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Network for Academic Renewal DIVERSITY, LEARNING, AND STUDENT SUCCESS: Voices Leading Change March 16-18, 2017 Jacksonville, Florida Welcome to Jacksonville and AAC&U’s Network for Academic Renewal conference, Diversity, Learning, and Student Success: Voices Leading Change. This year’s conference will engage participants in exploring how the individual and collective voices of students, faculty, staff, and community partners can be catalysts for transformative campus and social change. Affirming that our varying perspectives and the free exchange of ideas are guiding principles of a high-quality liberal education, participants will explore strategies for leading inclusive campus dialogues and strategic visioning that value and embrace diversity of thought, identity, and beliefs. The quest for equity, inclusion, and quality education for all students is not new. Yet emerging and continuing challenges that many of today’s college seeking populations face are complicated and require us as leaders to understand how to educate the whole student. As achievement gaps and inequities persist and compromise the full range and potential of talent eager to address real-world issues, we must examine how our structures and policies may hinder student learning and success. In response to these and other tests of America’s promise, individuals across our country and beyond are speaking out in support of equity, equality, civil rights, and our democratic principles. Higher education’s role in fostering knowledgeable, culturally sensitive, civil discourse among people of differing perspectives is essential to helping ease the tensions of uninformed dialogues and actions. We invite you to use this opportunity to examine diversity and equity as core values of an educated citizenry, and as critical components of a shared and socially responsible learning environment, that promotes students’ achievement of their highest aspirations and agency for the common good. With an emphasis on evidence-based strategies focused on the intersections of diversity, learning, and student success, and on what individual and collective engagement means for sustainable campus and social change efforts, we look forward to learning from and with you as we seek to prepare all students for full and productive engagement in our democracy and global society. Tia Brown McNair Karen Ann Kalla Vice President Director Diversity, Equity, and Student Success—AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal—AAC&U CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE AAC&U extends its sincere appreciation to and recognition of the individuals listed below for their many contributions in conceputalizing, developing, and presenting this conference program. Clark Atlanta University University of Central Florida Shirley Williams-Kirksey Vanessa McRae Dean School of Graduate Studies Director, Research and Civic Engagement Edward Waters College University of Florida Marvin Grant Mary Watt Vice President, Academic Affairs Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Florida Southern College University of Georgia Mary Crowe Don DeMaria Associate Provost of Experiential Education Director, Washington Semester Program Georgia Institute of Technology University of North Georgia Donald Pearl Sheila Caldwell Director, Center for Academic Success Advisor to the President on Diversity Stetson University University of South Florida Lua Hancock Karla Davis-Salazar Vice Provost Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies Elisabeth Poeter Weschester Community College Professor of German Peggy Bradford Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs CONFERENCE SPONSORS The Association of American Colleges and Universities thanks the following sponsors for their generous support of this AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal Conference. Collaborating Sponsor Everspring partners with Top 200 Universities to create a new standard of excellence in online education. They deliver a unified online strategy and bring the technology, marketing expertise, and a full range of services to help their partners launch and grow their online programs. Everspring has robust online capabilities in the areas of strategic expertise, academic and operational excellence, and advanced technology – all delivered in a customized, human-centered, integrated and data-driven process. www.everspringpartners.com Friend Sponsors Diverse: Issues In Higher Education has been America's premier source of timely news, provocative commentary, insightful interviews, and in-depth special reports on diversity in higher education for over two decades. Leaders from academe, industry, and public policy have all come to rely on this award-winning news magazine to stay abreast of the trends and issues that go to the very core of the future of this country and its place in an ever-changing world. diverseeducation.com/ Post, Connect, and Hire Latino/a Candidates LatinosinHigherEd.com, founded in 2006, is the first Latino/a professional employment web site designed specifically for the higher education community. This site helps employers connect with the largest pool of Latino/a professionals in higher education in the United States, Puerto Rico and internationally by disseminating employment opportunities to registered candidates and a national network of Latino-serving organizations. www.latinosinhighered.com DiversityEdu is a suite of online, research-based courses that respond to today's campus climate by tying personal success to the acquisition of diversity skills. Their courses reduce diversity resistance by informing rather than directing the course-taker’s choices. DiversityEdu skills expand opportunities and options for communication and engagement and offer practical rather than political solutions to the complex challenges facing students, faculty, and staff. www.diversityedu.com OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT In an effort to provide more networking opportunities for conference participants, we are offering a few ways for you to connect with colleagues both within and outside of conference sessions. Badge ribbons indicating particular areas of interest will be available at the conference registration desk. Please select a ribbon(s) that best matches your primary area(s) of interest and reason for attending the conference. These ribbons are designed to help you meet and interact with those of mutual interests. Sign-up sheets for lunch and dinner groups, organized by areas of interest will be available in the registration area. Join the conversation on Twitter at #aacudlss17 LIBERAL EDUCATION AND AMERICA’S PROMISE (LEAP) FEATURED SESSIONS Throughout the conference program, sessions noted with the (LEAP) designation highlight the innovative work of colleges and universities that are members of AAC&U’s LEAP Campus Action Network. The LEAP Campus Action Network brings together campuses and organizations that are committed to liberal education and helps them to improve their efforts to ensure that all students achieve essential liberal education outcomes. Participants in these sessions will learn how members of the network are using the LEAP framework and resources to advance their educational improvement efforts. For information about LEAP visit www.aacu.org/LEAP. SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Thursday, March 16, 2017 10:00 A.M.–7:00 P.M. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION 2:00–5:00 P.M. PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS (separate registration required) 7:00–8:15 P.M. WELCOME AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Civility, Free Speech, and the American College Campus: Action Required 8:15–9:00 P.M. RECEPTION Friday, March 17, 2017 8:00 A.M.–5:00 P.M. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION 8:00–9:15 A.M. POSTERS AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 8:30–9:15 A.M. NEWCOMERS’ WELCOME AND STRATEGIC VISIONING 9:30–10:30 A.M. PLENARY : Righting History Now! The Voices of First-Generation Students of Color 11:00 A.M.–12:15 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS 12:15–2:00 P.M. LUNCH ON YOUR OWN 2:00–5:00 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS 5:00–6:00 P.M. POSTERS AND RECEPTION Saturday, March 18, 2017 8:00–8:30 A.M. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 8:30–11:00 A.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS 11:15 A.M.–12:15 P.M. PLENARY: Taking Meaningful, Strategic, and Collective Action When the Stakes are High FUTURE NETWORK FOR ACADEMIC RENEWAL CONFERENCES October 12-14, 2017 New Orleans, Louisiana; New Orleans Marriott Global Engagement and Social Responsibility: Higher Education’s Role in Addressing Global Crises November 2-4, 2017 San Francisco, California; The Westin St. Francis Transforming STEM Higher Education: Discovery, Innovation, and the Value of Evidence February 15-17, 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Marriott Downtown General Education and Assessment March 22-24, 2018 San Diego, California; The Westin Gaslamp Quarter Diversity, Learning, and Student Success Program of Events THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2017 GRAND BALLROOM FOYER, SECOND LEVEL 10:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION 2:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Separate registration and fee required. ($125 members; $195 non-members) CITY TERRACE 8, THIRD LEVEL WK 1: Unlikely Allies—How the Growth of Inclusive Excellence at a Military Academy Can Inform your Campus Inclusion Efforts In diverse organizations, the voices of some are lost in the noise of louder voices. On many campuses, biased institutional practices and long-standing traditions can further silence voices. Colonel Packard will share stories of how marginalized communities have found a more impactful voice in a traditional, hierarchical organization. Drawing on his experiences with religious