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2025 Academic Partnerships Annual Meeting
Schedule-at-a-Glance

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Please note that this schedule is subject to change.

Wednesday, April 23

8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration Open
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Concurrently:
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch—2024 Academy Cohort and Executive Committee (2024 Academy Cohort and Executive Committees Only)
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Preconference Workshop: Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Planning & Budgeting Practices to Build Capacity with the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)*

*Requires enrollment during registration
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Opening Dinner and Keynote *

*Requires enrollment during registration

Thursday, April 24

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration Open
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Welcome and Meeting Overview
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Opening Plenary: “Don’t Fear the Big Blur”

  • Kaylyn Bondy, Bismarck State College
  • Kari Brown Herbst, Laramie County Community College
  • Kersten Johnson, Anchorage School District
  • Denise Runge, University of Alaska Anchorage
  • Brenda Sipe, Northern Arizona University
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Break
10:20 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Concurrent Sessions

  • “Transfer Student Success: Embracing the Hot Potato of Statewide Collaboration to Produce Transformative Change”
    • Heidi Estrem, Idaho State Board of Education
    • Angela Sackett, College of Eastern Idaho
    • Tiffany Seely-Case, College of Southern Idaho
    • Justin Vance, College of Western Idaho
  • “From Pathways to Highways: The 2NAU Foundation for Growing Postsecondary Attainment”
    • John Georgas, Northern Arizona University
    • Terri Hayes, Northern Arizona University
    • Christopher Mott, Northern Arizona University
    • Matthew Tantau, Northern Arizona University
  • “No One Builds a Good Credit for Prior Learning Program Alone”
    • Kiesha Fehoko, Salt Lake Community College
    • Andrea Tipton, Salt Lake Community College
  • “Unlikely Partnerships: How Academic Leaders Lead in the Procurement and Contracting Space”
    • Raymonda Burgman Gallegos, WICHE
11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

  • “Establishing Cross-Campus Course Sharing”
    • Debora Halbert, University of Hawai’i System
    • Joe Thiel, Montana University System
  • “Building an Emerging Leaders Pipeline to Strengthen Institutional Values, Bridge Silos, and Build Partnerships”
    • Victor Baeza, Colorado State University-Pueblo
    • Michelle DenBeste, Colorado State University-Pueblo
    • Gail Mackin, Colorado State University-Pueblo
  • “A College-Wide Collaborative Course Scheduling Solution”
    • David Brower, Salt Lake Community College
    • Tom Hanson, Salt Lake Community College
  • “Adult Education/Title II Pathways to Economic Mobility and Sector-Based Training”
    • Alex Harris, Truckee Meadows Community College
    • Angela Holt, Western Nevada College
    • Nancy Olsen, Nevada State Adult Education Director
    • Milt Stewart, Nevadaworks
    • Alexandria Wright, Nevadaworks
12:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Networking Lunch
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. General Session: AI in Higher Education Panel
3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Break
3:20 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

  • The Latest Research on Community College Baccalaureate Programs Realized Through a Multiple Partners Collaborative Approach
    • Joyce Hammer, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
    • Ken Hang, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
    • Elizabeth Meza (University of Washington)
    • Val Sundby, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
  • Measuring Postsecondary Value Across Transfer Pathways
    • Julie Garver, Washington Council of Presidents
    • Summer Kenesson, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
  • Innovation and Collaboration: Transfer Pathways in Engineering to Address Workforce Gaps
    • Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada Reno
    • Anne Flesher, Truckee Meadows Community College
    • Marjaneh Gilpatrick, Northern Arizona University
  • Co-Investing in Infrastructure: The New Normal in Community Investment
    • Taunya Dressler, Salt Lake Community College
    • Jason Taylor, University of Utah
    • Jacob Walter, Colorado State University Pueblo
4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Graduation and Awards Reception

with support from the Mellon Foundation
4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Bernice Joseph Award Presentation

Colleague’s Choice Award Presentation

WICHE Institute for Leaders in the Humanities, Graduation of the 2024 Cohort

Western Academic Leadership Academy, Graduation of the 2024 Cohort
Dinner on your own

Friday, April 25

7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Registration Open
7:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Breakfast with Membership Meeting
8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Membership Meeting
8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Break
9:15 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Welcome Back and Meeting Logistics
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Closing Plenary

Using Data to Plan for the Future: Understanding Students, Demographics, and Financial Strategy, Leveraging WICHE’S Knocking on the College Door Demographics Report

  • Pamela Carriveau, South  Dakota Board of Regents
  • Heather Forney, South Dakota Board of Regents
  • Brian Prescott, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)
  • WICHE Policy Staff
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Wrap Up & Adjournment
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Optional Community Visit : Tour of Truckee Meadows Community College Einstein Center