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Presentation Materials for the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program

Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center

Wednesday, Feb. 21

4:00 p.m.
Provost’s Welcome Reception – ALDP participants and AU ALDP alumni

Bill Hardgrave, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Auburn University

The Terrace Room

5:00 p.m.
Review of Workshop Goals from Fall Workshop

Andrew Gillespie, Assistant Provost for International Programs

5:20 p.m.
Transport to the Auburn University Club – Dinner with the Provost

6:10 p.m.
Introduction of the Provost

Andrew Gillespie, Assistant Provost for International Programs, Auburn University

6:10 p.m.
Welcome to Auburn University and Challenges in Leadership

Provost Bill Hardgrave, Auburn University

6:30 p.m.
Dinner

7:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks

Andrew Gillespie, Assistant Provost for International Programs

8:00 p.m.
Transport to the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center

Thursday, Feb. 22

7:00 a.m.-7:45 a.m.
Breakfast, AUHCC

The Terrace Room

8:00 a.m.
Public-Private Partnerships in the Academy Today

Dr. Emmett Winn, Associate Provost

Legacy Ballroom

8:45 a.m.
People, Passion, and Purpose: How Philanthropy Works and Why We Do It

Ms. Jane DiFolco Parker, Vice President for Development and President, Auburn University Foundation

Legacy Ballroom

9:15 a.m.
Interactive Philanthropy Exercise

Ms. Jane DiFolco Parker, Vice President for Development and President, Auburn University Foundation

Ms. Angie Stephens, Associate Vice President for Constituent Development

Ms. Tara Jones, Associate Vice President for Constituent Development

Mr. Jason Peevy, Associate Vice President for Development Communications, Marketing, and Campaign

Legacy Ballroom

10:00 a.m.
Break

Pre-function Foyer

10:15 a.m.
The World of University Budgeting – Differing Models and Decision-Making

Amanda Malone, Director, Provost Budget Services

Bryan Elmore, Director, Budget Services

Legacy Ballroom

11:15 a.m.
Celebration of 10 years of the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program
So, What’s Next? – A Panel Discussion Among Past Fellows

Dr. Constance Relihan, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies

Dr. Jeremy Downes, Chair, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts

Dr. Daniel Gropper, Dean, College of Business, Florida Atlantic University

Dr. Bret Smith, Associate Director, Interdisciplinary Studies, North Carolina State University

Legacy Ballroom

12:00 p.m.
Fellows Lunch
Current Issues in Academia – Inbox Exercises

Past AU Fellows as Facilitators:

Dr. Jennifer Wood Adams, Director, School of Communication and Journalism

Dr. Kathryn Flynn, Senior Associate Athletics Director, Auburn Athletics Department

Dr. Dan Givens, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Bruce F. Smith, Director, AU Research Initiative in Cancer, Department of Pathobiology

Dr. Todd Steury, Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences

Dr. Tin-Yau Tam, Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

The Terrace Room

12:00 p.m.
Liaisons Lunch Meeting

Enoteca

1:30 p.m.
High-Impact Practices: Designing Programs, Effective Assessment, Program Improvement

Dr. Constance Relihan, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies

Dr. Drew Clark, Director, Institutional Research

Dr. Katie Boyd, Associate Director, Assessment

Legacy Ballroom

2:45 p.m.
Break

Pre-function Foyer

3:00 p.m.
Campus tour (walking and transport - departing from AUHCC lobby)

Daniel King, Associate Vice President, Facilities

Evolution of the Physical Campus

  • Master Planning – Building, Replacing, Renovation
  • The University of the Future

5:00 p.m.
Break

5:30 p.m.
Transport or walk to the Auburn Alumni Center (departing from AUHCC lobby)

5:45 p.m.
Dinner

7:00 p.m.
Transport to the Telfair Peet Theatre

7:15 p.m.
Evening Theatre – Auburn University production of ‘Chicago’

9:00 p.m.
Transport or walk to the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center

Friday, Feb. 23

7:00 a.m.-7:45 a.m.
Breakfast

The Terrace Room

8:00 a.m.
Communications Strategies: Managing the issues that keep us up at night

Mike Clardy, Assistant Vice President, Auburn University Office of Communications and Marketing

This Is Auburn: The importance of a strong brand

Lucy LaMar, Director of Marketing & Creative Services, Office of Communications and Marketing

Visual Storytelling: The power of video in marketing a university

Jim Jackson, Director of Broadcast Services, Office of Communications and Marketing

Legacy Ballroom

9:15 a.m.
CLERYFERPATITLEIX – The Compliance Alphabet Soup: What does it all mean?

Dr. Laura Ann Forest, University Registrar

Ms. Kelley Taylor, Director and Title IX Coordinator

Ms. Susan McCallister, Director, Campus Safety Compliance

Legacy Ballroom

10:30 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m.
Table Discussion and Program Summaries
  • Reflections
  • Future Impacts

Commissioning Exercises

Closing Remarks and Adjournment

Dr. Torie Johnson, SECU Executive Director, SEC

Legacy Ballroom

11:45 a.m.
Box Lunch

The Terrace Room

For more information

Contact Jennifer Mason, Director of International Initiatives.

Last Updated: March 21, 2022