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Conferences

Each year, the Oregon Student Foundation (OSF) hosts several conferences for students at low-cost prices.  OSF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to provide students with training and devolopment, fundraises, and invests our alumni. 
Below is an overview of the conferences OSF sponsors each year.  Please check our Events page for up-to-date details and registration info for upcoming conferences.

Oregon Students of Color Coalition Conference

January or February at a rotating Oregon campus

OSCC founded their conference in 2002 as a way to diversify the student movement and to bring attention to the issues of communites of color.  The three-day conference hosts over 200 students from all over the Northwest, offering workshops on issues impacting communities of color and the skills necessary to create change.  This conference features several speakers and provides the opportunity to strengthen connections between students of color across the state.

Go to the OSCC Conference page

Student Vote Training

February at a rotating Oregon campus

The Student Vote Training is held every election year.  The Student Vote Training hosts approximately 100 Oregon students who choose from one of several tracks on getting out the student vote. 

At the last Training, three tracks were offered:
•   Campaign Track: teaches students how to successfully run a candidate or ballot measure campaign
•   Campus Track: focuses on running a voter registration and education campaign on campus
•   Constituent Track: instructs students on how to turn out a specific group of students to vote

The training features speeches from Oregon politicians on the importance of getting out the student vote. 

Student Executive Management Training

June at Lane Community College

Are you a new staff manager?
Running a whole office for the first time?
Working with interns and volunteers?

The Student Executive Management Training is specifically designed for students who are new to the role of “executive,” staff manager, or project leader. This training will include workshops such as “Staff Development and Management,” “Time Management,” “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace,” and many more.

Northwest Student Leadership Conference (NWSLC)

November at Portland State University

Founded in 1989, NWSLC draws over 500 students each year from across the United States for three days of keynote speakers and a choice of over 100 workshops.  These workshops focus on issues affecting students in postsecondary edcuation as well as the skills necessary to create change on your campus and in your community. 
In fact, this conference is such a big deal that it warrants a whole website unto itself, where you will find more conference and registration information: www.nwslc.org.