2016 ACHE SOUTH SCHEDULE

SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2016

1:00pm Planning Committee Meeting

3:00pm Hotel Check-in

3:00-5:00pm Registration Open

4:00-6:00pm Exhibitor Setup

Dinner/Evening On your own

MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016

8:00-4:00pm Registration Open

8:00-5:00pm Exhibits, Sponsors, University Materials Displays

8:30-9:15am Continental Breakfast / Networking

8:30-9:15am First Timers Meet and Greet Breakfast with ACHE South Executive Board

9:15-9:30am Welcome and Introductions, Conference Sponsor Recognition

9:30-10:30am Keynote Speaker – President Brian Noland, East State University

10:30-10:45am Beverage Break

10:45-11:30am Concurrent Sessions I

To Degree or Not to Degree: Examining Barriers that Impact the Adult Learner's Return to College - Bergman & Osam, University of Louisville

Lean-in Higher Education: Taking It Up Another Notch! Bartanus & Denning, Piedmont Technical College

It's Not About Attracting More Students - It's about Enrolling Your Students - Melendres, Collegis Education

11:45-1:00pm 2015 Awards Luncheon

1:00-1:45pm Message from ACHE President/Conversations with Vendors/Business Meeting/Door Prize drawing

2:00-2:45pm Concurrent Sessions II

All for One & One for All: Assessing the Effectiveness of Feedback Delivery in Online Writing - Singleton, Northern University

Palmetto College: A System Approach to Accessible, Affordable & Flexible Degrees - Elkins, Colbert, Nesmith, Carmichael, Catalano, Collins & Sonntag, University of

An Innovative Approach to Improving the Recruitment & Success of Transfer Students – Harrison, Rainbolt & Delozier, East Tennessee State University

3:00pm Tours/Outings/Activities in the area (History, Art, Cultural)

Dinner/Evening On your own TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016

8:30-11:00am Registration open

8:30-3:00pm Exhibits, Sponsors, University Materials Displays

8:30-10:00 am Continental Breakfast/Keynote – Ms. Anita Zucker, Chair & CEO, The Intertech Group, Inc.

10:15-11:00 am Concurrent Sessions III

Learn Program Matrix Design Tactics - Drabczyk, Indian River State College

Best Advising Practices for Nontraditional Learners - Conwell & McCoy, Northern Kentucky University

Implementation of a 2+2 Bachelor of Science Degree - Smith & Keylon, Tennessee Tech University

11:15-12:00 pm Concurrent Sessions IV

Getting Buy-in to Implement Change - Baines, 4th Dimension Partners

Taste the Experience: Culinary Apprenticeship Program - Moss & Grooms, Kennesaw State University

Open Education Resources (OER): the Good, the Bad & How OERs Can Be Used - Bonhomme, Institute of Technology

12:00-2:00 pm Lunch on your own

2:15-3:00pm Concurrent Sessions V

Mapping your Marketing - Hinely, University of West Florida

Weaving Together Campus Partners to Pilot Test Future Innovations - Crews, Love & Grissop, Furman University

"It Came to Me When I Walked in the Door": The Importance of Initial Contact in Learning Environment - Fry & Taylor, Tennessee Tech & Troy Universities

3:15-4:00pm Concurrent Session VI

Utilizing e-Portfolios for Online & Adult Degree Completion Programs - Rust, Bryant & Johnson, Middle Tennessee & East Tennessee State Universities

A Higher Education Model for Measuring the Impact and ROI of Continuing Ed - Cherjovski, University of Central Florida

Building the Online Enterprise: Lessons Learned - Kennedy & Elkins, Kennedy & Co.

5:30-7:00pm Reception honoring past chairs

7:00-10:00pm Conference Dinner/Music

WEDNESDAY APRIL 20, 2016

8:30-9:45am Plated Breakfast/Keynote Speaker – Dr. Angela Passarelli, The College of Charleston

10:00-10:45am Concurrent Sessions VII

An Urban Experiment: WKU's Dual Credit City Summer - Neely & Jones, Western Kentucky University

Three's the Charm: Sequencing 3 Required Courses in BA in Liberal Studies - Nesmith, Hjelm, Jones & Jones, University of South Carolina

Up-close & Personal with Online Adult Learner - Nickol & DeWard, Northern Kentucky University

11:00-12:00nn ACHE South 2016 Presentation/Evaluations/Vendor Bingo/Closing Remarks/Pass the Gavel

12:00nn Hotel Check-out