Re-Thinking Disciplinarities: Models, Roles, Rewards and Opportunities

Friday, May 30, 2008

9:00–11:30 a.m.

COF Executive Committee Meeting

12:00–3:00 p.m.

COF Executive Board Meeting

4:00 p.m.

Class of 2008–09 Meeting

Saturday, May 31, 2008

8:00–9:30 a.m.

COF Finance and Development Committee

COF Professional Development Committee

COF Outreach and Engagement Committee

8:00–11:15 a.m.

2007–08 Fellows Reunite

2008–09 Class Photos

9:30–11:15 a.m.

COF Executive Board Meeting Continued

11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Brunch

12:15 p.m.

Welcome

• Sharon McDade, Director, ACE Fellows Program
• Karen White, Chair, Council of Fellows and Regional Chancellor, University of South Florida—St. Petersburg; 1988–89 Fellow
• Richard Helldobler, Co-chair, COF Professional Development Committee and Associate Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, California University of Pennsylvania; 2005–06 Fellow

12:30–1:30 p.m.

Washington Update

• Terry Hartle, Senior Vice President, Division of Government and Public Affairs, American Council on Education (DC)

1:30–1:50 p.m.

Networking Break

1:50–2:30 p.m.

Framing the Argument: Roles and Rewards

Moderator:

• Kurt Daw, Dean of Fine and Performing Arts, State University of New York at New Paltz, 2001–02 Fellow

Panelists:

• Lynne M. Wiley, President, Associate Dean, Genesee Valley Center, State University of New York Empire State College, 2001–02 Fellow
• Anthony Aretz, Academic Vice President, Christian Brothers University (TN); President-Elect, Mount St. Joseph College (OH); 2001–02 Fellow

2:30–2:45 p.m.

Networking Break

2:45–4:30 p.m.

Voices of Experience: Institutional Models

Moderator:

• Michelle Behr, Co-Chair, COF Professional Development Committee and Assistant Director, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (CA), 2005–06 Fellow

Panelists:

• Richard Guarasci, President, Wagner College (NY)
• Devorah Lieberman, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, Wagner College (NY)
• Russell V. Luepker, Mayo Professor, Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota
• Maren K. McKellin, Coordinator of Field, Experiential and Interdisciplinary Studies,
  College of DuPage (IL)
• Christine A. Monnier, Professor of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies,
  College of DuPage (IL)
• David A. Young, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Arizona State University, 2007–08 Mentor

Respondent:

• Gail Dubrow, Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost, University of Minnesota, 2003–04 Fellow, 2006–07 Mentor

5:00–7:00 p.m.

Reception Welcoming ACE President Molly Corbett Broad

Evening

Dinner Around Town With Classmates and Friends

Sunday, June 1, 2008

7:30–8:45 a.m.

Breakfast

Making the Most of your Fellowship Year

Current and former Fellows provide advice and reflections for the incoming class.

9:00–10:15 a.m.

External Agencies

Moderator:

• Richard Helldobler

Panelists:

• Thomas J. Baerwald, Senior Science Advisor and Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Science, National Science Foundation (VA)
• Robert Frankel, Acting Deputy Chairman for Grants and Awards, National Endowment for the Arts (DC)
• Elizabeth Wilder, Acting Director, Division of Strategic Coordination and Acting Associate Director of Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives, National Institutes of Health (MD)

10:15–10:30 a.m.

Networking Break

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Promoting Interdisciplinary? Aligning Faculty Rewards with Curricular And Institutional Realities

• Cathy Trower, Director and Research Associate, The Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, Harvard University Graduate School of Education (MA)

Presidential Respondent Panel Moderator:

• Joseph Peters, Chair and Associate Dean for Educator Preparation, University of West Florida, 2007–08 Fellow

Panelists:

• Robert L. Carothers, President, University of Rhode Island, 2005 COF Mentor of the Year, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 (2), 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07 Mentor; 1992–93, 1995–96, 2004–05 Nominator
• R. Barbara Gitenstein, President, The College of New Jersey, 2002–03 Nominator
• Thomas J. Schwarz, President, State University of New York College at Purchase

12:00–1:30 p.m.

Luncheon Celebrating The Reunion Classes

1967–68 (40th); 1977–78 (30th);1982–83 (25th); 1987–88 (20th);1992–93 (15th); 1997–98 (10th); and 2002–03 (5th)

1:30–1:45 p.m.

Networking Break

1:50–2:45 p.m.

Reflections From a Long-Serving, Recently Retired President

• Marlene Springer, President Emerita and University Professor, City University of New York College of Staten Island, 1982–83 Fellow, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2003–04 Mentor

2:45 – 3:00 pm

Wrap-Up And A Look Ahead

• ACE Annual Meeting in Washington, DC February 7–10, 2009
• COF Weekend in Washington, DC
  June 6–7, 2009