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Hillsborough Community College
9th Annual Black, Brown & College Bound Summit
Summit at a Glance
Wednesday
4:00-8:00 p.m.
February 18, 2015
Conference Registration
Registration Area 2nd Floor
Thursday
February 19, 2015
7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
Registration Area 2nd Floor
8:00-10:00 a.m.
Pre-Conference Concurrent Workshops
Facilitating Student Success for Men of Color in Community Colleges: An
Institutional Responsibility Perspective
Dr. Frank Harris III, Associate Professor, postsecondary education and CoDirector of the Minority Male Community College Collaborative (M2C3), San
Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Dr. J. Luke Wood, Assistant Professor of Community College Leadership, the
Director of the Doctoral Program Concentration in Community College Leadership
and Co-Director of the Minority Male Community College Collaborative (M2C3),
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Grand Ballroom A-D
Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers for
Underrepresented Minority Students
Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, President and CEO, National Action Council for
Minorities in Engineering Inc.
Grand Ballroom G-J
10:15a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Pre-Conference Concurrent Workshops
Transforming Experiences: Successful Minority Male Mentoring Programs in
Higher Education
Mr. Duane O. Reid Jr., Project Director Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI),
Academic Acceleration for African American males (4A) Grant Program
Baltimore City Community College, Baltimore, MD
Ms. Felicia L. Ganther, J.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs,
Maricopa County Community College District, Tempe, AZ
Dr. Marco J. Barker, Senior Director for Education, Operations, and Initiatives for
Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of
Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Dr. Michael Odu, Faculty Coordinator of the HOPE Scholars Program, Tenured
Professor of Mathematics, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
Grand Ballroom A-D
Join the Change Agents: An Orientation for First-Time Attendees
Dr. Sylvia Carley, Black, Brown & College Bound Convener, Hillsborough
Community College, Tampa, FL
Mr. Derrick Brown, Campus Grants Officer, Hillsborough Community College,
Tampa, FL
Grand Ballroom G-J
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch on your own
12:45-2:00p.m.
Opening Plenary featuring Dr. Raul G. Cuero, Founder, and Research Director of
the International Park of Creativity “IPOC”, former Distinguished Professor and
Research Scientist at Prairie View A&M University Campus, and Hispanic
Scientist of the year 2013, USA by the Museum of Sciences and Industry (MOSI)
in Tampa, Florida
Grand Ballroom EF
2:30-3:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Student Session featuring Dr. Marcus Bright, Executive Director of Education for
a Better America (EBA); Administrator in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Office of Education Equity, Access, and Diversity
Grand Ballroom EF
4:00-5:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Student Session featuring Mr. Michael Benitez, Jr, Chief Diversity Officer and
Dean of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Puget Sound
Grand Ballroom EF
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Evening Plenary featuring Dr. Damon William, Senior Vice President for
Programs, Training, and Youth Development for the Boys and Girls Clubs of
America; former Associate Vice Chancellor, Vice Provost, Chief Diversity Officer
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Grand Ballroom EF
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Reception, Featured Entertainment
Tampa Marriott Patio & River walk
Friday
February 20, 2015
7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
Registration Area 2nd Floor
7:30-8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Morning Plenary featuring Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of Black Popular
Culture in the Department of African and African-American Studies, Duke
University
Grand Ballroom EF
9:15-10:15 a.m.
Featured Session featuring Dr. Luis Ponjuan, Associate Professor in Higher
Education Administration in the Department of Educational Administration and
Human Resource Development, Texas A&M University
Grand Ballroom EF
10:20-10:55 a.m.
Student Only Session featuring Mr. Steve Harvey, Emmy Award winning TV
personality, talk show host, actor, comedian and founder of The Steve and
Marjorie Harvey Foundation providing uplift and educational opportunities for
youth
10:30 -11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
12:15-1:45 p.m.
Luncheon Plenary featuring Mr. Steve Harvey, Emmy Award winning TV
personality, talk show host, actor, comedian and founder of The Steve and
Marjorie Harvey Foundation providing uplift and educational opportunities for
youth
Grand Ballroom
2:30-3:45 p.m.
Presidential Panel, moderator Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton, President Emeritus of
Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland OH; Top 25 Women in Higher
Education in 2013 and awarded 2014 American Association of Community
Colleges’ Community College Leadership Award
Grand Ballroom EF
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Student Session featuring Mr. William D. Caballero, filmmaker, composer, and
multimedia storyteller
Grand Ballroom EF
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Professionals: Dinner on your own
6:45-8:30 p.m.
Student Networking Reception featuring Professional Athlete
Grand Ballroom EF
Saturday
February 21, 2015
8:00-10:00 a.m.
Conference Registration
Registration Area 2nd Floor
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Roundtable Sessions
Grand Ballroom EF
9:15-10:30 a.m.
Student Panel
Grand Ballroom EF
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Closing Plenary Brunch featuring Dr. Shaun R. Harper, Executive Director of the
Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education; faculty, Graduate School
of Education, Africana Studies, and Gender Studies, University of Pennsylvania,
Grand Ballroom EF