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NACAC Recap
Hello WACAC Members: It’s been over a month since hundreds of us attended the National Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, where we gathered to share ideas and deepen professional relationships. As your Executive Board and elected Delegates, our work at NACAC included attending assembly to elect our new NACAC President-Elect and members of the…
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What is happening in California?
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GRAC Action Alert: Act Now to Move Education Funding to States
There may be money coming your way! ACT NOW and tell your legislators what to do! The new federal budget signed last week includes a remarkable $700 million for the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant—an increase that nearly triples this Grant from last year. The increase is enough money to hire 10,000 new school…
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Changing the Perception – Indirectly
Noor Haddad, College Counselor Collegewise I’ve been struggling with the question – what’s your dream? Ever since I read Nikki’s blog post and was inspired and humbled by it, I have been thinking about the question on a daily basis and wondering why it was so difficult to answer. When I first started counseling, my…
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Helicopter Educators
By Amy Pimentel, Financial Aid Outreach Specialist College of the Sequoias There’s been much discussion around the role of helicopter parents and overparenting, but I see high school and postsecondary institutions doing a lot of handholding and doing whatever it takes to ensure students don’t fail. The sacrifice? Students lack accountability. They suffer no…
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WACAC in Sacramento and D.C.!
By Alyson Tom and Amy Brennen WACAC’s Government Relations and Advocacy Committee (GRAC) celebrated yet another successful Sacramento legislative conference, where even more WACAC members learned to advocate for themselves and their students. During February 5th and 6th, dozens of attendees met with WACAC’s legislative advocate, became educated about current priorities, and practiced speaking…
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The Financial Aid Talk
By Amy Pimentel Financial Aid Outreach Specialist from the College of the Sequoias Community College, state college, and private college students have two things in common: one, they are chasing dreams; two, they worry about money. Granted, there’s the group of students who have a 529, trust fund, or parents with the means to afford college,…
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DEA’s Lobbying 101
By Lisa Sohmer, Consultant Sohmer College Counseling Election days in 2016 and 2017 have, with great clarity, shown us the value and importance of interacting with our elected officials. Living in the United States offers us the freedom to reach out to our representatives at the local, state and federal level — it also…
