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Registration

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Packet &  Information

What city has it all? Where can you visit and find yourself:

• Visiting the land-scene settings of the movie Cast Away
• Eating some of the best barbeque you’ll ever find
• Watching hundreds of people stop and watch ducks walk down the red carpet
• Riding the same monorail that Tom Cruise rode in the movie The Firm
• Touring the second most visited house in the country?

IN MEMPHIS, OF COURSE! There’s nowhere on earth quite like Memphis. And this year’s TACRAO Annual Meeting and Conference will be in the heart of it all. Our conference is scheduled for November 14-16 at the Memphis Marriott Downtown, and you’ll have a rockin’ good time with your colleagues during the conference.

Dig out your blue suede shoes and join us! Our Big Event will be held at – where else?- Graceland! We’ll feast on some great Memphis BBQ, fried chicken, and all the fixin’s! Then, you’ll be able to step into Elvis’ life: walk through his mansion, his car museum, the Lisa Marie and Hound Dog 2 airplanes, and the Sincerely Elvis exhibit.

Like last year, our opening act will be a Guidance Counselors’ Workshop and Reverse College Fair with high school guidance counselors from the Memphis and surrounding areas. Then the conference continues with the main act of various sessions geared toward recruiting, admission and records and our annual meeting after the luncheon on Thursday.

This year’s TACRAO service project is with the Memphis Literacy Council. Reaching young children at an early age and encouraging them to read helps prepare them for a promising future that includes higher education. We are collecting children’s books (both new and gently used) to donate. Please bring one, two, or more books that are appropriate for children ages birth through 6 years old.

You’ll be all shook up if you miss this conference! Send in your registration and make your hotel reservations today!

See you in Memphis!

Vanessa
President, TACRAO

The registration packet has everything you need to sign up for the annual meeting.  Download and print as many as you need.

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Guidance Counselors Workshop

The Guidance Counselor Workshop will include a discussion panel for dialogue between guidance counselors and admissions representatives. The reverse college fair will allow local guidance counselors an opportunity to talk with admissions representatives individually and to gather college and university recruitment materials for their students.

Door Prizes

Remember to pack those door prizes! Each attendee is encouraged to bring at least one college logo item to be used as a door prize during the conference wrap-up.

Service Project

This year TACRAO will be collecting books for children ages birth through 6 years old to present to the Memphis Literacy Council on Friday morning. Please bring new or used books in excellent condition to donate to this worthy cause. We will have collection boxes available at registration and on Friday morning before breakfast.