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29 Jul 2025

Making the Case for Campus Activities starts with Beginnings

Kick off the new academic year by discovering how intentional Campus Activities programming can spark community, belonging, and academic success from day one.

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14 Jul 2025

White Paper: Making the Case for Campus Activities

This white paper outlines the connections between Campus Activities, sense of belonging, and student retention and persistence. It can help communicate the purpose and value of Campus Activities.

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14 Jul 2025

Staff Slides - Making the Case for Campus Activities.pptx

Slide deck for Making the Case for Campus Activities - Staff Presentation.

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14 Jul 2025

Staff Presentation: Making the Case for Campus Activities

This presentation is designed for Campus Activities professionals to help tell the story of how you are creating a college community where everyone belongs.

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14 Jul 2025

Student Slides: Making the Case for Campus Activities.pptx

Slide deck for Making the Case for Campus Activities - Student Presentation.

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14 Jul 2025

Student Presentation: Making the Case for Campus Activities presentation

This presentation is designed for students to view or to use in a variety of ways to help make the case for Campus Activities on your campus.

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14 Jul 2025

Considerations for Belonging

This resource outlines considerations for five components of belonging - feelings, school spirit, relationships, academic support, and space and place – to assist in increasing belonging on your campus.

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14 Jul 2025

Executive Summary - Making the Case for Campus Activities

This is an Executive Summary of the Making the Case for Campus Activities white paper reviewing at a high level the purpose and value of Campus Activities.

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14 Jul 2025

Environmental Scan Resource

This resource will guide you through conducting an environmental scan of your campus which will help you assess and address barriers to belonging.

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08 Jul 2025

Webinar: Making the Case for Campus Activities

This webinar reviews the contents of the forthcoming Case for Campus Activities, including a white paper and additional tools, that are designed to help you tell the impact of Campus Activities on student belonging, retention, and persistence.

Webinar

07 Jul 2025

JCAPS Vol. 7 Issue 1 - Spring 2025

Read the latest Campus Activities research in this spring 2025 issue of JCAPS.

JCAPS

07 Jul 2025

Distance May Vary: A Portraiture Study on International Alumni Reflections - JCAPS Vol. 7 Issue 1

In this portraiture study, John Smith III & Pietro Sasso capture the reflective narratives about the US educational experiences of international alumni and offers insight into how institutions provide student support and services for international students.

JCAPS

02 Apr 2025

Takeaways from the Early Career Professionals Course

Nicole Machovina & Josh Rowzee of DePaul University offer their key takeaways from participating in NACA's Early Career Professionals Course.

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20 Mar 2025

Attending NACA Institutes 2025

This summer 2025, NACA will once again offer four Institutes – two Programming Board Institutes and two Student Government Institutes. Learn more about these opportunities.

Blog

10 Mar 2025

Meeting Them Where They Are: The Impact of Zillennial Advisors on DePaul’s Student Community

As a student affairs professional, I am always looking for new ways to sustain a healthy campus community, and I have found many of these on the Marketplace floor at NACA Live.

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07 Feb 2025

Webinar: Empowering Black Women Leaders in Higher Education

Recording of the Feb. 7, 2025 webinar on the experiences of Black women student leaders in higher education.

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06 Dec 2024

Webinar - Student Engagement in Campus Activities Programs: Does it Matter?

NACA Research Grant awardees share how they utilized the Student Affairs Data Lake to better understand how student engagement influences students' sense of belonging and impacts student success.

Webinar

01 Nov 2024

JCAPS Vol. 6 Issue 2 - Fall 2024

Read the latest in Campus Activities research on student engagement, involvement, and development amongst students in residence hall councils, Black men at PWIs, students of color employed on-campus, and Arab American students.

JCAPS

01 Nov 2024

Identity Affirmation and Conflict: Student Organizations and Involvement Experiences of Arab American College Students - JCAPS Vol. 6 Issue 2

In this study by Sounny-Slitine on Arab American college students, participants discussed how they understand their Arab American identity and how they belong at their institution, as well as how engagement in student organizations and other means of student involvement impacted their experience with sense of belonging.

JCAPS

01 Nov 2024

"They Can’t Control the Students": A Qualitative Inquiry Regarding the Perceptions of Student Involvement for Black Men at Predominantly White Institutions in the Midwest - JCAPS Vol. 6 Issue 2

In this qualitative, phenomenological study, Johnson and Best aimed to explore Black men’s lived experiences at predominantly White institutions (PWIs) through a student involvement lens.

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