The call for proposals for the 32nd National Conference on Students in Transition will open in Spring 2025.

The call for proposals for the 44th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience has closed and will reopen Summer 2025.

We typically send out proposal decisions about eight weeks after the  proposal submission deadline. 

The 2025 conference will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

TBD. Stay tuned for more detailed information about the 2025 conference in the spring.

The fee schedule for 2024 - 2025 has been updated. 

FYE - $650 for early bird registration, $750 for regular registration, and $875 for onsite registration. 

SIT - $350 for early bird, $450 for regular registration, and $495 for late registration.  

Written cancellations/refund requests submitted on or before the Early Registration deadline date will have the registration fee refunded less a $100 administrative fee.

Cancellation/refund requests made after Early Registration deadline date for any reason, including health or weather, will not be possible due to the financial commitment we have made on your behalf. Event attendee substitutions are welcome at no charge.

All cancellations of registration or refund requests must be made in writing to fyeconf@mailbox.sc.edu. Please enter the name of the event in the subject line. Telephone requests will not be honored. Refunds will be processed within 14 business days following the event.

We use Guidebook for our conference scheduling, while details are subject to change, the most up to date information will be found there.

To find the guide, search the full name of the conference, including iteration number.

As of 11/8/2024, the hotel block for Thursday, February 20, 2025 is full. If you need to book that specific night, you will need to contact the hotel directly and book that night outside of the block rate.

All of our finalized upcoming events are posted on our Events Page. 

Session times are listed in local time for in-person events.

Please visit our Best Practices for Video Recording to make sure you are capturing the highest quality content possible.

Only preconference workshop presenters submit materials before the conference. All other presenters can submit materials to the repository after the conference has concluded.  

Please send the conference staff a digital copy of your slides and/or handouts after the conference by emailing them to fyeconf@mailbox.sc.edu. 

Author lunch and dinner sign-ups are run through the individual vendors hosting those events. You can sign-up via their preconference emails or by contacting the sponsoring vendor directly.

Please email fyeconf@mailbox.sc.edu with any presentation update requests. Updates will not be able to be made after July for SIT and after December for FYE.