Reimagining Higher Education in a Changing Landscape
Agenda
Tuesday, October 20th
Reception and Dinner 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Colony Ballroom
Welcome Address and Opening Remarks
- Gianna Durso-Finley, Executive Director – Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation
- Lindsey Bohra, Associate Executive Director – Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation
- Damián Fernández, Trustee – Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation
and President – Warren Wilson College - Patty Perillo, Vice President for Student Affairs – University of Maryland, College Park
Wednesday, October 21st
Conference 8:00am – 4:30pm
8:00am – 8:30am Check-in and Light Breakfast
Location: Colony Ballroom
8:30am – 10:30am Breakfast Plenary: Presidents’ Panel
Location: Colony Ballroom
- Michelle Anderson, President – Brooklyn College
- Damián Fernández, President – Warren Wilson College
- Wes Fugate, President – Wilson College
- S. David Wu, President – Baruch College
Moderators:
- Darryll Pines, President – University of Maryland, College Park
- Gianna Durso-Finley, Executive Director – Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation
10:30am – 10:45am Break
10:45am – 11:45am Morning Sessions
Session 1: Presidential and Chancellor Conversation – By Invitation Only
Location: Charles Carroll Room
- Damián Fernández, Trustee – Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundatio and President – Warren Wilson College
Session 2: Helping Students Find Belonging and Mattering on Campus
Location: Benjamin Bannekar Room
- Mount Saint Mary’s University
- Denise Marjarum, Director for Learning Services
- Kristin Sites, Senior Associate Director for Learning Services
- Amber Barnhart, Assistant Director for Learning Service
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Lauren Allen, Senior Director of the Women’s, Gender, and Equity Center
- Zoe Brown, Assistant Director of the Women’s, Gender, and Equity Center
- Kate Arbough, Survivor Advocate, Assistant Director of Advocacy Services
Session 3: Balancing Workforce and Vocational Training with General Education and Lifelong Learning
Location: Juan Jimenez Room
- Notre Dame of Maryland University
- Leslie Korb, Chair, Business and Economics department, and Associate Dean of the School of Arts, Science and Business
- Jens Mueller, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies Department of the School of Arts, Sciences, and Business
- Penn College of Technology
- Jack Dincher, Instructor, Electrical/Mechatronics
11:45am – 12:00pm Break
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch Plenary: What Is the Purpose of Higher Education? Democracy, Scholarship, and the Public Good
Location: Colony Ballroom
- Susan Billmaier, Program Officer – Newcombe Doctoral Fellowship Program
- Andrew Perrin, Newcombe Fellow, SNF-Agora Professor of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
1:30pm – 1:45pm Break
1: 45– 2:45pm Afternoon Sessions
Session 1: Strategic Mergers/Acquisitions: Managing Challenges and Seizing Opportunities
Location: Charles Carroll Room
- Kean University
- Michael Salvatore, Executive Vice President for Academic and Administrative Operations
- Montclair State University
- Keith Barrack, Vice President for External Relations and Chief of Staff
- Villanova University
- Kevin Noller, Vice President for University Advancement
Session 2: Practical Strategies for Supporting Neurodivergent Learners
Location: Benjamin Bannekar Room
- Towson University
- Kaitlyn Wilson, Program Director of Autism Studies, Professor and Chairperson of Department of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology
- Cary Hundley, PhD Student in Autism Studies
- York College
- Julie Rasmuson, Director of Student Accessibility Services
- Brian Rasmuson, Student
Session 3: From Barriers to Breakthroughs: Strategic Culture Change and Student Success Innovation at Thomas Edison State University and Georgia State University
Location: Juan Jimenez Room
- Georgia State University
- Allison Calhoun-Brown, Senior Vice President for Student Success
- Thomas Edison University
- Jasmeial “Jazz” Jackson, Vice Provost and Chief Student Success and Experience Officer
2:45pm – 3:00pm. Break
3:00pm – 4:15pm Afternoon Plenary: Rethinking Higher Education in an Age of Artificial Intelligence
Location: Colony Ballroom
- Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Chris Stubbs, Director of The FDU Center for Artificial Intelligence Institution
- University of Maryland, College Park
- Hal Daumé, Director of AIM and the Volpi-Cupal Endowed professor of Computer Science and Language Science
- Derek Paley, Willis H. Young Jr. Professor of Aerospace Engineering Education in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and the Institute for Systems Research
- FengFeng Ke, Clark Leadership Chair Professor in the College of Education
4:15 pm – 4:30pm Closing Remarks – Gianna Durso-Finley and Lindsey Bohra
Location: Colony Ballroom
