Non-Traditional Organization to Host National Conference

Thursday, February 8, 2007

The Oklahoma State University Non-Traditional Student Organization will host the 10th Annual Association for Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education Conference on March 23-25.

More than 50 universities nationwide are expected to send representatives to the conference, according to Marie Basler, conference coordinator and OSU coordinator of the NTSO, and more than 20 educational sessions are scheduled for staff, students and spouses/partners of non-traditional students.

Debra Carlson of St. Cloud State University is scheduled to give the keynote address on March 23 on assessing adult student strengths and engaging those strengths in campus leadership.

Carlson has spent 25 years working in support of non-traditional students as director of St. Cloud State University’s Lindgren Child Care Center. She also has served as interim Student Judicial Officer for one year and as Affirmative Action Officer for three years, and serves on the university’s Alumni Board of Directors. She received her master’s degree in public policy from the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. 

Registration for the conference ranges from $60 for one day up to $280 for professional non-members.    
 “There is no deadline for registering, but we would like to have people register by March 9 or as early as possible due to banquet requirements,” Basler said.

 Conference information and registration forms are available at http://www.orgs.okstate.edu/ntso/ by clicking on the ANTSHE National Conference 2007 logo on the right side of the page.