DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 4th

7:30-8:30 –Check In

8:00-8:30  – Networking breakfast     (Innovators patio and breezeway)

8:30-9:15  – Welcome and Worship  

9:15-10:15 – Opening Plenary Speaker/Session: World Relief

10:15-10:30 – Break & transition into simulation

10:30- 11:30 Refugee Simulation

·Review your assigned family and select a character to play prior to arriving to Residency. Assignments will be sent via email.        

 Students are assigned to a “family” and rotate through 3 stations

o   Medical Screening Station

o   USCIS Interview Station

o   Learning a New Language Station

11:30-11:45 Debrief

12:00- 1:00  Lunch – (Copenbarger)

1:30-2:30: First Year Poster Sessions (Staples/Smith) 

• 1:30-2:00pm: SWK 705 A

• 2:00-2:30pm: SWK 705 B

2:30-3:00: Connection activity (Staples)

3:15-4:30: Afternoon Breakout Sessions

First Year Students

Location: (Staples)

 LinkedIn and Resume (Part 1)

CBU Career Center

Description: In this presentation students will be coached on how to effectively build their LinkedIn profile to increase professional networks. Students will be given steps on how to make their resumes stand out during the hiring process.

Second Year Students

Location:  (Copenbarger)

 Program Evaluation Bootcamp & Project Proposal Development

Dr. Ken Nehrbass, and Dr. Dretona Maddox

Dr. Hays, DSW Program Director

Description: How will you know if your social innovation works? What does it take to measure success? This workshop will introduce students to the process of creating measurable objectives and identifying appropriate methods to measure the effectiveness of their social innovations

4:30 – DSW Closing & Dismissed (Copenbarger) 

8:00am – 9:00am DSW Breakfast (Location Copenbarger) 

9:00-9:30am Worship & Devotion (Location Innovators)

Dr. Daniel Blair

9:30am-11:00am Morning Breakout Sessions

First Year Students

Location: Innovators

“Technology Enhanced Scholarship  & Library Search Strategies”

Dr. Kristina West-Gordon, BSW Program Director

Dr. Dretona Maddox, Assistant Professor of Social Work

Description: Students will be introduced to cloud-based storage (e.g. Dropbox & Google Drive) to safeguard their scholarly artifacts. Also, students will be introduced to reference management systems (i.e. Perla & Mendeley) and guided on ways to utilize reference management software to increase their productivity and accuracy in APA formatting. A review of ethical uses of Artificial Intelligence in research writing will be provided

Second Year Students

Location: Yeager B110

Your [Online] Reputation Precedes You 

Dr. Victoria Brodie, Chair, Communication Arts Department

Description: If you Google your name, what do the search results say about you? As an expert in your field, do you have the professional brand you would like people to see? If not, you are not alone. This session will explore the elements of successful branding, how to build your brand, and give you steps to create your professional brand online.

11:00-11:15 Break 

11:15-12:00 Connection Activity (Location Innovators)

Dr. Andres Jaramillo – Lecture recital 

12:00- 1:00  Lunch (Copenbarger)

1:30pm-3:30pm: Offsite Community Immersions (take all belongings. Students will not return to campus)

Group 1: Dr. Maddox & Dr. Lindsey

The Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties 3855 Market St, Riverside, CA 92501

Group 2: Dr. Nehrbass & Dr. Nuccio

Voice of Refugees 622 N. Gilbert St., Anaheim, CA 92801

Group 3: Dr. Lytle-Rodriguez & Dr. Leach

Human Migration Institute:  1426 University Avenue Suite B, Riverside, CA 92507  (Located on the second floor, door to the right) 

 Classroom Location (Islamic Center of Riverside): 1038 W Linden St Bldg B, Riverside, CA 92507 (Drive through the gates located and feel free to park anywhere, classroom is located to the side of the building in the portable buildings, walk up the ramp and turn left)

8:00: Conference Check In

Breakfast in Innovators starting at 7:30

MORNING SESSION

9:00: Overview and Introduction

Dr. Krystal Hays & Dr. Antonio Mejico

9:15: Observations through Personal and Professional Experience

Lived experience story (Kendra Flores-Carter)

 9:30:  Biblical Integrations: From Exodus to Embrace 

Worship 

Plenary Speaker (Karen Gonzalez)

10:45-11:00 – Break/transition 

11:00: Community Engagement and Assessment: An Expert Panel 

12:00-1:00: Lunch (Alumni Dining Commons)

AFTERNOON SESSION

1:00-2:00: Breakout Workshops

2:00-2:45: DSW Candidate Poster Session (Innovators)

3:00-3:30 Closing