Conference Schedule

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Welcome/Introduction

9:30 am

Breakout Session

10:30 am

BREAK

10:45 am

Breakout Session

11:45 am

BREAK

12:00 Noon

Working Lunch

Bridging the Gap: Successful working relationships between faculty and staff

1:00 pm

Keynote

Henry Gee 
Vice President, Student Affairs
Rio Hondo College 

2:00 pm

Closing

2:30 pm

Adjourn

   

Grant Writing

This session will highlight successful examples of external grants that faculty have written, existing opportunities for both internal and external grants, and insights on how to position your project for a successful grant application.  Panelists include:

Dr. Merryl Goldberg
Jennifer Handy
Jan Cushman
MODERATORS: Dr. Gerardo González and Dr. Elisa Grant-Vallone

Navigating Your Career for Advancement

Barriers to advancing in the workplace exist for everyone.  For underrepresented groups, those barriers are unique.  Naming the barriers and highlighting examples of individuals who have had success navigating around or through these challenges can be helpful to all of us in discovering strategies for advancing our careers.  Panelists include:

Dr. Lorena Meza
Dr. Sharon Elise
Lt. Jesus Flores

Public Speaking and Communication:  Coming Across as a Leader

This session will identify common communication strategies for increasing confidence when speaking in public. 

Dr. Fredi Avalos