Each year hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students attend the NCFR Annual Conference. Special options make this experience more affordable than you might expect. The regular student conference fee is just $85 if you are an NCFR Student Member.

• Take advantage of this great opportunity to learn from the best researchers, teachers, and family outreach professionals in the country.
• Make friends for life. Members tell us that because they attended the conference as students, they made professional and personal contacts that they maintained throughout their careers.
• Learn more about career opportunities, graduate school options, the Certified Family Life Educator credential, and job search options coordinated by NCFR.

Register for the conference using the link in the left margin menu, unless you are also planning to apply as a student aide (see below).

Student Aide Option (NCFR student members only)
Student aides may register for $42.50 (half price). For 2010, the number of student aide slots will be limited. First come, first served. You must be an NCFR student member. (You are encouraged to register at the regular student rate of $85 if student aide positions are no longer available.)

Sign up to volunteer for a four- to five-hour shift as a student aide at the conference and you pay one-half the regular student registration fee. Students typically assist with event set-up, registration, exhibit booth staffing, hospitality room staffing, distributing materials, and assisting speakers. You must apply as a student aide first, then you may register for the conference using the reduced-price option and also complete the room reservation form.

Student Room Reservation Form (pdf)

Publications about the 2010 Annual Conference (coming soon)
Student Flyer (pdf)
Conference Poster (pdf)

Hotel Accommodations
The 2009 NCFR Annual Conference will be held at the Minneapolis Hilton and Towers. The allotment of student-rate rooms (approximately $141 plux tax) is limited. However, rooms are also available at the regular conference rate of $157. Rooms are limited to four occupants. NCFR will assist students in finding roommates to share rooms.

Career Center
Be sure to visit the NCFR Career Center at the conference. You can review postings in family education and family professional careers and search by job type. And you can post your resume on line and identify the kinds of positions you’re looking for. Your resume will be matched with postings by employers. All the searching and contact is done online.

Take a look now and visit us in the Exhibits Area at the conference, http://employment.ncfr.org/