Higher Education Leadership Foundation LEAD. INSPIRE. LIFT. FULFILLING OUR PURPOSE The Inaugural H.E.L.F. Institute The Alpha Class www.heleaders.org 1 Miles College CHANGE your LIFE June 4, 2015 Dear Colleagues, It is with pleasure that we extend a warm and heartfelt welcome to the members of the Alpha Class on the occasion of the 2015 Higher Education Leadership Institute. We are honored that you have joined this gathering of scholars and administrators who have declared their commitment to a vibrant future for this nation’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). We invite you to participate in and contribute to this important conversation about HBCUs and your role in leading these institutions in the 21st century. We gather with intentionality and purpose to bring our best thinking to fully and deeply understanding the nuances and complexity of leadership while critically examining our professional paths. The most exciting and challenging aspects of effective leadership exist at the nexus of individual vocation and institutional mission. The Institute has been conceived as a safe space for engaging those questions in the company of like-minded peers and colleagues. The Institute program has been designed to encourage conversations about leadership at our institutions while simultaneously crafting pragmatic next steps to sustain these initial connections. We have invited seasoned presidents to share their wisdom and perspective and we pause to acknowledge and honor one whose work has contributed mightily to sustaining our institutions. We further recognize that leadership is far from one dimensional and requires a rich and varied toolbox of skills and talents, many of which may be developed and cultivated. In truth, your work begins here and the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F.), Inc. is committed to creating opportunities to support the continuation of the community of practitioners, scholars and administrators formed over these next several days. It is our sincere hope that you leave the 2015 Higher Education Leadership Institute with a renewed sense of purpose, confidence and commitment to the important work ahead. Together we will change the prevailing narrative about the future of HBCUs and unleash the power within these magnificent institutions. Thank you for joining us on this journey Sincerely, Team H.E.L.F. 3 Welcome from H.E.L.F. ABOUT H.E.L.F. HBCUs represent a rich history and legacy of educational excellence and are a valuable segment of American higher education. In recent years, these national treasures have collectively experienced considerable threats to their existence. As a result, it is critical that the next generation of senior administrators receive the necessary training and support to become strong, visionary and transformational leaders. Without question, HBCUs would benefit from more stable leadership prepared to meet the needs of 21st century learners and the challenges and opportunities facing all institutions of higher education. Developing a cadre of well-prepared and committed leaders must be intentional, strategic and thoughtful. 4 The Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F.) was established in March 2015 to provide bold, engaging and innovative learning and mentoring opportunities for current and aspiring leaders. At H.E.L.F., we endeavor to play a vital role in this mission by encouraging leaders to “lift as we climb” in order to ensure that HBCUs survive and thrive as national models of achievement. Meet the H.E.L.F. Leadership Team Dr. George T. French, Jr. Dr. Herman J. Felton, Jr. Dr. Derek Greenfield [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dr. Melva Turner-Williams Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard Gregory D. Deas [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 5 HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR TITLE SPONSOR SPECIAL THANKS TO The City of Fairfield Alabama 6 Conference2015 Schedule ALPHA CLASS LEAD. INSPIRE. LIFT FULFILLING OUR PURPOSE Thursday, June 4th Time Event Location 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Registration Teresa Snorton Hall Welcome and Admission Center 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Opening Session Pearson Hall Auditorium Keynote Speaker: Dr. George T. French President of Miles College 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Skills Challenge/Introduction of Poll Pearson Hall Auditorium Everywhere System/Explanation of Social Media Usage for HELF Institute Facilitator: Dr. Derek Greenfield Introduction of HELF Team 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Reception Terrace of W. Clyde Williams Welcome and Enrollment Services Hall Friday, June 5th Time Event Location 7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast President George T. French, Jr. Student Activity Center 8:50 am - 10:40 am Personal Pathways W. Clyde Williams Welcome Facilitators: HELF Staff and Enrollment Services Hall 11:00 am-12:10 pm Historical Context Pearson Hall Classroom Speaker: Dr. Leonard Haynes U.S Department of Education 12:20 pm-2:00 pm Lunch Cafe 2:10 