Conference Schedule

Registration and Breakfast
Notes for the Day at 8:45 am

Location:
LBJ Grand Ballroom

Conference Welcome and Opening Session

Presentation of Conference Theme
Victor Vizcarrondo Velez (SLAC)

Introduction of Welcome Speaker
Dr. Victoria Black (University College)

Welcome Remarks
Dr. Kelly Damphousse, Texas State University President

• Demystifying Student Motivation & Help Seeking (Location: LBJ 3-.3.1)
• Hacking Your Grad School Applications (Location: LBJ 3-5.1)
• Holding the Torch: Creating Inclusive and Accessible Language Environments (Location: LBJ 3-9.1)
• Student to Professional: Translating Experience into Resume/Interview Worthiness ( Location: LBJ 3-10.1)
• Cultivating Student Success for Racially Minoritized Students (Location: LBJ 3-13.1)
• Toxic Positivity: The Negatives of Being Too Positive (Location: LBJ 3-14.1)

• How to Maximize Your Next Mentoring Partnership: Assessing Your Own Mentorability (Location: LBJ 3-3.1)
• Leveraging Technology for Academic Success (Locations: LBJ 3-5.1)
• Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence: Everyone Fits Under the Umbrella (Location: LBJ 3-9.1)
• Career Development, Professional Growth, and Career Services Support (Location: LBJ 3-10.1)
• Learning to KNOW the NOW: Brain Breaks and Stress Relief Through Present Moment Awareness (Location: LBJ 3-13.1)
• Using the Power of Language to Fuel a Growth Mindset (Location: LBJ 3-14.1)

Lunch and Keynote 

Speaker Introduction
Lindley Workman Alyea, Director, SLAC

Keynote
Dr. Saundra McGuire
Assistant Vice Chancellor & Professor of Chemistry (Retired)
Director Emerita, Center for Academic Success, Louisiana State University

• Brain Based Learning: How Coaches & Tutors Can Empower Students (Location: LBJ 3-3.1)

• Continuing the Conversation: Q&A with Dr. Saundra McGuire (Location: LBJ 3-5.1)
• Tools for Reaching Your Financial Goals (Location: LBJ 3-9.1)
• It's Kinda Like Chocolate Milk: Examining Leadership AS Communication (Location: LBJ 3-10.1 )
• Finding Common Ground for Difficult Conversations (Location: LBJ 3-13.1)
• STEM Skills: Spatial Reasoning (Location: LBJ 3-14.1)

• Emotional Intelligence (Location: LBJ 3-3.1)
• Demystifying the Graduate & Professional Application Process (Location: LBJ 3-5.1)
• Monarchs Lighting the Way: Creating an Undocufriendly Campus Community (Location: LBJ 3-9.1 )

• "I called 911. Now What?" (Location: LBJ 3-10.1)

• Personal Statements: Writing Your Story (Location: LBJ 3-13.1)

• Metacognition: Fostering a Growth Mindset and Avoiding "Gifted Kid Burnout" (Location: LBJ 3-14.1)

Conference Wrap Up, Evaluations, & Door Prizes
The Princeton Review Scholarship Raffle
Location: LBJ Grand Ballroom