2023 Program

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
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
4:00 – 5:00 pm	Leading Change in Higher Education Stephanie Hinshaw, Executive Director of the Butler Beyond Transformation Lab, Butler University
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