The 2015 National Association of Branch Campus Administrators Conference
The 18 th annual conference of the National Association of Branch Campus Administrators (NABCA) was held in the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois, on April 15-18. As perhaps the longest serving member who still attends, I thought it was the best conference yet. The founders of NABCA should be proud of what they started, and as I told attendees, what NABCA has become is very much what the founders intended. (I was not a founder, by the way. I began attending the conference, then known as the Western Association, about five years after the launch.) This year, especially, I thought there was a spirit and collegiality that was remarkable. Presentations were excellent, and the organization of the event was spot on. Everyone involved in planning and executing the conference deserves praise, and I offer special congratulations to joyce gillie gossum (executive director), James McCaslin (president), Allison Fitzpatrick (conferen...