ACBSP Region 3 Fall Conference October 26-28, 2017 Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina Conference at a Glance

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Conference Registration

12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Exhibits Open

Thursday, October 26th

12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Session One Sponsor (Peregrine) - DOOR PRIZES!

1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions One and Two

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Session Two Sponsor (Capsim) - DOOR PRIZES!

3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions Three and Four

4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Concurrent and Six

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Dinner and Downtown Wilmington Tour (Optional)

8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Conference Registration

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Exhibits Open

8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Networking Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions Seven and Eight

Friday, October 27th 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Student Showcase #1

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Student Showcase #2

Networking Luncheon (Let's have fun!) 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. and ACBSP Region 3 Business Meeting (DOOR PRIZES)

1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Student Showcase #3

2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions Nine and Ten

3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions Eleven and Twelve

6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Networking Reception

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Dinner and Entertainment (DOOR PRIZES)

Saturday, October 28th 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions Thirteen and Fourteen

10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions Fifteen and Sixteen

Closing Session & Best of Region Announcement 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (DOOR PRIZES) 12:00 p.m. Conference Adjourns Concurrent Sessions

12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Session One Sponsor (Peregrine) - DOOR PRIZES! Causeway

Concurrent Session One: Inquiry and Reflection… ePortfolios in Study Abroad Causeway Dr. Tammie Bolling, Pellissippi State Community College 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Concurrent Session Two: Achieving Accreditation that Supports Student Success Tidewater

Thursday, 26th October Dr. Denise R. Smith, CPA, Brenau University

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Session Two Sponsor (Capsim) - DOOR PRIZES! Tidewater

Concurrent Session Three: Enhancing our Abilities to Recruit, Retain, and Reenter Students Causeway Edward Brown, Alabama State University 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Concurrent Session Four: Through the Looking Glass: Teaching and Retaining the Appalachian Tidewater Student Karen G. Carter, Lincoln Memorial University Concurrent Session Five: High Impact Practices, Experiential Learning, Reflection, and Student Causeway Success Sergio Castello, Wingate University 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Concurrent Session Six: A reflection on two years of focused MBA growth: A customer service turn- Tidewater around story Jacob Fait and Matthew Sweet, Lincoln Memorial University Concurrent Session Seven: Expanding the Gateway of Student Retention through the First-Year Causeway Experience Seminar Kelvin D. Farmer, Ph.D., Florida A&M University 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Concurrent Session Eight: Re-entry Women: What University Business Schools Need to do to Recruit and Reatin Them Tidewater Janie Gregg, Mitzi Green, Uchenna Akpom, Sharon Stipe, and Jan Miller, University of West Alabama Student Showcase One: 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Relationships Recruit and Retain Students Causeway LaGrange College Student Showcase Two: Reading into Literacy Rates: A Comparative Study of Economic and 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Tidewater Financial Literacy Rates and Prosperity Milligan College

Friday, 27th October Student Showcase Three: The Incorporation of Direct and Indirect Processes of Assessing and 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Developing Student Learning Models to Transform Student Success that Causeway Impacts the Recruitment, Retention, and Reentry of Business Students Lenoir-Rhyne University

Concurrent Session Nine: The Student - Faculty Nexus to Enhance and Transform the Recruitment, Causeway Retention and Reentry Dynamics in Business Education A. Dale King, Ph.D., Lenoir-Rhyne University 2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Session Ten: ACBSP Standard 5.3.1 and the Nine Essential Functions: A Case Study in the Prioritization of Faculty Deployment for Engagement, Program Tidewater Quality, and Branding that Influence College Choice for Today's Students Dr. Kim LaFevor, DBA, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, Athens State University

Concurrent Session Eleven: Transforming Student Success by Designing the Successful Internship Causeway Sheree A. Schneider, Lincoln Memorial University 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Concurrent Session Twelve: Prioritizing Critical Success Factors for Higher Education Tidewater Dr. Catherine Burr and Dr. Leonidas Maganares, Univ. of Phoenix

Concurrent Session Thirteen: Improving Retention through the Effective Use of Advising Assessment Causeway

Saturday, 28th October Edward C. Taylor, Piedmont College 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Concurrent Session Fourteen: The Journey from Sage on the Stage to Mentor and Coach Tidewater Dr. Betsy Wampler, American InterContinental University Concurrent Session Fifteen: Student Veterans - Aiding their Successful Reentry (and Graduation) at the Causeway University Mava Wilson and David Smartt, Lee University 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Concurrent Session Sixteen: Business Living-Learning Communities: A Student Success Best Practice Tidewater Shawnta Friday-Stroud, Ph.D., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU)