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2024 SDSU Fall Conference
The SDSU Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence is excited to present, in collaboration with the SDSU Office of Academic Affairs the 2024 SDSU Fall Conference “Engaging, Building, and Connecting Community” to be held on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 in University Student Union, Volstorff Ballroom.
2024 Fall Conference
“Engaging, Building and Connecting Community”
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
8 a.m. – Doors Open – Continental Breakfast
Location: University Student Union – Volstorff Ballroom
8:30 a.m. – Opening Welcome and Student Panel Keynote
Location: University Student Union – Volstorff Ballroom
- Barry Dunn, President, South Dakota State University
- Dennis Hedge, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
- Victor Taylor, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Extended Studies
- Kevin Sackreiter, Executive Director, Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence
- SDSU Student Panel: Dallas Kelso, Jacob Spreng, Brea Rip, Emma Arneson
10–10:45 a.m. – Concurrent Sessions
Session A – Invitations to Community Building: Creating Class Culture, Assignment Design and Engagement
- Presenters: Kim Vig, Instructional Design Services
- Location: University Student Union - Volstorff B
Session B – Faculty Inquiry and Exploring Effective Pedagogy: A Reexamination of the Role of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Presenter: Kevin Sackreiter, Executive Director, Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence
- Location: University Student Union - Volstorff A
Session C – Building Community and Enhancing Engagement through Advising
- Presenters:
- Jody Owen, Senior Director of the SDSU Student Success and Opportunity Center and Wintrode Student Success and Opportunity Center Staff
- Brooke Merry, Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator and Professional Academic Advisor, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions
- Dr. Sharon Vestal, Associate Professor/Coordinator, Mathematics and Statistics
- Location: University Student Union - Pheasant/Crest 253 A/B/C
Session D – Engaging Students and Building Community through Connect State
- Presenters: Meghan Peterson, Assistant Director, First Year Advising Center, Wintrode Student Success and Opportunity Center
- Location: University Student Union – Dakota 250
11–11:45 a.m. – Concurrent Sessions
Session A – Invitations to Community Building: Creating Class Culture, Assignment Design and Engagement
- Presenters: Kim Vig, Instructional Design Services
- Location: University Student Union - Volstorff B
Session B – Faculty Inquiry and Exploring Effective Pedagogy: A Reexamination of the Role of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Presenter: Kevin Sackreiter, Executive Director, Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence
- Location: University Student Union - Volstorff A
Session C – Building Community and Enhancing Engagement through Advising
- Presenters:
- Jody Owen, Senior Director of the SDSU Student Success and Opportunity Center and Wintrode Student Success and Opportunity Center Staff
- Brooke Merry, Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator and Professional Academic Advisor, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions
- Dr. Sharon Vestal, Associate Professor/Coordinator, Mathematics and Statistics
- Location: University Student Union – Pheasant/Crest 253 A/B/C
Session D - Engaging Students and Building Community through Connect State
- Presenters: Meghan Peterson, Assistant Director, First Year Advising Center, Wintrode Student Success and Opportunity Center
- Location: University Student Union – Dakota 250
Noon–12:30 p.m. - Concluding Plenary – Virtual Presentation: Teaching and Learning with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Presenter: Samuel Jay, Ph. D., Executive Director of Emergent Technology and Academic Transformation, Office of the Provost, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Location: University Student Union - Volstorff Ballroom
12:30-1:30 p.m. – Lunch and Community Building Sponsored by The Office of Academic Affairs
Location: University Student Union - Volstorff Ballroom