2024 Student Success Summit Agenda
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Preconference and Summit Sessions at Kentucky State University

Sept. 9

Wear your college swag

 Preconferences at the Kentucky State Benson Farm
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Data Exchange Coordinators (Invitation only)
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. HBCU-MSI Collaborative (Invitation only)
9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. OER pre-conference (Open to public – no registration fee)

Summit Registration
10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Student Success Summit Opening at the Carl M. Hill Student Center and Yellow Brick Road
5:30 p.m.

Greetings from President Koffi Akakpo, KYSU and President Aaron Thompson, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education

Keynote Speaker: Daniel Jean, Ed.D., Founder of PhinisheD/FinishEdD #WhoGotNext/Author of “I Am…I Will…”
6:30 p.m. Cookout & Entertainment

Sept. 10
Dress for student success

 Day 1 at the Carl M. Hill Student Center
8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
9 a.m. Summit Welcome – Stephen Pruitt, Ph.D., SREB President and Harriette Scott, Ed.D, SREB Vice President of Postsecondary Education
9:30 a.m. Address from Kentucky officials
10 a.m.
Access concurrent sessions
 
Breakout 1: Improving Access to Higher Education via Alabama’s FAFSA Completion Initiative, Alabama Commission on Higher Education, Stephanie C. Dolan, Associate Director of Planning and Policy 
Jim Purcell, Executive Director
Jessie Lynn Nichols, Research Fellow
 
Breakout 2: Redefining Community College Success, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Stephanie Norris, Senior Research Analyst & Associate Director, Community College Initiative
 
Breakout 3: Reducing Implicit Bias in Scholarship Application Procedures, Allie Edelstein, Maryland Higher Education Commission, Allie Edelstein, Education Policy Analyst
11 a.m.
Retention concurrent sessions
 
Breakout 1: The Power of Online Course Sharing to Bolster Student Progress at HBCUs, Jamila S. Lyn, Chief Student Success Strategist, Bottom Up Thinking
Edward L. Spears, II, Associate Vice President for Partner Success – Special Projects, Acadeum
 
Breakout 2: Your Past is Not Your Potential: Building a Successful Prison Education Program, Tulsa Community College, Ramona Curtis, Ph.D., Director of Workforce Programming 
Dytisha Davis, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President for Student Success
 
Breakout 3: Using Student Data to Tackle Attrition and Boost Student Success and Retention, Ithaka S+R, Daniel Rossman, Senior Researcher
Noon Lunch
12:45 p.m. Kentucky State Student Success Practices walkaround and discussion
1:30 p.m. KHEAA FAFSA session
3:30 p.m. Local industry and campus tours, Frankfort area (Guests will be able to choose from a list of options that include KYSU Benson Farm tour and demonstrations, Kentucky Capitol Building tour, Buffalo Trace Distillery Tasting or Downtown Frankfort Historical Walking tour. All tour options are complimentary.)

Dinner on your own in Downtown Frankfort
Sept. 11
​Show your state pride		 Day 2 at the Carl M. Hill Student Center
8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
9 a.m. Final day welcome and Student Panel
10:10 a.m.

Persistence and Attainment concurrent sessions

Persistence Breakout:: The NOVA Outdoors Project: Creating Community and Belonging through Outdoor Adventure, Northern Virginia Community College, J. Indigo Eriksen, Director of Faculty Professional Development (interim)
 

Attainment Breakout: No Black Man Left Behind: Insights & Perspectives for Academic Leaders, Policy, Practice, and Social Mobility, Clark Atlanta University, Dr. Sonya Okoli, Assistant Professor of Higher Ed Leadership 
 

Attainment Breakout 2: Equipping Future Educators: Inclusive Education, AI, and Advocacy for Workforce Success, Dr. Joseph Cosgriff, Morehead State University
11:10 a.m. SREB Key Practices for Student Success feedback session
Noon Closing Lunch
1-3 p.m. Bluegrass Community and Technical College tour, transport to LEX airport