2018 Conference
Theme: Being Well – Holistic Wellness Amidst Brokenness
The 2018 CACSD Conference seeks to explore wellness issues and practices as student life practitioners grapple with the responsibility of providing safe and healthy environments where students can learn, develop and grow. A holistic approach to wellness that encompasses the Spiritual, Mental, Emotional and Physical is the hope and desire for both ourselves and our students. Yet often the stresses of life and our own brokenness keep us from experiencing this kind of wellness.
The keynote sessions, workshops and activities of the conference will seek to explore ways of building resilience both personally and professionally. As caregivers for others, student life professionals sometimes neglect their own well-being. In an effort to embody the elements of wellness in ourselves, opportunities for assessment and facilitation of our own personal well being will be provided for conference attendees.
In addition to examining our own wellness, we will take a deep look at ways and means of promoting student wellness on our campuses. Through the sharing of strategies and programs, it is our hope that each attendee will be able to go back to their own campuses with new energy for the difficult task of caring for students who are hurting deeply.
2018 Conference Schedule May 22 - 25
Booth University College 447 Webb Place
Theme: Being Well: Holistic Wellness Amidst Brokenness
Tuesday, May 22
2:00 pm Registration Opens (arrivals welcome anytime) - Main reception
4:00 pm Campus Tour - meet at registration table
4:30 pm Welcome Reception - Third Floor Patio
5:00 pm Dinner - Third Rooftop Patio
7:00 pm Opening Session: Welcome and Worship - Chapel
9:00 pm Optional activities
Wednesday, May 23
7:30 am Breakfast - Bistro
8:30 am Worship - Chapel
9:00 am Plenary # l Carolyn Klassen - Chapel
10:00 am Break - Classroom D
10:15 am Workhops #1 - Classrooms B
11:30 am Practicing Wellness - Classroom D
12:15 pm Lunch - Bistro
1:15 pm Off Site Community Excursion
5:00 pm Off site Dinner (on your own)
Thursday, May 24
7:30 am Breakfast - Bistro
8:30 am Worship - Chapel
9:00 am Plenary #2 Carolyn Klassen - Chapel
10:00 am Coffee Break - Classroom D
10:15 am Workshop #2 - Classrooms B & C
12:00 pm Lunch & Roundtables - Bistro
1:30 pm Practicing Wellness - Classroom D
3:30 pm Break/Optional Campus and Residence Tour - Classroom D
4:00 pm CACSD Annual General Meeting - Petersen 2
6:30 pm CACSD Banquet - Chapel
8:30 pm Optional Activities
Friday, May 25
8:30 am Breakfast - Bistro
10:00 am Plenary #3 Carolyn Klassen - Chapel
11:00 am Worship and Communion with Steve Bell - Chapel
12:00 pm Closing Lunch - Bistro
1:00 pm Post Conference Excursions (optional)