Agenda
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Agenda
Monday, October 6

8:30
to 12

a.m.
noon 		Participatory Research meeting
Executive Salon 3
1
to 4
 p.m.
p.m.		 RCCI Team Meeting
Executive Salon 3
3
p.m.
Planning Committee
Executive Salon 2

4

 p.m.

Registration
Grand Foyer

RCCA Board Meeting
Boardroom
7
 p.m. General Session 1—Juan Sepulveda, The Common Enterprise
Texas Ballroom B
9
 p.m. Reception—Just Desserts Extravaganza
Grand Foyer
     
Tuesday, October 7
6:50
 a.m.

President's Breakfast—Sunrise Ranch Hot Breakfast
Rose Garden

Informal conversation among past and present RCCI and RCCA presidents.
7
 a.m. Breakfast—Sunrise Ranch Hot Breakfast
Grand Foyer
8
 a.m. Concurrent Session 1 (pick one)
  • Lessons Learned in Understanding
Rural Job Training Networks and Collaboratives
Anna Haines, University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point
Texas Ballroom C
  • Community College Connections
Connie Haire, Southwestern Community College (NC)
Executive Salon 1
  • Building Hope for Rural Survival:
A Model for Community College Leaders
Stefani Gray Hicswa, Parkland College
Executive Salon 2
  • The Successes and Challenges of
Conducting an Economic Development Summit
Ron Jackson, Technical College of the Lowcountry
Anne McNutt, Technical College of the Lowcountry
Executive Salon 3
  • Effective Practices from RCCI
Carol Lincoln, MDC
Paul Pratt, Southeast Community College (KY)
Carlyle Ramsey, Danville Community College
Pamela Ternes, Sitting Bull College
Executive Salon 4
    • If You Build It, They Will Come
Beverlee Nance, Southeastern Community College (NC)
Executive Salon 5
    • A Rural Community Responds to a Critical Need in Addressing Economic and Educational Problems—North Central Texas College and Bowie, Texas Form a Partnership That Works!
Emily Klement, North Central Texas College—Bowie Campus
Texas Ballroom B
9
 a.m. Break
9:15
 a.m. General Session 2—Clinton Bristow, Jr., Alcorn State University, and Charles Lee, Mississippi State University
Texas Ballroom B
10:45
 a.m. Break
11
 a.m. Concurrent Session 2 (pick one)
  • Agritourism as an Economic Development Strategy
Alan Barefield, Southern Rural Development Center
Kathleen Tweeten, North Dakota State University
Texas Ballroom A
  • What’s Going On in Washington that Might Affect Your College?
Lynn Barnett, American Association of Community Colleges
Antonio Flores, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
Texas Ballroom C
  • Mapping the Assets of Your Community:
A Key Component for Building Local Capacity
Bo Beaulieu, Southern Rural Development Center
Executive Salon 1
  • Cultural-Heritage Tourism:
Sustainable Economic Development for Rural Economies
David Cazalet, Somerset Community College
Natalie Gibson, Center for Rural Development and Todd Duncan Centennial Celebration
  Leader
Rayetta Bogle, Todd Duncan Community Liaison
Lynn Crabtree, Somerset Community College
Norrie Wake, Team Leadership Center and Cumberland Heritage Society
Nancy Wake, Team Leadership Center and Cumberland Heritage Society
Executive Salon 2
    • The Community Sets Its Goals...What Do We Do Now?
Linda Hawkins, Hawkins Investments
  • Industry Cluster Approach to Workforce and Economic Development
Elizabeth Templin, University of Minnesota
Executive Salon 4
•
2+2 Adds to Success
Antoine Alston, North Carolina AT&T State University
Executive Salon 5
•
Strategies for Local Economic Development
Mike Woods, Oklahoma State University
James Nelson, University of Idaho
Texas Ballroom B
12
p.m.
Lunch—Heart of Texas Barbecue Buffet
Rose Garden
1:15
 p.m. Concurrent Session 3 (pick one)
    • Institutional and Community Capacity Building
Brent Cejda, Texas Tech University
Stephen Katsinas, University of North Texas
Jay Leist, Texas Tech University
Texas Ballroom A
    • An RCCI Update
Cornelia Butler Flora, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
Bo Beaulieu, Southern Rural Development Center
Alan Barefield, Southern Rural Development Center
Texas Ballroom C
    • Turnover Reduction
Rick Horne, Auburn University
Jacquelyn Robinson, Auburn University
Executive Salon 1
    • Serving Rural and Remote Communities
Lynden Johnson, Association of Canadian Community Colleges
Executive Salon 2
    •   Economic Development in Indian Country
Carol Lincoln, MDC
Nancy Warneke-Gaynor, Salish Kootenai College
Mildred Kinsey, Fort Belknap College
Mary John Taylor, Fort Belknap College
Executive Salon 3
    • The Mid-South Partnership for Rural Community Colleges
Ed Davis, Mississippi State University
Ned Lovell, Mississippi State University
Executive Salon 4
    • Multicultural Leadership Programs
Raymond Sandoval, Reynaldo Martinez Institute for Leadership and Research
Executive Salon 5
2:15
 p.m. Break
2:30
 p.m. Concurrent Session 4 (pick one)
    • Rapid Prototyping Accelerates Economic Development
Scott Barnes, Danville Community College
Jerry Franklin, Danville Community College
Texas Ballroom A
    • Revitalizing a Rural Economy in a Resort Region
James Miller, Eastern New Mexico University—Ruidoso Center
Bob Hemphill, Eastern New Mexico University—Ruidoso Center
Joan Zagone, Eastern New Mexico University—Ruidoso Center
Alberto Robles, Eastern New Mexico University—Ruidoso Center
Texas Ballroom C
    •

