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Program Info: Fellows

The TACAC Fellows program is one of the best ways to get involved with TACAC, and offers unparalleled access to the annual conference.  The Fellows Program is sponsored by the Inclusion, Access, and Success committee, and is designed to enable professionals who work with students from under-represented populations and who work in settings adversely affected by budget cuts of limitations to take advantage of all that TACAC and its members have to offer.

As a 2016 Annual Conference Fellow who was in the middle of my first year of college counseling at a Title I school in Dallas, I could not have imagined the opportunities the Fellows Program would afford me.  Because of my participation, I was able to attend the conference, something I may not have been able to do had it not been for the grant I received, which would have kept me from being able to attend the information sessions on SB5, Prior-Prior Year financial aid information, the Coalition App, and Letters of Recommendation, each of which directly impacted the way I work with my students every day.  As a new counselor, every session I attended provided valuable context to my work and helped me to become a better adviser to my scholars and peer to every other counselor and admissions representative with whom I interact.  I was also awarded a complementary one year TACAC membership, and was given accommodations at the 2016 conference. However, the biggest benefits I received from the Fellows program were the connections I made and the people I met, many of whom I now consider friends and mentors.

If you’ve been selected as a Fellow this year: Congratulations!  Talk to everyone you can at the conference, be a sponge, and great ready to enjoy the Super Conference!  If not, try again next year – the experience of being a Fellow is worth the time spent on the application! Applications for conference fellows are available in November and due in December of each year.

If you’re attending the 2017 conference for the first time this year either as a part of the Fellows program or just a first-timer, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me and say hello!

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