
Conference Agenda
10:00-10:05 A.M. (EST) Scholars' Hall of the University Place Conference Center
WELCOME: John S. Applegate, Executive Vice President for University Regional Affairs, Planning, and Policy, Indiana University
10:05-10:45 A.M. Scholars' Hall of the University Place Conference Center
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Donald F. Kuratko, Executive Director of the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Indiana University
10:45-11:00 A.M. Scholars' Hall of the University Place Conference Center
OVERVIEW OF IU'S ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES:
Bill Stephan, Vice President for Engagement, Indiana University
11:00-11:45 A.M. Scholars' Hall of the University Place Conference Center
PLENARY LEADERSHIP PANEL:
- Michael Harris, Chancellor of Indiana University Kokomo
- Greg Goodnight, Mayor, City of Kokomo
- Steve Daily, Chancellor,Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo
- Diana TenBrook, Vice President of Marketing, Solidarity Community
Federal Credit Union, Kokomo
- Christina Downey, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Indiana University Kokomo
12:00-1:15 P.M. Scholars' Hall of the University Place Conference Center
CAMPUS WELCOME: Uday Sukhatme, Executive Vice Chancellor of IUPUI
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Elizabeth Tryon, Assistant Director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1:30-2:30 P.M.
BREAKOUT SESSION ONE:
INTERNSHIPS: Introduced by Solution Center Director Teresa Bennet
Convened by the Solution Center at IUPUI
Room 206
Panelists:
Janet Boston, Executive Director of Indiana INTERNnet
- Michael Butler, Associate Program Director, Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (CHIP)
-Laura Littlepage, Clinical Lecturer, School of Public and
Environmental Affairs, IUPU and Senior Policy Analyst, Public Policy
Institute
- Nancy Stark, Director of School and Youth Programs Director, Conner Prairie Interactive History Park
- Markie Rexroat is a Masters of Public Affairs candidate, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, IUPUI
- Isaac Arthur and Cody Fague, CODO Design, Inc
- Rosemary Arnold, Conner Prairie Intern
SERVICE LEARNING: Introduced by IU East Vice Chancellor Lawrence Richards
Convened by IU East
Room 208
Panelists:
Bob Bringle, Chancellor’s Professor of
Psychology and Philanthropic Studies, Executive Director of the IUPUI
Center for Service and Learning at IUPUI
- Ed De La Paz, AmeriCorp Service-Learning Member, Indiana University East; Social Media Consultant, Starr-Gennett Foundation
- Megan Oldham, Education Site Coordinator at Jeffers Unit, Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne County
- Maggie Stevens, Executive Director, Indiana Campus Compact
- Stacey Steele, Director of Education, Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne County
- Frances Yates, Library Director and Campus Compact Representative, Indiana University East
JOB PLACEMENT: Introduced by IU South Bend Chancellor Mae Reck
Convened by the Career Services Office at IU South Bend
Room 216
Panelists:
- Charles Ball, Director, Lilly Center for Discernment and Preparation
- J.Thomas Forbes, Executive Director, Indiana University Alumni Association
- Mike Sanders, Director, Purdue University College of Technology, South Bend
- Phil D'Amico, Director of Business Growth, The Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County
2:45-3:45 P.M.
BREAKOUT SESSION TWO:
ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Introduced by IU Bloomington Vice Provost Tom Gieryn
Convened by the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at IU Bloomington
Room
208
Panelists:
- Leslie Lenkowsky, Clinical Professor of
Public Affairs and Philanthropic Studies, School of Public and
Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
- Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Director, Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program;
Associate Director, Burton Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship
Liaison, Purdue Center for Regional Development
Purdue University Discovery Park
- Kathleen Robbins, Director of the Undergraduate Program, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
- Peter Thoresen, Interim Coordinator, Project Jumpstart, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS: Introduced by IU Northwest Chancellor William Lowe
Convened by the Center for Urban and Regional Excellence at IU Northwest
Room 216
Panelists
- Ellen Szarleta, Associate Professor, Division of Public and Environmental Affairs; Interim Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Excellence (CURE)
-
Erin Argyilan, Department Chair and
Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences; Director, Great Lakes
Innovative Stewardship Through Education Networks (GLISTEN), Indiana
University Northwest
- Peter Avis, Assistant Professor, Biology; Director, Northwest
Indiana Restoration Monitoring Inventory Project, Indiana University
Northwest
-
Jennifer Birchfield, Water Program Director for Save the Dunes Conservation Fund
- Paul Quinlan, Stewardship Director, Shirley Heinze Land Trust
GRASSROOTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Introduced by IU Southeast Chancellor Sandra Patterson-Randles
Convened by IU Southeast
Room 206
- Uric Dufrene, Sanders Chair in Business, Indiana University Southeast
- Blayr Barnard, Regional Director, Southeast Indiana Small Business Development Center
- Lawrence Mand, Vice Chancellor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus, Indiana University Southeast
- James Williams, Equity Director, Middleton Reutlinger