Student Services
Almost 281 faculty, staff and graduate students from 21 different institutions attended the Student Affairs Matters: High Impact Learning Outside the Traditional Classroom Conference on Nov. 20, at the Holiday Inn in Binghamton. The day included concurrent sessions and a luncheon featuring keynote speaker George Kuh, and concluded with an interactive workshop session where participants developed plans to implement their new ideas that were inspired by the day’s presentations.
Participants rated the conference high:
• 95 percent of participants would attend a conference similar to this in the future.
• 93 percent said they would recommend this conference to their colleagues.
Participants commented:
• This is by no means my first conference, but it was one of the best. The organization was fantastic, no one went over on time, the schedules were kept, the portions that were interactive were executed well and kept on track. Thank you to all that were involved in making this happen and making it a memorable experience!
• I am a first semester graduate student in the Student Affairs Administration program at Binghamton and this was my first student affairs conference! I gained a great amount of insight from my peers and student affairs professionals. I am looking forward to applying the information that I have learned today in my work with students now and in the future!
• The conference was fantastic! I was very impressed. I think that a student affairs conference should be held at Binghamton at least every 3 years.
• The entire conference exceeded my expectations. Was able to bring back valuable information to my college campus. Thank you!
• Great conference! I enjoyed having a more regional opportunity for networking with student affairs colleagues. I hope Binghamton continues this tradition.
• The conference was excellent. I appreciate that each session provided valuable insights into innovative theory and practices shown to have positive outcomes for students. The World Cafe session was great too, because we were able to discuss the core concepts of the conference and share ideas of ways each other’s college campus can put them into practice. Excellent!
• Spectacular. It’s hard to believe that such a small group of people worked together to get this done.
• The conference was really inspiring and informative! I learned a lot of information both student affairs and non-student affairs from each of the sessions and it really re-energized me and my passion for working with students.
• Wonderful conference. Looking forward to the next edition. Thank you all for your work organizing the event.
• This conference has definitely made me think beyond what I have been exposed to before. I think this was the perfect timing and really beneficial for all professionals.
• I really commend the entire committee for doing a fantastic job organizing this conference. The volunteers were extremely helpful in answering questions and getting us around the hotel. All of the sessions I attend were spot on and the presenters we’re very engaging.
• Very well done! This was an excellent day of networking and spending time with colleagues. Organized well and very convenient layout. I liked that all presenters were not from BU. Want to hear ideas/programs, etc. from other
• Very well done. The session topics were well selected - a good variety. George Kuh was terrific! Great job committee!
• I had a great experience at this conference. It far surpassed my expectations!!