The Conference Social Sub-committee has organized two tempting optional excursions during and right after the annual conference, June 22-25 in Sacramento. If you haven't yet registered for the conference, there's still plenty of time! If you have registered, please use this form to reserve and pay for your tickets for the excursions.
Sacramento River Cats Baseball Game: Cheer on the Sacramento River Cats as they take on Las Vegas! It’s a fun, laid-back way to connect outside the conference canopy.
Date: Tuesday, June 23
Time: 6:00 pm Pacific Time (meet in hotel lobby)
Cost:
Ticket (cap of 40) $16 per person
Hat (cap of 10) $8 per person
Meal Voucher (cap of 20) $15 per person: includes hot dog, chips, and non-alcoholic beverage
Crocker Art Museum: Branch out for a cultural evening at one of the longest-operating art museums in the West and a vibrant center for art and ideas. Explore exhibitions that highlight creativity, heritage, and activism in California.
The 2026 Graduate Career Consortium Mid-Career Conference is a half-day virtual gathering designed for experienced practitioners navigating the distinctive realities of mid-career life in graduate career education — leading from the middle, balancing institutional priorities with daily operations, and sustaining yourself in high-touch work.
Through a keynote on leadership, redefining success, and protecting wellbeing; small-group breakouts on the issues that define this stage (burnout and self-care, serving as an office of one, navigating large career centers as a middle manager, and supervising and developing staff); and a panel of fellow GCC members sharing pivotal decisions and lessons from their own mid-career journeys, participants will leave with practical strategies, renewed perspective, and stronger ties to a community of peers who understand the work.
Whether you're looking to grow your influence, recalibrate your relationship to the role, or simply find others who get it, this conference offers space to reflect, reconnect, and recharge alongside colleagues across the field.
A full agenda is included here for your reference.
The registration cost for the 2026 Mid-Career Professionals Workshop is $150.