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Monday, June 14th
8:00am - 4:00pm Registration Ms. Cheryl Darcy, Nuventive Foyer, 2nd Floor
8:00am - 9:30am Coffee & Breakfast Workshop Attendees Foyer, 2nd Floor
9:00am - 11:45am Workshop I: "Get Off Your Assessment and Do Something!" Closing the Feedback Loop and Documenting Results Dr. Katharine Cummings Associate Dean, College of Education Western Michigan University Symphony C
Workshop II: "TracDat 101" From the Novice to the Power User Mr. Paul DeSante, Services Consultant, Nuventive and Ms. Wrenette Tedder, Director of Assessment, Henderson State UniversitySymphony B
12:00pm - 12:45pm Lunch All attendees Jimmy Stewart
12:45pm - 1:00pm Welcome: " Improvement in Action" Dr. David Raney, CEO NuventiveJimmy Stewart
1:00pm - 1:45pm Keynote Presentation: "Assessment and Accountability: Dual or Dueling Agendas?" Dr. Lynn Priddy, Vice President for Accreditation Services of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central AssociationJimmy Stewart
2:00pm - 2:50pm Concurrent Session I: "Transitioning to iWebfolio from an Established ePortfolio Platform: Starting with 2,400 Incoming Freshmen" Dr. Michael Scheuermann, Assoc VP ITS; Mr. Richard Varenas, Online Learning Specialist; Mr. Stephen Chestnut, Online Learning Specialist, Drexel University Symphony C
Concurrent Session I: "Documenting a Culture of Assessment: The First Year Experience" (TracDat) Ms. Kristen Springer Dreyfus, Learning Assessment Coordinator and Dr. David Weismiller, Assoc Provost of Institutional Planning, Assessment & Research, East Carolina UniversitySymphony B
3:00pm - 3:50pm Concurrent Session II: "Assessing Experiential Learning Through ePortfolios" Mr. Richard Robles, Assistant Director for First-Year Experience and Leadership and Ms. Debbie Brown, Director for Admin & Programming, Honors Program, University of Cincinnati Symphony C
Concurrent Session II: "Using TracDat to Report and Evaluate Progress of the University's Strategic Plan" Dr. Rodney D. Smith, Vice President for Administrative Services, Operations Analysis and Research, Hampton UniversitySymphony B
3:50pm - 4:05pm Refreshment Break All attendees Foyer, 2nd Floor
4:05pm - 5:05pm Birds-of-A-Feather Session: "iWebfolio: Sharing Successes" A user-driven conversation about success strategies related to iWebfolio implementation Moderator: Ms. Karen Stokes, M.A., Assessment Programs Specialist, Western Michigan UniversitySymphony C
Birds-of-a-Feather Session: "TracDat: Sharing Successes" A user-driven conversation about success strategies related to TracDat Moderator: Mr. Dave Choban, Director of Professional Services, NuventiveSymphony B
5:15pm - 6:00pm "Nuventive 2010 Product Development: Foundation for the Future" Mr. Gary Choban, Chief Technology Officer, NuventiveJimmy Stewart
6:00pm - Dinner On your own. Meet in hotel lobby to join a dinner group. Lobby

Tuesday, June 15th
7:45am - 12:00pm Registration Ms. Cheryl Darcy, Nuventive Foyer, 2nd Floor
7:45am - 8:30am Breakfast Buffet All attendees Jimmy Stewart
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote Presentation: "The Future of Accreditation" Dr. Belle Wheelan, President SACS-COCJimmy Stewart
9:15am - 9:50am "Creating the University of the Future Today: Stop Waiting for Tomorrow's Technology"Dr. James Garner Ptaszynski, Senior Director, World Wide Education, Microsoft CorporationJimmy Stewart
10:0am - 10:50am "Getting to the Heart of Assessment: The Planning Process and Implementation" (iWebfolio) Mr. Matthew Long, iWebfolio Administrator, East Carolina University Symphony C
Hands-On Session I: "Ad Hoc Report writing in TracDat" Mr. Paul DeSante, Services Consultant, NuventiveSymphony B
11:00am - 11:50am Discussion: Using Web 2.0 Tools in iWebfolio Mr. Richard Robles, Assistant Director for First-Year Experience and Leadership and Ms. Debbie Brown, Director for Admin & Programming, Honors Program, University of Cincinnati Symphony C
Discussion: Teacher Education TracDat and iWebfolio What Do We Have, What Do We Need? Ms. Wrenette Tedder, Director of Assessment, Henderson State University, Dr. Suzanne Weber (Retired SUNY Oswego) and Nuventive Staff Symphony B
Discussion: Community College Issues Ms. Bonnie Smyth-McGaha, Director of Institutional Research, Arkansas State University-BeebeSymphony A
Noon - 12:30pm "Nuventive and the Strategic Academic Enterprise"Mr. Christopher W. Sheppard, Director of Partner and External Relations and Kevin Meldorf, Project Manager Business Intelligence, Datatel, Inc. Jimmy Stewart
12:30am - 1:15pm Lunch All attendees Jimmy Stewart
1:15pm - 2:00pm Listening Session: Customer Input to iWebfolio Roadmap (…and get a first look at the summer release) Nuventive Staff Symphony C
Listening Session: Customer Input to TracDat Roadmap Nuventive Staff Symphony B
2:10pm - 3:00pm Institutional Portfolios: Insight for SACS Compliance; AQIP Systems; and other institutional presentation needs Nuventive Staff Symphony C
Hands-On Session II: "Data Tools: How Can I Use Data Tools to Collect Information for Assessment in TracDat?" Mr. Dave Choban, Professional Services Director, NuventiveSymphony B