Columbia Scholastic Press Association

The Advisory Copy of the Program

Our advisory program listing all sessions with their topic titles, speaker names and session descriptions plus full biographies of all speakers will be posted in this PDF.

Please be aware that, for security reasons, we do not list rooms or building locations in the advisory program.That information, plus the exhibitors and advertisements are all included in the final printed copy of the program to be distributed at convention registration. So you can use the advisory program to see what's of interest to you each hour and then mark them. Find the match in the printed program and go ahead to the session.

Note that all CSPA convention sessions are general admission. We try to plan for the largest capacity lecture halls and rooms we can obtain on Columbia's campus. But we can't guarantee a seat in any particular class. Please have second and third choices picked out.

Convention Program Outline

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
8am- 3pm Registration
10-10:45am First Topic Sessions, New Adviser Strand Begins
11-11:45am Second Topic Sessions
Noon-1:20pm Lunch
1:30-2:15pm Third Topic Sessions, Student Swap Shops
2:30-3:15pm Fourth Topic Sessions

Thursday, March 20, 2008
8am -3pm Registration continues
9-9:45am Fifth Topic Sessions
10-10:45am Sixth Topic Sessions, Student Swap Shops
11-11:45am Seventh Topic Sessions
Noon-1:20pm Lunch, Advisers Luncheon
1:30-2:15pm Eighth Topic Sessions, Student Swap Shops
2:30-3:15pm Ninth Topic Sessions

Friday, March 21, 2008
8-10:45am Registration continues
8:45-9:30am Tenth Topic Sessions, Student Swap Shops
9:45-10:30am Eleventh Topic Sessions
10:45-11:30am Twelfth Topic Sessions, Student Swap Shops
11:45-12:30pm Advisers Association Meeting, Thirteenth Topic Sessions
Noon-2:20pm Lunch, Advisers Luncheon, Murphy, O’Malley, Paschal, Gold Key Award Presentations
2:30-3:30pm Awards Convocation Crowns & Gold Circle Awards