Welcome Students!
ACHA and its new Student Engagement Task Force are excited to see you at this year’s Annual Meeting. We hope you’ll find an enriching experience that will help you bridge the gap between the classroom and the professional field. And we’re here to help!
The task force has curated a tailored experience to help you navigate the meeting, learn about opportunities within ACHA, engage with the ACHA community, and find your professional home.
Explore the list of sessions and activities below. The final session agenda with meeting room locations is coming soon.
Reach out at any time to ACHA Staff by email or look for us in Denver in the ACHA Registration Area (Sheraton’s Plaza Concourse Level).
Student Welcome Session
Students Level Up: How to Navigate ACHA for Maximum Impact
Tuesday, May 26, 4:00-4:45 pm
Room: Plaza Court 1
Designed especially for student attendees, this orientation session helps you make the most of your ACHA conference experience. Learn how to navigate the conference, engage in sessions and networking opportunities, and leverage ACHA resources to support your academic, professional, and leadership goals—so you leave feeling confident, connected, and ready to level up.
Directly following this session ACHA leaders will invite you to join them for the ACHA conference opening session.
Students who attend this session will receive one lunch voucher to use either Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.
Student Panel Presentation
Peer Education: Student Voices in Action
Wednesday, May 27, 10:30-11:30 am
Room: Governor's Square 10
Peer education is a valuable approach on college campuses for educating students on a wide range of topics. Through training, institutional support, and professional development, peer educators gain the skills and confidence to address health issues, navigate sensitive conversations, challenge misinformation, and communicate effectively with their peers.
In this session, a panel of peer educators will share their experiences and discuss how their programs have strengthened their confidence in addressing sensitive topics, engaging with differing perspectives without judgment, and assuming leadership roles. They will also highlight the positive impact peer health education has on the broader campus community.
More Sessions to Explore
Below are sessions the Student Engagement Task Force has highlighted as being of particular interest to student attendees. Detailed descriptions can be found in the Session Listing.
Wednesday, May 27
9:00 am
- Empowering Students through Email Delivered Sexual Health Education
- From Rush to Immunity: Engaging Greek Life to Prevent Meningitis Outbreaks
10:30 am
- Peer Education: Student Voices in Action
1:30 pm
- It’s Not Just Greek Life: Elevating Hazing Prevention to Campus-Wide Responsibility
3:00 pm
- Building Outpatient Eating Disorder Treatment Programming for Your College Health Center
- [CANCELLED by Presenter] Get Out There: A Public Health Intervention to Reduce Student Loneliness
4:30 pm
- Establishing a Holistic Health, Well-Being, and Safety Division to Advance Student Success and Institutional Resilience
- A Guide to Podcast Development to Advance Student Health and Well-Being on Campus
Thursday, May 28
8:00 am
- Comparing Student Health Survey Results Across North Carolina HBCUs: Leveraging Data to Strengthen Resilience and Advance Health Equity
10:00 am
- Uplifting Resilience: Advancing Belonging and Health Equity Under an Evolving Federal Grant
- Recreating a Student Health Advisory Council that Meeting Student and Health Center Needs
- Navigating the Changing World of Cannabis and Cannabis Use Disorders on College Campuses
- Increasing Student Resilience: How a One-Credit Seminar Course Can Enhance Student Well-Being
1:30 pm
- Risk Management: Assessing and Prioritizing Your Risk Domains
3:00 pm
- Strategies for Identifying and Managing Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking in Higher Education
- Reimagining Alcohol Education to Address Belonging and Loneliness
- STI Hot Topics
Friday, May 29
8:00 am
- Get in the Game: Tools to Address Gambling-Related Harms Among College Students
- From Clinic to Completion: How Student Health Services Support Retention and Student Success
- Dialogue Across Differences — Critical Skills to Foster Understanding
- Promoting Resilience in Neurodivergent Students: Clinical Strategies for Campus Health
12:00 pm
- Dorosin Memorial Lecture — Cannabis Use by College Students: Clinical Considerations and Opportunities
3:00 pm
- Suicide Prevention Training in Higher Education Settings
