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)
