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7th Annual ADP National Meeting

Diversity and Civic Engagement

June 11-13, 2009
Baltimore Marriott ® Waterfront, Baltimore, Maryland

Meeting Information

Join us in Baltimore, Maryland, June 11-13, 2009 for the 7th Annual American Democracy Project (ADP) National Meeting as we explore the theme “Diversity and Civic Engagement.” We have an outstanding program planned with terrific plenary speakers, workshops, a Campus and Friends Showcase, opportunities for small group discussions, an America's Future Intergenerational Dialogue, a Naturalization Ceremony, and much more.

Our Speakers include:

  1. Harry Boyte, Co-Director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the University of Minnesota.
  2. Tom Ehrlich, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
  3. Nancy Thomas, Democracy Imperative
  4. Sylvia Hurtado, Professor and Director of the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA
  5. Jose Antonio Vargas, Reporter, The Washington Post
  6. Erik Peterson, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  7. Abby Kiesa and Emily Kirby, CIRCLE

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We will have featured presentations on some of our signature projects, including the following ADP projects and initiatives: Deliberative Polling, Political Engagement Project, 7 Revolutions, Stewardship of Public Lands, Civic Agency, and America’s Future.  

The ADP National Meeting will be begin at 4:00 p.m. with opening remarks by Sylvia Hurtado and a naturalization ceremony. In addition to the regular program features, on Thursday evening we will kickoff with an opening reception aboard the USS Constellation. On Saturday evening there will be a closing reception at Camden Yards.

This is going to be a very rich program, both a celebration of accomplishments and a dialogue about future initiatives.

For questions about the ADP National Meeting, please contact:
Cecilia M. Orphan
National Project Coordinator
202.478.7833
orphanc@aascu.org

Registration Information:

AASCU is migrating to a new meeting registration system. Please select among the three options below.

Register online using AASCU’s new registration system. (Available to AASCU members or anyone who has attended the ADP Meeting in the past).

 Register
Register via the downloadable registration form, to be mailed or faxed in. (Available to all registrants, but required for those who are not an AASCU member or who have never attended the ADP Meeting in the past). Download Form (pdf)
Contact Felicia Durham at 202-478-4673 to register for this meeting.  

ADP National Meeting Program

Thursday, June 11
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Registration
  Pre-Conference Private Sessions (Invitation Only)
9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Pre-Conference Meeting: 7 Revolutions
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Pre-Conference Meeting: Civic Agency
11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Pre-Conference Meeting: Political Engagement Project
12 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch for Pre-Conference Meetings
1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Pre-Conference Meeting: Deliberative Polling
1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Pre-Conference Meeting: America’s Future
 
  Pre-Conference Events
(Open to All Registrants – no additional charge)
12 p.m. – 3:30 p.m 7 Revolutions Institute
Erik Peterson, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dennis Falk, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Curtis Brungardt, Fort Hays State University, Nathan Phelps, Western Kentucky University, Martin Shapiro, California State University Fresno, Karie Hollerbach, Southeast Missouri State University, Marcus Ford, Northern Arizona University
1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Pre-Conference Workshop: Getting Started with ADP
1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Pre-Conference Meeting: Teacher Education
 
 
 Opening Events
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Refreshment Break
4 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Naturalization Ceremony
Opening Plenary: Sylvia Hurtado, Professor and Director of the Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Opening Reception aboard the USS Constellation
 
Friday, June 12
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Registration
7 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Breakout Sessions
  Reporting on a National Survey of the American Democracy Project
Beth Olsen, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
  Thoughts on Democracy: Using Art to Inspire Action and Reflection about Civic Engagement
Cathy Leff, The Wolfsonian, Florida International University
  Online Learning for Collaboration and Engagement
Felice Nudelman, The New York Times
  Civic Engagement and Diversity: Breakfast Breakout Session
 Gerald Eisman and Perla Barrientos, San Francisco State University
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Intergenerational Dialogue Schedule (Download pdf)
See details below
8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. Opening Remarks by George L. Mehaffy, AASCU
What Have We Learned; Where Are We Going
9 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Featured Morning Sessions
 

Finding Federal and Private Funding to Support ADP Activities Rich Dunfee, AASCU, and Beth Olsen, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
 

The 2008 Election and College Students: What Happened and What We Can Do to Keep Students Engaged
Abby Kiesa and Emily Kirby, CIRCLE
 

Civic Work 2.0: Using Digital Media to Promote Student Civic Engagement
Tom Ehrlich, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
 

Deliberative Democracy: Promising Opportunities in Higher Education and Public Life
Nancy Thomas, Democracy Imperative
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. – 12 p.m. Concurrent Sessions Block 1
12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Lunch and Campus and Friends Showcase
12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Featured Lunch Sessions
 

Team-Based Learning: A Practical Way to Cover Content and Build Students’ Teamwork Skills
Larry Michaelsen, University of Central Missouri
 

Building the Transfer Student Pipeline through Civic Engagement: Community College and University Partnerships
Pilar Pacheco, California State University, Channel Islands, Bryan Murphy, De Anza College, and Bernie Ronan, Maricopa Community Colleges

 

A Call to Serve: Inspiring the Next Generation into Federal Service
Jennifer Carignan and Caroline Pettit, Partnership for Public Service
 

Reflections on Assessing Civic Engagement: Where We Are and Where We Plan To Go
Shannon McCraw and Bryon Clark, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions Block 2
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m. Concurrent Sessions Block 3
5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Community College Reception – Civic Engagement Pipeline
 
Saturday, June 13
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. Breakfast Breakout Sessions
 

Using the Center for the Study of Citizenship to Advance the Work of the American Democracy Project
Marc Kruman, Wayne State University (Michigan)
  Breakfast Breakout: Coordinating for Coordinators
Patricia Kennedy, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
  Café Demos:  Obama's Dilemma on Interrogation: Investigate Past Practices or Modify Future Policy
Bernard Roy, Ramapo College of New Jersey
  Breakfast Breakout: Online Learning for Collaboration and Engagement
Felice Nudelman, The New York Times
9 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Featured Morning Sessions
 

Jose Antonio Vargas, Reporter, The Washington Post
 

Building an Academic Facility for Civic Engagement
Rita Marinho and Deborah Leather, Towson University
 

Funding Civic Engagement through a Performance-Based Tuition-Revenue Model
Barbara Burch, Robert Cobb, and Mike Dale, Western Kentucky University

 

Educational Pathways for Community Organizers and Change Agents
Andrew Mott, Community Learning Project, and Harry Boyte, Center for Democracy and Citizenship
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. – 12 p.m. Concurrent Sessions Block 4
12 p.m. – 2 p.m Lunch and Plenary Session
Developing the Civic Agency of Students: The Next Stage of the Civic Movement in Higher Education
Harry Boyte, Center for Democracy and Citizenship
2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions Block 5
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m. Concurrent Sessions Block 6
5:30 p.m. Closing reception at Camden Yards ($40 registration fee, registration required)

Dialog bar
Friday, June 12
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Breakout Session: Screening of the film: I.O.U.S.A.
9 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Title – to be supplied by Stuart

Stuart M. Butler, Vice President, Domestic and Economic Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation
10:45 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Title – to be supplied by Andrew and Diane

A conversation with Diane Lim Rogers, Chief Economist, Concord Coalition, and Andrew Yarrow, Vice President, Director of the Washington, DC Office, Public Agenda
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Q&A with Diane Lim Rogers and Andrew Yarrow
5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Presentation of Team Policy Recommendations