Faculty Leadership Conference Archive

Friday, February 19, 2021
Virtual Event: Attendify Registration

The 2021 Faculty Leadership Conference will focus on student support, pedagogical best practices and policy innovations for adult education in Indiana. The conference is hosted by the Commission's Faculty Member Dr. Trent Engbers of the University of Southern Indiana.

AGENDA

10:00 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks
*Teresa Lubbers, Commissioner for Higher Education
*Dr. Trent Engbers, Faculty Commission Member

10:30 a.m. | Opening Keynote
*Dr. David Clayton, Senior Vice President, Consumer Insights, Strada Education Network

11:15 a.m. | Response Panel

12:00 p.m. | Break

12:30 p.m. | Announcement of the Gerald Bepko Faculty Community Engagement Award
*Dr. Gerald Bepko, Former Commission Member

1:00 p.m. | Afternoon Keynote
*Dawn Busick, Senior Director, Thomas P. Miller and Associates

1:45 p.m. | Breakout Sessions 

2:50 p.m. | Closing Remarks
*Dr. Trent Engbers, Faculty Commission Member

Questions? Please contact us at events@che.in.gov

Friday, February 15, 2019 
Community Engagement: Moving from the Basics to Impact

FULL AGENDA

Presentations:

• Building the Engaged University: A 21st Century Approach to Community Engagement in Higher Education
• Designing a Community Engaged Experience
• Building a Career on Engagement: Mentors, Resources and Challenges
• Creating Reciprocal, Mutually Beneficial and Sustained Partnerships
• Assessing Student Learning within Community Engaged Experiences
• Evaluating Community-Engaged Scholarship: Implications for Promotion and Tenure
• Collecting Community Engagement Data for Assessment and Community Impact

Thursday, February 16, 2017
Classroom to Career: Integrating Career Ready Skills Into Course Curriculum

AGENDA

Presentations:

• Classroom to Career, Rachel Landis
• Career Services Must Die - Andy Chan
• Reaching Higher, Delivering Value Presentation
• Full Strategic Plan
• Legislative Update
• Career Ready
• You Can. Go Back.

February 27, 2014: Agenda
"Examining the Credit Hour: A Renewed Focus on Teaching and Learning

Presentations:

• Commission Legislation & Implementation

Handouts:

• College Completion Report, State Level
• Return on Investment Repot, State Level

April 16, 2012
Joint conference of the H. Kent Weldon for Higher Education Conference, Student and Faculty Leadership Conferences, and the Trustees Academy.

April 29, 2011: Agenda

Presentations:

• Eliciting and Assessing Our Students' Best Work, Carol Geary Schneider  Link
• Students' Best Work PowerPoint slides Link
• Supporting Student Learning Outcomes through Performance Funding and Student State Financial Aid Reform, Jason Dudich  Link
• Raising the Bar or Changing the Bar?  The Next Generation of College Readiness Assessment, Allison Jones  Link

Handouts:

• Reaching Higher: Strategic Initiatives for Higher Education in Indiana  Link
• Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Postsecondary Education Fact Sheet  Link
• The State of Undergraduate Learning, Josipa Roksa and Richard Arum  Link
• The State of Learning Outcomes Assessment in the United States, George Kuh and Peter Ewell  Link

Friday, February 24, 2023
Addressing Student Engagement for Academic Success and Career Readiness

FULL AGENDA

Presentations:

• Experiential Learning Outside the Classroom: How to Recruit, Maintain, and Fund Community Partnerships
• A CURE is within reach: Expanding access to undergraduate research
• Quick and Easy Strategies (that you can use next class) for Keeping Students Engaged
• The Pandemic Turning Point: Fostering a Student Engagement and Purpose Reset in Higher Education
• Supporting Student Engagement and Success with Living Learning/Themed Learning Communities
• Art + Economics + Engineering = Human.... How?
• TILT: Transparency In Learning and Teaching
• Building Equity and Inclusion through Impactful Disability Access Practices