Members of the 2019-20 class of ACE Fellows built great connections during the opening retreat.
The latter half of the retreat focused on a multi-day capstone activity, dubbed the Fairweather College Case. John Marx, ACE Fellow 2018-19 and professor and department chair of English at the University of California, introduced the premise of the exercise. Fellows then heard from Nicholas Santilli, ACE Fellow 2003-04 and senior director of learning strategy at the Society for College and University Planning, about integrated university planning. Through group work, innovative thinking, and problem solving, they developed a strategy for the prototypical “Fairweather” College and presented their final product on the last day of the retreat.
Finally, Joe
Bertolino, ACE Fellow 2010-11 and president of Southern Connecticut
State University, led a transparent and inspiring discussion with the
Fellows on how to best navigate their Fellowship year. He shared stories
and best practices on how Fellows could and should interact with their
nominator and mentor(s).
The 2019-20 Class of Fellows will meet
again in January for a mid-year retreat focusing on diversity and
inclusion, as well as budget and finance. Their closing retreat will
take place in June.
ACE is currently accepting members of the 2020-21 class of Fellows. For additional information, please contact ACELeadership@acenet.edu.