Thank you for your interest in theThird Annual Houston Endowment Student Success Forum.  The conference is full and registration is closed at this time.  Your name has been placed on a waiting list and you will be notified if space should become available due to cancellations. Should you have any questions please contact

Tamara McFarland

832-813-6784

Tamara.A.McFarland@nhmccd.edu 

Conference Location: 

Cy-Fair College

College and Conference Center

(Building 5 on Enclosed Map)

9191 Barker Cypress Road

Cypress, TX 77433

Maps

Tentative Conference Schedule

October 6^th, 2006

8:30                 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00                 Welcome

Dr. John Pickelman, Chancellor, North Harris Montgomery College District

                        Introduction

                        Dr. Martha Ellis, President, Lee College

9:15                  Keynote Address

                        Mr. George Grainger, Houston Endowment, Inc.

10:15                Session A, or

                        Focus Group Training Session, Part 1  (CLOSED)

11:30                Session B, or

                        Focus Group Training Session, Part 2

12:30/12:45     Lunch

                        Speaker

1:30/1:45         Campus Tour (optional)

                        Mobile Go Tour (North Parking Lot, optional)

Training Session

Finding Out What They REALLY Think: How to Conduct Focus Groups (2-hour session):  Roberta Wright, LC

Gary Clark, NHMCCD

Sessions (Each session will be held at 10:15 and repeated at 11:30)

Attracting Students to College: Summer Programs and Early Outreach

Gylles Landry, SJC

Martha Whitley, NHMCCD

Reaching In: Increasing Participation of Students and Faculty in Campus Services

Anne Dickens, LC

Severo Balason,  NHMCCD

Rebecca Goosen, SJC

Shelly Rhinehart, SJC

Assessing Learning Outcomes

W. Robert Houston, UH

Steve King, NHMCCD

Maureen Loiacano, NHMCCD

Evaluating Programs: Gathering Data in Community College Settings

Lea Campbell, NHMCCD

Mike Spletter, LC

Connecting Community and Campus With Technology

Millicent Landry Woods, HCCS

Don Brown, Texas Go Foundation

Deborah Rockefeller, NHMCCD

Challenges Here and Now: How Current Issues Like Immigration and Financial Aid are Affecting Community Colleges

Jesusa Perez, SJC

Mary Shaeffer, NHMCCD

Alex Prince, HCCS

Preparing High School Students for College: The P-16 Legislative Challenge

Prescriptions for Retention (CLOSED)

Lisa Hibner, NHMCCD

Equity and Access to Higher Education

Catherine Horn, UH