Fall Convention
Register now for the fall convention!
Monday, Oct. 17, 2022
Registration is now open at this link: https://cvent.me/Y138Y0
Through the online registration, you can register for the convention and pay your NHSPA membership dues. You will be able to pay by check or credit card. We are using a new system managed by a professional team at the university. If you have any problems or questions with the registration, just fill out the form after clicking on the “contact us” button.
Additional instructions:
- If you want to register more than 10 students, select the 10+ option and type in the exact number.
- Upon registering, you will be emailed an invoice with payment information. Checks should be made payable to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and sent to this address:
Big Red Business Center
501 Building, Room 123
Lincoln, NE 68588-0208
- If you complete the registration but later need to make any changes, return to the homepage via the registration link and click on the link for “already registered.” Using your email and confirmation number, you can access your registration and modify it.
- There is a page for including your NHSPA membership dues in the total. You can also add additional memberships if you are completing the form for more than one adviser.
- The NHSPA and Walsworth will be offering a free pizza lunch for advisers from 11:30 to 12:30 – so just let us know on the form how many advisers will be attending.
The registration deadline is Monday, Oct. 10, at 5 p.m., but we’d appreciate if you could register at your earliest convenience.
Details about the convention
Information for presenters and exhibitors
Where:
Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus
When:
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Convention schedule via PDF: Nebraska High School Press Association Fall Convention PDF
Convention schedule via online link: go.unl.edu/nhspa_schedule
Lunch on our own (11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) PLEASE NOTE: The food vendors normally open in the Nebraska Union will be closed the day of the convention for construction repairs. Downtown Lincoln restaurant maps and information.
Pizza lunch for advisers provided by Walsworth, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Platte River South Room. RSVP on registration form.
Wifi Access at the Union:
Username: nhspa2022
Password: seizetheday
Cost:
Convention registration per person: $20
NHSPA membership: $45
Parking: $7 per vehicle; buses free
Parking:
Garage parking (regular-sized passenger cars only)
Cost: $7
Use the Q Street entrance to park at the Larsen Building garage, 1317 Q Street. Be sure to take a ticket at the gate and keep it in a safe place. If you ordered parking, you will receive a coupon when you check in at the convention registration desk to use when you exit the garage. When exiting: insert the original ticket, then insert the coupon.
Oversized vehicles and vans parking
Cost: $7
Drive to the parking lot of the Lutheran Chapel, 1510 Q St., which is located on the northeast corner of 17th and Q streets (directly across Q Street from the College of Journalism building.) Please park in the back rows on the east side of the parking lot and leave a note on the dashboard that says you are with the NHSPA.
Bus parking
There is no charge for bus parking.
Buses should be directed to the Nebraska Schools Activities Association parking lot at 500 Charleston Street. There is no charge.
The NHSPA offers a special thanks to these organizations for their major support of our convention and annual awards:
Special thanks to these organizations for their support:
Walsworth Publishing Co.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications
Help us make your fall convention the best it can be! Please share your feedback by filling out this brief online evaluation: https://go.unl.edu/nhspa_survey
Save the date!
Next year’s fall conference will be on
Monday, Oct. 16, 2023
Questions? Contact Michelle Hassler at [email protected]
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