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CUMU Conference 2017

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7:30am MDT

Continental Breakfast Colorado Ballrooms Registration Colorado Ballrooms

8:00am MDT

Democracy Collaborative Anchor Dashboard Meeting (Invite Only) Denver 5

9:00am MDT

Carnegie Classification Preparation Workshop (Ticketed Event) Colorado G

10:00am MDT

CUMU Executive Committee Meeting Matchless Board Room

10:15am MDT

The Nonprofit Infrastructure Initiative (NPII): A Collaborative, Inclusive Approach to Community Connectedness (30 mins) Colorado AConstance Lacy • Nissy New Urban Engagement, Collaboration, & Success: connecting an urban state university and an urban public high school focusing on Student Success and Retention through Teaching, Learning, Curriculum Transformation/Alignment... Colorado BLauren Franklin • J.R. Russell, Ph.D. A Chief Diversity Officer can’t do it alone: Ideas for creating a truly inclusive campus (45 mins) Colorado CBrenda J Allen • Myron Anderson • Frank Tuitt Community Partners: Promising Practices for Listening and Understanding Needs (45 mins) Denver 6Scott Gross • Patricia L. Prado-Olmos • Sarah Villarreal Serving Undocumented Students and their Families (45 mins) Colorado DMaria Barragan • Yadira Ortiz • Olivia Rosas The White Shadow: Urban Settings, Race, and Community Engagement (90 mins) Colorado JDan Bergen • Cedric Burrows Wholes and Parts: Harmonizing Focused Community-Engaged Research Studies for Comprehensive Urban Understanding (90 mins) Colorado IAlex Briesacher • Thomas Conroy • Linda Larrivee • Timothy Murphy • Kirby Wycoff

10:45am MDT

Community-engaged teaching partnership at Marquette University (30 mins) Colorado BAleksandra J. Snowden, Ph.D. What is the role of “Place” in Community-Embedded Engagement Centers? (30 mins) Colorado ALina D. Dostilio • Michael Glass

11:00am MDT

Seeking Sanctuary? Intersectionality, Critical Race Theory, and Social Justice in Higher Education (45 mins) Colorado DIssac Carter Community-Engaged Scholarship: Connecting Teaching, Research and Service (45 mins) Denver 6Henry Cunningham • Vicki Hines-Martin Supporting and Including Immigrant and Undocumented Students in Higher Education (45 mins) Colorado CElisa Benitez • Ana Valdez Curiel • Claire Schuch

11:15am MDT

Anchoring Access and Success at RU-N (30 mins) Colorado BJohn Gunkel • Bil Leipold Ten years as a Division of Community Engagement: What? So What? Now What? (30 mins) Colorado AJennifer Early • Catherine Howard

12:00pm MDT

Opening Lunch–Voices from the Field Colorado BallroomsBarbara Holland • Ted Howard • Bobbie Laur • Andrew Seligsohn

1:30pm MDT

Leveraging your College’s/University’s Institutional Legacies to Strengthen Community Partnerships (30 mins) Colorado CWilliam J. Fritz • Ken Iwama Press the Redo Button! Lessons Learned in Documenting Engagement Work (30 mins) Colorado BHeidi Barajas • Arien Telles Empowering (Future) Urban Educators to Teach in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms (45 mins) Colorado DTamara Sniad What Can We Learn From the History of Urban Higher Education? (60 mins) Colorado HSteven Diner Administrator-Scholars: Who We Are and How We Can Be Successful (60 mins) Colorado GLina D. Dostilio • Barbara Holland • Valerie Holton • Emily Janke Challenges and Progress in Addressing our Urban Imperative (60 mins) Colorado AKatherine Conway-Turner • Kathy Doody • Jevon Hunter • John Siskar Community Engaged Learning Panel (60 mins) Denver 6Diana Delgado • Rhonda Eaker • Bethany Fleck • Kevin Hammons • Emily Matuszewicz • Lori McKinney • Alaina Shires • Ashley Turner The Role of a Research University in Addressing Urban Issues (60 mins) Colorado JEsther Sullivan, University of Colorado Denver • Antwan Jefferson • Wes Marshall • Dr. Michael Seman Utilizing a Civic Action Plan to Improve the Welfare of a Neighborhood (60 mins) Colorado IBrian Bennion • Angela Choberka • Bill Cook • Melissa Yack Hall • Dr. Brenda Kowalewski • Carrie Maxson

2:00pm MDT

The Newark Business Hub: A Program Elevating Media, Art and Entertainment Industry Entrepreneurs for Economic Impact (30 mins) Colorado BLyneir Richardson Using Research to Stimulate Community Conversations about Rebound Neighborhoods (30 mins) Colorado CKarl Guenther • Todd Swanstrom

2:45pm MDT

Expressing Language Through International Relationships and Urban Community Partners (30 mins) Colorado AAngie Carlton • Linda Loftus Sustaining Transformative University-City Government Partnerships (30 mins) Colorado BJoanne Curry • Donna Jones Exploring the University’s Role in Collective Impact (45 mins) Colorado GJoseph Allen • Kelly Prange • Sheridan Trent Strategic Community Engagement Planning: Designing a Process for Center Leadership on Engagement (45 mins) Colorado HMathew Johnson • Georgina Manok Using our Urban Advantage to Recruit and Retain Diverse Teachers (45 mins) Denver 6Nancy Edick • Sarah Edwards Equity in Theory and Equity in Practice (90 mins) Colorado INyeema Watson Presidential Leadership, Transition and Succession (90 mins) Colorado CRebecca Chopp • John Christensen • Richard Guarasci • Bill Howard • Maureen Zupan We love our University partners, but sometimes they drive us crazy (90 mins) Colorado JKevin Corcoran • Tim Gannon • Scott Gladney • HeikeL • John Heyliger • Thomas Kimble • Maggie Wood

3:30pm MDT

The National Assessment of Service and Community Engagement: An Ecosystem of Tools to Measure Community Engagement of Students, Faculty & Institutions (45 mins) Colorado HApril A. Backus • Mathew Johnson • Georgina Manok Deliberative Pedagogy: What, Why, and How for Engaged Teaching and Learning in Urban Contexts (60 mins) Colorado DNick Longo • Timothy J. Shaffer It’s Not About 'Us': Express Newark Prioritizing the Public Good (60 mins) Colorado GVictor Davson • Anne Englot • Chantal Fischzang • Tamara Fleming • Nick Kline Launching a Community School Model and the Role of Community Collaboration (60 mins) Colorado BShelly Grim • Bruce Levine • Erin Long • Kathleen Provinzano • Ryan Riley Moving Beyond Stage 1: A Multi Year Partnership Among Anchor Institutions for College Readiness (60 mins) Colorado AMark Erlenwein • Tim Gannon • Ken Iwama • Nicholas Mele • Crystal Montalvo Transformation Through Education: A BA Degree for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Students (60 mins) Denver 6John Bae • Brant Choate • Taffany Lim

5:00pm MDT

Welcome Reception, hosted by MSU Denver SpringHill Suite Denver Downtown

7:00pm MDT

President's Dinner (invite only) TBA