Important Update: ACCT Leadership Congress

Yes, one day we will have a vaccine for COVID-19 and we will be able to gather together again. But in the meantime, our RCCA conference will still be with the ACCT Leadership Congress… but virtual. I know that many of you are tired of zoom meetings, etc, but this Congress is worth your engagement.

I encourage you to view the ACCT website (ACCT.org/virtual-congress). The preliminary schedule for October 5 – 8, 2020 is now available. At least five sessions will be featuring rural community colleges. Also, the preliminary findings from the ACCT study of the Strengths, Needs, and Challenges of Rural Community Colleges (funded by Gates Foundation) will be shared.

There are other features for this particular Congress that I believe offer a special opportunity for you and your colleagues.

• Reduced rates. For example, an individual can register for only $349 while a team of 4–6 colleagues can register for $1,249. This is very cost effective especially with no airline or hotel costs!

• The sessions will all be recorded so you and your team can view and review at any time to fit your hectic schedules.

• At other conventions, I always valued time to meet with my colleagues and talk about the sessions we had attended and then think what we could bring back to campus. Now, this year, those discussions don’t have to wait! View as a team and let your discussion change from ideas to plans!

I hope you will register for this Congress. RCCA will also be featured on a panel discussing rural challenges. I will be sharing how RCCA, your Alliance, is stronger than ever with continued efforts of networking, sharing solutions to complex concerns, and advocacy at the state and national levels. RCCA, the leading organization serving as the voice of rural colleges, is encouraging all of you to be more engaged in matters that need to be a top priority for action.

Stay well,

Penny Wills
President, RCCA