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Information about the 2025 convention will be posted on monsa.org when more details are available.

73rd Annual MONSA Convention

October 23, 2025, in Columbia, Missouri
at the Courtyard by Marriott

About 2025 Convention

The Missouri Nursing Students’ Association (MONSA) requests your attendance to the 73rd Annual Convention. This exciting event will be held Thursday, October 23, 2025, at the Courtyard by Marriott in Columbia, Missouri.

Courtyard by Marriott
3301 Lemone Industrial Boulevard
Columbia, MO 65201
Phone: (573) 443-8000

 

We request your attendance on this day of learning and fun-filled events.

Agenda

Note: Schedule subject to change. Check www.monsa.org for updates.

    • We are still accepting exhibitors. You may sign up through our online registration.

    • Continental Breakfast - Sponsored by TBA

    • Silent Auction begins

    • Time to visit the exhibitors

    • Call for Nominations for Board of Directors for 2026

    • Keynote and Nurse Panel of Leaders

      • Nurses Balancing Care for Self and Others

    • Visit Exhibit Hall and win!!

      • Bid on Silent Auction items

    • Topic TBA

      • Presenter: TBA

    • MONSA Awards Presentation

    • Exhibits, Networking and Door Prizes

    • Silent Auction ends at 1:30 PM

    • Topic/Speaker TBA

      • TBA

    • Introduce final candidates for election

    • Voting will be done post presentations

    • Pause for the cause and win!!

      • Silent Auction items available to winners!

    • Specialty Panel

      • Hot Topics and Transition into Nursing Practice

    • Election results announced

    • Door prizes, surprises and more

    • Old/New Board to meet immediately after convention

Featured Speakers and Sessions

Prepare for NCLEX®: Fluid Volume Deficit - 10:45 AM

Portrait photo of Ashley Griffin, MSN, RN

Ashley “A.G.” Griffin has been a nurse for 15 years and a nurse educator for 10 years. She is a graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi and a 2013 graduate of William Carey University. A.G. is currently the Director of Social Marketing and a Faculty Expert with Hurst Review Services®. She is also the creator of NursingForAll.com, a nursing education and lifestyle website where she blogs and creates content for multiple brands, including Target®, Crocs for Healthcare®, ShiftMed®, and LifetimeTV®. She has been a guest lecturer or speaker at over 200 schools of nursing, state conventions, and hospital systems.

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