OCPA Overview

In 1976, the Ohio College Personnel Association (OCPA) was chartered by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) at its annual convention in Chicago. During the following year, several interested student affairs professionals began to establish OCPA as a strong state organization. The first OCPA conference was held in 1977 at Kenyon College in Gambier with 189 attendees. Since that time OCPA has added a fall conference targeting new professionals, hundreds of members, and a variety of resources for administrators within the field of higher education. For more about the history of OCPA, read these documents:

• History of OCPA 1976-2005 by our archivists (note: the OCPA Archives are in the National Student Affairs Archives at Bowling Green State University)
• Reflecting on Our Past, Keynote Address by Bob Gatti, Annual Conference 2001
• Introduction and Finding Aid for MS-525 (OCPA) collection at the National Student Affairs Archives

Additional References:

• OCPA Strategic Plan 2006-08 (doc)
• Results of OCPA Membership Survey 2006 (pdf)
• Executive Council Annual Report 2005-2006 (.doc)
• Revised Exec Council Job Descriptions (.pdf)
• Executive Council Goals for 2005-2006 (.doc)
• Mid-term Executive Council Report (.doc)
• OCPA Goals 2004-2005 (.pdf)
• Revised Bylaws (.pdf)
• Tax Form 990 for 2005-06 (.pdf)
• Tax Form 990 for 2004-05 (.pdf)
• Past Presidents

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