2025 Blue Key National Leadership Conference
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona
January 17th-19th, 2025
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Grand Canyon National Park (90 minutes away from Flagstaff!)
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As an attendee, you will hear from a variety of accomplished speakers, get opportunities to network with fellow leaders, and participate in leadership and team-building activities. Each Chapter receives two complimentary conference registrations. Conference registration includes the hotel stay and all meals while at the conference. The annual conference provides a unique opportunity to interact with campus leaders from institutions across the nation, and the chance to learn from and alongside future professionals from a wide variety of disciplines. With speakers, workshops, and projects devoted specifically to the Blue Key founding principles of Leadership, Scholarship, and Service, members who attend often leave with a deepened understanding of the role those values can play in their lives going forward.
Paramount to the success of our organization is the free and open exchange of ideas about student leadership, and the annual conference provides unparalleled access to the ideas, strategies, and methods utilized by schools undertaking similar projects on their own campuses. Additionally, the conference has a valuable social component to it, giving students an unstructured time of fellowship with one another, something often lacking in the busy lives and overfilled schedules of student leaders. The annual conference exists not only to strengthen bonds between different chapters but also to strengthen bonds within chapters, the ultimate goal is to create more organized, efficient chapters while bolstering members’ individual capabilities to serve as more effective, confident student leaders.
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We are seeking dynamic speakers to submit a proposal for the 2025 Blue Key Conference. Our goal is to provide high-quality sessions that engage, empower and energize conference attendees. If you are interested in sharing your knowledge, skills, and talents with conference attendees, we encourage you to complete a program proposal to present at the conference.
Program Proposal Submission Form
The deadline to submit a program proposal is December 1st.
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The conference officially begins on Saturday morning with a welcome kickoff. The NAU Chapter of Blue Key will be hosting a Friday afternoon welcome session and excursion into downtown Flagstaff on Friday evening.
The conference concludes on Saturday evening with an awards ceremony and banquet. Chapters typically arrive at the hotel by 5 pm on Friday and depart on Sunday morning/afternoon.
A more detailed schedule can be found here: https://www.bluekey.org/schedule
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The conference will be held on the campus of Northern Arizona University from Friday, January 17th, 2025 - Sunday, January 19th, 2025.
The Flagstaff Pulliam Airport airport (FLG) is the preferred airport for Chapters traveling by air as it is only 10 minutes from campus and the conference hotel.
Chapters traveling by air may also prefer to fly into Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) which is roughly 2 hours away from Flagstaff by car. There are shuttle services available from Phoenix to Flagstaff.
Groome Transportation is a shuttle service that takes individuals from the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to Flagstaff! They offer roundtrip services where you can also take the shuttle from Flagstaff back to the airport. The drop-off/pick up location for the Groome services is on NAU's campus, right near our Health and Learning Center, providing easy and accessible transportation to the conference if needed. Here is a link to their site Groome Transportation. There is also the Flix Bus, which does pickups at the airport and drops off near the train station, a 10-minute walk from campus. Here is the link to their website: Flix Bus
Flagstaff is also serviced by AMTRAK and the station is less than a mile from the conference hotel.
Conference hotel:
Drury Inn & Suites Flagstaff
300 S Milton Rd
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
928-773-4900The Blue Key National Office will make hotel reservations for your Chapter and the cost is included in the conference registration fee.
The goal is to have four (4) students per room when practical to make efficient use of lodging space. Advisors are two (2) per room.
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The conference is open to all current Blue Key members, advisors, and alumni. Each chapter receives two (2) complimentary conference delegate (student) registrations.
Additional conference delegate registrations are:
• $180 for each additional conference delegate (student/active member)
• $220 for each advisor or alumni
• $50 for each additional conference delegate (student/active member/advisor) – Host Institution
Step 1: Download the Conference Registration Template HERE.
Step 2: Upload the completed Conference Registration Template form HERE or email the form to bkdirector@bluekey.org.
Step 3: Complete your conference registration by making the payment by Friday, December 13th, 2024.
Payment Option 1:
The preferred payment method is by check to the Blue Key National Office. Make check payable to Blue Key Honor Society and address to:ATTN: Byron Thetford
University of West Alabama
101 College Drive, Station 61
Livingston, AL 35470Payment Option 2:
Digital Purchase through PayPal (an additional $2.00 PayPal fee is applied to the cost). Please choose your preferred registration level below, update the quantity, and click ‘Add to Cart.’Chapters may also apply for a Travel Grant HERE.
The deadline to apply for a Travel Grant is November 17th.
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No conference registration refunds will be available after November 31st due to confirmation with lodging and food vendors. Even if the weather prevents a chapter from attending the conference no registration refunds will be available. The National Office encourages each chapter to speak with its institution about purchasing travel insurance.
Chapters may make substitutions of individuals registered. Please be mindful of the fact that same-gender substitutions are easier to manage by the National Office for lodging purposes. Thank you for your courtesy.
Note that registrations received after December 13th will only be accepted on a space and availability basis as per the hotel.
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All Chapters are highly encouraged to submit nominations for conference awards. Award nominations are due by Wednesday, December 11th at 11:59 pm.
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The Blue Key Board of Directors consists of seven members (Four Blue Key Officers who are either chapter advisors or Blue Key alumni and three Student Directors who are enrolled as full-time students in the Blue Key Chapter’s institution at the time of election). Blue Key Officers serve a four-year term, while Student Directors serve a two-year term.
At the 2025 Conference, there will be one Blue Key Officer position and two Student Director positions open.
