The Iowa Association for College Admission Counseling

RIDE 2026 is underway with a behind the scenes look at Kinnick Stadium!
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What a beautiful evening to take the Iowa ACAC home office outside and put the finishing touches on the summer issue of Scenes! ☀️

Filled with articles, insights, and ideas from your colleagues, this is one issue you won't want to skip. It's not just about admissions...or is it? 🤔

Watch your inbox! 📚

NACAC Conference 2026 is close enough to feel like a hometown conference - Minneapolis, we’re coming for you! 🚗🗺️

If you’d love to go but your budget is not playing nicely, our Opportunity Grant might be the solution.

We created it to invest in YOU, our members, plain and simple.
👉ANY member at any level may apply.
💲Hotel, travel, meals, registration - all potentially covered.

If the NACAC Conferece, or any national or Iowa ACAC PD opportunity is calling your name, take a peek at the grant.

You don't know what you might miss. Worth a shot!
👉https://www.iowaacac.org/opportunity-grant

NACAC Conference 2026 will take place October 8-10 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The premier event for college admission counseling professionals will feature over 6,500 attendees, 200+ exhibitors, hours of networking, 100+ education sessions, and more. Join us! https://ow.ly/ROjT50Z7NrH

🌟 College Fair Registration Tip of the Week 🌟
One person. One login. Always.

Registering for a college fair? Use your own profile and login.
Not a member? You’ll make your own profile - easy-peasy.
Not sure if you're a member? Just ask.

Use your own profile login. If not? 🚫 Bad security + 🚫 your profile turning into theirs and mass confusion ensues.

✨ Everyone uses their own login. Everyone stays happy. ✨

📢 ACU is BACK! 🎉
Huge thanks to Craig Juilfs and Ellsworth Community College for hosting the ACU Class of 2026!
👀 Stay tuned...it's going to be a great one!

📢 Registration for exhibiting at our 2026-2027 college fairs isopen!
Deadline is August 14 - it'll come quicker than you think. Don't be that school. 😉

👉 https://www.iowaacac.org/college-fairs

A heartfelt end‑of‑year pause to celebrate seniors, honor partners, and welcome a well‑earned summer reset in this latest blog piece from Colleen Koppes! She wants to hear from you, so give it a read and answer her question 😉👇
https://tinyurl.com/finalbell26

RIDE 2026 registration ends Sunday, May 31 — and once it’s closed, it’s closed. 👀💛

Snag your spot for just $25 (yes, that includes your school’s Iowa ACAC membership). License renewal credit? Yep.
Unexpected moments on the RIDE? Always.

Don’t watch everyone else roll out without you.
👉 https://www.iowaacac.org/the-ride

Iowa School Counselor Association

⭐Introducing our 2026 Dr. Freddy Miranda Access Scholarship recipients!
Congratulations and we wish you all the best in your next step!

🌟 Hushindi Abwe - Herbert Hoover High School - Des Moines - attending University of Iowa - Nursing
🌟 Koda Warrington - MFL MarMac Community School District - attending Iowa State University - Environmental Science and Forestry
🌟 Aaris Dixon - Waterloo West High School - attending University of Iowa- Education
🌟 Mariana Reyes - Ottumwa High School - attending Indian Hills Community College - Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
🌟 Stephanie Sagal-Cordova - currently attending University of Iowa - Nursing

Each recipient will have the opportunity to renew this $1,000 scholarship each year over the next four years.