2024 UMHC Annual Conference

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 This year’s conference will feature posters and presentations, round table conversations and plenaries, a three-minute thesis competition with prizes, and plenty of social opportunities for connecting with Honors students, faculty, and staff from across the region. 

Conference registration is $80 per person. To register, click here or visit loras.edu/ecommerce and select “UMHC Conference Registration.”

An optional Saturday evening outing to the hockey arena to watch the Dubuque Fighting Saints take on the Chicago Steel is available with conference registration at a discounted group rate of $10 per person.

This year’s conference theme, Passion Meets Purpose, explores the role of vocational exploration through community service in higher education and beyond. Proposals that directly engage this theme are encouraged but not required for acceptance.

Students, faculty, and staff may submit proposals of academic or creative work for individual presentations, poster presentations, panel discussions, roundtable discussions, or the three-minute thesis competition.

To submit a proposal, complete the online proposal submission form at https://forms.gle/oaWaw5MFK9cR1x2q8 on or before Monday, February 12, 2024.

Presenters will be notified of acceptance by February 26, 2024.

Rooms may be reserved at historic Hotel Julien (200 Main Street, Dubuque) at the conference rate of $165 per night. A private breakfast for UMHC attendees is included but seats must be reserved when booking reservations.

For reservations call: (800) 798-7098 and mention the “Loras Conference” room block on or before March 5th, 2024. Online reservations are not eligible for the group rate.

For local information about the 2024 conference, contact Jacob Kohlhaas, Loras College Honors Program Director, at Jacob.Kohlhaas@Loras.edu or (563) 588-7308

Contact information for the UMHC Executive Committee is available here.