2013 TRACS Conference Schedule
Guide to Workshops
While workshops are open to all attendees, the following codes indicate workshops which may be of interest to particular
groups:
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All Pre-Applicant and Applicant Institution Sessions noted as (PAA)
All Academic and On-Line Learning Sessions noted (AOL)
All Student Service Sessions noted as (STS)
All Business Services Sessions noted as (CBO) NOTE: Workshops designated with an asterisk (*) have been provided
through cooperation with the Association of Business Administrators of Christian Colleges (ABACC)
All President’s and Governing Board Sessions noted as (PGB)
All Institutional Effectiveness Sessions are noted as (IE)
Institutional Liaisons are noted as (IL)
All Workshops without notation are General Sessions
Wednesday, October 30 Pre Conference
Dr. Joshua Fischer
Education Management Services
8:20 am
10:10 am
Adult and Online
Programming Primer
The Program, The Praxis
and The Platform
12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
Lunch on your own
1:00 p.m.
Recruiting Adult and Online
Learners
2:30 p.m.
Administrivia…ad nauseum
infinitum
5:00 p.m.
Official Opening Reception
Registration
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Thursday, October 31
7:30a.m.
TRACK I
TRACK II
TRACK III
TRACS IV (extra)
PAA
STS,IE, AOL
PGB, AOL
CBO
Registration
Coffee, Snacks
8:00 a.m.
Coffee with the
Commission (PAA)
Transfer Workshop and
Resources Presentation
(Atwood) STS, AOL
Highly Effective
Strategies for Building
Relationships with
Prospective Students
(Sorrell) PGB
Financial Stewardship in
the Cloud (Chaney)
STS/CBO
9:05 a.m.
Application Process
(Cannon, Pramanik) (PAA)
Strategies to Make Your
College More Authentically
Christian (Agron) STS AOL
Presidents Round
Table (Atwood) PGB
A Paradigm Shift in
Christian College Finance
(John Webb) CBO
10:00 a.m. –
10:15 a.m.
Break - Coffee
Self-Study (Cannon,
Pramanik) PAA,IE
Community, Culture and
Identity: Three keys to
increasing enrollment and
student retention through
online social media (Nongard)
STS
Excellence by Design:
Creating a Culture of
Excellence of Your
School (Pue)
PGB,AOL,STS
Starting or Growing an
Online Program in Under a
Day (Schmidler)
Knowledge Elements CBO,
AOL
11:25 a.m.
Financial Aid 101
(Hammack) PAA
Ensuring Academic Integrity
in Online Exams (Don
Kassner- ProctorU)
Excellence in Education
: A Christian Analysis,"
(Leonard) PGB
Automatic Energy
correction technology that
results in 20% + Unities
savings (John Webb) CBO
12:30
Lunch Options PGB
Luncheon Dan Desmond
1:45 p.m.
Plenary Session: Dr. Chris Gnanakan –
10:15 a.m.
Lunch for all other
Attendees
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8/2013
2:50 p.m.
Should You Use a
Consultant to Help You
through Accreditation
(Agron) PAA
Maximizing the
Effectiveness for Facility
Development for Student
Engagement (Gino)
STS,AOL
The Future of Higher
Education and the
Importance of Associations
(Nimick/Hoeker) PGB/CBO
4:00 p.m.
Assessment for
Beginners (Veith) PAA
Meeting State
Authorization
Requirements for Distance
Ed (McCann) IE,CBO,
AOL,STS
Institutional Compliance with
New Federal Regulations
2013-2014 (Hammack)
6:00 p.m.
Dinner on Your Own
Friday, November 1st
James Flanagan - Prayer
Breakfast for Seminaries
Breakfast for Regular
Attendees
Measuring Student
Learning (McCann)
PAA,STS,IE,AOL
Voices of Hope Conquer
Despair (Boakye-Yiadom) STS
9:25 a.m.
Plenary Session:
TRACS Website
10:30 a.m.
Institutional Effectiveness
Planning Standards
(Pramanik)
Implementation for
Assessment Findings and Data
Driven Improvement: How Well
are you Closing the Loop?
(Gino) STS,IE,AOL
11:30 a.m.
Lunch on your own
7:00 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
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“Vision for Presidents”
(Ken Steorts) PGB
Review Standards
Financial (Barry)
President and Board:
Partners in Pursuit of
Excellence (Pue) PGB
ISR-F (Barry) CBO
1:00 p.m.
Review of Foundational &
Operational Standards –
(Eaton)
Interactivity, Spiritual
Development and Online
Learning: Is this trinity
compatible (Stapleford)
STS,/AOL
Using a Collection
Agency, What you need
to know (Schick)
CBO,PGB
Closing the circle: How a cycle
of strategic planning,
budgeting, and annual
assessment can help library’s
self study (Ewing) IE
Korean Round Table
(Lee)
Peer Evaluator Team Training
(Cannon)
Korean Evaluator Team
Training (Lee)
Break - Coffee
2:00 p.m.
Evaluating Faculty
Credentials (Cochran) PAA,
AOL
3:00 pm
5:30 pm
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Keynote Banquet and Address – Dr. David Jeremiah
4
8/2013
Chair Training
(Pramanik)