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Student Success Conference Program
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. - Student Experience Panel (Livingston Hall)
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Closing (Livingston Hall)
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Daylong Activities
Photo Booth
Snap some photos with your fellow colleagues and help create memories to take with you long after the conference has ended.
All Day - Corridor
Quiet Space
The Coffee House will be available as a quiet workspace during the conference.
All Day (except during Session 2) - Coffee House
Meditation Space
Take some time to unwind and reconnect with yourself.
All Day - Room 109
Session 1 Programs | 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
Education Sessions
Artificial Intelligence and Student Success
Chris Drue, Associate Director for Teaching Evaluation, OTEAR
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM - Livingston Hall
“The How To and the How Come of Building a Peer Mentor Program”
Jennifer Kim-Lee, SAS Honors Program
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM - Room 201B
Sewing your way to the student voice: Quilting as an assessment method
Dayna Weintraub, Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives, Student Affairs, Planning, and Assessment; Cheryl Jackson, Senior Administrative Assistant, Student Affairs
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM - Room 202A
Back on Track Support Group: A Student-Driven Academic Coaching Initiative
Sarah Kravits, Academic Coach, Learning Centers; Lucille Leung, Director of Academic Coaching & Strategic Learning, Learning Centers
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM - Room 202C
Teaching in a Multilingual Space: Strategies for Creating a Welcoming and Equitable Learning Environment for a Linguistically Diverse Campus
Nicole Houser, Assistant Dean for Curriculum Internationalization, Rutgers Global Study Abroad
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM - Room 202B
Rethinking Our Virtual Space: Reimagining and RevolUtionizing the Student Experience with the Creation of the myRutgers Dashboard
Deepa Bhalla, Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, Division of Enrollment Management; David Badger, Executive Director, Information Technology, OIT - Enterprise Application Services; Jay Stefanelli, Ph.D.,
Director, One Stop Student Services Center, Division of Enrollment Management; Yaw-Shing Wang, Assistant Director, OIT - Enterprise Application Services
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM - Room 201A
A Longitudinal Summer Pathway Program Model that Boosts Student Success
Humberto Baquerizo, Maria L. Soto-Greene, MD, MS-HPEd, FACP, Executive Vice Dean and Professor of Medicine - Rutgers NJMS; Maria L. Soto-Greene, MD, MS-HPEd, FACP, Executive Vice Dean and Professor of Medicine, Rutgers NJMS; Gary C. Butts, MD, Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Director, Center for Multicultural & Community Affairs Icahn School of Medicine; Sherria McDowell, MPH, Director of Special Programs Patricia S. Levinson Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Humberto Baquerizo, MBA, EdD, Program Development Specialist, Office of the Dean Rutgers NJMS.
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM - Room 111
Session 2 Programs | 10:40 AM - 11:30 AM
Education Sessions
Engaging Post-Graduation Survey Data in High-Impact Career Development Program Development
Madeline Giordana, Sr. Assistant Director, Career Outcomes & Assessment, Career Exploration and Success; Avinash Ram, Graduate Coordinator-Research and Assessment, Career Exploration and Success
10:40 AM - 11:30 AM - Room 111
A Paul Robeson Living-Learning Community Experience: Perceptions of Success, Belonging and Connectedness, and Exploring Hidden Figures
Ariel Leget, Associate Director, Residence Education, Residence Life; Student panelists and Jakora Holman, Director, Paul Robeson Cultural Center
10:40 AM - 11:30 AM - Room 201A
General Biology’s Support of the First Year Transition with High Impact Practices: Promoting Equity through Study Skills Development and Inclusivity
Gregg Transue, Director of Introductory Biology Programs , Office Undergraduate Instruction, Division of Life Science; Anna Keating, Assistant Teaching Professor, Division of Life Sciences; Christy Beal, Assistant Teaching Professor Division of Life Sciences; Daniel Cardinale-Stern, Assistant Teaching Professor, Division of Life Sciences; Calvin Yu, Assistant Teaching Professor, Division of Life Sciences
10:40 AM - 11:30 AM - Room 202B
RU Intentional? Promoting career readiness and a high impact focus in the student experience
Anny Lu, Assistant Director, Experiential Education - Career Readiness, Career Exploration and Success; Lyn Baier, Associate Director for Career Readiness and Experiential Education
10:40 AM - 11:30 AM - Room 201B
Nurturing the Future: Undergraduate Leadership Throughout Rutgers
Carlos Decena, Director, Office of Undergraduate Intellectual Life, Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice; Michelle Stephens, Founding Executive Director, ISGRJ
10:40 AM - 11:30 AM - Room 202C
RJ at Rutgers
Brianna Livelli, Restorative Justice Coordinator, Office of the Dean of Students; Tori Glascock, Research Project Coordinator, Student Affairs
10:40 AM - 11:30 AM - Coffee House
Poster Sessions
Pre-Transfer Advising at Rutgers-New Brunswick: Easing the Way for Students in Transition
Christina Torian, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy;
10:40 AM - 11:30 AM - Corridor
Context Matters: Helping Students Navigate the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom
Christine Cahill, Assistant Teaching Professor, Political Science; Katherine McCabe, Associate Professor; Political Science
10:40 AM - 11:30 AM - Corridor
