ANNUAL CONFERENCE
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CONFERENCE OVERVIEW Thank you for joining us once again at the Sheraton Indianapolis Hotel at Keystone Crossing for a spectacular week at the 2023 Annual Conference. We enjoyed seeing you learn and grow and look forward to seeing you apply the knowledge shared in the field for the 2023-24 cycle. As a result of Conference, the Conference Planning Committee is interested in learning about your experience. If you would, please complete the following surveys:
WHAT IS CONFERENCE INACAC hosts its Conference annually an opportunity for members to interact with one another and collaboratively learn and discuss academic counseling trends that impact Indiana. BENEFITS OF ATTENDING Whether you are a veteran school counselor or admissions officer, or you're brand new to the field of college admissions, Conference provides a wealth of opportunities for you to gain valuable knowledge for your job and sharpen your professional skills and abilities.
LOCATION, LODGING, AND AMENITIES Conference will be hosted at the Sheraton Indianapolis Hotel at Keystone Crossing. The Sheraton offers:
SCHEDULE & SESSIONS 2023 INACAC Conference Program 2023 Conference Session Presentations (coming soon) CONFERENCE RATES
If you are a student, intern, retired member, or your institution is not a member of INACAC, contact Stacie Vetor. SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Interested in becoming an INACAC Conference Sponsor? Check out our Sponsorship and Exhibitor Opportunities graphic to learn more. If you have questions regarding Sponsor or Exhibitor opportunities, please contact Catie Taylor. | SAVE THE DATE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2024 February 26—26, 2024 The Sheraton at Keystone Crossing Indianapolis, IN PREMIUM MEMBERS PLATINUM: GOLD: SILVER: |
2023 CONFERENCE SPONSORS |
PLATINUM SPONSORS |
Eli Lilly and Company
Eli Lilly and Company is dedicated to being a leading corporate citizen. As part of the company’s commitment, it established the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation in 1968. The Lilly Foundation is a tax-exempt private foundation that supports philanthropic initiatives designed to improve health and strengthen communities. |
Culver Academies is a values-based, mission-driven, vision-inspired institution that has been developing courageous leaders of honorable character, who are global citizens and lifelong scholars, since 1894. Located on 1,800 acres along the shores of Lake Maxinkuckee in Culver, Indiana, Culver offers a co-educational, residential experience beyond that of the typical boarding school for students in grades 9-12. |
NextGrad is a network of digital displays placed in high schools that allow colleges and universities the opportunity to interact directly with prospective high school students. Our goal is to help high school students by introducing them to new schools, programs, and opportunities that they might not have considered or even know existed. |
GOLD SPONSORS Inroads shares your passion for advancing higher education through recruiting and retaining best-fit students. We provide analytics, strategy and coaching that enable enrollment teams to consistently translate insights into wins. Let's grow together! SILVER SPONSORS |
enrollmentFUEL, LLC is a privately held, veteran-owned, North Carolina based enrollment management and marketing services provider founded by Mike Wesner and inspired by Dr. Jacquelyn D. Elliott, President, who has a holding interest in the company. Of significance is the fact that the company, since its inception, has shown great persistence in keeping clients happy. We have an 85% retention rate and are proud to say we have continued relationships with all of our past clients. DegreeSight helps colleges and universities attract and engage with prospective students in a personalized way through its branded, online, credit calculator offered on the institution’s website. Spark451® is a full-service strategic marketing and technology firm focused on higher education. We specialize in enrollment marketing, student search, creative services, and digital media. Since our founding in 2011, our absolute commitment has been to tirelessly support the goals of our partner institutions, and to do so in a budget-savvy way. We have an established track record of working in the trenches with our clients and have amassed numerous industry awards in recognition of our strategic and creative work. From text to chat, make every message count. Mongoose enables the right communications with the right people at the right time and helps students, alumni, and staff reach their goals and aspirations. Trusted by 750+ institutions that enjoy as much as a 200% inquiry increase, a 98% student retention rate, and doubled donations. | Covideo is the #1 video messaging platform to record and send quick, personalized videos that help you convert more leads, shorten your sales cycle, and close more deals. Our powerful video tool helps your team build instant trust and rapport with prospects and customers from the start.
ZeeMee
ZeeMee is the #1 community app for students heading to college. Millions of students use ZeeMee to make friends, find roommates, chat with college administrators, discover hyper-local events, and plug into life on campus. Connected students thrive, and ZeeMee is helping make the connections that matter. In an effort to help more students succeed, ZeeMee partners with colleges across the country, building community for their students and dramatically improving recruitment and retention outcomes. With highly active students at more than 2400 U.S. colleges and universities, ZeeMee is changing the way students find each other and belong, giving every student the opportunity to find their best friends and succeed. ZeeMee is consistently a Top 50 most downloaded app in the App Store and has been featured numerous times as "Hot App of the Week" by Apple. ZeeMee is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. |
BRONZE SPONSORS |
Loper is a mobile free app that helps learners discover the educational journey that best fits them. Loper personalizes college search through an interactive user experience; this engagement facilitates more meaningful content from college partners who leverage Loper as a dedicated, mobile channel for automated, tailored messaging to targeted student segments. There are thousands of companies that sell custom promotional products. Magellan Promotions is more than a provider of imprinted goods. We navigate through the sea of promotional products to find the right combination of product, message and delivery to connect and be memorable with your target audience. | "Deemed the "TikTok of Higher Ed" - Goodkind is the first video recruitment platform built for higher education. Goodkind videos allow recruitment teams to authentically engage and motivate prospective students to apply and enroll. Using Goodkind, recruiters send task assignments to their team, other faculty and student ambassadors to record personalized, short-form videos that are sent via email, WhatsApp and SMS throughout different moments in a prospective student's journey.
You care about your students. Goodkind helps you show them." SchooLinks is the modern approach to college and career readiness with over 80+ interactive experiences from interest discovery, academic and post-secondary planning, to social-emotional learning - SchooLinks offers internship matching, career mentorship, industry partner management and other features that help districts broaden the definition of college and career readiness. SchooLinks is moving the needle forward with postsecondary readiness - ensuring staff maximizes their time, and students leave high school with goals and a plan. |