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USU/A.P.L.U Urban Initiatives 6th Annual Summer Meeting Agenda

Monday, July 18, 2011

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speaker(s):

Wim Wiewel, Ph.D., President, Portland State University, Chair, the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities

Nancy Zimpher, Ph.D., Chancellor, State University of New York, Immediate Past Chair, the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities

Peter McPherson, President, The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Plenary Session 1: Civic Cities - Collaborative Place-Based Policy Making

Moderator: Paula Allen-Meares, Ph.D., Chancellor, University of Illinois, Chicago

Panelist(s):

Ronald T. Brown, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Wayne State University

Lee Fisher, President and CEO, CEOs for Cities

David Wilson, Ed.D., President, Morgan State University

Strand Update

Wim Wiewel, Ph.D., President, Portland State University

Plenary Session 2: Talented Cities - The Strive Framework: Cradle to Career Networks Transforming the Education Landscape

Moderator & Strand Update: Nancy Zimpher, Ph.D., Chancellor, State University of New York

Panelist(s):

Emily Lowe Brizendine, Ed.D., Executive Director and Professor, Gateways Partnership, Director, California State University, East Bay

Jeff Edmondson, President, Strive

Beverly J. Warren, Ed.D., Ph.D., FACSM, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University

Robert K. Wimpelberg, Ph.D., Professor and Dean/Elizabeth D. Rockwell Chair, College of Education, University of Houston

Resources on Collective Impact that were mentioned at the conference are available.

Plenary Session 3: Reducing Health Disparities

Moderator: Mark B. Rosenberg, Ph.D., President, Florida International University

Speaker: Garth N. Graham, MD, MPH, FACP, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, Office of Minority Health at the Department of Health and Human Services

Plenary Session 4: Healthy Cities - Transforming the Health Workforce; Better Data, Better Decisions, Better Outcomes

Moderator: Michael Rao, Ph.D., President, Virginia Commonwealth University

Panelist(s):

Geraldine Polly Bednash, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Janet Heinrich, DrPH, RN, FAAN, Associate Administrator, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Services and Resource Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Marc Nivet, Ed.D., Chief Diversity Officer, American Association of Medical Colleges

Strand Update

Mark Becker, Ph.D., President, Georgia State University

Betty Drees, Ph.D., Dean and Professor of Medicine, University Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Plenary Session 5: New Partnerships - Finding Resources in Today’s Environment

Moderator: Leo Morton, Chancellor, University of Missouri, Kansas City

Panelist(s):

Samuel Leiken, Ph.D., Vice President, Council of Competitiveness

Wayne H. Watkins, Esquire, Associate Vice President for Research University of Akron

John Welty, Ph.D., President, California State University, Fresno

Plenary Session 6: Measuring Outcomes and Impacts - Trends and Challenges

Moderator: Charles Rutheiser, Senior Fellow, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Panelist(s):

Elizabeth Ambos, Ph.D., Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Initiatives and Partnerships, California State University System

Raphael Bostic, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing Development and Research

Cynthia Guy, Ph.D., Associate Director, Policy, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Plenary Session 7: The Future of Research? - Multi-University and Community Collaborations

Moderator: Robert Jones, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for System, University of Minnesota

Panelist(s):

Christine Gabriel, Ph.D., President, University Energy Partnership

David Smith, MD, President, SUNY Upstate Medical University

James J. Zuiches, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor, Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development, North Carolina State University

Closing Remarks

Moderator: Charles Bantz, Ph.D., Chancellor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Chair Elect, the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities

Speaker: William E. Spriggs, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Policy, United Stated Department of Labor