Please note: Conference sessions are subject to change.

Session Block 6

Session Location: Hancock Center 2005

Session Title: Being a Champion for Undocumented Students

Session Description:

This session will address college access and success for undocumented students by providing a brief overview of relevant laws and state policies and reviewing cases studies. We will also provide resources such as scholarships and FAQs in order to assist with making your campus friendly to undocumented students.

Conference Track: Access and Opportunity

Audience: College Admission Professionals High School, College, and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter 1: Daisy Torres-Baez, Member, Westchester DREAM Coalition/Purchase College

Presenter 2: Katia Chapman, Education Coordinator, ADELANTE Student Voices

Presenter 3: Steven Posada, Diversity Admissions Counselor, Dutchess Community College

 

 

Session Location: Hancock Center 2023

Session Title: College Hopes & Worries Survey Results

Session Description:

The Princeton Review’s annual College Hopes & Worries survey reports on the outlooks of over 10,000 students applying to college and their families. Using the results, we’ll dive into goals and concerns around college admission. Each panelist will give their perspective on how these affect families they see.

Conference Track: Secondary Counseling Best Practices

Audience: High School, College, and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter 1: Andy Person, Chief of Student Success, Long Island University

Presenter 2: Meghan Farley, Director of College Counseling, Pingree School

Presenter 3: Elizabeth Roper, Director of College and Academic Guidance, The Ursuline School

Presenter 4: Rob Franek, Editor in Chief, The Princeton Review

 

Session Location: Music Building 4001

Session Title: Early College, A Pathway to Access

Session Description:

For many young people, early college programs provide an unprecedented pathway to accessing higher educational opportunities. This is especially true in a world of increased selectivity and rising education costs. How are early college programs serving their students in transformational ways? How are traditional colleges innovating to support early college transfers?

Conference Track: Access and Opportunity

Audience: High School, College, and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter 1: Kate Hardy, Senior Associate Director of Admission, Bard College

Presenter 2: Lenni Yesner, Director, College Transfer Office, Bard High School Early College Queens

Presenter 3: Daryl Hornick-Becker, Admissions Counselor, CUNY Welcome Center

Presenter 4: Phil Cohen, College Counselor, HERO High School

 

 

Session Location: Hancock Center 1021

Session Title: Exploring the Experiences of students of color through Campus Visits

Session Description:

Imagine taking high school students to a college campus visit and focusing specifically on the experiences of students of color. In one week our Outward Bound HS students read articles, discussed media, and visited three very different campuses to hear from the students themselves. College trips 2.0.

Conference Track: Secondary Counseling Best Practices

Audience: High School, College, and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter 1: Adeola Alexander, Counselor, The Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School

Presenter 2: Darrin Bradley, Teacher, The Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School

 

 

Session Location: Hancock Center 2017     

Session Title: Forging College Access & Success Pathways

Session Description:

Explore the importance of forming partnerships between higher education institutions and high schools to design access initiatives that provide pathways for first-generation students, underrepresented and historically underserved students to earn a college degree or credential of value. Learn about similar existing program models, specifically Champlain College’s Admissions & Access Initiatives.

Conference Track: Access and Opportunity

Audience: College Admission Professionals High School, College, and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter 1: Danielle Insel, College Counselor, Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women

Presenter 2: Howie LeBlanco, Assistant Director of Admissions, Champlain College

Presenter 3: Jovan Ellis, Senior Assistant Director of Admission, Champlain College

 

 

Session Location: Music Building 3203

Session Title: Improve with Improv

Session Description:

Improvisation is not only what you see on "Whose Line is it Anyway?" Improv can be an effective tool for creating relationships, building strong teams, and discovering leadership qualities about yourself and others. This session is for everyone. No background in improv or performance necessary (you won't have to pretend to host a party, fly a kite, or make-up scenes)!

Conference Track: Access and Opportunity

Audience: College Admission Professionals High School, College, and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter 1: Sean Racine, Senior Assistant Director of Admission, Saint Anselm College

Presenter 2: Tim Cushing, Assistant Director of College Counseling, Brewster Academy

 

 

Session Location: Music Building 3201

Session Title: Leveraging Data-Driven Insights to Evolve Your Enrollment Operation

Session Description:

Outside influencers have changed the role of enrollment managers. Demographic shifts, economic challenges, and competition change the way data-driven enrollment offices work.
 
