Schedule

Monday, April 4

8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Registration

Meeting Room Foyer

8:00 am - 12:00 pm

9:00 am - 10:30 am

Conference Committee Meeting

Board Room

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch & Welcome

Grand River Room | Zoom

1:00 pm - 1:40 pm

Opening Session: Introduction to Strategic Planning

Grand River Room | Zoom

1:40 pm - 1:50 pm

Announcements & Break

1:50 pm - 2:50 pm

Strategic Planning Session 1

P1 Membership | Director A

P2 Professional Development and Training | Director B

P3 Diversification of Funds | Kent

P4 Alumni | Ottawa

Virtual Session | Zoom

2:50 pm - 3:00 pm

Break

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Strategic Planning Session 2

P1 Membership | Director A

P2 Professional Development and Training | Director B

P3 Diversification of Funds | Kent

P4 Alumni | Ottawa

Virtual Session | Zoom

4:00 pm - 4:10 pm

Break

4:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Strategic Planning Report-Outs

Grand River Room | Zoom

5:00 pm

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Walking Tour of Downtown Grand Rapids

Presented by Grand Rapids Running Tours.
Cost included in registration.

Starts at the front door of the hotel. | Zoom

Tuesday, April 5

8:00 am - 10:00 pm

Registration

Meeting Room Foyer

8:15 am - 10:30 am

Professional Headshots

by Katia De La Cruz (TRIO alumna)

Director A

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast

Grand River Room

9:00 am - 10:15 am

Grand River Room | Zoom

10:15 am - 10:30 am

Announcements & Break

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Concurrent Session 1

Session descriptions with Zoom links

Avoiding the Educational Debt Trap | Marc D. Alexander | Ottawa | Zoom

Q&A with Odell Bizzell | Odell Bizzell | Kent | Zoom

Personal Statements, Simplified | Linda Sirois | Director A | Zoom

Best Practices in Student Travel | Scott Clark | Director B | Zoom

11:30 am - 12:10 pm

Break

12:10 pm - 12:25 pm

Grand River Room | Zoom

12:25 am - 1:00 pm

Lunch

Grand River Room

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

EOA & COE Updates

Grand River Room | Zoom

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Announcements & Break

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm

Concurrent Session 2

Session descriptions with Zoom links

Leading on Empty | Jessica Lundy | Ottawa | Zoom

Educate. Empower. Equip. | Odell Bizzell | Kent | Zoom

In-Roads to Administration | Kailee Laplander | Director A | Zoom

COE & EOA Q&A | Woodrow Lewis & Ronnell DuBose | Director B | Zoom

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Break (with snacks)

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Program Roundtables

Student Support Services, Educational Opportunity Centers, Veterans Upward Bound | Ottawa | Zoom

Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math & Science | Kent | Zoom

Educational Talent Search | Director A | Zoom

McNair Scholars | Director B | Zoom

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Get ready for Dinner

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Grand River Room

8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Break

8:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Board Game Night

Cash Bar and Raffles
Sponsored by

Grand River Room

Wednesday, April 6

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast & Housekeeping

Grand River Room

9:00 am - 11:30 am

Grand River Room | Zoom

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Closing Comments | Evaluations | Final Housekeeping

Announce next year's conference. | Turn in name badges.

Grand River Room | Zoom