Early Conference Materials Pickup!
Friday, February 24th
1-4:30 pm
SLAC (ALK 4th Floor)

 


SASP 2023 – Lighting the Way to Student Success
February 25th, 2023

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Registration and Breakfast
Notes for the Day at 8:45 am

Location:
LBJ Grand Ballroom

9:00 am - 9:50 am

Conference Welcome and Opening Session

Presentation of Conference Theme
Victor Vizcarrondo Velez (SLAC)

Introduction of Welcome Speaker
Dr. Victoria Black (University College)

Welcome Remarks
Dr. Kelly Damphousse, ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï President

10:00 am - 10:50 am
Concurrent Sessions
  • Demystifying Student Motivation & Help Seeking (Location: LBJ 3-.3.1)
  • Hacking Your Grad School Applications (Location: LBJ 3-5.1)
  • Holding the Torch: Creating Inclusive and Accessible Language Environments (Location: LBJ 3-9.1)
  • Student to Professional: Translating Experience into Resume/Interview Worthiness ( Location: LBJ 3-10.1)
  • Cultivating Student Success for Racially Minoritized Students (Location: LBJ 3-13.1)
  • Toxic Positivity: The Negatives of Being Too Positive (Location: LBJ 3-14.1)
11:00 am - 11:50 am
Concurrent Sessions
  • How to Maximize Your Next Mentoring Partnership: Assessing Your Own Mentorability (Location: LBJ 3-3.1)
  • Leveraging Technology for Academic Success (Locations: LBJ 3-5.1)
  • Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence: Everyone Fits Under the Umbrella (Location: LBJ 3-9.1)
  • Career Development, Professional Growth, and Career Services Support (Location: LBJ 3-10.1)
  • Learning to KNOW the NOW: Brain Breaks and Stress Relief Through Present Moment Awareness (Location: LBJ 3-13.1)
  • Using the Power of Language to Fuel a Growth Mindset (Location: LBJ 3-14.1)
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch and Keynote 

Speaker Introduction
Lindley Workman Alyea, Director, SLAC

Keynote
Dr. Saundra McGuire
Assistant Vice Chancellor & Professor of Chemistry (Retired)
Director Emerita, Center for Academic Success, Louisiana State University

1:40 pm - 2:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions
  • Brain Based Learning: How Coaches & Tutors Can Empower Students (Location: LBJ 3-3.1)

  • Continuing the Conversation: Q&A with Dr. Saundra McGuire (Location: LBJ 3-5.1)
  • Tools for Reaching Your Financial Goals (Location: LBJ 3-9.1)
  • It's Kinda Like Chocolate Milk: Examining Leadership AS Communication (Location: LBJ 3-10.1 )
  • Finding Common Ground for Difficult Conversations (Location: LBJ 3-13.1)
  • STEM Skills: Spatial Reasoning (Location: LBJ 3-14.1)
2:30 pm - 3:20 pm Dessert Break & Program Browse Session
Location: LBJ Ballroom
3:30 pm - 4:20 pm
Concurrent Sessions
  • Emotional Intelligence (Location: LBJ 3-3.1)
  • Demystifying the Graduate & Professional Application Process (Location: LBJ 3-5.1)
  • Monarchs Lighting the Way: Creating an Undocufriendly Campus Community (Location: LBJ 3-9.1 )
  • "I called 911. Now What?" (Location: LBJ 3-10.1)

  • Personal Statements: Writing Your Story (Location: LBJ 3-13.1)

  • Metacognition: Fostering a Growth Mindset and Avoiding "Gifted Kid Burnout" (Location: LBJ 3-14.1)

 

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Conference Wrap Up, Evaluations, & Door Prizes
The Princeton Review Scholarship Raffle
Location: LBJ Grand Ballroom