An international award-winning public speaker and the 2018 World Champion of Public Speaking, she is a recent graduate of Baldwin Wallace University with a major in Public Relations and a minor in Marketing. She is a highly skilled public speaker with an interest in training and teaching.
If you were trying to register for the conference and had problems with the hotel link, please try this one for the Long Island Marriott. This should launch a page co-branded the Tri-State Consortium name.
The Tri-State Consortium of Opportunity Programs organization was saddened to learn of the passing of Henry James Durand, Jr. Ph.D., on December 27, 2018. A member of the Tri-State Consortium for years, he dedicated his career to higher education. Read the full obituary at The Buffalo News.
The family will receive friends in Buffalo on Saturday, January 5, 2019, from 10 am-noon at First Shiloh Baptist Church, 15 Pine St., where a Celebration of Life will immediately follow. Rev. Jonathan R. Staples officiating. The family will also receive friends Thursday, January 10, 2019, 1-3 pm at the Spring Grove Funeral Home, 4521 Spring Grove Ave., Cincinnati, OH, where a Celebration of Life will be conducted at 3 pm at the Entombment Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that Dr. Durand’s life and legacy be remembered by supporting the Drs. Henry J. and Bonita R. Durand Scholarship Fund, c/o University at Buffalo, Office of University Advancement, 503 Capen Ave., Buffalo, NY 14260-1660, ub-giving@buffalo.edu.
Please share condolences at www.thomastedwardsfuneralhome.com.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Pre-Conference Leadership Institute*
(* = Participants must have applied and have been selected for participation.)
Sunday, April 14, 2019
10:00 am – 5:30 pm: Registration
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Pre-Conference Leadership Institute
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Opening Reception
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Dinner and Keynote Speaker
9:30 pm – 12:00 am: Hospitality/Networking
Monday, April 15, 2019
8:00 am – 4:30 pm: Registration
9:00 am – 10:00 am: Concurrent Workshops
10:15 am – 11:15 am: Morning Keynote
11:30 am – 12:45 pm: Morning Plenary Sessions and Concurrent Workshops
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm: Luncheon
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Concurrent Workshops
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm: State Meetings
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm: Dinner [on your own]
9:00 pm – 12:00 am: Networking/Hospitality
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
8:00 am – 5:00 pm: Registration
9:00 am – 10:00 am: Morning Keynote
10:15 am – 11:45 am: Concurrent Workshops
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Luncheon
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm: Concurrent Workshops
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm: Concurrent Workshops
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm: Concurrent Workshops
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Awards Reception
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm: Alumni Awards Banquet
9:30 pm – 12:00 am: Networking/Hospitality
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
9:00 am – 12:00 pm: Post-Conference Leadership Institute Open Presentations
Closing Remarks
The Tri-State Conference Request for Proposals has been extended to January 18, 2019.
The theme for the conference is “Creating New Futures by Educating and Liberating for Life in an Era of Change”.
You are invited to submit proposals for workshops that will illuminate one of the program stands.
Program Strands [Sub-Themes] (more details available at the link)
We are looking for proposals that are innovative, creative and that focus on the emerging trends in higher education and the changing demographics and attitudes of the students that we serve.