The 2025 CORE National Conference will be held at the Waco Convention Center in Waco, Texas, October 21-23.
This year’s conference will be hosted by Methodist Children’s Home. Read more at: https://www.mch.org/.
Registration is now open for the 2025 CORE National Conference.
Registering on this website is an easy, secure way to sign up. CORE uses PayPal for processing, but a PayPal account is not required to checkout; you can just use your credit card. Please mark your calendar and make plans now to be in attendance. There are three options for registration.
OPTION 1: CORE Members: $350/person
OPTION 2: GROUP of four or more CORE Members: $300/person
OPTION 3: Non-Members: $400
Call for Presenters
Methodist Children’s Home is accepting presentation proposals from experienced professionals for the Coalition of Residential Excellence (CORE) Conference held in Waco, Texas this October. The conference planning committee will review all proposals and make selections based on relevance to CORE’s mission, the conference theme, and the challenges education and residential-based programs are facing today. Presentation proposals should be engaging, practical, have clear objectives, and based on established or emerging best-practices. Refer the CORE Conference Information Packet for more detailed information about presentation length, A/V needs, and topic suggestions.
Catherine Hershey Award Nominations
With its inception in 2005, the Catherine Hershey Awards are national awards specifically for the residential education field. Administered by CORE, the Coalition for Residential Excellence, the awards are sponsored by the Milton Hershey School. Judges are individuals from the residential field who rank all submitted nominations with personal and program information removed.
Announcement to the award winner will be coordinated between CORE and the nominator. Following notification to the award winner, a letter will be sent providing details of the award presentation which will be held at the CORE National Conference, October 21-23, 2023. This year’s conference is hosted by Methodist Children’s Home, located in Waco, TX. Travel expenses to attend the awards presentation will be the responsibility of the award winner and/or their nominator. All nominees will be notified and listed in the awards program.
Conference Hotel/Housing
AC Hotel Waco Downtown: $192/night (.5 miles from venue)
GROUP CODE: M-UQMJRKD
Cambria Waco University Riverfront: $139-149/night (.4 miles from venue)
GROUP CODE: CORE
Hotel Indigo Waco: $157/night (.4 miles from venue)
GROUP CODE: WK96H5
Airport:
Waco Regional Airport (ACT)
Distance to Waco: 8 miles (17 min)
Dallas Love Field (DAL)
Distance to Waco: 99 miles (1 hour, 33 min)
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
Distance to Waco: 109 miles (1 hour, 35 min)
Austin-Bergstorm International Airport (AUS)
Distance to Waco: 108 miles (1 hour, 50 min)