NAFEO 2008 Presidential Peer Seminar and Leadership Development Institute
- Co-Sponsored
by Educational Testing Service and the HBCU-ETS Steering Committee Soundview & Destination
Hotel Partners, LLC
Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa, a Wyndham Grand Resort Rio
Grande, Puerto Rico. July 11-14, 2008
“ENHANCING LEADERSHIP, BUILDING FRATERNITY”
Thursday,
July 10, 2008
Travel Day for HBCU Capital Finance Board Members and Boot Camp
Participants
Friday, July 11, 2008
9:00 a.m. –11:00 a.m. HBCU Capital
Financing Board Meeting, United States Department of Education (Ancillary Activity)
- HBCU President Board Members: Norman Francis, President, Xavier University,
Chair of the Board Marvalene Hughes, President Dillard University Carolyn Myers,
President Norfolk State University Haywood Strickland, President Wiley College
Ernest McNealy, President, Stillman College Thelma B. Thompson, President,
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- Associational Representatives: Michael
Lomax, President, UNCF Lezli Baskerville, President, NAFEO
- Government Representative: Leonard Haynes, WHI HBCUs
PRE-PEER SEMINAR FRESHMEN PRESIDENTS’ LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE (BOOT
CAMP)
(All presidents and chancellors are encouraged to attend)
10:00 a.m. Welcome and Overview of Program
- Dianne Boardley Suber, President
Saint Augustine’s College, Member of the NAFEO Board of Directors & Chair,
NAFEO 2008 Presidential Peer Seminar
- Eleanor Horne, VP, ETS & President,
ETS Social Responsibility Fund
- James C. Bates, President & CEO
Destination Hotel Partenrs, LLC and Calvin Beatty, Soundview
- How NAFEO Can
Assist HBCUs & PBIs to Realize Their Institutional & Professional
Development Goals
- Lezli Baskerville, President & CEO NAFEO
10:30 a.m. Managing a Competitive,
Contemporary HBCU
- Mickey Burnim, President, Bowie State University
11:30 a.m. Lunch and Dialogue
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. An Examination of Accreditation
Issues by Regional Accrediting Agencies Middle States
- Thelma
B. Thompson, President University of Maryland Eastern Shore SACS
- Belle
S. Wheelan, President Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
3:00
p.m. Now That You’re The President, Who Runs the
Institution?
Panel of HBCU Presidents Will Discuss How to Manage Board Relations and other
Governance Issues
- Fund Raising and the Board Dorothy Cowser
Yancy, Former President Johnson C. Smith University
- All the
Wrong Things Dianne Boardley Suber, President, St Augustine’s College
- Developing
a Board that Works for You Henry N. Tisdale, President, Claflin University
- Earning
Board Respect the Hard Way, Then Keeping It Ivory V. Nelson, President
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania
- Unique Governance Issues for HBCUs
in Systems Stanley F. Battle, President, North Carolina A & T University
5:00 p.m. Informal Peer-to-Peer Palaver
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Dinner and Discussion
Facts and Fiction about Today’s HBCU Presidency
A diverse group of presidents
will engage in an informal, open, candid discussion about the challenges and
rewards of the HBCU presidency
- David L. Beckley, President,
Rust College
- Wesley C. McClure, President, Lane College
- JoAnn
Haysbert, President, Langston University
- George C. Wright,
President, Prairie View A & M University
- Jimmy R. Jenkins,
Sr., President, Livingstone College
- Elaine Johnson Copeland,
President, Clinton Junior College
- Albert L. Walker, President,
Bluefield State College
Saturday, July 12, 2008
9:00 a.m. Exclusive Registration
Desk and Hospitality Room Opens
FRESHMEN PRESIDENTS’ LEADERSHIP TRAINING
INSTITUTE & BOOT
CAMP
(Continued) (All are encouraged to attend)
10:00a.m. -12:00 p.m. The Business
of the Presidency
- Donald Reaves, Chancellor, Winston Salem
State University; Former Vice President for Administration & Chief Financial
Officer, University of Chicago; Former Executive Vice President & CFO
Brown University
- John Rudley, President, Texas Southern University; Former Vice
President for Administration & Finance and Vice Chancellor for Administration & Finance
for the University of Texas system; Former Vice President for Business & Finance,
Tennessee Board of Regents
- Ben Quillian, SVP Business & Operations,
ACE; Former Vice President for Administration & Chief Financial Officer,
California State University-Fresno
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Break for
Lunch
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Opening Luncheon
