New Year Kickoff

Start off the Fall 2024 semester with your colleagues! 

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Itinerary

9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast & Colleague Catch-Up

9:30 a.m. Welcome - President Toro
Introduction of new Deans (CHRS, School of Business, CLASS) - Provost Kostelis
175th anniversary gala update - Institutional Advancement VP - Jennifer Destefani

10:30 a.m. Wellness 
Introduction - VP of Student Affairs - Dr Kellie Byrd Danso
Guided meditation

11:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker – Positive Team - James T. Robilotta (jamestrobo.com)

12:00 p.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. Final giveaway

Faculty Tables

Grant Funds Provided by the AAUP Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee

Noemi Martin Santo, Ph.D.

CLASS: World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.

Project/Conference: "Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Iberian Imperial Imagination”

Dilani Chathurika Dehigaspitiya, Ph.D.

SEST: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Project/Conference: “Design and Synthesis of a Hydrolase-inspired Synthetic Enzyme System”

Richard Zhang, Ph.D.

School of Business: Department of Management & Organization

Name of the Project/Conference: 
"Understanding Food Delivery Riders’ Need-based Segments: A Mixed Approach"

Ying Chen, Ph.D., CFP

School of Business: Finance 

Project/Conference: “Enhancing Professionals in Teaching in Business Analytics Courses”

Wonil Lee, Ph.D.

SEST: Manufacturing & Construction Management

Project/Conference: “Evaluation of Physical Workload on Shoulders Using Surface Electromyography Sensors in Janitor Backpack Vacuuming Tasks”

Julien Strong, M.F.A.

CLASS: English Department

Project/Conference: “Poetry-by-the-Sea Conference”

Natalie Catasús, Ph.D.

CLASS: Department of English

Name of the Project/Conference: “Caribbean Philosophical Association Summer School”

SUOAF Minority Retention and Mentoring Committee

Co-chairs:  Amber Cheema, MD and Alick Letang, MS, MBA, 

*You must be in attendance to receive a gift and participate in the giveaways.