FIFTH ANNUAL INDIVIDUALIZE MAJOR

PROGRAMS CONFERENCE

 

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Hospitality Learning Center

 

March 7 -8, 2013

 

DRAFT AGENDA

Thursday, March 7th

Morning Activities:


10:00 – 11:30: Tour and experience MSU Denver’s Aviation and Aerospace Facilities, including the aviation simulator. This activity is limited to ten participants, first come first served. Please contact Elizabeth Parmelee (eparmel1@msudenver.edu ) to be added to the list.

Additional activity to be determined.

 

12:00 – 12:30 Registration and lunch (Box lunches are provided as part of the conference fee.)

 

12:30 – 1:30: Presentation: The Founding of IMPs:

Dan Gordon, Univ. of Massachusetts and Norman Keul, Duke University

 

1:30 – 2:30 Using the Individualized Degree Program as an Incubator:


Panel from MSU Denver

 

2:30 – 3:30: Break and table topic conversations:

 

               Table 1: IMPs and Career Planning

Table 2: Reins and Spurs: How do we keep IMPs on track?

Table 3: To be determined (please let us know your ideas!)

Table 4: To be determined

 

3:30 – 4:30: Using a Workforce Advisory as a Critical Partner in IMP Development and Growth:

 

Austin Bunch and Jayne Giessler, East Carolina University

 

4:30 – 5:30: Student and Alumni panel: Developing Successful Individualized Majors and Interdisciplinary Research

 

Kathryn Gardner, Drexel University; Ari Hansen, Lily Strasberg, and Guillaume Pagnier, University of Massachuestts

 

5:30 – 6:30: Wine Tasting in the Hospitality Learning Center:


Experience a wine tasting led by MSU Denver faculty in the specially designed classroom space

 

7:00:   Dinner downtown (location and details to be determined)

 

 

Friday March 8th:  (Breakfast is provided by the hotel for those lodging there.)

 

8:00 – 8:45: Student Panel: Peer Advising in Gateway Classes:

 

                Stephanie Ozahowski, Joey Costello, Kyle Rodd, and Emma Mulvaney, University of Massachusetts Amherst

 

8:45 – 9:30: Lessons from a Two-Semester Gateway via Coursework       

 

                Susan Ware, Guillaume Pagnier, University of Massachusetts

 

9:30 – 9:45: Break

 

9:45 – 10:45: Self-Reflection and Self-Assessment: Promoting Intentional Learning in IMPs:

 

Margaret Lamb, Ken Fuchsman, LuAnn Saunders-Kanabay and Monica van Beusekom, University of Connecticut

 

10:45 – 11:45: Gateways and Capstones:

 

Kevin Egan, Drexel University; Meredith Theeman, Lauren Kaminsky, and Andrew Romig, New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study

 

11:45 – 12:15: Summing up and looking ahead


12:15 – 1:15: Lunch and informal conversation

Box lunches will be provided and those who need to dash to the airport may take them along.

We will also kick-start planning for next year’s conference. Please join us!