- Bienvenidos a Puerto Rico
Honorable Luis G. Fortuno (R-PR) Resident Commissioner & Member, United
States Congress House Education & Labor Committee
- Keynote Address:
Dr. Norman Francis, President, Xavier University, Longest Serving American
President, Presidential Medial of Freedom
- Sponsored
2:30p.m. -4:00 p.m. Impact of NCAA
Regulations on Division I, II, III Student Athletes
- Lawrence
A. Davis, Jr., Pres., UAPB, Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference,
Division I Presidential Advisory Group
- Marcia Keizs, Pres, York College
(NAFEO member) City University of New York Athletic Conference, Division
III President’s Council
- Ernest
McNealey, Pres, Stillman College, Division II President’s Council,
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Eddie N. Moore, Pres,
Virginia State U, Division II President’s Council, Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Informal Peer-to-Peer Palaver
6:00
p.m. Cocktails, Crudités and Conversation
- The State of America’s
Black Colleges 2008 A NAFEO Publication
- Major Trends Facing
HBCUs
William E. Spriggs, Dean, Howard University Department of Economics
- The
State of America’s Black Colleges Trudie Kibbe Reed, President,
Bethune Cookman
- HBCUs Cultivating Global Citizenship George French,
President, Miles College
- Improving Fundraising Efforts at
HBCUs William R. Harvey, President, Hampton University
Cocktails & Crudités
Break….Conversation Continues
- Federal Legislation to
Strengthen HBCUs and PBIs
- Honorable James B. Clyburn (SC-6) Majority Whip,
United States House of Representatives
- Honorable Bobby Scott (VA-2) Chair,
CBC Braintrust on Education & Labor
- Honorable Danny Davis (IL-7) Member,
House Education & Labor
Committee
8:00 p.m. Welcome Back to the Future Reception & Repast, featuring
Oldies But Goodies Karaoke Night
- Sponsored by Gourmet Food Services
Sunday,
July 13, 2008
9:45 a.m.-11:45a.m. Creating Standards of Learning and Living
for HBCU Campuses to Prepare & Inspire Today’s Students to Realize
their Educational Goals and Aspirations
This session will engage presidents
in discussions about how to create environments that respect student trends,
preferences, and culture, while instilling the values that are central for
the survival and progress of African American families and communities; and
necessary for students to thrive in the international marketplace
Moderator:
Dianne Boardley Suber, President, Saint Augustine’s College
- Picking
Up the Ball the High Schools Dropped Haywood Strickland, President, Wiley
College
- Train
Up the Students in the Way They Should Go. When They Are Old, They Will
Not Depart From It Clarence B. Newsome, President, Shaw University
- Creating a Pervasive Sense of Hospitality and Generosity of
Spirit for Each Other and Everyone Who Passes through The Gates Beverly
Daniel Tatum, President, Spelman College
- Instilling a Culture and
Climate of Respect & Responsibility Dr. Larry E. Rivers, President
Fort Valley State University
- Start Where You Find Them: Lessons
to be Taught Charles Nelms, President, North Carolina Central University
11:45
a.m. Update on the ETS-HBCU Collaboration
Michael Nettles,
Senior Vice President and Edmond Gordon Chair in Policy Evaluation and Research
Lisa
Belfied, Associate Research Scientist, ETS Center for Policy Evaluation and
Research
12:15 a.m. Break for Lunch Buffet
12:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Presidential
Palaver (Working Lunch)
The Advantages and Process for Consolidating/Merging
Like Campuses/Colleges A professionally facilitated discussion about the possibilities,
pitfalls and processes for consolidating, merging, expanding collaborations
and/or strategic alliances among complimentary institutions to reduce operational
expenses, maximize cost efficiencies, and enrich educational experiences
12:15
p.m.- 2:30 p.m. NAFEO Spouses Luncheon and Work Session
2:45 p.m. – 3.30p.m. A Word From Our Co-Sponsors
- Meeting Your Facility Needs & Owning
the Buildings Without Cash or Bonds
James Bates, President, Destination Hotels,
LLC (PPS Co-Sponsor)
- Driving
Cost Savings
A Presentation by an Auto Rental PPS Co-Sponsor
- Realizing
NAFEO’s Leverage in Reducing Classroom Costs
Kenneth
C. Sherman, Vice President, Ed Map
3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Informal Peer-to-Peer Networking Opportunities
7:00 p.m. Cabaret & Casino Night
Monday, July 14, 2008
10:00 a.m.-12:00
Noon NAFEO Board of Directors Meeting
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