August 28, 2025
Early Registration Deadline
September 18, 2025
Regular Registration Deadline
September 19, 2025
Hotel Room Block Deadline
October 8, 2025
Last Day to Register
2025 NASPA Institute for New Vice Presidents for Student Affairs
Senior Level VP for Student Affairs
October 12 - October 15, 2025 Annapolis, MD
The NASPA Institute for New Vice Presidents for Student Affairs is a foundational faculty-led, four-day learning and networking experience that prepares new VPSAs to be strategic decision-makers, highly effective managers, and transformational leaders.
Participation in this institute is limited to the highest-ranking student affairs officer at the institution.
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About
The NASPA Institute for New Vice Presidents for Student Affairs is a foundational faculty-led, learning and networking experience that prepares new VPSAs to be strategic decision-makers, highly effective managers, and transformational leaders. This professional development opportunity is designed for first-time VPSAs (and other highest-ranking senior student affairs officers on campus such as vice chancellors and deans of students depending on organizational structure) who have not assumed office or are in the first two years of their first VPSA position. Participants must be the highest-ranking student affairs officer on their campus. (VPSAs in interim roles are eligible to attend.)
Join us in Annapolis, MD in October for this faculty-led, cohort experience to hone your executive-level competencies and to develop your go-to peer network.
Institute Faculty
Accomplished vice presidents for student affairs representing a variety of institutional types will serve as the institute faculty and guide the highly interactive learning experience for the cohort.
Featured Speakers
Schedule
This exclusive professional development program is an institute. Unlike conferences where participants choose to participate (or not) in concurrent sessions, during this institute all attendees will participate in the same cohort experience and are expected to engage fully in all aspects of the program including meals and offsite activities. It is a very intensive experience, and the program will run into the evening each day.
As details of the schedule become available, they will be added here. The schedule presented here is subject to changes.
9:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Institute Check-In
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Pre-Institute Session
Details
One of the Institute's strengths is that it draws participants from remarkably diverse backgrounds and experiences including some who are relatively new to the field of student affairs. Please join the Institute faculty and other new-to-student-affairs VPSAs for some informal discussion about the opportunities and challenges connected with assuming the VPSA role without a deep student affairs background and anything else that’s on your mind! (Registration is required for this optional—but highly encouraged!—session.)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Institute Opening and Program
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Institute Mixer
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Institute Dinner with Featured Speaker
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Institute Program
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Institute Luncheon
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Institute Program
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
No-Host Dinner with Institute Participants
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Institute Program
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Institute Luncheon
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Institute Program
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Institute Program
Pre-Institute Offering
Pre-Institute Session for New VPSAs Who Are Relatively New to Student Affairs
Sunday, October 12 | 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
One of the Institute's strengths is that it draws participants from remarkably diverse backgrounds and experiences including some who are relatively new to the field of student affairs such as VPSAs who come from the ranks of faculty or academic administration. Please join the Institute faculty and other new-to-student-affairs VPSAs for some informal discussion about the opportunities and challenges connected with assuming the VPSA role without a deep student affairs background and anything else that’s on your mind! Registration is required for this optional—but highly encouraged!—session.
Registration
Participation in this institute is limited to the highest-ranking student affairs officer at the institution. VPSAs in interim roles are eligible to attend.
Registration as a member is based on individual membership status at the time of the event. If your current membership will expire prior to the event, you will have the option to renew at the time of registration to receive the member rate.
If you are not a current member and are employed by a college or university that is an institutional member, you can join as a professional affiliate member for $80. If your institution is NOT a member, you can join as an associate affiliate member for $250. Both membership types provide access to the individual member rate for the event. Please visit the membership section of the NASPA website to learn more about membership types and benefits. We hope you’ll consider joining today!
If you are experiencing financial hardship, you may qualify for a NASPA Foundation Membership Scholarship or NASPA Foundation Professional Development Access Scholarship, which can be used for this event.
For a comprehensive listing of NASPA registration policies, please visit this page.
The last day to register is October 8, 2025.
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Early Registration Through 8/28/2025 |
Regular Registration 8/28/2025 through 9/18/2025 |
Late Registration 9/18/2025 through 10/8/2025 |
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$995 |
$1145 |
$1245 |
| Non-Member |
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$1195 |
$1345 |
$1445 |
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Pre-Institute Session for New VPSAs Who Are Relatively New to Student Affairs |
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Early Registration |
Regular Registration |
Late Registration |
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$75 |
$95 |
$115 |
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$125 |
$145 |
$165 |
Venue (Reservation Link Coming Soon)
The Westin Annapolis
Annapolis, MD
Most institute activities will take place at the The Westin Annapolis.
NASPA has arranged special room rates for institute attendees at The Westin Annapolis starting at $239/night (not including taxes and fees). The cut-off date to receive the institute room rate is Friday, September 19, 2025. Rooms in the institute block may sell out prior to the cut-off date, so please make your reservation as soon as possible.
Reserving a room within the NASPA block by using the hotel's dedicated meeting website or toll-free telephone number not only benefits you, it also helps to support the institute. When you book within our block, you help NASPA keep meeting costs as low as possible and enable us to provide some of the important features meeting attendees have come to enjoy, such as networking receptions, coffee breaks, and off-site transportation.
Past Participant Testimonials
See what past participants had to say about their experiences during the NASPA Institute for New Vice Presidents for Student Affairs:
Sponsors
To learn about sponsorship opportunities for the 2025 NASPA Institute for New Vice Presidents for Students Affairs, please contact Fred Comparato at 614-204-5994 or at fcomparato@naspa.org.