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50th Anniversary
CACUSS 50th Anniversary

CACUSS is celebrating 50 years as an Association in 2023! We look forward to sharing all the ways we can celebrate together over the coming months. Keep checking back to learn more!

Principles : 

1. Provide opportunities to celebrate/commemorate that are inclusive and accessible.

2. Include multiple ways to engage past, present, and future members.

3. Student affairs professionals will gain/regain a sense of connection to CACUSS (affect).

Goals :

1. Recognize the occasion with celebration(s).

2. Mark a significant milestone of our Association with a project/artifact that endures beyond 2023.

3. Commemorate the occasion in different ways throughout a defined period of time through a series of projects and events.

4. Engage members from across the country, at various stages in their career, with various connection points to CACUSS.

5. Take the opportunity to recognize the past (look back), present, and consider the future (look forward). Focus on highlighting milestones along the way. 

6. Raise awareness of CACUSS outside of membership, commemorating the 50th across the PSE sector in Canada.


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Conference/June 2023 - Celebratory/Commemorative

Concurrent Session Stream #CACUSS50th
We will highlight programs/sessions at the 2023 conference which consider our past, present, and future as a theme.
Social event/reception
Reception/dancing/music celebrating 50 years of CACUSS as an association.
Reception for Past Leaders/Board Members
Former and current leadership of the Association (Board members, presidents, etc.) will gather to celebrate the milestone.
Awards Showcase
We will feature a summary and highlight CACUSS Award winners from the past 50 years. The showcase will be launched and available for viewing at the conference and then will be accessible online and retained  in the CACUSS Archives at MUN.
Photo and Archival Materials Exhibit
Photographs and other archival materials that are currently housed in the archives at MUN will be sorted and identified, and then digitized. CACUSS will reach out to the community to request photo and/or archival materials submissions. An exhibit of some photos and archival materials will be showcased at the annual conference. The digital versions of these assets will be available and accessible online post-conference.
Conference Proceedings
A summary of conference presentations will be written and made available to members in the fall. These proceedings will serve as a knowledge source for future practitioners and researchers.

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Looking Back

Fifty Moments that made CACUSS
Compiling 50 significant historical moments in the first 50 years of the Association. This document will be made available at the conference and then permanently available online to highlight these important milestones.
Map of past Conferences
Feature on social media and at the conference a visual representation of the different CACUSS conference locations over the years.
Oral History Project
A podcast featuring interviews that document historical context and important moments/conversations over the years. This will also include opportunities for current CACUSS members of all experience levels to contribute their own stories of their CACUSS experiences.
Past Conference Programs and Communique/Bulletin Archives
Digitizing previous conference programs and CACUSS publications (Communique newsletter pre-2000, and The Bulletin newsletter) to make them available online and through the MUN archives.

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The Present

Time Capsule Project
We will invite institutions from across the country to put together a virtual or physical time capsule of items that represent their institution/students/student affairs in 2023. To be unveiled at the 75th and/or 100th anniversary.
I am CACUSS Photobooth
We collect photos and testimonials of the CACUSS community with a value or aspect of themselves that enriches their professional identity. Photos will be compiled and archived into a showcase of “I am CACUSS”.
Current Issues in Student Affairs
A live interactive compilation of current issues/values/ideas facing students/student affairs/post-secondary in 2023. Compiled into a “word cloud” type document. Anyone can contribute during the conference live or virtually. This content of this compilation will be part of the analysis for III.d.
"Leaders in Learning" Revisited
This 2011 paper will be reconsidered, information gathered through conversations including IV.a., III.c. and an updated version of the paper will be drafted and socialized over the next 12-18 months.

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Looking Forward

Perspectives on the Future of CACUSS & Student Services in Canada Video interviews to capture voices that represent the future of Student Affairs. 
My Experience at #CACUSS50: Highlighting the experience of attendee’s first CACUSS conference.
A showcase where the experiences and perspectives of first-time attendees at the 2023 CACUSS Conference will be recorded and featured in a publication or post-conference re-cap.

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