Program

All times are Eastern Standard Time (USA) (UTC-5)

Monday, June 6, 2022

8 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Registration

Registration at Albion College’s Baldwin Hall

Coffee, tea, and pastries available at registration

10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Session 1: Exploring the Albion Community (Optional)

Participants will have the option to participate in one or more of the following activities to learn about the connections between Albion College and the community of Albion, Michigan. Details coming soon!

12 – 2 p.m. | Keynote Luncheon

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nicole Webster

Participants will be provided with a catered lunch.

2:15 – 3:15 p.m. | Session 2: Introduction to participating institutions

Participants will introduce themselves and their institutions via brief lightning talks. These will be short, structured, and allow each institution to introduce themselves, their goals for the meeting, and experience they have with community engagement. 4 minutes per institution.

3:15 – 6 p.m. | Session 3: Contributed Talks – How to set up college-community partnerships

Talks will take place in a single session.

6:30 – 8 p.m. | Dinner

Join conference attendees for dinner in town (provided).

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

7:30 – 8:45 a.m. | Breakfast

Coffee, tea, and pastries available at the Albion College Science Complex Atrium

8:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Session 3: Contributed Talks

30-minute talks to present engagement and ties between campuses, classrooms, and communities. Presenters will share their successes and innovations, pose questions, or propose potential new directions for building sustainable university-community partnerships.

Talks will take place in three concurrent sessions.

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Student Posters

Poster presentations that highlight student community-focused work or community-engaged research.

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch

Lunch will be provided. This will be an informal time to mingle and visit the poster session.

2 – 5:00 p.m. | Session 4: Working groups

Participants will have the option to choose among different tracks during this time. Each track will have a different structure and focus (detailed below), but all will give participants the opportunity to develop plans for their own campuses.

Local-to-Global connections in the classroom

This workshop will allow teaching faculty and staff the opportunity to explore potential ways to work community engagement into their classes, particularly with a global focus. Activities will include structured brainstorming with other participants, a discussion of how to use technology to facilitate global connections in the classroom, and development of an implementation plan for these ideas.

Sustaining community partnerships

This workshop will allow community facing staff and faculty to explore ways to build and maintain local and global relationships. Activities will include structured brainstorming with other participants, a discussion of how to use technology to improve monitoring and assessment, and development of an implementation plan for these ideas.

6:00pm – 8:00pm | Dinner

Join conference attendees for dinner on campus or in town (provided).

8:30 – 10 p.m. | Optional Social Activity

Details TBA.

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

7:30 – 8:45 a.m. | Breakfast

Coffee, tea, and pastries available at the Albion College Ludington Center.

9 – 11:45 a.m. | Session 5: Sharing ideas and wrapping up

Participants will report back to the whole group from the working groups done on Tuesday. The main goal of this session is for all conference participants to have an idea of how the topics covered in the working groups can be applied to their home institutions.

12 – 2 p.m. | Keynote Luncheon

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Diego Quiroga

Participants will be provided with a catered lunch.