A virtual one-day summit of talks, activities, and workshops.
Friday, April 22
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Registration Closes April 20 at noon
OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Joyce Pittman [she/her]
Dr. Joyce Pittman [she/her]
Empowering and Engaging Humanistic Teaching Across Boundaries
In this keynote address, high quality, global education, which is one the 17 UN’s sustainable development goals will be unpacked in a way that can incorporate humanistic teaching to support global competencies that enhance high quality teaching and student learning in higher education. Humanistic teaching, which is rooted in humane education now calls for global teaching competencies. During this presentation, a framework consisting of four essential elements will be unveiled to support more global, humanistic curriculum development, teaching and learning opportunities.
CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Emad Rahim [he/him]
Dr. Emad Rahim [he/him]
Nontraditional Education Saved My Life
A talk on the topic of resilience in higher education, using my own college journey from being a genocide survivor, refugee, dyslexic student, and first-generation college student raised by a single mother, to becoming a college dean and endowed professor.