 This session combines an understanding of industry-focused research on the maturity model for enrollment management with day-to-day examples of how leading institutions evolve to address these mounting challenges.

Conference Track: Marketing and Recruitment      

Audience: College Admission Professionals

Presenter 1: Jason Riendeau, Director of Admissions, University of New Haven

Presenter 2: Scott Clyde, Executive Director, College Enrollment, University of Rochester

Presenter 3: Lauren Kosinski, Assistant Director, Business Intelligence and Enrollment Systems, Bentley University

Presenter 4: Sherri Gilmore, Regional Director, NRCCUA

Presenter 5: Patricia Plourde, Regional Director, NRCCUA

 

 

Session Location: Hancock Center 2019

Session Title: Leveraging Student Voices for Social Media Authenticity

Session Description:

Developing a social media strategy can be overwhelming, especially as a secondary or tertiary responsibility. We'll discuss how to identify your strategy, how we've engaged current students as account managers and contributors, and how we collaborate across departments and campus to showcase an authentic student experience.

Conference Track: Marketing and Recruitment

Audience: College Admission Professionals

Presenter 1: Kelsey Cromie, Assistant Director of Admission, Wheaton College

Presenter 2: Anice Barbosa, Integrated Marketing Coordinator, Wheaton College

 

Session Location: Student Center 3102-3103

Session Title: Power & Privilege in the College Admissions Process

Session Description:

Education should provide equal opportunity, but too often, power and privilege dynamics create inequities. This session will examine parts of the process that highlight our differences, discuss how institutions perpetuate power and privilege and allow participants to reflect on how their own power and privilege dynamics impact their work.

Conference Track: Access and Opportunity

Audience: College Admission Professionals High School, College, and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter 1: Eliza Etter, Senior Assistant Director, University of Vermont

Presenter 2: Courtney Kipp, Senior Assistant Director, Northeastern University

Presenter 3: Jami Silver, Director of College Counseling, Kingswood Oxford School

Presenter 4: Robyn Phillips, College Access Manager, The Urban Assembly

 

 

Session Location: Hancock Center 2020

Session Title: Read the Room: Tips on a Memorable Information Session

Session Description:

Too often information sessions are boring, facts based presentations with no connections made with prospective students and their families. With over a decade of experience presenting information sessions, join us as we share ways to keep your information session lively, entertaining, sincere, interactive, connected, empathetic, charming, AND factual.

Conference Track: Marketing and Recruitment

Audience: College Admission Professionals

Presenter 1: Mary Luzitano, Assistant Director for Campus Visits, Bryant University

Presenter 2: Nicole Lentine, Associate Director of Admissions, Champlain College

 

 

Session Location: Student Center 3104/3105

Session Title: The Business of Food: Why Entrepreneurial Students Thrive in This Booming Industry

Session Description:

When you think of a career in food, you think chef or baker. Fine career options for sure. But don’t forget that food is one of the largest industries, second only to health care in the US. And not just in the kitchen. Product development, technological innovation, scientific discovery, health and wellness, budget planning, business management, and development are just a few key areas exploding with opportunity. You counsel ambitious, entrepreneurial students who are looking for direction on how to kick-start their careers. This session will help you uncover the breadth of the food business so that you can steer them well. After all, 100% of people need to eat! 

Conference Track: Secondary Counseling Best Practices

Audience: High School and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter 1: Rachel Birchwood, Senior Director of Admissions & Enrollment, The Culinary Institute of America

Presenter 2:  Bruce Mattel, Senior Associate Dean, The Culinary Institute of America 

Presenter 3: Dr. Annette Graham, Dean, School of Business and Management Studies, The Culinary Institute of America 

 

 

Session Location: Student Center 3101

Session Title: The Dynamic and Evolving Landscape of Latinos in Higher Education

Session Description:

We will facilitate a roundtable discussion on what Latino students are experiencing in lieu of political changes that have been made towards DACA and Dreamer policies. We will discuss the support being given at NY high schools and colleges, in addition to work being done across the nation.

