Sunday, March 30

Welcome Reception

SALT Waterfront Restaurant

Sunday, March 30, 2025

5:30 – 8:00 pm

 

Monday, March 31

Conference Day 1

Lakeside Village Expo Center

 

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

8:45 AM – Meeting Overview

Richard Miller (President emeritus of Olin College of Engineering) on the mission and goals of the Coalition.

9:00 AM – Keynote Remarks

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

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
• Chase Hagood, Vice Provost for Student Success, University of Utah

11:00 AM – Storytelling Exercise

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

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

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

2:15 PM – Keynote Remarks:

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

3:15 PM – 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

4:00 PM –  Break

4:15 PM – Panel: Life Design, Helping Students Navigate College and Beyond

5:00 PM – University of Florida Faculty Learning Community

5:30 PM – Summary of Day and Close

5:45 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.

6:30 PM – Dinner

7:15 PM – Keynote Remarks

Graham Burnett, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History Princeton University

 

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 – Keynote Remarks

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

9:30 AM – Student Panel: Gen Z Mental Wellbeing

10:15 AM – Networking Break

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

10:45 AM – Financial Wellbeing

11:30 AM – Storytelling Exercise, Part II

Facilitated by Urmila Venkatesh

12:15 PM – Conference Summary

Richard Miller

12:30 PM – Lunch

 Buffet lunch with opportunities to meet and interact with other attendees

1:30 PM – Optional Tour of the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden