7:00

Registration Begins

7:30-8:30

Ballrooms I, II & III

Continental Breakfast

(Compliments of The New York Times)

8:30-8:45

~ Break ~

8:45-9:00

Welcome, Conference Overview

Ballrooms I, II & III

Kumble R. Subbaswamy, Provost, University of Kentucky

Phil Greasley, Associate Provost, University Engagement, University of Kentucky

9:00-10:00

Ballrooms I, II & III

Keynote 1: Findings from the 2006 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

Amy Driscoll, Consulting Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the

Advancement of Teaching

Moderator: Phil Greasley, Associate Provost, University Engagement,

University of Kentucky

10:00-10:15

~ Break ~

10:15-11:15

Four Concurrent Sessions

First Concurrent Session

Ballroom I

Engaging Communities through the Arts

Matt Collinsworth, Director, Kentucky Folk Art Center, Morehead State

University

Robert Gipe, Director, Appalachian Program , Southeast Community and

Technical College

Stephanie Richards, Pike County Fine Arts Extension Agent, University

of Kentucky

Harvey Sadow, Director, Paducah School for the Arts, West Kentucky

Community and Technical College

Moderator: Jim Clark, President & CEO, LEXARTS

Second Concurrent Session

Abraham Lincoln Room

The New York Times as an Engagement Partner

Randy Jones, Regional Education Manager, New York Times

Moderator: Robin Taffler, Coordinator, Service Learning, Murray

State University

Third Concurrent Session

Daniel Boone Room

Engaging Minority and Underserved Communities

Samory T. Pruitt, Vice President, Community Affairs, University of

Alabama

Moderator: Lisa Higgins-Hord, Assistant Vice President, Community

Engagement, University of Kentucky

Fourth Concurrent Session

Ballroom IV

Carnegie Implications for Faculty Development, Evaluation, and Reward Systems

Amy Driscoll, Consulting Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the

Advancement of Teaching

Moderator: John Yopp, Associate Provost for Educational Partnerships,

University of Kentucky

11:15-11:30

~ Break ~

11:30-1:00

Luncheon

Ballrooms I, II & III

Keynote 2:

James C. Votruba, President, Northern Kentucky University

Moderator: Carole Beere, Special Assistant, President’s Office, Northern

Kentucky University

1:00-1:15

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1:15-2:15

Four Concurrent Sessions

First Concurrent Session

Engagement Academy for University Leaders

Daniel Boone Room

Ted Settle, Director, Office of Economic Development, Virginia Tech

Moderator: Melissa Bell, Senior Associate, Academic Affairs, Kentucky

Council on Postsecondary Education

Second Concurrent Session

Building and Sustaining Campus-Community Partnerships

Abraham Lincoln Room

Hiram Fitzgerald, Associate Provost, University Outreach and

Engagement, Michigan State University

Moderator: Jonell Tobin, Director, Morehead State University at West

Liberty

Third Concurrent Session

Assessing the Impact of Engagement

Breckinridge Room

Paul Warner, Assistant Director, Cooperative Extension, University of

Kentucky

John Mowbray, Senior Specialist, Cooperative Extension Service,

University of Kentucky

Anne Banks, Program Manager, Office of the Vice President for External

Affairs, University of Louisville

Moderator: TBA

Fourth Concurrent Session

How to Turn Election 2008 into Campus Civic Engagement

Ballroom IV

Trey Grayson, Kentucky Secretary of State

Judith G. Clabes, President & CEO, Scripps Howard Foundation

Randy Jones, Regional Education Manager, New York Times

Chike Anyaegbunam, Associate Professor, joint appointments in the

School of Journalism and Telecommunications and the College of Public

Health, University of Kentucky

Mark Neikirk, Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement, Northern

Kentucky University

Moderator: Buck Ryan, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and

Telecommunications, University of Kentucky

2:15-2:30

~ Break ~

2:30-3:15

Four Concurrent Sessions

First Concurrent Session

Breckinridge Room

IT Solutions for Measuring and Reporting Student and Faculty Engagement

L. K. Williams, Professor, Accounting, Morehead State University

Scott Wymer, Associate Professor, Information Systems, Morehead State

University

Moderator: David Rudy, Associate Provost, Engagement, and Dean,

IRAPP, Morehead State University

Second Concurrent Session

Abraham Lincoln Room

Ready Campus: A Model for Creating a Campus Culture of Preparedness

David M. Deggs, Program Director, Louisiana Campus Compact

Moderator: Gayle Hilleke, Executive Director, Kentucky Campus

Compact

Third Concurrent Session

Engaging with Schools for Engineering and STEM

Daniel Boone Room

Donald J. Hagerty, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering,

University of Louisville

Simone Caston, University of Louisville Graduate Student, Electrical

Engineering

Deborah Besser, Director, Outreach & Engagement, College of

Engineering, University of Kentucky

Blaine Ferrell, Dean, Ogden College of Science and Engineering, Western

Kentucky University

Moderator: Henry Cunningham, Director,  Student Engagement, Office

of the Vice President, External Affairs, University of Louisville

Fourth Concurrent Session

Rethinking the Ecology of Learning in Courses and Communities

Ballroom IV

Robert Franco, Professor, Anthropology and Director, Planning and

Grant Development, Kapi`olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii

Moderator: Kendra Stewart, Associate Professor, Government, Eastern

Kentucky University

3:15-3:30

Break

3:30-4:30

Ballrooms I, II & III

Community Engagement’s Essential Outcome: A Can-Do-Will-Do Citizenry

Robert Franco, Professor, Anthropology and Director, Planning and

Grant Development, Kapi`olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii

Moderator: Sharon P. Turner, Dean, College of Dentistry, University of

Kentucky

4:30-4:40

Ballrooms I, II & III

Wrap Up

Phil Greasley, Associate Provost, University Engagement, University of

Kentucky