​COUNSELOR UPDATE 2022
IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL

when

DATE:   OCTOBER 26, 2022

Time   |  10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Registration Deadline   |  ​October 14, 2022

schedule of events

Wednesday, October 26, 2022
​|  Live Counselor Update Sessions  
  • For Counselors 
  • 9 In-Person Sites Across Montana & Virtual Option - Statewide Presentation
  • In-Person Sites Include:  Kalispell, Missoula, Helena, Havre, Great Falls, Bozeman, Billings, Miles City, Glasgow, or you may connect virtually from your own office via Zoom connection. *In-Person attendance will have lunch & continental breakfast provided.
  • Time:  10:00 am - 3:30pm
    • ​10:00 a.m.     Check-in & Welcome  (Coffee, juice, and rolls are provided.) 
    • 10:10 a.m.     Welcome from MPSEOC  |  Montana Colleges
    • 10:15 a.m.     MONTANA CAMPUS UPDATES 
    • 11:15 a.m.     Break (The exact Break time will be flexible due to the presenting layout.) 
    • 11:30 a.m.     MONTANA CAMPUS UPDATES
    • 12:15 p.m.     Break, Lunch, & Discussion (Lunch provided.)
    • 12:45 p.m.     MONTANA CAMPUS UPDATES  
    • 1:30 p.m.        Important Montana Announcements
    • 3:00 p.m.   Questions, Wrap Up, & Evaluations​​
  • Counselor Prize Winner & Annual Award Announced.​​
  • ​*Times and events are subject to possible variations.

SITE locations

Billings
​Bozeman
GLASGOW
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
KALISPELL 
Miles City
Missoula
​Virtual

what to bring?

covid-19 information

  • ​We ask you to follow the requirements of the site you are attending. We will have live confirmation details posted before the event to check for up-to-the moment updates/changes for in-person gatherings. Thank you for helping keep everyone safe. If you do not feel comfortable being in-person, you may always join virtually from our own space as an option too.

YOUR QUESTIONS

  • BEFORE THE COUNSELOR UPDATE  |  We have an online portal to submit your questions ahead of time and during the Counselor Update.  ​Click the button below to ask your questions now before the event.   We will address these during the live event.  Thank you for participating!  

 
​YOUR LAPTOP, IPAD, PHONE, ETC.  |  Live Questions Group

  • DURING THE COUNSELOR UPDATE  |  Back again!  We are excited to offer a “live” interactive online chat for you to post your questions and have the institutions address them throughout this event.  If you would like to participate in this online, interactive chat, please bring you own laptop, ipad, phone, etc. to access this group online throughout the event.  Simply connect to the "live Zoom session" link in the confirmation page to access the link to join.  
  • These sessions are hosted via Zoom Technology.   After registering for the Zoom Session, you will receive a confirmation email containing the link / information about joining the meeting.  If you are having technical difficulties, you may also simply call in to connect and hear the updates as a back up.
  • After the event, we will email out the final overall list of questions and answers shared during the live event.  Thank you for participating!  

 
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OPI REnewal Unit Credit offered

  •  We will be offering full OPI Renewal Unit Credit for your time attending these sessions.  We will be taking regular sign-ins throughout the event and also asking you to fill out a final credit form as part of the process.   
  • More details will be shared at the event & link will be updated the morning of the event!

​A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS & SPONSORS

Thank you to our sponsors and partners for their support of this event! We simply could not offer this annual program without their amazing team efforts and commitment to students and Montana education.

WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP STUDENTS!
  • MONTANA COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
  • MONTANA COUNSELORS
  • MONTANA ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ADMINISTRATORS | MASFAA | www.MASFAAOnline.org
  • GEAR UP | www.MUS.edu/GEARUP
  • MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM | OCHE | www.MUS.edu
  • OFFICE OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION | OPI | www.OPI.MT.gov
  • REACH HIGHER MONTANA | www.ReachHigherMontana.org
  • MONTANA YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PARTNERSHIP | www.reachhighermontana.org/youthapprenticeship
  • AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND | www.collegefund.org
  • MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY - CAREER LAB | www.lmi.mt.gov/career
  • MONTANA POST SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNTIES COUNCIL - MPSEOC | www.MontanaColleges.com

wE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THIS
YEAR'S COUNSELOR UPDATE & events! 
PLEASE CONTACT US WITH ANY QUESTIONS @ 406.531.3531 OR AMY.LEARY@MONTANACOLLEGES.COM