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CUMU Conference 2017

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7:30am MDT

Continental Breakfast Colorado Ballrooms

10:15am MDT

The White Shadow: Urban Settings, Race, and Community Engagement (90 mins) Colorado JDan Bergen • Cedric Burrows

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

2:00pm MDT

Using Research to Stimulate Community Conversations about Rebound Neighborhoods (30 mins) Colorado CKarl Guenther • Todd Swanstrom

2:45pm MDT

Presidential Leadership, Transition and Succession (90 mins) Colorado CRebecca Chopp • John Christensen • Richard Guarasci • Bill Howard • Maureen Zupan

5:00pm MDT

Welcome Reception, hosted by MSU Denver SpringHill Suite Denver Downtown

7:30am MDT

Breakfast Buffet Colorado Ballrooms

9:00am MDT

President's Breakfast with Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock Colorado BallroomsTom George • Richard Guarasci • Michael B. Hancock • Mathew Johnson • Elaine Ward

10:15am MDT

The Road to Economic Opportunities: Capitalizing Public Transit to Achieve an Anchor Mission (45 mins) Colorado CEllen Watters • Deyanira Zavala

11:00am MDT

The Hometown Colorado Initiative: An Adaptive Model for Campus-wide Community Engagement (45 mins) Colorado HMichael Jenson

11:45am MDT

Tuesday Luncheon Plenary—View from the Top Colorado BallroomsKelly Brough • David Eves • Dorothy Horrell • Kirk Mielenz • Debbie Zuege

1:45pm MDT

Anchored in Community: Building an Institutional Approach to Regional Prosperity (45 mins) Colorado IJodi Bantley • Greg Mellas Authentic Engagement: How (or) can We Engage Multiple Stakeholders to Develop Solutions to Critical Challenges in a Short Time Frame? (45 mins) Colorado JLauren Martin • Makeda Zulu-Gillespie

3:00pm MDT

Getting Creative to Buy and Hire Local: Meeting Anchor Goals through Food Service Contracts (30 mins) Colorado JAlyssa Berman-Cutler • Jonathan Salzman

3:30pm MDT

Feeding the Engagement: Moving a Job Creation Project from Goal to Sustainability (30 mins) Colorado CHeidi Barajas • James De Sota

3:45pm MDT

Effective University Partnerships with Native American Communities: Stories from Montana (30 mins) Colorado HLaurie Walker

4:00pm MDT

Building Capacity for Systems Change through Community Partnership (30 mins) Denver 5Christopher Simenz

5:30pm MDT

Signature Reception, Sponsored by the University of Denver Tomayo

10:00am MDT

Sparking Innovation and entrepreneurship via library makerspaces (30 mins) Colorado AAmy Jiang • Vinaya Tripuraneni

10:45am MDT

Placed-Based Community Engagement Initiatives: A National Perspective (90 mins) Colorado AJennifer Johnson Kebea • Kent Koth • Chris Nayve • Erin O\'Keefe • Esteban del Rio • Erica Yamamura

12:15pm MDT

Wednesday Luncheon Plenary—For the Sake of All Colorado BallroomsBobbie Laur • Jason Purnell • Charles Rutheiser • Rebecca Villarreal