Conference Agenda

WAVES 2023 – Peppermill, Reno Nevada (July 10th – 12th, 2023)
Agenda (Tentative)

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July 9th

1:00 – 5:00 PM

Registration

5:30 – 7:30 PM

Welcome Reception (light hors d’ oeuvres served)


July 10th

7:00 – 8:00 AM

Registration/Refreshments Provided (Registration also open during breaks)

8:00 – 10:00 AM

New SCO Training (VACO)
Advanced SCO Training (VACO)
Certification Process for NCDs (VACO)
(Breakout Sessions)

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 – 11:00 AM

WAVES Welcome
(General Session)

11:00 – 11:30 AM

Muskogee RPO Updates – Shannon George, Assistant Education Officer
(General Session)

11:30 – 12:00 PM

SAA Updates – Frank Myers, NASAA President
(General Session)

12:00 – 1:30 PM

Lunch On Your Own

1:30 – 2:30 PM

Enrollment Manager (VACO)
(General Session)

2:30 – 3:45 PM

Flight at Institutions of Higher Learning (VACO)
Education Benefits w/ Yellow Ribbon (VACO)
SCO Workshops
(Breakout Sessions)

3:45 – 4:15 PM

Break – Refreshments Provided

4:15 – 5:30 PM

Flight at Institutions of Higher Learning (VACO)
Education Benefits w/ Yellow Ribbon (VACO)
SCO Workshops
(Breakout Sessions)


July 11th

7:00 – 8:00 AM

Registration/Refreshments Provided

8:00 – 9:00 AM

Student Veterans of America – Jared Lyon, National President, and CEO
(General Session)

9:00 – 9:30 AM

Break

9:30 – 10:30 AM

VA Central Office/Federal Updates – Joseph Garcia, Executive Director, VBA Education Service
(General Session)

10:30 – 11:30 AM

VA Central Office Q&A
(General Session)

11:30 – 1:00 PM

Lunch On Your Own

1:00 – 2:15 PM

Compliance Surveys (VACO)
VA Work study (VACO)
SCO Workshops
(Breakout Session)

2:15 – 2:30 PM

Break

2:30 – 3:45 PM

Compliance Surveys (VACO)
VA Work study (VACO)
SCO Workshops
(Breakout Session)

3:45 – 4:15 PM

Break – Refreshments Provided

4:15 – 5:30 PM

State Specific Overview
(Breakout Sessions)

6:30 – 8:30 PM

President’s Dinner


July 12th

7:00 – 8:30 AM

Refreshments Provided

8:30 – 9:30 AM

WAVES Business Meeting
(General Session)

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Break

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Debt Management Center
(General Session)

11:00 – 12:00 PM

VR&E – Nick Pamperin, Veterans Readiness & Employment Executive Director
(General Session)

12:00 – 1:30 PM

Lunch on your own

1:30 – 2:45 PM

National Guard – Donald Sutton
Tungsten Network – Geoff Line
SAA Breakout
(Breakout Sessions)

3:00 – 4:15 PM

National Guard – Donald Sutton
Tungsten Network – Geoff Line
SAA Breakout
(Breakout Sessions)


(Agenda is subject to change, meeting rooms and presenters to be announced)

Thank you for attending WAVES 2023, have a safe trip home.

Get in Touch

Chris Henthorn
WAVES President
Veteran, Residency & Registration Advisor
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

831-459-2910
chenthor@ucsc.edu

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