If you plan to stay in a hotel, please use hotel blocks to secure a PNACAC rate and help us meet our contracted room block minimum.

If you plan to stay in one of UP's on-campus apartments, prices and details are available now. A link for on-campus lodging will be sent to registrants closer to the conference date.

If you plan to stay locally and park on campus at University of Portland, parking will be free on campus in all lots.

We are thrilled to welcome Melissa Osborne as our Keynote Speaker. Her keynote is titled Bridges to Belonging: The Transformative Power of Access and the Need for Forging New Pathways.

Melissa is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Western Washington University, an education and organizational consultant, and author of Polished: College, Class, and the Burden of Social Mobility (University of Chicago Press). Read more...

• If your proposal is selected, you will be given a code to register to receive the $50 discount on early bird pricing.  If your proposal is not selected, you will be able to register using the early bird rate.

• Notification was sent on March 8, 2025.

• Presenters must have confirmed participation by March 21, 2025. 

• If selected to present, you are responsible for all additional conference registration fees and travel costs. Presenters who do not register for the conference will be unable to participate in any aspect of the conference other than presenting their session.

PNACAC is pleased to offer scholarships to support conference attendance.

Priority is given to:

• Public high school counselors

• First-time attendees

• PNACAC and NACAC members

• Disadvantaged school districts

• Conference Committee Members

The scholarship may cover:

• Full Conference Registration Fee

• One Day Conference Registration Fee

• Full Conference Registration Fee and assistance with all or a portion of travel expenses to attend the conference.  

• Full Conference Registration Fee, assistance with all or a portion of travel expenses to and from the conference, on-campus lodging and meals at GSA per diem rates (minus any meals provided at the conference)

Conditions of receiving the scholarship:

• This scholarship is non-transferable.

• Volunteer at the conference (with the exception of one-day conference scholarship recipients) or present at the conference.

• Submit a PNACAC Reimbursement Form following the PNACAC conference.

Timeline:

• CLOSED: Application deadline: 5pm PST, February 24, 2025.

• Do not register for the conference before you know whether you have received a scholarship to attend. Those who do register and subsequently receive a scholarship will receive a refund minus a $50 processing fee.

• PNACAC notified all applicants of their application status on March 17, 2025.

• Recipients should register by March 31, 2025.

• PNACAC will reimburse allowable expenses after the conference.

Questions can be directed to Kirby Henningsen and John Moore, 2025 Spring Conference Scholarship Chairs, at conference-scholarships@pnacac.org.