Empowering Minds: Cultivating Multifaceted Fluency in Data Science Education through Diverse Tracks and Co-Curricular Support
Sangya Varma, Associate Dean for Program Development, and Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, SAS; Reuben Rinu, Junior, Computer Science; Marwa Khalifa, Senior Program Coordinator, Data Science Undergraduate Programs; Veronica Garcia, Associate Director, Student Excellence, Equity, and Diversity in Data Science (SEED2S); Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS), SAS
10:40 AM - 11:30 AM - Corridor
Student Success Story
Leading with Languages at Rutgers and Beyond: Three Ambassador Programs
Jenny Yang, Associate Teaching Professor & Language Programs Coordinator, Asian Languages and Cultures; Nela Navarro, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of English-Writing Program; Nicole Houser, Assistant Dean for Curriculum Internationalization, Rutgers Global-Study Abroad
10:40 AM - 11:30 AM - Room 202A
Session 3 Programs | 1:20 PM - 2:10 PM
Education Sessions
Academic Coaching: Foundational Principles and Applications to Other Learning Contexts
Jackson Toomey, Academic Coach, Rutgers Learning Centers
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM - Room 111
Talented and Highly Pressured: Success Strategies for High-Achievers
Musu Davis, Administrative Dean/Director, SAS Honors Program
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM - Room 201B
Universal Design Principles for Inclusive Classroom Activities
Dena Novak, Asst. Director of Instructional Design, Teaching & Learning with Technology
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM - Room 202C
Developing Equity-Minded Resident Leaders: DEI Skill-Building for Success
Kate Chao, Sr. Program Coordinator for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Residence Life; Darnell Thompson, MA, Assistant Director of Education Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM - Room 201A
Purpose and a Paycheck: An emerging framework for engaging faculty in credit-bearing post-graduation student success high impact practices (HIP's)
Jennifer Lenahan, Director, Career Explorations in Arts and Sciences, Office of Undergraduate Education, School of Arts and Sciences; Calvin Yu, Ed.D., Ed.M., M.A., Director of Assessment, Division of Life Science - Office of Undergraduate Instruction; Debra Keates, Assistant Teaching Professor, Rutgers Writing Program, English Department
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM - Room 202A
Students Teaching Students: Exploring the First-Year Interest Group (FIGS) course
Susan Bennett, Associate Director, First-Year Career Engagement, Office of Career Exploration and Success; Eileen Hallman, Assistant Director for First-Year Career Engagement, Career Exploration and Success; Jessica Popkin, Assistant Director for First-Year Career Engagement, Career Exploration and Success
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM - Room 202B
Walking Through Our Doors: A look at the past, present, and future of incoming undergraduate students at RU-NB
Marco Dinovelli, Associate Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Management; Jason Schweitzer, Director Enrollment Management Analytics
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM - Livingston Hall
Poster Sessions
The Growth and Benefit of the Learning Assistant Program
Deanna Acosta, Director of Integrated Academic Support Programs, Learning Centers; Deanna Acosta, Director of Integrated Academic Support Programs; Tasha Coleman, Sr. Program Coordinator; Anna Sandberg, Sr. Program Coordinator; Stacey Blackwell
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM - Corridor
The Voices of College Students With a Disability
Debbie Huisman, Senior Program Coordinator, Office of Disability Services
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM - Corridor
Creating Opportunity with the 4WARD Career Pathways Program
Stacey Kohler, Assistant Director, Career Pathways, Career Exploration and Success
1:20 PM - 2:10 PM - Corridor
Session 4 Programs | 2:20 PM - 3:10 PM
Education Sessions
Centering Undocumented College Students: The Role of Institutional Agents in an Undocuserving Environment
Cynthia Sánchez Gómez, Assistant Dean, SAS Honors Program
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM - Room 201A
The Instructor vs. ChatGPT Cage Match
Sharon Stoerger, Assistant Dean for Programs and Assessment, School of Communication and Information
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM - Room 111
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Driving Institutional Change through Collaboration and Community
Jay Stefanelli, Director, One Stop Student Services Center, Division of Enrollment Management; Deepa Bhalla, Ed.D., Assistant Vice Chancellor, Division of Enrollment Management
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM - Livingston Hall
Summer Session: Ingredient to Student Success
Barbara Rusen, Director, Office of Summer and Winter Sessions
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM - Room 202B
Academic Mentoring: Welcoming First-Generation students to the SEBS Community
Julie Traxler; Dr. Suzanne Sukhdeo
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM - Room 202C
Student Success Story
Improving the quality and impact of academic advising by tapping into upperclassmen experiences and developing their leadership skills
Jesenia Cadena, Assistant Dean, First Year Advising, Undergraduate Education - Office of Academic Services; Debbie Corcoran, First-Year Advisor, Undergraduate Education - Academic Services, School of Engineering
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM - Room 201B
Byrne Seminar: "Practicing Precision Medicine with Data Analysis"
James Register, Senior Program Administrator; Zeeshan Ahmed, Asst. Prof., at RWJMS & IFH
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM - Room 202A