With the ongoing travel restrictions due to Covid-19 at higher education institutions and budget constraints at several institutions, we are making this year's Summer Institute (SI) virtual. This year's SI will be held on Friday June 4, 2021 and will be FREE of charge.

We are planning for the SI to be a half-day event with professional development sessions and our annual TxGAP business meeting to update our members on the current state of our organization. We are going to try to host a member social at the conclusion of the TxGAP SI with some raffles. 

The final conference agenda with session links is posted below.

We hope to be back for a grand 2022 Summer Institute. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email our Conference Chair, Heather Miller. 

Service Project

This year, we are partnering with Dare to Be Brave a local non-profit benefitting high school students with work skills and higher education prep. An email with details about the organization and how to donate will be sent on June 3rd. To donate now, please visit their donation page.

8:00am – 8:45am

 Opening Remarks

8:45am – 9:30am

• TxGAP Welcome: Dr. John Smith & Heather Miller
• NAGAP Updates: Dana Mordecai & Mary Pascarella
• Committee Updates

Break-Out Sessions 1

• How To Prevent The Melt & Keep Their Decision Intact

• Professional Development 

• Hot Topics: Graduate Enrollment Management Best Practices (Round Table)

9:30am – 9:45am

Break

9:45am – 10:20am

 Break-Out Sessions 2

10:25am – 10:55am

• Communication and Access : Effectively Using What You Have and Finding What You Need

• Reducing Barriers for Applicants (Recruiting & Admissions)

Break-Out Sessions 3

• From Social To Search To Your Website: From Search To Social: What Prospective Grad Students Are Saying

• Leveraging Relationships To Build A Partnership Passcode: 518720

• Understanding Graduate Student Persistence 

10:55am – 11:00am

Break (Grab Your Lunch)

11:00am – 12:00pm

TxGAP Business Meeting & Updates

• TxGAP President, Dr. John Smith
• TxGAP Vice-President, Tosha Hendrickson
• TxGAP Secretary, Margaret Lomas Carpenter
• TxGAP Treasurer, Matt Painter

 Introduction of new board members

12:00pm – 1:00pm

TxGAP Member Social (use Business Meeting Link)

• Raffles
• Bingo