UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE 2020 Virtual Event August 27 | 9 a.m.–11 a.m. Faculty Institute August 28 | 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Dr. Jack Thomas Central State University President Opening Remarks and Keynote speaker

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Dr. Jack ThomasPresident Central State University

Presented By: Dr. Jack Thomas Central State University PresidentUniversity Institute Address

President Thomas comes to Central State after nearly a decade as president of Western Illinois University, a state-run university, where he successfully managed a budget of nearly $224 million during a period of unprecedented state fiscal challenges.

Dr. Thomas brings visibility and insights from experience in every aspect of academia. Roles he has held have included president, interim president, provost and academic vice president, executive vice president, executive assistant to the president, dean, department chair and English professor.

At WIU, Dr. Thomas was responsible for a number of accomplishments, including increasing diversity, creating new academic programs, managing fiscal and cash flow issues brought on by the state’s financial crisis, investing in STEM and other academic programs, increasing funding for student scholarships, and establishing a presidential institute to foster and improve corporate, community and K-12 relations. Under Dr. Thomas’ leadership, the Institution constructed a new campus in Moline, Illinois and achieved its multimillion dollar capital campaign goal. WIU has been rated as a “Best in the Midwest College” by the Princeton Review and as a top tier Midwest Universities Master’s institution by U.S. News and World Report.Prior to WIU, Dr. Thomas spent more than 20 years serving in various capacities in several institutions of higher education.

A nationally and internationally recognized leader in higher education administration, Dr. Thomas’ influence on the academic community extends to his service on several distinguished boards including the Marguerite Casey Foundation Board of Directors; the Stillman College Board of Trustees; the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education Board; the American Council on Education Council of Fellows; the NCAA Presidential Forum.

Dr. Thomas is the author of numerous publications and professional presentations including his most recent book titled, Within These Gates: Academic Work, Academic Leadership, University Life, and the Presidency. Dr. Thomas has been a committed advocate for diversity and inclusion. He has been recognized by Minority Access, Inc. and others for his work helping to provide meaningful and transformative opportunities for minorities through mentorship and access at various universities.

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Dr. Robbie MeltonAssociate Vice President for the SMART Global Technology Innovation Center

Presented By: Dr. Robbie MeltonTeaching and Learning During COVID-19: Must Do? How To? Can Do!

Dr. Melton’s presentation will highlight the challenges of remote learning due to COVID-19 and resources for quality and best practices for online teaching and learning and OER Resources.

Dr. Melton will also share information regarding “TSU-Apple Partnership with Central State of Everyone Can Code and Create.”

Dr. Robbie Melton, Associate Vice President for the SMART Global Technology Innovation Center and Graduate Dean and tenured professor at Tennessee State University, serves as a global researcher and international consultant for Emerging IOE (“The Internet of Everything”) Smart Mobile Technology of mobile devices, smart phone-tablets, wearables, smart gadgets and tools, and mixed reality of VR and AR.

She formerly served as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Emerging Technologies for the Tennessee Board of Regents and the primary developer and chief administrator for the system-wide Regents Online Degree Programs. Her tributes include 2019 USDLA Hall of Fame, 2018, Distinguished Women of Legend, 2017 OLC Leadership, 2016, WCET Life Time Achievement, 2014 Top 30 Technologists, 2013 Apple Distinguished Educator, 2012 Top Fifty Technology Innovator; and 2012 WOW EdTechnology Awards.

Dr. Melton was a featured speaker at the UNESCO Mobile Learning Symposium. She’s known as an “Appologist,” for her extensive research of best practices with mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, wearable, and the creation of a Mobile App Resource Center. She is currently serving as the UNICEF Teacher Education Technology Trainers for the Country of Malawi (Africa) in the use of mobile devices with limited internet and power.

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GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, III PresidentUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County

Presented By: Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, IIIThe Empowered University: Shared Leadership, Culture Change, and Academic Success

Dr. Hrabowski’s keynote address on The Empowered University probes the way senior leaders, administrators, staff, faculty, and students facilitate academic success by cultivating an empowering institutional culture and broad leadership for innovation.

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is a renowned education leader who has received numerous awards, including being recognized as one of Time Magazine’s 2012 “Most Influential People in the World.” Hrabowski’s research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and performance. With Hrabowski’s leadership, UMBC has become one of the nation’s leaders in African-American science and engineering postgraduate degrees. A native of Birmingham, Ala., Hrabowski participated in protests there as a child and attended the funerals (at which King spoke) of four girls killed in the 1963 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing.

President Hrabowski is an author and has written several books, with the most recent being, The Empowered University (Johns Hopkins University Press). This book, as he describes, “Is about us” and is based on notes from months of campus focus groups about what UMBC is doing right and where it can improve. The book, written with Philip J. Rous, provost, and Peter H. Henderson, senior adviser to Hrabowski – could have remained an internal project, but it went public, based on the idea that it may help other institutions become similarly empowered, in Hrabowski’s words, to look themselves in the mirror.

Dr. Hrabowski and Central State University President Jack Thomas’ relationship stems back to 1998-99 when Dr. Thomas was a Fellow with the American Council on Education where Dr. Thomas had the opportunity to shadow and observe Dr. Hrabowski to gain exposure to leading a University. “It was important to select a keynote speaker who could give insight on where we’ve been with a keen understanding of where we are going and what it will take to get us there,” said Dr. Thomas.

FACULTY INSTITUTE

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Thursday, August 27University Institute, 9-11 a.m.

Keynote SpeakerDr. Jack Thomas Central State University President Opening Remarks and Keynote speaker Guest SpeakerDr. Robbie MeltonTeaching and Learning During COVID-19: Must Do? How To? Can Do!

Noon-1:30 p.m. Department Meetings

2-3:30 p.m. College Meetings

4-5:30 p.m. AAUP Meeting

Friday, August 28 Faculty Institute, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Keynote Speaker Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, IIIThe Empowered University: Shared Leadership, Culture Change, and Academic Success

9:30 a.m. Welcome and Agenda Discussion

9:45 a.m. President Thomas, Faculty Address and Keynote Speaker introduction

10-10:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III, UMBC Presentation Title: The Empowered University: Shared Leadership, Culture Change, and Academic Success

10:30-10:45 a.m. Q&A

10:45-11 a.m. Break

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Fall Instruction at CSU

2-3:30 p.m. Senate Meeting

4-5 p.m. Senate Committee Chairs Meeting

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