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The Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College at Wichita State University and the Honors Program at Hutchinson Community College are proud to host the 2020 Great Plains Honors Council Conference.  GPHCC will take place March 20 -22, 2020 in Wichita, Kansas.
Early Bird registration closes at 5:00 p.m. on February 3, 2020, and Early Bird fee(s) must be received by 5:00 p.m. on February 7.

After February 3, the regular registration fee is $250. The regular registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. March 1 and payment must be received by 5:00 p.m. March 3.

Welcome to the 17th annual POWER Conference at Wichita State University! We are excited to invite social workers and other helping professionals to this hallmark event for your social work community. We are proud to continue the legacy of the excellent continuing education that POWER has been able to provide for years.  This year's theme centers on the 12 Grand Challenges for Social Work - a national initiative that serves as a call to action for social workers to harness our science and knowledge base, collaborate with people from all fields and disciplines, and to work together to tackle some of our toughest social problems. Our world faces serious, interrelated, and largescale challenges, and our world needs social workers more than ever.

Attendees have the opportunity to engage in up to six hours of preconference sessions, focused on safety, diagnosis, or ethics, as well as the main conference day. We’ve expanded our CEU offerings this year, so you can earn even more hours, and we are excited by the social event lined up for Thursday evening, as well. Mingle with your colleagues, meet our keynote, and have some fun at the Kansas Star Conference Center this year! POWER gives us the opportunity to connect together, grow together, and change the world together – this conference can help us be rejuvenated as practitioners, invigorated by new knowledge, and challenged with fresh perspectives. We are the passion and the heart of change, and always stronger together. There never has been a time where the strength and knowledge of our profession has been more needed. Let’s do this!

POWER Bundle Special:  Save $51 on registration if you bundle a full day pre-conference (Safety Workshop or Diagnostics Workshop) and regular conference registration OR save $26 on registration if you bundle a half day pre-conference (Ethics Workshop) and regular registration.  Use the promo code POWER51 for the two full days (Safety or Diagnostics Workshops + Regular Conference) or the code POWER26 (Ethics Workshop + Regular Conference) on the shopping cart page to recieve the appropriate discount.  Bundle includes pre-conference, regular conference and conference kick-off reception from 4 - 6 pm in the Fire Club at the Kansas Star Event Center. *The POWER Bundle Special discount does not apply to student registration.

You are cordially invited to join us at WSU's Rhatigan Student Center, on Friday, March 6, 2020, for our annual Community College Day. A continental breakfast and full lunch buffet are included all at no charge!

This year's theme is "WSU: Experience Your Future". Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about the advantages for transfer students at WSU and hear about all the new and exciting innovation taking place at WSU!  The program will begin at 9:00 a.m. in the Santa Fe Trails Room on the 2nd floor of the Rhatigan Student Center. This year's Community College Day will feature presentations from each College, the WSU Admissions Team, Student Life and many more!

ATTENTION Community College Students: All registered Community College students who are in attendance will have the opportunity to be entered into a drawing for one $1,000 scholarship to Wichita State University. To qualify you must be a current Community College student and be present at Community College Day at WSU on March 6, 2020. The scholarship is non-transferable. Scholarship funds must be used by the Fall 2021 semester. Register Today!