AAUA National Assembly 2008

Program

2008 National Assembly
June 26-28, 2008
Salt Lake City

Preliminary Program
2008 Summer Assembly

Higher Education Leadership: Practical Strategies for a Challenging Future

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008

9:00 – 10:00 A.M. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

10:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

12:00 – 4:00 P.M. REGISTRATION OPEN

2:00 – 2:45 P.M.

NEW MEMBER AND INTERNATIONAL ATTENDEE ORIENTATION SESSION (Facilitated by Richard V. Hurley, Acting President, University of Mary Washington; AAUA Immediate Past-President.)

3:00 – 3:45 P.M.

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION SESSION
(Facilitated by Heinrich Stremitzer, Professor Emeritus, Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria); AAUA Board Member.)

The Impact of Leadership Styles on Employee Performance – Babatunde Joel Todowede, Finance Officer, Faculty of Management Sciences, Lagos State University (Nigeria).

4:00 – 5:30 P.M.

OPENING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION SESSION (Facilitated by Wil C. Goodheer, President, International University [Austria]; AAUA President.)

The Role of Higher Education in Economic Transformation – John C. Austin, Non-Resident Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution, Senior Fellow of the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good (University of Michigan), and elected member of the Michigan State Board of Education.

6:00 – 7:00 P.M. RECEPTION

FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2008

8:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. REGISTRATION OPEN

8:00 A.M. COMPLIMENTARY CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AVAILABLE

8:30 – 9:15 A.M.

CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES IN HIGHER EDUCATION SESSION (Facilitated by Carolyn C. Collins, Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of University College, Louisiana State University; AAUA Board Member.)

Becoming a University – William A. Sederburg, President, Utah Valley State College.

9:30 – 10:15 A.M.

REGIONAL ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION SESSION (Facilitated by Scott M. Boyter, Assistant Dean and Controller, College of Fine Arts and Communication, Brigham Young University; AAUA Board Member.)

Dealing with Regional Concerns – Fred Hunsaker, Vice President for Business and Finance, Utah State University; Kim Wirthlin, Vice President for Government Relations, University of Utah; Stephen Woodhouse, President, LDS Business College; Scott L. Wyatt, President, Snow College.

10:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS SESSION (Facilitated by Charles Cannon, Professor of Science and Mathematics, Columbia College; AAUA Board Member.)

Successful Two- and Four-Year College Collaboration – Bashar Hanna, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kutztown University.

(Title TBD) – Donna M. Loraine, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Keller Graduate School of Management, DeVry University.

12:15– 2:45 P.M. AWARDS LUNCHEON AND EXEMPLARY MODELS PRESENTATION (Facilitated by Jerome Neuner, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Canisius College; AAUA Board Member.)

SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2008

8:00 – 9:00 A.M. REGISTRATION OPEN

8:00 A.M. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AVAILABLE

8:30 – 10:00 A.M.

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS SESSION (Facilitated by Kathryn Barrett Duke, Director of Budget. Planning, and Grants, University of South Carolina Sumter; AAUA Board Member.)

Assessing Part-Time Faculty Job Satisfaction – Dennis L. Eggett, Scott L. Howell and Jeff E. Hoyt, Brigham Young University.

(Title TBD) – Sheila Taylor-King, Academic Dean, Granite State College.

10:15– 11:00 A.M.

NEW APPLICATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION SESSION (Facilitated by Christine Z. Somervill, AAUA Board Member.)

New Applications of Action Research to Change Management in Higher Education – Abour Cherif, David Overbye, Lin Stefurak, Karen Murker, and Bob Aron, DeVry University.

11:15 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

CLOSING SESSION (Facilitated by Donna L. Clevinger, Dean, Mississippi State University-Meridian Campus; AAUA Board Member.)

Environmental Scan of the Status of Higher Education – Dan L. King, AAUA Executive Director.

Annual AAUA Business Meeting; and Assembly Wrap-Up.