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2025 Academic Partnerships Annual Meeting
Schedule-at-a-Glance

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Please note that this schedule is subject to change.

Wednesday, April 23

8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration Open
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Concurrently:
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch—2024 Academy Cohort and Executive Committee (2024 Academy Cohort and Executive Committees Only)
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Preconference Workshop: Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Planning & Budgeting Practices to Build Capacity with the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)*

*Requires enrollment during registration
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Opening Dinner and Keynote *

*Requires enrollment during registration

Thursday, April 24

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration Open
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Welcome and Meeting Overview
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Opening Plenary: “Don’t Fear the Big Blur”

  • Kaylyn Bondy, Bismarck State College
  • Kari Brown Herbst, Laramie County Community College
  • Kersten Johnson, Anchorage School District
  • Denise Runge, University of Alaska Anchorage
  • Brenda Sipe, Northern Arizona University
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Break
10:20 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Concurrent Sessions

  • “Transfer Student Success: Embracing the Hot Potato of Statewide Collaboration to Produce Transformative Change”
    • Heidi Estrem, Idaho State Board of Education
    • Angela Sackett, College of Eastern Idaho
    • Tiffany Seely-Case, College of Southern Idaho
    • Justin Vance, College of Western Idaho
  • “2NAU Model for Growing Postsecondary Attainment”
    • John Georgas, Northern Arizona University
    • Terri Hayes, Northern Arizona University
    • Christopher Mott, Northern Arizona University
    • Matthew Tantau, Northern Arizona University
  • “No One Builds a Good Credit for Prior Learning Program Alone”
    • Kiesha Fehoko, Salt Lake Community College
    • Andrea Tipton, Salt Lake Community College
  • “Unlikely Partnerships: How Academic Leaders Lead in the Procurement and Contracting Space”
    • Raymonda Burgman Gallegos, WICHE
11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

  • “Establishing Cross-Campus Course Sharing”
    • Debora Halbert, University of Hawai’i System
    • Joe Thiel, Montana University System
  • “Building an Emerging Leaders Pipeline to Strengthen Institutional Values, Bridge Silos, and Build Partnerships”
    • Victor Baeza, Colorado State University-Pueblo
    • Michelle DenBeste, Colorado State University-Pueblo
    • Gail Mackin, Colorado State University-Pueblo
  • “A College-Wide Collaborative Course Scheduling Solution”
    • David Brower, Salt Lake Community College
    • Tom Hanson, Salt Lake Community College
  • “Adult Education/Title II Pathways to Economic Mobility and Sector-Based Training”
    • Alex Harris, Truckee Meadows Community College
    • Angela Holt, Western Nevada College
    • Nancy Olsen, Nevada State Adult Education Director
    • Milt Stewart, Nevadaworks
    • Alexandria Wright, Nevadaworks
12:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Luncheon and presentation of the Bernice Joseph and Colleague’s Choice Awards
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. General Session: AI in Higher Education Panel
3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Break
3:20 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

  • The Latest Research on Community College Baccalaureate Programs Realized Through a Multiple Partners Collaborative Approach
    • Joyce Hammer, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
    • Ken Hang, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
    • Elizabeth Meza (University of Washington)
    • Val Sundby, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
  • Measuring Postsecondary Value Across Transfer Pathways
    • Julie Garver, Washington Council of Presidents
    • Summer Kenesson, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
  • Innovation and Collaboration: Transfer Pathways in Engineering to Address Workforce Gaps
    • Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada Reno
    • Anne Flesher, Truckee Meadows Community College
    • Marjaneh Gilpatrick, Northern Arizona University
  • Co-Investing in Infrastructure: The New Normal in Community Investment
    • Taunya Dressler, Salt Lake Community College
    • Jason Taylor, University of Utah
    • Jacob Walter, Colorado State University Pueblo
4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Break
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. General Session:

  • A Deeper Dive into the Colleague’s Choice Innovation Award’s Winning Project
  • A Deeper Dive into the Bernice Joseph Leadership Award’s Winning Project
  • WICHE Academy Presentation/Award Winners
6:30- 8:30 p.m. WICHE Academy for Leaders in the Humanities Dinner (WICHE Academy for Leaders in the Humanities Cohort Only)
Dinner on your own

Friday, April 25

7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Registration Open
7:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Breakfast with Membership Meeting
8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Membership Meeting
8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Break
9:15 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Welcome Back and Meeting Logistics
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Closing Plenary

Using Data to Plan for the Future: Understanding Students, Demographics, and Financial Strategy, Leveraging WICHE’S Knocking on the College Door Demographics Report

  • Pamela Carriveau, South  Dakota Board of Regents
  • Heather Forney, South Dakota Board of Regents
  • Brian Prescott, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)
  • WICHE Policy Staff
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Wrap Up & Adjournment
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Optional Community Visit : Tour of Truckee Meadows Community College Einstein Center