Breakout Sessions
| Location | Session Title | Track* |
| Tuesday, March 17 | ||
| Morning Breakout Session | ||
| Room 108 |
Achieving the Dream: How It WORKS!
John C. Flynn, Jr., Montgomery County Community College Virginia Carter, Delaware County Community College Judy Gay, Community College of Philadelphia Michael Montgomery, Northampton Community College |
S |
| President's Hall III and IV |
Mentorship Panel
Gateway to College: Why It Matters Carol Smith, Community College of Philadelphia Enabling Student Success Through Mentoring, Tutoring, and Preparing Michelle Schmude, King's College Isabel Balsamo, King's College Tish McCarthy Last, King's College Mentoring: A Pathway to Success for Students of Color Mirian Witmer, Millersville University Katherine Cruz-Rodrigues, Millersville University Ashley Huyck, Millersville University Jassinya Alvarado-Padilla, Millersville University Stacy Caldwell, Millersville University Donna Randolph, Millersville University The Effectiveness of a Peer Mentoring Program for At-Risk College Students Joseph E. Gillespie, Neumann College |
S |
| Room 208 |
Summer Bridge Panel
Making Good Students Excellent! A Summer Pre-College Program Designed to Impact the Engineering Pipeline Problem Damian Dourado, Carnegie Mellon University Ty Walton, Carnegie Mellon University Bridge to Success: A Program for Under-Prepared Freshmen Marilyn A. Moller, Rosemont College Lenore M. Koczon, Rosemont College The Transition from a Summer Bridge to a Comprehensive Academic Year Support Program Gregory S. Ochoa, Shippensburg University Thomas Gibbon, Shippensburg University Chad Bennett, Shippensburg University Ashley Ruth, Shippensburg University Jenna Rosa, Shippensburg University Karen Hamilton, Shippensburg University |
P |
| Room 109 |
Early Alert: Strategy for Student Success
Samuel Hirsch, Community College of Philadelphia Ron Jackson, Community College of Philadelphia Jermaine Williams, Community College of Philadelphia |
F |
| Room 106 |
Promise Lost—College-Qualified Students Who Don't Enroll
Alisa Federico Cunningham, Institute for Higher Education Policy Christopher Mullin, Illinois Education Research Council and Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Derek V. Price, DVP-Praxis Ltd |
P |
| Afternoon Breakout Session A | ||
| Room 208 |
Ensuring Equal Access to Internships and Study Abroad
Dr. Tori Haring-Smith, Washington & Jefferson College |
S |
| President's Hall III and IV |
Service-Learning Panel
Service-Learning: Bringing Learning to Life Denise Francois-Sweeney, Northampton Community College Service-Learning: A Best Practice for Student Success Charlene Gray, Pennsylvania Campus Compact David Chiles, Cabrini College |
S |
| Room 109 |
Accountability: We Are What We Measure
James Moran, PASSHE |
F |
| Room 108 |
The Power of Partnerships: Graduate!
Philadelphia Helps Adults Go Back To and Through College
Hadass Sheffer, Graduate! Philadelphia Kimberly Stephens, Graduate! Philadelphia Tish Szymurski, Neumann College Emily Richardson, Widener University |
F |
| Room 106 |
Preparing ABLE Students for Postsecondary Success
Angela Kenes, Intermediate Unit 1 Sue Conrady, Intermediate Unit 1 Diana Hardy, Penn State Eberly Campus |
P |
| Afternoon Breakout Session B | ||
| Room 108 |
Retention Panel
Increasing Student Success in Higher Education Through Participation in Living and Learning Communities James Mackin, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Jonathan Lincoln, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Preston Herring, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania |
S |
| Room 109 |
Higher Education and Sustainability
Rob Fleming, Philadelphia University |
F |
| Room 208 |
Whatever It Takes: Preparing Pennsylvania's Students to
Soar Academically
Nikia Owens, Project GRAD USA Dionne Fears, Project GRAD USA |
P |
| Room 106 |
Different Approaches to
Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Research Skills in Undergraduate Education
Mary Beth Leidman, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Jeff Fratangeli, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Matthew McKeague, Indiana University of Pennsylvania David Porter, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Sarah Tourtellotte, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Bradley Wiggins, Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
S |
| President's Hall III and IV |
Defining College Readiness: Action Plans Based on Research
Readiness
Ira K. Blake, PASSHE |
P |
| Wednesday, March 18 | ||
| Morning Breakout Session A | ||
| Room 108 |
Achieving the Dream Panel
Lessons Learned in Community College Math Remediation Jeffrey Focht, Northampton Community College Elizabeth Tyler Bugaighis, Northampton Community College The Use of Research for Assessing Developmental Education: So, You Have Collected Data, But What Does It Mean? Carol A. Rush, Westmoreland County Community College Mary Horne Snaden, Westmoreland County Community College |
S |
| Room 107 |
Career Success for College Students
Robert Orndorff, Penn State Jennifer Driver, Penn State |
S |
| Room 208 |
Advancing Student Success Through Financial Aid Literacy
Mary E. Miller, PHEAA Dwight Horsey, Millersville University of Pennsylvania |
F |
| Room 106 |
The Philadelphia College Prep
Roundtable—Developing a City-Wide College Access Network
Thomas Butler, Project GRAD Philadelphia Candace Powell-Kinard, College Access Program Karen Campbell, White-Williams Scholars Donna Frisby-Greenwood, School District of Philadelphia |
P |
| Room 109 |
What Works: Programs and Interventions for
Under-Prepared and Low-Income Students in College
Robert D. Reason, Penn State Joan Pecht, Penn State |
P |
| Morning Breakout Session B | ||
| Room 107 |
Institutional Collaboration Panel
Degree Completion Strategies for Pennsylvania's Adult Noncompleters Sidney Hacker, Public Works LLC Matt Schure, President of Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine and Chairman of the Pennsylvania WIB's Adult Learning Task Force Craig Weidemann, Penn State School + Business Collaboration—Opportunity for Student Success Cheril Kearney, Summit Health Sandy Traynor, Chambersburg Area School District Curriculum Makeover—When Education and Industry Partnerships Meet James Logan, Life Science Career Alliance Lauren Ward, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning Laura Roselli, Burlington County College |
F |
| Room 108 |
College Begins in Kindergarten: The Project GRAD Approach
Tycene P. Edd, Project GRAD USA Robert Rivera, Project GRAD USA |
P |
| Room 106 |
Bridging the Gap in Student Writing: An Online Community
Approach
Merilee Griffin, Michigan State University |
P |
| Room 109 |
Successfully Transitioning Students to Postsecondary
Education
William J. Bartle, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children |
P |
| Room 208 |
Student Mobility—Not Just an Admissions Issue Anymore
Kathleen Howley, PASSHE |
S |
*Conference track key: P=Preparing for Success in Higher Education; S=Succeeding in Higher Education; F=Foundations for Institutional Success
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