Heartland Regional PowerCampus Users Group

2015 Annual HRPCUG Conference

June 3rd - 5th
Highland, Kansas 66035
Hosted by Highland Community College

Click HERE to view the 2015 Conference Agenda.
A printed agenda will be handed out at the conference as well.

Presentation Files

Introduction to Academic Planning - Debbie Nugen, College of Saint Mary

SQL Wizardry - Josh Kelley, Hastings College

DEA - Jackie Peden, Highland Community College

Getting the Data You Want Out of PowerFAIDS - Kim Allen, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences

HCC Online Program Partnership - Jennifer Logsdon, The Learning House

e-Walkthrough - Peggy Forsberg & Sara Smith, Highland Community College

Your Key to Communication: Scheduled Actions - Denise Work, Clarkson College

Registration

We offer two forms of registration, depending on payment type. If you'd like to pay with a check, please print off and fill out the registration form below. Once complete, please mail the form with payment to the contact information listed on the form.

2015 HRPCUG Conference Registration Form

If you would like to pay using a credit card, please register online by clicking the link below.

2015 HRPCUG Online Registration

After you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email that will include your conference ticket(s). This email will be sent once HCC has received payment (immediately after an online transaction, or after we have received your check in the mail). Please print off your tickets, or have them on your electronic device at check-in.

Hotel Reservations

We have negotiated a nightly rate with Stony Creek Inn in St. Joseph, MO. The booking information is below. All reservations under the HRPCUG Conference rate must be made by May 1st, 2015 to guarantee a room will be available and at the fixed rate. 

Stony Creek Inn
1201 N Woodbine Road
St. Joseph, MO 64506
(816) 901-9600
Visit their website by clicking HERE.
Please reference the HRPCUG Conference when making the reservation.

ROOMS:
1 King Bed - $98.00 plus tax
1 Standard Double Bed - $92.00 plus tax

Flight Information

If traveling by air, Kansas City International Airport (MCI) is the closest airport to Highland, KS. The travel time between the airport and Highland is approximately 1 hour.

The car rental companies available at Kansas City International Airport include the following:
ACE
Alamo
Avis
Budget
Dollar
Enterprise
Fox
Hertz
National
Payless
Thrifty

Maps

Highland Community College - Highland, Kansas

Airport to Hotel and Highland Community College
 

Preliminary Schedule of Topics:

• Academic Plan
• Scheduled Actions
• Financial Aid – Power FAID
• VEERA – Reporting Extract, Transform, Analyze
• Social Media “Getting the Word Out”
• DEA “Data Entry Advisory Team”
• Electronic Transcripts
• Health Check/Reimplementation “Ground Zero”
• Institutional Research Reporting
• Ellucian Portal
• Section Schedule Building best practices
• Reporting Services and SQL scripting
• Mail Merge Processing
• Business office best practices
• Financial Aid- Reporting disbursement and reconciliation with business office
• Advancement Best practices

Schedule:

Wednesday

1:00 pm  low ropes RSVP http://highlandcc.edu/pages/scottie-challenge-course
*See below for address

5:00 pm Kickoff and Check-in

 Wine Tasting – featuring Highland Community College wines

 Heavy Hors d’oeuvres

 Dance – featuring the band Mid Life Crysis

Thursday

9:00 am – Welcome

9:30 am to 10:30 am – Key Note

10:45 am – 11:30 am – Break out Session 1

Lunch

1:00 pm to 2 pm – Ellucian update with Carol Dandary

2:15 pm to 3:00 pm – Break out Session 2

3:15 pm to 4:00 pm – Break out Session 3

4:15 pm to 4:45 pm – Camp fire Chats

5:30 pm – Dinner at Country Cabin (RSVP on registration) or Free time to visit the area attractions!

Friday

9:00 am Announcements

9:15 am to 10:15 am – Health Check and Reimplementation – “Ground Zero”

10:30 am to 11:15 am – Break out Session 4

11:30 am to Noon – HCC “Ground Zero” discussion panel

12:15 pm – Lunch, drawing and closing

Click HERE for the Conference Agenda to view details about sessions.

*HCC Klinefelter Farm
 1774 230th St.
 Hiawatha, KS 66434

It is situated two miles east of Hiawatha, KS, just off the Mulberry Rd. exit on U.S. 36 Highway. The farm’s main entrance and headquarters is located 2/3 mile east of the Mulberry Rd. corner. Look for our directional sign at the Mulberry/230th corner by the tower.