8-8:45 a.m. 

Registration and Continental Breakfast, Natali Performance Center (second level) 

8:50-9:15 a.m.

Welcome, Performance Center:
Geraldine M. Jones, President, PennWest California
Dr. Daniel Greenstein, Chancellor, Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education

9:15- 9:55 a.m.  

Speaker, Performance Center: Sarah J. Bauder, Chief Transformation Officer, Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education

10:15-11:15 a.m.

SESSION 1 CHOICES (Select one only): 

• Session #111, Room 206:  How to Reverse Grads’ Unemployment Conundrum - Richard J. Scholl, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
• Session #112, Room 207:  Identifying and Managing Stress for Student Success - Dr. Amy Eperthener, Dr. Laura Miller, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
• Session #113, Room 319:  Environmental Influences and Social Service Practice - Student Taylor Phillips, PennWest California
• Session #114, Room 321: The B in LGBTQIA+: A Continuous Fight for Visibility and Validation - Graduate students Melanie Morenz, Christopher Wounderly, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
• Session #115, Room 333: What Would You Really Say If No One Knew It Was You? - Dr. Nadine Garner, graduate students Hannah Bittner, Willow Peluso and Samuel Shaw, Millersville University of Pennsylvania

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

SESSION 2 CHOICES (Select one only):

• Session #121, Performance Center: The Masks of Leadership: Reflections on Intersectionality, Blackness and Womanhood at Slippery Rock University - Ursula Payne, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
• Session #122, Room 207: Academic Freedom, Free Speech and Difficult Issues at IUP - The Rev. Tedd Cogar, Dr. David D. Chambers, Dr. Gwendolyn Torges, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Session #123, Room 319: Framing and LINCing Routines: Learning Tools for Students with Learning Disabilities - Dr. Sujata Pisharoty-Norman, Dr. Jeane Faieta, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
• Session #124, Room 321: Embracing Inclusion … Every Student Matters - Dr. Kristen Majocha, Dr. Laura Tuennerman, Andrea Vargas Cencich, Laura DeFazio, Dr. Mathilda Spencer, Suzan Mohney, Dr. Marta McClintock-Comeaux, PennWest California
• Session #125, Room 333: Collaboration in Assessment: Refugee Peer Support Groups in Allegheny County - Dr. Azadeh Masalehdan Block, PennWest California; Yesmina Salib, Refugee and Immigrant Services, Jewish Family and Community Services, Pittsburgh

12:45-1:30 p.m.

 Lunch, Performance Center

1:45-2:45 p.m.

SESSION 3 CHOICES (Select one only):  

• Session #131, Room 206: Intersectionality Success: College to High School - Dr. Frederick White, students Jamie Coniglio, Haley Lavella, Kevin McLaughlin, Mariah Otto, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
• Session #132, Room 207: Intersectionality in the LGBTQ+ Community: Exploring Identities, Experiences and Challenges - Erica Maloney, licensed social worker and adjunct instructor, PennWest California and Westmoreland County Community College
• Session #133, Room 319: Supporting Hispanic Students by Establishing a Hispanic Faculty and Staff Campus Organization - David Garcia, PennWest California
• Session #134, Room 321: Exploring Cultural Diversity at East Stroudsburg University: The Diversity Dialogue Project - Dr. Timothy L. Radloff, Dr. Ray Muller, Dr. T Storm Heter, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

3-3:25 p.m.

Snack Break

3:30-4:30 p.m.  

SESSION 4 CHOICES (Select one only):   

• Session #141, Room 333: How Student Success Programs Empowered Me - dr. tonya thames taylor, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
• Session #142, Room 206: Stop the Hate: Bystander Training - Dr. Sheri Boyle, Sheleta Camarda-Webb, graduate students James Fulton, Anna Lotze, PennWest California
• Session #143, Room 207: Teaching Equitably with Inclusive Practices - Dr. Melissa Cheese, Dr. Cassandra O'Sullivan Sachar, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
• Session #144, Room 319: Study Abroad Experience: Detangling the Strands of Intersectionality - Dr. Maria Sanelli, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, and doctoral candidates Dr. Chartice Wyatt (ABD), Dr. Veta Talton (ABD), Indiana University of Pennsylvania 

5 p.m.

Pre-dinner Reception, Performance Center

5:30-7:15 p.m.  

Banquet and Keynote Presentation, Performance Center. Speaker: Melanie Harrington, Vibrant Pittsburgh

 7:30-11:30 p.m

Film Fest - Vulcan Theater (Natali Student Center)
        7:30 p.m. - Green Book
        9:30 p.m. - BlacKkKlansman

8-9 a.m.

Breakfast, Performance Center
State System Group breakfast meeting, Room 206-207

 9-10 a.m.

Panel presentation, Performance Center: PASSHE Legal Panel/Title IX Discussion

10-10:30 a.m.

BREAK

10:30-11:30 a.m.

Speaker, Performance Center: Conversation with Holocaust survivor Irene Skolnick, author of “In the Shadow of Majdanek, Hiding in Full Sight”

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Lunch and Conference Close, Performance Center