Schedule

Inclusive Higher Education: Inspiring Change from Within

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Monroe Community College, Brighton Campus
Warshof Conference Center, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center
(Monroe A & B)

Except for "In the Thick of It" beginning at 1:30 p.m., the program will be video streamed to MCC’s Downtown Campus, High Falls A.

Session moderators represent MCC unless otherwise noted.

MORNING SESSION
8:30-9:00 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast
& Networking
9:00-10:00 a.m.

Welcome & Announcements --
Calvin J. Gantt, Ed.D., chief diversity officer,
Monroe Community College

President’s Welcome -- Anne M. Kress, president, Monroe Community College

Video Presentation: MCC Students Speak Out & Chalk Talk (A)
Moderators: Diane Clements, assistant professor, ESOL/Transitional Studies (Downtown Campus) and April Daniels, instructor, ESOL/Transitional Studies (Brighton Campus)
10:00-11:00 a.m. Keynote Presentation: An AfroLatina Case-study of Rochester’s Northeast Side and Community College Intellectual Development: The Impact of Liberal Studies Community College Education and “Street” Knowledge (B)
featuring Amalia Dache, Ph.D., assistant professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis Department, College of Education, University of Missouri

Session Moderator: Andrea C. Wade, Ph.D., provost and vice president, Academic Services
11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Keynote Presentation: Experiencing Imposter Syndrome: A Student's Perspective (C)
featuring Althea Jones-Johnson, student, University at Buffalo

Session Moderator: Yolonda Steward, counselor/community liaison, Admissions
11:45 a.m.-noon Lunch Pick Up & Break
AFTERNOON SESSION
Noon-1:00 p.m. Keynote Presentation: Racial Battle Fatigue and the Ever-Elusive Quest for Healing (D)
featuring Stephen John Quaye, associate professor, Student Affairs in Higher Education Program, Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)

Session Moderator: Christina Lee, coordinator, Global Education and International Services
1:00-1:30 p.m. Location Transition & Break
MCC Peer Navigators will escort attendees to the theatre, located in the Robin and Tim Wentworth Arts Building (Building 4).
1:30-3:45 p.m. In the Thick of It, A Theatre-based Approach to Examining Diversity and Inclusion in the Higher Education Classroom (E)
featuring Impact Interactive

Session Moderators: Gena Merliss, coordinator, Teaching and Creativity Center and
Renee Dimino, program director, Guided Pathways
3:45-4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks -- Gary Johnson, director, Schools and Integrated Pathways, Monroe Community College