Past Events

All Things Ambassadors Do you oversee a team of ambassadors or tour guides? Let's chat about all things related to overseeing a team of students. Come prepared to discuss how you recruit a team, manage your student staff and keep them motivated throughout the year! Register using the link below; the zoom link will be emailed to you.

How to show appreciation Love languages, Enneagrams, Myers Briggs - they all have something in common, helping you to understand what makes someone tick. Showing appreciation for a group of students and professional staff is hard - what one person may want (words of affirmation for example) may make someone else cringe. So how to you navigate showing appreciation to big groups of students and staff teams? Let's talk! Cassandra Kopriva from University of Puget Sound will talk through some…

CIVSA members and higher education visitor services professionals are invited to join us in Los Angeles on February 9, 2024 for a Region I event hosted by the University of Southern California! You will have the opportunity to tour USC, participate in hot topic conversations, and network with colleagues from across different institutions! Information regarding parking and lodging will be sent after you register using the link below. Questions? Please contact Whitney Rollerson, rollerso@usc.edu. * There is no charge to…

Join us for a Region II event in Houston, Texas! Well ok, just outside of Houston. San Jacinto College and the University of Houston Clear Lake will co-host a jammed packed event on Friday, February 16 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event will feature topics such as ambassador led programming, transfer programming, and tours of both campuses. For questions contact Stephanie Funderburg, Coordinator Tours and Events at San Jacinto College (stephanie.funderburg@sjcd.edu) or Monique Williams, Director of Welcome Center…

Frosty Friendships: Making cool campus connections We all know it can be challenging to get our campus partners to buy into our events, but we need them in order to be successfull. Join our Region 3 chat to share both your struggles and successes when it comes to creating campus partneships. We hope you will leave the chat with some helpful tips and tricks in how to create buy-in across campus for your events, new ways to continue to foster…

To Delegate or Not? The role(s) of a Student Ambassador Looking for new ways to utilize your student ambassadors? Student leaders are more than just tour guides, and we want to help them unlock their potential! Join us as we discuss creative strategies to include your ambassadors in various roles that may make your life easier, while also giving them a chance to build their resume. Register using the link below; the zoom link will be emailed to you.

Hell and High Water: Planning for weather and emergencies We’ve all been there. You have a perfect event planned and then there’s a weather emergency. Or suddenly there’s no electricity on campus. Join us for a discussion on best practices to avoid tour and event mayhem. Register using the link below; the zoom link will be emailed to you.

Join other CIVSA members for a roundtable discussion about everything group tours. See how other institutions are navigating their group tours, while brainstorming solutions to potential issues surrounding the subject. Register using the link below; the zoom link will be emailed to you.