Reception at the George Washington Carver Museum | East Austin Business and Non Profits Site Tours | Thought-Provoking Plenary Sessions | Panel Discussions | In Depth Break-Out Sessions | Stimulating Debates

The Moral Leadership of Higher Education | Ethics & the Civically Engaged Citizen | Empowering for Change | Action in Education - Teaching and Learning for Democracy | Defining, Documenting, and Evaluating Service Learning & Best Practices | How Do We Utilize Higher Education to Develop Economically Stable and Civically Engaged Communities? | Reflections on Public Engagement

1pm

Welcome

1:15-2:15

Keynote w/ Dr. David Gaines – Southwestern University’s PAIDEIA Program - (1 CEU hour)

2:15-2:45

Q&A

3:00

Site Tour, East Austin choice of (Nubian Queen Lola’s, Any Baby Can, or Literacy Austin)

5:00

Reception - George Washington Carver Museum with drinks sponsored by Equality Texas and hospitality services by ACC's Hospitality Management program

Saturday, October 25

8:30 am

Welcome / Continental Breakfast

8:45-9:45

Keynote w/ Texas Commissioner of Higher Education Raymund Paredes - “The Moral Leadership of Higher Education”- (1 CEU hour)

10:00-11:00

Break Out Sessions – (1 CEU hour)

Session A – “Reflections on Public Engagement: Informing & Transforming Our Communities and the People We Serve”; Terry Hockenbrough - Director of the Center for Scholarly and Civic Engagement, Collin College

Session B – “Defining, Documenting & Evaluating Service Learning & Best Practices”; Steve Calogero - Associate Dean, Humanities & Social Sciences and Associate Professor of Philosophy, St. Mary’s University and Texas Campus Compact Faculty Fellow

11:15-12:15

“Ethics in Volunteer Administration”, Jim Conditt, Assistant Director, Texas Campus Compact -
(1 Ethics CEU hour)

12:15

Lunch (provided) w/ Table Top Discussions. Topics will include:

Paul Scott – Executive Director, Equality Texas moderating a discussion on the Safe Schools Coalition and School Bullying

Joe Macchia, Coordinator of Research and Service Learning Office of Leadership & Community Involvement at Southern Methodist University & Kikki Sadberry, AmeriCorps VISTA at Austin Community College moderating a discussion on the AmeriCorps VISTA program

Chuck Courtney, Director of Administration, Annette Strauss Institute moderating a discussion on Voter Initiative
 
Additional discussions TBD

1:45

Tour - Goodwill's Dell Grant Computer Refurbishing & Repair Skills Training Facility

2:30

Panel Discussion “Closing the Gaps Across a Lifetime of Education”

Panelists: Katherine Brewer, Executive Director, Austin Partners in Education; Cecile Durish, Service Learning facilitator, Austin Community College; Phil Cohen, Dean, Graduate School and VP for Academic Affairs, UT Arlington; Erin Henry, Former Associate Director of Texas Campus Compact and former VISTA; and Orbrey Holden, Director of Business & Education Outreach, Texas Business & Education Coalition

4:00

Reflection

 
David Gaines
Director of PAIDEIA Program
Southwestern University
http://www.southwestern.edu/paideia/
gainesd@southwestern.edu

Terry Hockenbrough, M.P.A.
Director
Center for Scholarly & Civic Engagement
Collin College
thockenbrough@ccccd.edu

Raymund A. Paredes, Ph.D.
Commissioner of Higher Education for Texas, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Raymund.paredes@thecb.state.tx.us

Steve Calogero, Ph.D.
[A Texas Campus Compact Faculty Fellow]
Professor of English
St. Mary’s University
scalogero@stmarytx.edu

Chuck Courtney
Associate Director of Administration
Annette Strauss Institute at UT Austin

Dr. Orbrey Holden
Director of Business & Education Outreach
Texas Business & Education Coalition
orbrey@tbec.org

Phil Cohen
Dean Graduate School
UT Arlington and VP for Academic Affairs, UT Arlington
cohen@uta.edu

Kathrin Brewer
Executive Director
Austin Partners in Education

Cecile Durish
Associate Professor of Government
& Learning Through Service Coordinator

Erin Henry
Former Associate Director, Texas Campus Compact
Former VISTA

Paul Scott
Executive Director
Equality Texas
paul@equalitytexas.org