HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: LEADING WITH A FEMININE TWIST

Texas Women in Higher Education Annual Conference April 8-9, 2010 Hilton Dallas Park Cities, Dallas

While registration is open to all who are interested, please note that the topics for the annual conference are designed for women currently serving in leadership positions (chairs, directors, deans, presidents, et al.) at institutions of higher education in .

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010

6:00 – 8:00 pm TWHE Board Meeting and Dinner

THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010

9:00 am – 1:30 pm Registration/Check-in at Hilton Dallas Park Cities

9:30 – 11:30 am Preconference Workshops (Optional; choose one; additional fee)

1. Moving On Up: Career Mapping and the Search Process Women leaders in higher education can chart their professional careers and create a competitive edge by understanding the search process. This preconference will feature Donna Phillips, Executive Director of the American Council on Education’s Office of Women in Higher Education, and Bill Funk, President, William R. Funk & Associates, a higher education search firm. The session will have value for leaders engaged in the hiring process at their universities as well as those wishing to be hired.

2. Our Time Has Come: Today’s Women and Their Charitable Giving Women donors are increasingly important to our institutions of higher education. This preconference, featuring university administrators and development leaders, women philanthropists, and fundraising experts, will prepare higher education leaders to carry out fundraising with women philanthropists. Panel presenters include Mary Jalonick, President of the Dallas Foundation; Becky Sykes, President and CEO of the Dallas Women’s Foundation, and Susan Wommack, Gift Planning Legal Counsel, .

11:45 am – 12:45 pm Institutional Representatives’ Dutch Treat Lunch (All others—Lunch on your own)

1:30 – 2:00 pm Welcome and Conference Introduction

2:00 – 3:30 pm Keynote Address: Dr. Judy Jolley Mohraz, President and CEO, Virginia Piper Charitable Trust Organizational Culture for the 21st Century: The Coming of Age of Women’s Values

3:30 – 3:45 pm Networking Break

3:45 – 5:00 pm Panel Discussion: Update on Her Story: The Pathway to Higher Education Administration featuring successful higher education leaders Dr. Betty Young, President, Community College Coleman College for Health Sciences Dr. Suzanne LaBrecque, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Houston--Victoria Dr. Elizabeth Davis, Interim Provost, Baylor University Dr. Marjorie Hass, President, Austin College

5:30 pm Buses leave for SMU Meadows Museum

6:00 – 7:30 pm Reception, SMU Meadows Museum. Welcome by Dr. Mark Roglan, Director, Meadows Museum

8:00 – 9:00 pm Wine, Dessert and Conversation, Hilton Dallas Park Cities Hospitality Suite

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2010

7:30 - 8:30am Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 am Welcome and Introductions President Gerald Turner, Southern Methodist University

8:45 – 10:00 am Keynote Address, Dr. Marilu Goodyear, Chair, Department of Public Administration, University of Kansas Positive Leadership in Difficult Times

10:00 – 10:15 Networking Break

10:00 – 11:15 Concurrent Sessions

To Be and To Do . . . Lessons Learned from Women in Leadership—Candace O’Keefe Mathis, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Women’s Resources (Leadership Texas) Intercultural Relationship Building Among Women—Dr. Sherri Benn, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of Multicultural Student Affairs, Texas State University; Dr. Barbara Trepagnier, Professor of Sociology, Texas State University; and Dr. Angela Ausbrooks, Associate Professor of Social Work, Texas State University Family-friendly Policies: Results of a Survey of Women in Texas Institutions of Higher Education—Dr. Gail Evans, Professor, Management, Marketing, and Business, University of Houston—Downtown; Dr. Donetta Goodall, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Student Success, Lone Star College System; and Dr. Leah Jackson, Associate Dean, Baylor University Law School Stress . . . less Wellness: Tips for Today’s Working Woman—Dr. Nancy DiMarco, Professor of Nutrition and Director, Institute for Women’s Health, Texas Woman’s University; and Dr. Anna Love, Assistant Professor of Health Studies, Texas Woman’s University Leadership Beyond Survivor: Using the Power of Alliances—Dr. Celia Williamson, Deputy Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, University of North Texas A Wet T-shirt Contest: Objectification of Women or Women Owning Their Sexuality?--Dr. Lori White, Vice President for Student Affairs, Southern Methodist University

11:30 am – 1:00 pm Lunch and Closing Address You Hold the Future in the Palm of Your Hands Nancy Barry, Author of When Reality Hits: What Employers Want Recent College Graduates to Know