Opportunities in Place:
National Assessment of the Rural Community College Initiative
Lynn Barnett, American Association of Community Colleges
Vasti Torres, Indiana University
Executive Salon 1
    • Aquaculture in the Appalachian Coal Fields
Paul Pratt, Southeast Community College (KY)
Roy Silver, Southeast Community College (KY)
Executive Salon 2
    • Online Skills Training for Rural Health Care Workers
Don Supalla, Rochester Community and Technical College
Michelle Pyfferoen, Rochester Community and Technical College
Ellen Nelson, Rochester Community and Technical College
Executive Salon 3
    • Success in Funding Ambitious Regional Projects
W. Bruce Ayers, Southeast Community College (VA)
Len O’Hara, The Clements Group
Executive Salon 4
    • Building Rural America: Why Public Policies Really Matter
Chuck Fluharty, Rural Policy Research Institute
Marty Wiseman, Stennis Institute of Governemnt
Bill Scaggs, Meridian Community College
Executive Salon 5
•

Revitalizing a Community—The Ksanka Bay Project,
Community Development with a Vision!
Nancy Warneke-Gaynor, Salish Kootenai College
Texas Ballroom B
3:30
p.m.
Break
3:45
 p.m. Concurrent Session 5 (pick one)
    • Eastern New Mexico University—Roswell
Addresses Critical Rural Health Access Issues
Jane Batson, Eastern New Mexico University—Roswell
Texas Ballroom A
    • The Role of Post-secondary Education in Developing
Leadership Institutions for Revitalizing Rural Economies
James Richardson, National Rural Funders Collaborative
Cornelia Butler Flora, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
Bo Beaulieu, Southern Rural Development Center
Texas Ballroom C
    • Prosperity! Incorporating Community Colleges as
Part of Your Regional Economic Development Strategy
Raymond Geary, College of the Redwoods
Kathy Moxon, Humboldt Area Foundation
Executive Salon 1
    • Institutional and Community Capacity Building—
Building Leadership for Community Development
Steven Jones, Hazard Community and Technical College
Executive Salon 2
    • Economic Diversification and Capacity Building: The Rural Community College Initiative and Southwest Texas Junior College
Stephen Katsinas, University of North Texas
Chris Thomas, University of North Texas
Ismael Sosa, Southwest Texas Junior College
Executive Salon 3
    • Educational Access
Mary John Taylor, Fort Belknap College
Charley Carlson, Fort Belknap College
Mildred Kinsey, Fort Belknap College
Executive Salon 4
    • Community Colleges and Land-grant Universities:
The MidSouth Partnerships for Rural Community Colleges
Bill Scaggs, Meridian Community College
Malvin Williams, Alcorn State University
Marty Wiseman, Mississippi State University
Ed Meadows, Lurleen B. Wallace Community College
Vivian Presley, Coahoma Community College
Executive Salon 5
4:45
 p.m. Adjourn—Evening on your own
       
Wednesday, October 8
7
 a.m. Breakfast—Top of the Morning Continental Breakfast
Grand Foyer
8
 a.m. Concurrent Session 6 (pick one)
  • A Model of Rural Graduate Education:
The Community College Leadership Doctoral Program
Ramon Dominguez, New Mexico State University
Mary Prentice, New Mexico State University
Eduardo Arellano, New Mexico State University
Texas Ballroom B
    • Eastern New Mexico University—Roswell
Neighborhood Partnership Challenges
Ray Baca, Roswell Hispanio Chamber of Commerce
Jane Batson, Eastern New Mexico University—Roswell
Judy Stubbs, City of Roswell
Texas Ballroom C
    • Augmenting the Lecture Environment with
Computer-based Laboratory Experiences
Barbara Jones, Meridian Community College
Cathy Webb, Meridian Community College
Executive Salon 1
    • Business Retention and Expansion Visitation Program
Kathleen Tweeten, North Dakota State University
Elizabeth Templin, University of Minnesota Extension Service
Executive Salon 3
    • Asset Mapping—A Tool for Identifying Community Strengths
Jacquelyn Robinson, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
Executive Salon 4
9
 a.m. Break
9:15
a.m. Concurrent Session 7 (pick one)
    • Grassroots Gold: Microenterprise—A Cure for Poverty in the South
Antoinette Green, Mississippi State Microenterprise State Association
Texas Ballroom A
    • The North Dakota Roundtable on Higher Education:
Efforts to “Harness” the Rural Community Colleges
to Address the Issue of Depopulation
Joe McCann, Williston State College
Ken Quamme, Williston State College
Texas Ballroom B
    • True North: A Regional Growth Strategy
Joe Sertich, Northeast Higher Education District
John Ondov, Lifelab Institute
Texas Ballroom C
    • Mount Wachusett Community College: A Case Study in Utilizing Biomass Energy to Develop Rural Economies, Partnerships and Energy Independence
Edward Terceiro, Mount Wachusett Community College
Rob Rizzo, Mount Wachusett Community College
Robert Clark, USDA Forest Service
Executive Salon 1
    • Strengthening Communities Through the Development of Strategic Alliances
Jacquelyn Robinson, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
Executive Salon 3
    • Institutional Effectiveness: A Practitioners Perspective
Rusty Waller, North Central Texas College
Executive Salon 4
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m.

General Session 3—Carlyle Ramsey, Danville Community College
Texas Ballroom B

The George Autry Award

Telling the Rural Community College Story
Steve Katsinas, University of North Texas
Joe Sertich, RCCA Policy and Advocacy Committee
12
 p.m. Adjourn
       

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