Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center
Wednesday July 19
| 2:30 – 3:00 pm | Registration | South Lobby |
| 3:00 – 6:00 pm | Pre-conference Workshop Who Needs to Change: You or Higher Education? Rebecca Campbell Honors Faculty in Residence, New Mexico State University Gypsy Denzine Professor, Educational Leadership, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth |
Room 111/113 |
| 6:00 – 7:00 pm | Welcome Reception | Room 112/114 |
Thursday July 20
| 9:00 – 9:30 am | Registration | South Lobby |
| Continental Breakfast | Room 111/113 | |
| 9:30 – 9:45 am | Welcome Houston Davis, President, University of Central Arkansas Kurt Boniecki, Conference Host, Associate Provost, University of Central Arkansas Carey Roberts, Program Chair, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Liberty University |
Room 111/113 |
| 9:45 – 10:45 am | Keynote Leading Change with Courage, Commitment, Grit, and Humility Bruce Kusch, President, Ensign College |
Room 111/113 |
| 11:00 am – noon | Concurrent Sessions: | |
| Heal Thyself: Powerful Lessons from Neuroscience about Nurturing the Healing Brain Uma Gupta, Director of Business Analytics, George Dean Johnston, Jr. College of Business and Economics, University of South Carolina Upstate |
Room 112 | |
| Building a Dynamic Partnership with Your Team: Strategies for Mentoring Your Direct Reports Wendy Miller, Dean, Health Professions, Math, Science and Engineering, Elgin Community College |
Room 114 | |
| Noon – 1:30 pm | Lunch and Networking | Room 111/113 |
| Plenary Sessions: | Room 111/113 | |
| 1:30 – 2:30 pm | The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Change Leaders Stephanie Delaney, Vice President – Instruction, Renton Technical College |
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| 2:45 – 3:45 pm | Hot Spots on Campus: How Our Leaders Can Recognize and Calm the Fires Vicki Bautista, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Creighton University Gretchen Oltman, Associate Professor, College of Professional and Continuing Education, Creighton University |
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| 4:00 – 5:00 pm | Leading Change in Higher Education Stephanie Hinshaw, Executive Director of the Butler Beyond Transformation Lab, Butler University |
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| 5:00 – 6:00 pm | Reception – Drinks, Hors d’oeuvres, Music, and Networking | Room 112/114 |
Friday July 21
| 8:00 – 9:00 am | Breakfast | Room 111/113 |
| NCAD Planning Meeting Interested in next year’s conference? Get breakfast and join the conversation. We want to hear your ideas. |
Room 111/113 | |
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | Plenary Session Trauma-Informed Academic Leadership Tricia Shalka, Associate Professor, Educational leadership, Warner School of Education, University of Rochester Nate Harris, Assistant Professor, Educational leadership, Warner School of Education, University of Rochester |
Room 111/113 |
| 10:15 am – 11:15 am | Concurrent Sessions: | |
| Cultivating Leadership Skills in Early-Career Faculty Russell Carpenter, Assistant Provost, Eastern Kentucky University Sara Zeigler, Provost, Eastern Kentucky University |
Room 112 | |
| Three Simple Things Leaders Can Do to Retain and Motivate Faculty and Staff Joan Poulsen, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus |
Room 114 | |
| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Concurrent Sessions: | |
| Maximizing Your Leadership Communication Toolkit Shannon Scott, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Texas Woman’s University |
Room 112 | |
| Better Decision-Making Using the OODA Loop Scott Zimmerman, Instructor of Leadership and Military Studies, William Woods University |
Room 114 | |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Lunch and NCAD Business | Room 111/113 |