THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008
2:00-5:00 p.m. Registration
Location: 2nd Floor Foyer, Hilton San Francisco Financial District
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008
7:45 a.m. Registration
Location: 2nd Floor Foyer, Hilton San Francisco Financial District
8:15-9:45 a.m.
Symposium Session I: Special Committee on Best Practices of Mentoring
9:45-10:45 a.m.
Breakout Sessions 1-3:
1) A First-Year Electronic Portfolio Curriculum: Student Learning and
Institutional Measures
2) Promoting Student Success Through Experiential Learning
3) Defining and Promoting Student Success Through the Dillard
University Building Engagement and Attainment for Minority Students
(BEAMS) Project
11:00-12:00 p.m.
Breakout Sessions 4-7:
4) Multicultural Educational Issues: Research Focus on Theories,
Models, and Strategies Involving Student Learning, Adjustment, and
Success
4) Multicultural Educational Issues: Research Focus on Theories,
Models, and Strategies Involving Student Learning, Adjustment, and
Success
5) Competing for Excellence: Student Success Redefined
6) Critical Thinking and Active Learning: Keys to Student Retention and Success
7) A Behavioral Approach to Student Learning Assessment and Policies
1:00 p.m. Buses depart from Hotel for the University of San Francisco
2:00 p.m. Welcome and Keynote Address
Symposium Session II: The Classroom: The Foundation for Student Success
Speaker: George Kuh, Indiana University
Location: Xavier Room, University of San Francisco
3:15-4:15 p.m.
Breakout Sessions 8-12:
8) Working with the 'Whole' Student: Mentoring, Counseling the First Year
Student, Teaching with Tools from Youth Culture
8) Working with the 'Whole' Student: Mentoring, Counseling the First Year
Student, Teaching with Tools from Youth Culture
9) Urban Leadership: Service Learning Through an Interdisciplinary HIV/AIDS
Course
10) Strategizing for Success: Latina Empowerment and Black and Latino Male
Achievement
11) Faculty's Role in Student Success: Engagement in and Outside the Classroom
12) Critical Inquiry: A Comprehensive Strategy for Student Success
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions 13-17:
13) Defining Success: Students' Goals and Expectations of College
13) Defining Success: Students' Goals and Expectations of College
14) Crossing Borders and Discovering Home: Using Border Pedagogy Praxis
to Cultivate Student Success
15) An Equation for Renewed Focus on Those Who Teach
16) Using Technology to Promote Student Success
17) Title V and Improvement in Student Learning
5:30-6:30 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. Buses depart the University of San Francisco for Hotel
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
8:00 a.m. Buses depart from Hotel for the University of San Francisco
8:00 a.m. Registration
Location: Commons Court, University of San Francisco
9:00-9:45 a.m.
Symposium Session III: Moving From Scientific Research to Education
Research: What are the Questions? How Do We Answer Them? What Have We
Learned?
Speaker: Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University
Location: Xavier Room, University of San Francisco
9:45-10:45 a.m.
Breakout Sessions 18-22:
18) Service Learning and the Freshman Seminar: Diversity and Cultural
Awareness
18) Service Learning and the Freshman Seminar: Diversity and Cultural
Awareness
19) Tools for Enhancing Racial and Ethnic Sensitivity in Teacher Education
Programs
20) Cross-Institution Partnering for Student Success
21) Visual Learning in Science Education: Strategies for Promoting Engagement
and Understanding
22) Enhancing Student Achievement and Persistence through a Culture
of Assessment that Emphasizes Student Engagement
11:15-12:15 p.m.
Breakout Sessions 23-27:
23) Inside the Pressure Cooker: First-Year Composition and Student Success
23) Inside the Pressure Cooker: First-Year Composition and Student Success
24) Two Summer Study Results: Defining Academic Success, Seeking Factors
for Student Success, and Promoting African American Students' Academic
Success
25) Using Appreciative Advising to reach Students in Academic Jeopardy
26) Using a Course Portfolio to Measure and Improve Student Learning
27) Intentional Initiatives Designed for Student Success
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Symposium Session IV: Diverse Perspectives on Student Success
Facilitator: Patrick Love, Pace University
Speakers: Margarita Benitez, The Education Trust
Marilee Bresciani, San Diego State University
Bettye Parker Smith, Dillard University
Location: Xavier Room, University of San Francisco
1:45-2:45 p.m. Lunch
2:45 p.m. Buses depart the University of San Francisco for Hotel
To download the complete program with descriptions of break-out sessions, click here.