Midwest First-Year Conference

Friday, September 19, 2014

Conference Schedule

8 a.m.

Participant Check-In and Continental Breakfast

Academic Professional Center lobby

8:30 to 8:45 a.m.

Welcome

Academic and Professional Center, Rooms 110B-D

Joy Sanders, Admissions Manager, Waubonsee Community College, Chair, MFYC 2015

Christine Sobek, EdD, President, Waubonsee Community College

8:45 to 9:45 a.m.

Keynote Address

Academic Professional Center, Rooms 110B–D

Dr. Vincent Tinto, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University, and Author of Leaving College and Completing College

Introduction by Dr. Denise Rode, MFYC Committee Member

9:45 a.m.

Announcements

9:50 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.

Sponsor and Posters Sessions Showcase

Academic and Professional Center, Room 110A

10:20 a.m.to
11:10 a.m.

Educational Session I

Academic Professional Center

11:20 to 12:10 p.m.

Educational Session II

Academic Professional Center

12:10 to 1 p.m.

Buffet Lunch

Academic and Professional Center, Rooms 110B-D

1:10 to 2 p.m.

Educational Session III

Finishing the Race Strong: Pecha Kucha Conversation Presentations
Academic Professional Center, Rooms 110B–D