Division of Student Affairs 2017 Retreat Agenda

Division of Student Affairs 2017 Retreat Agenda May 24, 2017 J. Eugene Smith Library - Johnson Room

9:00 am Breakfast Registration for Conference Breakout Sessions

9:20 am Opening Remarks Ken Bedini, Vice President for Student Affairs

9:40 am-12:00 pm Conference Breakout Sessions

Block 1 9:40 am– Values Light the Generations in the Preventing Violence Empower Educate 10:40 am Way Workplace Through Research Advocate Karen Senteio Tracey Knofla and Community CT Students for a Leadership High Impact Training Education Dream Greater Science 301 Jeremy Richman Rm. 117 Hartford The Avielle Rm. 114 Foundation Rm. 116

Block 2 10:50 am– Values Light the Generations in the Preventing Violence Empower Educate 11:50 am Way Workplace Through Research Advocate Karen Senteio Tracey Knofla and Community CT Students for a Leadership High Impact Training Education Dream Greater Science 301 Jeremy Richmond Rm. 117 Hartford The Avielle Rm. 114 Foundation Rm. 116

12:00 pm Lunch

12:45 pm Community Service Project in partnership with United Way Building of Literacy Kits

3:00 pm Closing Remarks Walter Diaz, Dean of Students

4:00 pm Happy Hour Social Event Willimantic Brewing Co., 967 Main Street, Willimantic

1 Breakout Session Information:

Values Light the Way

Karen Senteio, Director, Consulting and Training Leadership Greater Hartford This workshop helps participants identify the personal values that are the most important in their life and begin to understand how value clarification is essential to the development of resiliency and managing the arenas in your life. This session will help attendees understand the values that drive others behaviors and actions. Understanding values helps manage conflict and build empathy.

Karen Senteio joined the staff of Leadership Greater Hartford as Director of Consulting and Training in March of 2016. A Professional Coach and owner of VERVE LLC, Consulting Services, she also brings more than 25 years corporate experience at The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. in leadership positions in Project and Program Management, Operations, Information Technology, Diversity and Inclusion, Training, Facilitation and Change Management. She is a credentialed member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and a Board Member and Programs Co-Chair of the Connecticut Chapter, a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, a PROSCI Change Management Practitioner, a Higher Ground Leadership Coach®, a Social +Emotional Intelligence Coach (ISEI), and an Oasis in the Overwhelm™ Facilitator. She holds a PMP (Project Management Professional) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Albertus Magnus College.

Generations in the Workplace

Tracy Knofla, Founder High Impact Training Participants will identify important characteristics of their generation and how the generation in which they were raised influences current actions and decisions. They will also learn more about other generations and determine ways to work more effectively with them.

Tracy Knofla is a co-owner and a featured presenter for High Impact Training, a nationally recognized training and development company, founded in 1995. Tracy received her bachelor's and master's degrees in Recreation and Leisure Studies from Southern Connecticut State University. She worked at Indiana University Southeast, as the Coordinator of Student Activities and as the Director of the University Center. In addition to the facility management, Tracy provided training and support to student and staff groups, where she developed and taught the freshman leadership course and supervised staff in multiple areas on campus. Following her career at Indiana University Southeast, Tracy served as Director of Therapeutic Recreation at several long-term care facilities in Connecticut.

2 Preventing Violence Through Research and Community Education

Jeremy Richman, Ph.D., Founder and Director The Avielle Foundation Brain science is the least explored of all our sciences. As a result, there is a lot of fear, trepidation, and stigma associated with the invisible world of brain illnesses (referred to as “mental illness”). People are afraid to advocate for themselves and their loved ones to get appropriate help in times of need. But the brain is just another organ, and as such, can be healthy or unhealthy. In this presentation we will discuss what is known in regard to risk factors for engaging in violent behavior and protective factors for building connection and compassion. At the Avielle Foundation, we seek to better understand the neuro-biological and environmental factors associated with violence and compassion. Once a deeper understanding has been established, we can apply these insights to educate the everyday citizen about how to identify the signs and symptoms of someone troubled or in crisis, how to responsibly advocate for those at risk of violence to themselves or others, and most importantly, how to foster kind, healthy, and compassionate individuals and communities.

Dr. Richman has extensive research experience that spans the range from neuroscience to cardiovascular biology, diabetes, obesity, and kidney disease. He has worked in the research and drug discovery arena for over two decades and is passionate about helping people live happier and healthier lives. Dr. Richman is dedicated to reaching out and educating youth and believes our future relies on their imaginations. This is manifested through his teaching martial arts, biology, neuroscience, and rock climbing to children and teens for the past 25 years. Most importantly, he believes it is critical to empower youth to advocate for themselves and their peers when it comes to brain health and brain illnesses. Toward this end, Dr. Richman and his wife, Jennifer Hensel, started the Avielle Foundation, committed to preventing violence and building compassion through brain health research, community engagement, and education. Dr. Richman serves as the CEO of the Avielle Foundation as well as holding a Faculty Lecturer appointment at Yale’s Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine.

Empower, Educate, Advocate

CT Students for a Dream Connecticut Students for a DREAM is a statewide organization of DREAMers and allies that seek to empower undocumented students and their families by advocating for their rights and raising awareness about issues they face on college campuses and beyond.

CT Students for a Dream (C4D) was founded in 2010 by a group of undocumented students and allies from across Connecticut. Initially coming together to discuss how it could advocate for the Federal DREAM Act, this small group organized a CT “Dream Summit” to kick off the DREAM movement in Connecticut, where over 30 students attended, and were trained on how to organize for the DREAM Act. C4D then held Connecticut’s first “Undocumented & Unafraid: Coming Out” event in the state, where students shared their stories of being undocumented and came out publicly to their communities, a first in CT. In 2012, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) became a reality, not only changing the lives of its members, but the movement as well. C4D grew as new youth organization, seeing the power they had to create social change, felt energized and joined the movement. The new members and energy resulted in three youth-lead chapters being created – Danbury, Bridgeport, and Stamford. These “Regional Teams” of CT Students for a Dream are the organizing component of

3 the organization. Regional teams are made up of students and families who work in their communities to further C4D’s mission and goals. Although the DACA policy has given undocumented immigrant students a temporary solution, the fight continues for a permanent solution for families and communities.