Sunday, March 30

Welcome Reception

SALT Waterfront Restaurant
4600 Rickenbacker Cswy
Miami, FL 33149

5:30 – 8:00 pm

Monday, March 31

Conference Day 1

Lakeside Village Expo Center
1280 Stanford Dr Room 1123
Coral Gables, FL 33146

8:00 AM – Breakfast

Buffet breakfast with opportunities to meet and interact with other attendees.

8:30 AM – Welcoming Remarks

• Keith Buffinton, Executive Director, The Coalition for Transformational Education
• Dr. Kathi Kern, Senior Vice Provost for Education, University of Miami
• Richard Miller, Founding Chair, The Coalition for Transformational Education

9:00 AM – Keynote Remarks: Why Character Matters for Higher Education

Michael Lamb, Executive Director of the Program for Leadership and Character, Wake Forest University

Interviewed by Keith Buffinton

10:00 AM – Networking Break

Dr. Lamb will be signing free copies of his book, Cultivating Virtue in the University (Oxford University Press, 2022), following his remarks.

10:30 AM – Ignite Talks

Quick presentations by Coalition members featuring their projects, as well as advice for others interested in implementing similar projects. Featuring:

• Bill Whitney, Assistant Vice Provost for Experiential Learning Programs and Michelle Spada, Program Manager, Lehigh 360, Lehigh University
• Laura Perille, Executive Director, 4D Experience, University of Denver
• Drs. Karen Paisley, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Lindsay Coco, University Innovation Alliance Fellow and Special Assistant to the Vice Provost for Student Success, University of Utah

11:00 AM – Community-Building and Storytelling Exercise

Facilitated by Urmila Venkatesh, Assistant Director of Alumni Career Engagement, Stanford University

12:00 PM – Media Panel: Perception and Value of Higher Ed

• Doug Lederman, Founder and former editor of Inside Higher Ed
• Scott Carlson, Senior writer and columnist at The Chronicle of Higher Education, and co-author of Hacking College: Why the Major Doesn’t Matter—and What Really Does
• Nick Anderson, Vice President for Higher Education Partnerships and Improvement at ACE, formerly a senior reporter covering higher education for The Washington Post
• Moderated by Marjorie Malpiede, Editor-in-Chief, LearningWell magazine

12:45 PM – Lunch

Buffet lunch with opportunities to meet and interact with other attendees

1:30 PM – Group Photo

1:45 PM –  The Cane Commitment at the University of Miami

• Maria Galli Stampino, Dean of Undergraduate Affairs, University of Miami
• Vanessa Velis Barbieri, Program Director, Cane Commitment

2:15 PM – Keynote Remarks: Connecting the dots and setting learning free

Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Harvard University 

3:15 PM – Networking Break

Scott Carlson will be signing free copies of his book, Hacking College: Why the Major Doesn’t Matter—and What Really Does

3:45 PM – Panel: Life Design, Helping Students Navigate College and Beyond

• Adrienne Ausdenmoore, Vice President and Executive Director, Geoffrey H. Radbill Center for College and Life Design, Bowling Green State University
• Laura Shaw, Assistant Teaching Professor, UC Work plus Learn, co-creator of the Life by Design class, Arizona State University
• Dustin Liu, Senior Associate Director, Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing, New York University

4:30 PM – University of Florida Faculty Learning Community

• Michael Barber, Assistant Director, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Florida
• Alexandra Bitton-Bailey, Director, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Florida
• Lupita Eyde-Tucker, Faculty Academic Support Coordinator, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Florida

5:00 PM – Summary of Day and Close

Michele Gillespie, Provost, Wake Forest University

5:15 PM – Poster Session and Social Hour

An opportunity for attendees to learn more about Coalition programs at member institutions and to engage with others and reflect upon and discuss the conference before dinner.

Dr. Burnett will be signing free copies of his book, Scenes of Attention: Essays on Mind, Time, and the Senses

6:15 PM – Dinner

7:00 PM – Keynote Remarks

Graham Burnett, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History Princeton University

Interviewed by Clayton Spencer, President Emerita, Bates College

Tuesday, April 1

Conference Day 2

Lakeside Village Expo Center

8:00 AM – Breakfast

Buffet breakfast with opportunities to meet and interact with other attendees.

8:30 AM – Opening Remarks

• Keith Buffinton
• Marjorie Malpiede

8:40 AM – Keynote Remarks: Cultures of Growth: Cultivating a Growth Mindset within Universities

Mary Murphy, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University

9:40 AM – Student Panel: Gen Z Mental Wellbeing

• Carson Domey, Student, University of Texas at Austin; Executive Director, Coalition for Student Wellbeing; 
• Hansini Ramachandran, Sophomore, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Southern California
• Anisah Steele, Psychology Major, University of Miami; COPE Vice Chair, Arab Students Union Outreach Chair
• Moderated by: Mollie Ames, Reporter, LearningWell magazine

10:25 AM – Networking Break

Dr. Murphy, will be signing free copies of her book, Cultures of Growth (Simon & Schuster, 2024)

10:55 AM –  Panel: Inter-Institutional Wellbeing Efforts

• Nance Roy, Chief Clinical Officer, The Jed Foundation
• Lori Collins-Hall, Project Director, Endeavor Mental Health Initiative
• Gerard Senehi, Founder, The Question Project
• Moderated by Larry Galizio, President and CEO, Community College League of California

11:40 AM – Storytelling Exercise, Part II

Facilitated by Urmila Venkatesh

12:25 PM – Conference Summary and Closing Remarks

• Keith Buffinton
• Guillermo (Willy) Prado, Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Miami

12:30 PM – Lunch

 Buffet lunch with opportunities to meet and interact with other attendees

1:30 PM – Optional Botanical Gardens Tour