The Consortium on High Achievement and Success

 

 
Motivation for Success

 Working Group on the Retention, Success, and Satisfaction
of African American and Latino Male College Students

 Fifth Annual Conference

November 18-20, 2005
Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut

 CONFERENCE AGENDA

 Friday, November 18, 2005

 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.        Conference Registration, Mather Student Center,
                                     Rittenberg Lounge (2^nd floor)

7:00 – 8:00 p.m.        Welcoming Reception, Mather Student Center,
                                    Rittenberg Lounge (2^nd floor)

8:00 – 9:00 p.m.        Hotel and Campus Room check-inAdministrators and faculty check in at the HOTEL
                                    Student hosts meet their student guests in Mather Hall lobby.

 9:00 p.m. on              Campus events

 Saturday, November 19, 2005

 8:30 – 9:15 a.m.        Buffet Breakfast, Mather Student Center,
                                     Rittenberg Lounge (2^nd floor)

 9:15 – 9:30 a.m.        Opening Remarks
                                      Kidan Kassahun, CHAS Coordinator, TRINITY GUEST SPEAKER

 9:40 – 11:00 a.m.     Concurrent Workshops, Mather Student Center, 2^nd floor
                                     Time Management and Effective Strategies for Academic Success
                                      Led by: Johnny Williams, Associate Professor of Sociology,
                                      Trinity CollegeTerrace Room B (FOR STUDENTS ONLY)


                                    Strategies for Fostering Success and Motivation for African American
                                    and Latino Male College Students
                                    Led by: Dr. J. Herman Blake, Director, African American Studies Program, Iowa State University
                                    Terrace Room C (FOR ADMNISTRATORS AND FACULTY ONLY)

11:10 a.m. –              Roundtable Discussion, Mather Student Center,

12:30 p.m.                 Terrace Room B (EVERYONE WELCOME)
                                    Myths and Realities: Faculty and Student Expectations for
                                    Academic Success
                                    Led by: Henry Danso, Assistant Professor of Psychology
                                    Wesleyan University, and Lawrence Louis, Haverford College

 12:30 – 1:50 p.m.     Lunch, Mather Student Center, Washington Room, 2^nd Flr. Mather Hall
                                     Keynote Speaker: Dr. Pedro A. Noguera, Professor, New York University

Pedro Antonio Noguera is a professor in the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley An urban sociologist, Noguera’s  scholarship and research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions in the urban environment. Noguera has served as an advisor and engaged in collaborative research with several large urban school districts throughout the United States. He has also done research on issues related to education and economic and social development in the Caribbean, Latin America and several other countries throughout the world. From 2000 - 2003 Noguera served as the Judith K. Dimon Professor of Communities and Schools at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. From 1990 – 2000 he was a Professor in Social and Cultural Studies at the Graduate School of Education and the Director of the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of California, Berkeley.

 

2:00 – 3:20 p,.m.       Roundtable Discussion, Mather Student Center, Rittenberg Lounge

Building a partnership for a safe and welcoming campus
            (EVERYONE IS WELCOME

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.        Action Plan Development, Mather Student Center, Rittenberg Lounge
                                    Each campus team of students, administrators, and faculty meets
                                    to develop an agenda for implementing best practices, programs, and activities
                                   for their institution.
                                  
                                    Groups meet at the following breakout rooms: Washington Room, Rittenberg Lounge, Terrace A,
                                    Terrace B, Terrace C, and Alumni Lounge

 4:40 – 5:50 p.m.        Plenary Session – Reports from the Campus Teams
                                     Mather Student Center, Rittenberg Lounge
                                     Each of the teams gives a 5-minute report on their action plans.

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.        Dinner, Mather Student Center, Washington Rooom
                                    Closing remarks:  Kidan Kassahun, CHAS Coordinator;
                                    Valeriano Ramos Jr., CHAS Co-Coordinator and Conference Co-Chair

9:00 p.m.                    Campus Activities and Events
                                    The final agenda will list several campus events for participants to attend.

Sunday, November 20, 2005

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.     Buffet Breakfast, Mather Student Center, Rittenberg Lounge (2^nd floor)

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.   CHAS Students Network Meeting,
                                    Students meet to discuss various topics of interest to them and
                                    related to the network, the web site (MSN Group site), and the Spring CHAS Students Network Conference.

11:00 a.m.                 Conference Ends - Departures