Collaboration, Coherence, and Commitment
GI 2025 Spring Conference
View Zoom Recording of Conference Presentations Here
Invitation
Please save the date: Thursday, May 10 from 8:00am-3:15pm at SMSU Theatre/Events Center C for our “Collaboration, Coherence, and Commitment” GI2025 conference. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. Our keynote speaker is Bridget Burns, the Executive Director of University Innovation Alliance. She will highlight best practices across the country for improving graduation rates.
Audience:
We invite faculty and staff especially in Academic Affairs and Student Affairs to consider presenting their work.
Conference Contact:
Karina Alvarado
alvarado@csusb.edu
909-537-5100
| 8:00-8:20AM | Registration/Breakfast (outside SMSU Theatre) |
|---|---|
| 8:20-8:25AM | Welcome, President Morales (SMSU Theater) |
| 8:25-8:30AM | Welcome by Provost and Dr. Haynes and introduction of Bridget Burns (SMSU Theater) |
| 8:30-9:30AM | Keynote Session + Q&A, Bridget Burns (SMSU Theater) |
| 9:30-9:40AM | GI 2025 Progress Report, Dr. Muriel Lopez-Wagner (SMSU Theater) |
| 9:40-10:10AM | Internship Programming as a High Impact Practice, Saldivar & Maldonado (SMSU Theater) |
| 10:10-10:40AM | Palm Desert Campus Student Success Initiatives, Salvador & Rodriguez (SMSU Theater) |
| 10:40-10:55AM | Break (SMSU Event Center C) |
| 10:55-11:25AM | Student Success through quality mentored undergraduate research, Cousins & Usher (SMSU Theater) |
| 11:25-11:55PM | Advising 4 Undergraduate Success, Davidson-Boyd, Meza, & McMurran (SMSU Theater) |
| 11:55AM-12:55PM | Lunch/Table Discussions (SMSU Events Center C) |
| 12:55-1:25PM |
Graduation and Retention Specialist: Working Towards 2025, Osorio, Thind, Rogers & Long (SMSU Theater) |
| 1:25-1:55PM | Faculty-Student Interaction in the Context of a Faculty-in-Residence Program: Experiences and Outcomes for Students, Fullam & Hughes (SMSU Theater) |
| 1:55-2:25PM | Factors Associated with Retention and Four Year Graduation: Insights from the 2011 First-Time Freshpeople Cohort, Roman (SMSU Theater) |
| 2:25-2:55PM | Supporting Student Success through the Basic Needs Initiative, Podolske & Jaworski (SMSU Theater) |
| 2:55-3:15PM | Moving Forward Session, Dr.Muriel Lopez-Wagner and Dr. Clare Weber (SMSU Theater) |