Conference

Program

Sunday, June 9, 2024

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Conference Registration 

6:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.

Conference Welcome

  • Deborah R. Marinski, Ph.D., Dean of Campus & Community Relations, RBCA Conference Chair, Ohio University Southern Campus

6:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Networking Reception (John Ringling Pre-function Area)

 

Monday, June 10, 2024

8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Conference Registration & Continental Breakfast 

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 

Keynote Speaker with Q&A Session

  • Presenter: Kevin Kruger, Ph.D., President & CEO, NASPA

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. 

Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

USC Palmetto College Campuses Create Digital Oases in Broadband Deserts: Innovation and Accessibility for Rural South Carolina

  • Presenter: Susan Elkins, Ed.D.,Chancellor, University of South Carolina - Palmetto College

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.  

Workforce Development Initiatives as the Tools for Educating the Workers of the Future

  • Presenters:
    Ande Durojaiye, Ph.D., Vice President and Dean - Miami University Regionals
    Liza Skryzhevska, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs - Miami University Regionals 

12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Networking Lunch

1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Be a Rockstar:  The Two Percent Rule

  • Presenter: Hendrikus (Hennie) van Bulck, Interim Assistant Dean for Business and Administration, University of South Carolina - Sumter

2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. 

Preparing for the future by instigating organizational change in a unionized environment

  • Presenter: Margaret (Peggy) Shadduck,Ph.D., Vice President for Regional Campuses, Kent State University

3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 

Refreshment Break

3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Unexpected Benefits of Community Course Offerings 

  • Presenter: Sarah Miller, Ph.D., Interim Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs and Professor of History, USC Salkehatchie

4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Forty-eight is Enough: Maybe?

  • Presenter: David H. Devier, Ph.D., President, Glen Oaks Community College

4:45 p.m. 

Concluding Remarks 

 

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 

Place-Based Community Engagement in Higher Education: Case Studies from USC Union

  • Presenter: Randy Lowell, Ph.D., University of South Carolina Union

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

No One Was Singing Kumbaya: Transition to One Ohio

  • Presenters:
    Lewatis McNeal, Ph.D., Vice Provost of Regional Higher Education & Partnerships, Ohio University
    Deborah R. Marinski, Ph.D., Dean of Campus & Community Relations, RBCA Conference Chair, Ohio University Southern Campus

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.  

Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 

A Campus Presidential Advisory Council Supporting Student Success

  • Presenter: Jennifer Wells China, Ph.D., Campus President, Hillsborough Community College SouthShore Campus

11:30 a.m. 

Closing Remarks

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch (on your own) 

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Networking Activities

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Conference Networking Reception 

 

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Full Conference Breakfast & Networking

9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.  

Community Communications

  • Presenter: Richard Muth, D. Ed., Director of Regional Campuses, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Charting Tomorrow: Pioneering Strategic Growth and New Program Development at Ivy Tech Community College - Madison Campus

  • Presenters:
    Amanda Harsin, Ph.D., Chancellor, Ivy Tech Community College - Madison Campus
    Dustin Stewart, Chancellor for Enrollment Services and Student Success, Ivy Tech Community College - Madison Campus

10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. 

Refreshment Break & Check Out

10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

More Lessons from the Pandemic: Using Teams Chat to Improve Campus Maintenance and Increase Accountability

  • Presenter: Michael Sonntag, Ph.D., Campus Dean and Professor of Psychology, USC Sumter

11:15 a.m. - 11:45 p.m.  

Conference Wrap-Up and Evaluations

11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. 

Conference Committee Meeting

 

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