive the schedule and virtual session links. As the liaison for your campus, you must also register with the discount code.
Individual Single Registration

This registration provides you with a single registration for the WCPA 2024 Virtual Professional Development Institute.  If you believe there are more than 10 staff or students at your institution who would want to participate in the conference, consider utilizing our Institution – Group Registration for $200 for unlimited participants from your campus!


Program Proposal

Help make the Spring Professional Development Institute a success by submitting a program to present at the event. Follow the link below to submit a program idea, the form should only take a few minutes to complete!


Accessibility and Accommodations

We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please contact Hillary Vara at hmvara@uwm.edu to make a reasonable accommodation request.


Conference Schedule

Please follow the link below to learn more about the conference session offerings.


Past WCPA Professional Development Institutes

2024 PDI: Intergenerational Excellence: Strategies for Bridging Gaps in Higher Education

2023 PDI: Disability on Campus: Advocating for Accessibility

2022 PDI: Keeping this in Mind, Supporting Mental Health on Our Campuses

2020 PDI: Free Speech, Protest, and Bias; Response on our College Campuses

2019 PDI: Higher Education in Transition

2018 PDI: #MeToo on Campus

2017 PDI: Supporting Undocumented Students

2016 PDI: Serving Indigenous Students

2014 PDI: Assessment in Student Affairs

2013 PDI: Students In Transition: From Entry to Academic Success

2012 PDI: Creating a culture of Civility & Responsibility

2011 PDI: From At-Risk to At-Promise in the Blink of an Educator’s Eye

2010 PDI: Student Learning: Building Student Affairs Capacity for Academic Collaboration

2009 PDI: Working with Millennial Students, Professional Staff and Their Parents

2008 PDI: Alcohol and Today’s College Student

2007 PDI: The Ins and Outs of Online Communities and Technology: Best Practices and Strategies to Effectively Work With Our Students

2005 PDI: Mental Health & Today’s College Student

2004 PDI: The College Male Today: Challenges and Opportunities in Engaging Men on Campus