pm-5:10 pm Your Team, Your Time Campus Boardrooms Public Relation Exercise Pearson Hall Auditorium 5:10 pm-6:00 pm Break 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Dinner President’s Executive Dining A conversation with veteran HBCU Hall Presidents 8:10 pm-10:00 pm Dessert and Conversation Terrace of the W. Clyde Featuring veteran HBCU Presidents Williams Welcome and Enrollment Services Hall 7 Page 1 Saturday, June 6th Time Event Location 7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast 9:00 am-12:00 pm Rotating Sessions (50 minutes allotted for each session) Presenters: W. Clyde Williams Welcome Executive Recruiter and Enrollment Services Hall Board Room Coca Cola Executives Center Lounge Area Legal Issues in Higher Education Center Front Meeting Room 12:15 pm-2:30 pm Lunch President’s Executive Dining A candid conversation with a few of our Hall newly appointed Presidents 2:30 pm-3:50 pm Break 4:00 pm-5:00 pm The Four Pillars of the Higher Education Brown Hall Chapel Leadership Foundation 5:30 pm Leave Miles College for Birmingham Museum of Art 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Higher Education Leadership Foundation Birmingham Museum of Art Honors Dinner Keynote Speaker, Michael Lomax, President/ CEO - UNCF Presentation of the Dr. Eugene D. Stevenson, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award 8:30 pm-Until Dessert & Conversation President’s Residence Sunday, June 7th Time Event Location 7:30 am-8:50 am Continental Breakfast President’s Executive Dining Hall 9:00 am-9:20 am Centering Session Brown Hall Chapel 9:20 am-10:40 am Declaration of Future Pathways Brown Hall Chapel 10:40 am-11:10 am Devotional/Centering Moment Brown Hall Chapel Dr. George T. French President of Miles College 11:10 am-11:30 am Collegial Networking Brown Hall Chapel (exchange of contact information) 11:30 am Participant check out and return travel Miles College Housing 8 Page 2 Higher Education Leadership Foundation Alpha Class Keynote Speakers 9 Keynote Speaker Dr. Michael L. Lomax President and Chief Executive Officer, United Negro College Fund Since 2004, Dr. Michael Lomax has been president and chief executive officer of UNCF, the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships and other educational support to minority and low-income students. Before coming to UNCF, Lomax was president of UNCF-member institution Dillard University in New Orleans and a literature professor at UNCF member institutions Morehouse and Spelman Colleges. He also served as chairman of the Fulton County Commission in Atlanta, the first African American elected to that post. Throughout his career, Lomax has worked to provide educational opportunities for underrepresented Americans. As president and CEO of UNCF, he oversees UNCF’s 400 scholarship programs, including the UNCF Gates Millennium Scholars Program, a 20-year, $1.6 billion program whose 14,000 low-income minority recipients have a 90 percent college graduation rate. He also launched the UNCF Institute for Capacity Building, which helps UNCF’s 39 member historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) become stronger, more effective and more self-sustaining in such critical areas as fund-raising and building strong academic programs that prepare their students for careers in the global economy. A leading advocate for the importance of cradle-through-college education for all Americans, Lomax is co-chair of the Education Equality Project, a member of the Aspen Institute’s Commission on No Child Left Behind and a member of the governing boards of Teach For America, the KIPP Foundation and the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools. He is also a frequent contributor to the National Journal’s Education Experts blog and author of the “Morehouse Man” blog at Essence.com. Lomax also serves on the boards of the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of African American History and Culture and the Studio Museum of Harlem. He founded the National Black Arts Festival. 10 Keynote Speaker Dr. Haywood L. Strickland President, Wiley College In 2000, Dr. Haywood L. Strickland (2000-present) was named the 16th president of Wiley College. His initial Administrative theme was “Achieving Excellence through Pride and Performance.” During his first year of service, he exemplified this theme in achievements by beginning the construction of the $2.4 million Julius S. Scott, Sr. Chapel on September 11, 2001, a day that is etched in the memories of all Americans. As the New York “twin towers” were falling, the Julius S. Scott, Sr. Chapel was rising. This edifice is now a center for worship and a gathering place for educational and spiritual enrichment for the Wiley College family and will be for generations to come. Dr. Strickland has been responsible for renovating and refurbishing every campus facility; spearheading the expansion of the physical plant to include a fourth residence hall--the J. Jack Ingram Residence Hall and substantially improving science laboratory facilities and securing record amounts in private gifts, as well as increased external funding for sponsored programs.