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 For the first time in 12 years CASE III has returned to the Music City. Gone are the days of being known as the Country Music Capital of the World. The Athens of the South has blossomed into so much more! Come discover for yourself what a great city Nashville is when you join 1,000 of your colleagues for the CASE III Conference, February 5-8, 2006!
While in Nashville use the time to host an alumni gathering, or make a development call…You will be just minutes for some of Nashville’s best locations at the CASE III official hotel, Renaissance Nashville Hotel!
NEW: Chance to win one of TWO European Cruises!!!
Thanks to our good friends at Alumni Holidays and Thomas P. Gohagan and Company , attendees will have the opportunity to leave with a trip for two on an exotic international cruises!
AHI has given CASE III a nine-day cruise of the “Majestic Passage on the Mosel, Rhine and Neckar Rivers.” You will cruise on the MS Switzerland and enjoy stops in Cochem, Koblenz, Mainz, Frankfurt, Worms, Heidelberg, Bad Wimpfen, Ludwigsburg, Germany. The winner will have several dates in which to choose their departure in 2006. (Scheduled, wide-body transatlantic flights for select gateways to and from Frankfurt, Germany are included). Estimated value more than $6,000).
Thomas P. Gohagan’s contribution to CASE III is an eight-day cruise of the “Classic Mediterranean” aboard the MS Le Diamant. The lucky winner will enjoy an itinerary, which includes stops in Paris, Livorno, Portoferraio (Elba), Civitavecchia, Capri, Lipari Italy and Naxos (Taormina) Sicily. Estimated value of trip more than $7,000. (Airline tickets to Paris are not included).
Drawings for the two trips will occur on Sunday night at the Super States Reception and on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at the closing session. WINNER must be present.
NEW: Super States Reception!
 Down, Set, HIKE! That’s right our opening session will conclude and the “states” reception will turn into a Super Bowl XL party (5 p.m. CT). Join your colleagues for a great opportunity to network and meet nearly 60 educational partners who will display all the latest vendor services available to our profession. There will be many door prizes awarded with one lucky winner walking away with a fabulous international cruise!!! However, you can’t win unless you stay through halftime of the big game!
Program Additions:
NEW Professional Development Track :
At every Case 3 Conference, there will be plenty of great sessions that help us develop the fundamentals needed to become stronger in any of the particular disciplines of advancement. This year, in keeping with the “Fundamentally Sound” theme of the conference, we have developed several unique programs that will go a long way in helping you become the consummate “well-rounded” professional.
NEW: Senior Professional Institute:
Are you a professional with five years or more in the business and you feel like CASE III does nothing to enhance your skills and give you new ideas? The Senior Professionals Institute will feature some of our professions most accomplished leaders to create a highly interactive learning experience that will challenge the most seasoned professional. Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), and Sheldon Caplis, VP of Institutional Advancement at UMBC, will lead a discussion on UMBC's Harvard Case Study. Additionally, Rita Bornstein, President Emeritus of Rollins College and current Chair of CASE International, will share her perspective on how the fundamentals of fund raising are changing, and finally, Dr. Tim Caboni, Director of Special Projects at Peabody Center for Education Policy at Vanderbilt University, will conduct a review of fund raising literature and discuss where our profession is headed. This one-day experience created solely for the senior professional promises to be the most informative learning and networking opportunity you've had in years. Sunday only! Cost is just $130 for the entire institute.
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