Professional development by and for higher ed professionals

HighEdWeb 2024 Michigan Regional Conference is a regional event in partnership with local universities.

Date and location

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Grand Valley State University
L.V. Eberhard Center
Grand Rapids, MI

Regional conferences offer a low-cost way to learn about the digital issues facing higher ed. Regardless of where you work in higher education — IT, marketing, admissions, advancement or academics — we welcome you.

Attendees range from unit editors to central IT or marketing staff. Bring your entire team — and you'll gain a shared understanding of how to use digital to advance your school.

About HighEdWeb

We’re the Higher Education Web Professionals Association — but we’re all friends, so just call us HighEdWeb.

HighEdWeb is active year-round via educational and networking events and our Link Journal. 

We're also a thriving community of members. When you become a HighEdWeb member, you gain many benefits:

Conference organizer updates attendees during general session

Organizing committee

HighEdWeb is volunteer powered. The HighEdWeb 2024 Michigan Regional Conference is an outcome of their dedicated work.

Josh Co-chair
Josh Isaak
He/Him/His
Grand Valley State University
Zach Co-chair
Zachary McCurdy
He/Him/His
Grand Valley State University
Cherilyn Attendee relations coordinator
Cherilyn Denomme
She/Her/Hers
Grand Valley State University
Sara Executive director
Sara Clark
she, her, hers
HighEdWeb Association
Olu Platform lead
Olukolade Adelabi
He/Him
Wayne State University
Erica Program chair
Erica Colaianne
she/her
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Lisa Registration coordinator
Lisa Bastuba
Wayne State University
Sarah Social media coordinator
Sarah Dudinetz
she/her
Grand Valley State University
Ben Sponsorship coordinator
Ben Rapin
he/him
Grand Valley State University

Code of Conduct

The HighEdWeb community is awesome, and we want to keep being awesome for everyone involved. So a reminder of what you already know: HighEdWeb is dedicated to working toward a harassment-free community and conference experience for everyone, regardless of identity factors such as (but not limited to) sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, ability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, nationality, culture, class, age or faith.

Read the Code of Conduct

How to host your own regional

Want to provide affordable professional development at your college or university? We're accepting applications for future years.

Organize a Regional