Student Leadership Drive-In

Drive-In Schedule

Schedule of Events:

We are excited to share the schedule of events for the drive-in conference. Our conference is primarily paper-free! This Google Website will be our primary source for information and the day-of event schedule. If there are any event changes, it will be reflected on this website. Feel free to explore! We encourage you to consider which educational sessions you would like to attend. This Google Site also includes information regarding philanthropy, campus maps, committee information, and more!  

Please use this document if your institution requires a schedule to submitted to complete your expense reports.

Parking Information:

Once arriving on campus, please plan to park in the P25 parking lot. More information regarding overflow and accessible parking is listed on the Homepage of our Google Website. Please contact me if you have more specific questions about parking availability. This interactive campus map is available for your reference. For those driving, please use this link to reserve a free 1-day parking pass. This can be completed in advance! You will need to provide vehicle and license plate information.

Check-In Information:

Conference Check-In will take place from 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. and will take place in our Highsmith Student Union. Please enter our student union from the sky bridge on University Heights Drive. We will have directional information posted and team members available to guide you once you arrive. Our team is excited to meet you! 

Dining Information:

Breakfast items will be provided alongside our Check-In table for anyone interested in grabbing a bagel or coffee as you enter. Lunch will be provided in our Brown Dining Hall, located next to the Highsmith Student Union. We’re aware that several students are observing Ramadan and will be fasting during the conference. Containers will be available for meals to-go for anyone who needs to save their lunch for later. Additionally, we will have a Build Your Own trail mix bar at the end of the day as an opportunity to pack a snack for the road. 

Student Leadership Drive-In Spirit

Come out to the drive-in decked out with spirit for your institution! One institution will be awarded “Most Spirited” and receive the spirit stick to hold onto until the next drive-in.

SWAG Swap: This is an opportunity for delegations to bring promotion items or “swag” from their institution that they can trade with other institutions. Pretty much anything branded to your institution can be traded. Examples include shirts, hats, pens, stress relief balls, lanyards, you name it! If it has your school’s name on it, please bring it to trade!

Clothes pins: Delegations are encouraged to decorate clothes pins with your institution’s colors to trade throughout the day. This is a great icebreaker as you meet new people during the drive-in. Delegations should plan to create about 10 clothes pins per delegate, but the more the better! Click here to get some ideas.

Banners: The Student Leadership Drive-In Banner Competition is an opportunity for delegations to create a creative digital banner that ties in their school spirit and the theme of the conference. The size of the image should be no larger than 1920px by 1080px which is the average size of a presentation slide. These will be due Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Please use this submission form.

Cheers and Chants: Each institution will be given up to 30 seconds during the Opening Ceremonies to show off their cheer or chant. These can be ones your institution already does or a unique one created just for the Student Leadership Drive-In.

Registration Information

Registration has now closed. Please contact studentleaderdrivein@ncho.org with any questions.

Cancellation Policy

• Registration cancellations on or prior to Feb. 14, 2025 will receive a 100% refund.
• Registration cancellations between Feb. 15, 2025 and Feb. 28th, 2025 will receive a 50% refund.
• Refunds will not be given for any registration cancellations after Mar. 1st, 2025
• Cancellation requests must be received via email to business@ncho.org

Call for Program Proposals

The call for program proposals has now closed. Those that submitted a proposal will receive an email notification if they were selected. Please contact studentleaderdrivein@ncho.org with any questions.

Student Leadership Drive-In Awards

This year we will be further recognizing the great work of our student leaders with the debut of the Student Leadership Drive-In awards. During the closing ceremony, in addition to the “Best Program” and “Most Spirited” awards, we will be announcing the winners of the Student Leadership Drive-In awards.

Award submissions has now closed. We are looking forward to our inaugural Student Leadership Drive-In award ceremony this year.