We are seeking proposals for our December conference that provide new and creative best practices for career services, university relations and/or campus recruitment that also incorporates the main conference theme, “Inspire, Shift, Act”.

Please submit proposals electronically via this link to the MPACE 2019 Program Proposals Google Doc by June 28th, 2019, and then confirm your submission by emailing Elizabeth Montgomery at elizabeth.montgomery@ucr.edu with the subject line “MPACE 2019 Conference Proposal”. Feel free to use the attached Word document as a worksheet prior to starting the Google doc.

The Programs Committee will notify those who submitted proposals on their selection status by Friday, August 30th, 2019.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Leadership & Change Management
• Engaging Alumni
• Merged Academic Advising & Career Centers
• Faculty/Academic Partnerships
• Creating a Culture of Career Readiness on Campus
• Building Strategic Employer Partnerships, Managing Recruitment Strategy
• Internship & Co-Op Programs
• Leveraging Technology
• Serving International Students
• Doing more with less, Scaling Services
• Survey & Data Collection
• Marketing Practices
• Employer Focused Sessions
• Addressing the “Skills Gap”
• Keeping candidates who have accepted offers “warm”
• Early Student Engagement
• Student Employment
• Obtaining grant funding for career initiatives
• Self-care and Emotional Intelligence for career practitioners

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*Proposals will be ranked on the following criteria: demonstrates a new and creative best practice, relevant and timely, clear learning outcomes, offers participants the opportunity to engage and apply what is learned, and addresses conference theme and sub-theme.