Conference Track: Access and Opportunity

Audience: College Admission Professionals High School, College, and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter 1: Estrella Redondo, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions, CUNY Baruch College

Presenter 2: Meylin Andares, Director of Enrollment Management & Student Success, SUNY System Administration

Presenter 3: Paloma Cruz, Associate College Counselor, College Bound Initiative

Presenter 4: Jennifer Polanco-Calderon, Director of College Counseling, College Bound Initiative

 

 

Session Location: Music Building 3202

Session Title: Title IX Enforcement: A View from the Trenches

Session Description:

What’s really going on behind the headlines about sexual assault on campus? An admissions consultant and a campus misconduct attorney will share their experiences working with Title IX cases. We will talk about the evolution of Title IX and the changes in enforcement under the Obama and Trump administrations.

Conference Track: Retention, Completion, and Success

Audience: College Admission Professionals

Presenter 1: Hanna Stotland, Admissions Consultant, Independent

Presenter 2: Justin Dillon, Partner, KaiserDillon PLLC

 

 

Session Location: Student Center, Nelly Goletti Theatre

Session Title: Town Hall Meeting with NEACAC, NYSACAC, and NACAC Leaders

Session Description:

Wondering what's happening behind the scenes at NEACAC, NYSACAC, or NACAC? Leaders from each association will share some updates and welcome your questions and suggestions at this Town Hall style meeting. Ideas from this session will help inform our work in the coming year and find ways for continued collaboration between our affiliates, and at the national level!

Conference Track: College Admission Policy and Procedures

Audience: College Admission Professionals High School, College, and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter 1: Andrew Rosabianca, Director of Admission Operations; NEACAC President, Saint Anselm College

Presenter 2: Rob Piurowski, Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management; NYSACAC President, SUNY Delhi

Presenter 3: Nancy Beane, Associate Director of College Counseling, The Westminster Schools (GA); NACAC Immediate Past President, Sharon High School

 

 

Session Location: Lowell Thomas Communications Center 129

Session Title: Transfer is Racist

Session Description:

This session will focus on how prevailing understandings of community colleges and their students are a significant contributing factor to the racial and socioeconomic stratification of American higher education. It will look specifically at the roles that both four-year colleges and pre-college counseling play in that process.

Conference Track: Transfer

Audience: College Admission Professionals High School, College, and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter 1: Bart Grachan, Associate Dean for Progress & Completion, LaGuardia Community College

 

Session Location: Music Building 3204

Session Title: Warm up the Bus - Organizing a Successful Counselor Tour

Session Description:

Visiting colleges can be beneficial for secondary/CBO counselors or IECs when assisting students in their college search. For colleges, counselor tours are perfect for building connections and providing information about your institution. We will discuss tours our schools' host, how we coordinate them and moderate a forum for discussion.

Conference Track: Secondary Counseling Best Practices

Audience: High School, College, and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter 1: Brenna Murphy, Assistant Dean of Admission, Hamilton College

Presenter 2: Owen Bligh, Associate Dean of Admission, Providence College

Presenter 3: Rosa Ciunci, Admission Officer, The University of Rhode Island

Presenter 4: Laura Duffy, Dean of College Counseling, Brewster Academy

 

Session Location: Lowell Thomas Communications Center 133

Session Title: What Students Really Want: How 160 Characters will Revolutionize Education

Session Description:

In order to address the widening college completion gap, many programs have launched texting campaigns. Part discussion, part problem-solving, this session uses examples and data to discuss texting best practices likely to increase engagement, follow-through, and persistence. Participants will gain practices to help them launch and/or revise a texting campaign.

Conference Track: Retention, Completion, and Success

Audience: College Admission Professionals High School, College, and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter 1: Victoria Hulit, Director of College Success, Let's Get Ready

Presenter 2: Stephanie Fiorelli, Postsecondary Success Manager, The Urban Assembly

 

Session Location: Lowell Thomas Communications Center, 027

Session Title: Information Session about Marist

Session Description:

This session will provide the best overview and introduction to Marist. Join us for a broad overview of the College, its major fields of study, scholarship and financial aid information, and guidelines for admission. 

Conference Track: Secondary Counseling Best Practices

Audience: High School and Community Based Organization Professionals

Presenter: Chris Doyle, Director of Admission, Marist College