Wisconsin Association for College Admission Counseling

Are you a member of WACAC? If so, please use this form below to renew your annual membership. If you are not already a member we invite you to join!

As members of WACAC you will receive the benefits of our many programs and services as well as the opportunity to meet colleagues who share the rewards and challenges of helping students as they navigate the college admission process. As you know, one of the most valuable assets of our work is to make connections with one another. WACAC gives you the venue to do just that. Whether you work in a high school or on a college or university campus WACAC will offer you numerous opportunities to meet and communicate with others and keep abreast of the trends and issues involved in our work.

I look forward to meeting you in person at one of our training sessions or perhaps at our annual conference next May 19-20, 2011 at the Country Spring Hotel, Waukesha, WI. Or, maybe we will meet via email or on our listserv. As you progress through the school year, make it a priority to get connected! Join WACAC!

Shannon LaLuzerne
WACAC President
Senior Director of Admission
Marian University

The WACAC Experience

Founded in 1958, the Wisconsin Association for College Admission Counseling (WACAC) is an organization dedicated to providing admission professionals, guidance counselors, support staff, and members of educational organizations with:

• An opportunity to work together to assist students in the post-secondary educational planning process.
• Professional development opportunities via various conferences, programs, services and publications.
• A Network of professionals with which to communicate that fosters the relationship between high schools and colleges.
• A means of maintaining the high standards in the counseling profession which foster ethical and social responsibility among members.
• An opportunity to have your voice heard, statewide and nationally, and to take on leadership roles within a progressive organization.

Membership Application (Print) (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Online Application

EXPERIENCE WACAC FOR YOURSELF

The Clarion Newsletter

The Assciation Newsletter, the Clarion, is produced quarterly to keep members informed of WACAC business and developments in education on the state, regional, and national level.

Invitations

All members receive invitations to all conferences and workshops.

WACAC ANNUAL DUES

September 1st - August 31st

Full Voting Membership Dues:
Secondary Schools

• $50 per organization (unlimited members)

College / University

• $35 per member

Educational Agency/Organization

• $35 per member

Student Members

• $20 per member

Retired Members

• Free

The Full Voting Membership Dues include the institutional membership and the primary representative to WACAC.

Membership Eligibility
Voting membership in the Wisconsin Association for College Admission Counseling shall be extended to the following:

1. Any two- and four-year colleges, universities, and other postsecondary education institutions which are not-for-profit, which are accredited by a regional or state accrediting agency or by a professional accrediting agency listed in the latest edition of the "Higher Education Directory" published by Higher Education Publications, Inc., or any successor listing approved by the NACAC Executive Board, and which 8fe in agreement with the purposes of WACAC. A member postsecondary institution shall be represented by a person charged with responsibility for counseling or admitting its students. Each member institution shall have one vote.
2. Any not-for-profit individual primary or secondary schools which are accredited by a regional or state accrediting agency and which are in agreement with the purposes of WACAC. A member school shall be represented by a person charged with the responsibility for guiding students in planning for postsecondary education. Each member institution shall have one vote.
3. Any organizations, agencies, or institutions which are not-for-profit and provide postsecondary counseling, admission, and financial aid services and, further, the purposes of which are in agreement with those of WACAC. Such a member shall be represented by an officer charged with the responsibility of performing services related to the counseling or admission of students. Each member institution shall have one vote.
4. Any not-for-profit primary or secondary school districts or college or university systems which are in agreement with the purposes of WACAC. A member district or system shall be represented by a designated person charged with the responsibility for services related to the counseling or admission of students for postsecondary education. Each member district or system shall have one vote.
5. Any individual whose professional activities in the area of counseling, admission, or financial aid services are at a member institution. Each individual member shall have one vote.
6. Any individual who was actively engaged in providing counseling, admission, or financial aid services at one or more NACAC or WACAC member institutions for an aggregate of at least 15 years and who is (1) age 65 or over or (2) deemed retired under the retirement program of the last such institution employing such individual; provided in each case, that such individual is not otherwise employed on a full-time basis. Each such individual shall have one vote, but such individuals shall be exempted from the base number used to calculate the quorum.
7. Any individuals who are not affiliated with (1) a college, university, other postsecondary
   education institution, primary or secondary school, agency, organization, school district, college or university sector which qualifies for WACAC membership or (2) any university, proprietary:, college, or other postsecondary educational institutions who provide counseling, admission, or financial aid services for postsecondary education whose professional objectives are consistent with the purpose of WACAC and who meet the professional criteria which shall be established by the Executive Board from time to time. Each individual shall have one vote.

For membership information, contact:
Jennifer L. Machacek
Associate Dean of Admissions
WEF Executive Director
Marquette University
1-800-222-6544
414-288-1690
414-288-3764 - fax

or

Mark Selin
St. Norbert College
Associate Director of Admission
Milwaukee Regional Representative
N75 W23408 N. Ridgeview Circle
Sussex, WI 53089
262-820-9650
262-244-7788 - fax

Experience WACAC Yourself

Members Receive:
The Annual Membership Directory
~ All members receive the annual directory of individual members, institutions, and organizations of WACAC, along with email addresses, phone and fax numbers, and a special section devoted to “on-line” maps indentifying the location of high schools across the state. The directory also serves as an historical record of WACAC and further includes the Association's Bylaws.