2024 Summit Schedule
Monday June 24, 2024
Arrivals at The Inn at Elon
Attire for the summit is business casual.
The Inn at Elon
3 p.m. — Registration
Main Lobby
4 p.m. — Room Check-in
Front Desk
5 p.m. — Welcome Reception
Replogle Gallery and Mullin Terrace
6 p.m. — Kickoff Dinner
Buffet in Main Ballroom, with seating at tables and conversation
6:30 p.m. — Welcome Remarks: Elon University President Connie Ledoux Book
Main Ballroom
6:35 p.m. — Opening Panel: Elon Mentoring Initiatives Design Team and Implementation of Pilot Programs
Moderated by Buffie Longmire-Avital, Elon University co-chair of the Mentoring Initiatives Design Team, professor of psychology, Faculty Administrative Fellow and director of the Black Lumen Project — teacher/scholar/mentor
- Carla Fullwood, Director of Inclusive Excellence and Education — Professional Development for Staff
- Sylvia Muñoz, Assistant Dean and Director of the Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education — SMART Mentor Pilot
- Elena Kennedy, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship — Graduate Programs + Mentoring
- Destiny Payne, Assistant Director of New Student Programing — First Year Retention (Phoenix Mentors)
Main Ballroom – Stage
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. — Wine and Dessert Bar
Small group, individual conversation and mingling (with prompts available)
Replogle Gallery and Mullin Terrace
Tuesday June 25, 2024
The Inn at Elon
7:30 a.m. — Breakfast Buffet
Main Ballroom
8:25 a.m. — Seated at tables for conversation with cross-institutional working groups
Main Ballroom
8:30 to 8:50 a.m. — Opening Address: President Connie Ledoux Book, “Why the time is now”
Main Ballroom – Stage
9:05 to 9:15 a.m. — Overview of Summit Aims: Buffie Longmire-Avital
[Transition to Main Campus]
Elon University Campus
9:15 to 9:30 a.m. — Light refreshments
Student Engagement Area, Moseley Center
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. — Session 1: Your Role in Building a Mentoring Culture and Climate
- Senior administrator dialogue, McKinnon D — provosts, deans, vice presidents
- Staff dialogue, McKinnon E — staff, directors, student success and operations
- Faculty dialogue, McKinnon F — faculty, faculty development and directors
10:45 to 11:45 a.m. — Session 2: Cross-Institutional Working Groups
Building relationships: sharing ideas, emerging themes and best practices
- Institutional Leadership Synergies, Belk Library 102
- Sustainable Models and Designs, Belk Library 113
- Campus Integration, Koenigsberger Learning Center 12
- Signature Mentoring Programs, Moseley 216
- Overall Student Success, Moseley 217
- Faculty Engagement and Development, Sankey 104
- Training and Skills Development, Sankey 204
- Assessment, Sankey 304
- Cultural Capital and Access, Sankey 216
- Infrastructure Recognition, Sankey 316
Noon to 1 p.m. — Lunch
Lakeside Meeting Rooms, Buffet: Room 212, Seating: Rooms 213 and 214, Moseley Center
1 to 1:15 p.m. — Paradigm Project: David Scobey, director of Bringing Theory to Practice, Elon University
Lakeside Meeting Rooms, 213 and 214
1:15 to 2:30 p.m. — Facilitated Round Table Rotations
Topics will include:
- Retention
- Undergraduate advising
- Peer mentoring
- Graduate student success and support
- Professional development and capacity building
- Sustainable infrastructure
- Faculty
- Meaningful student employment and mentoring leading to career success
Lakeside Meeting Rooms, 213 and 214
2:30 to 3 p.m. — Synthesizing: What did you hear?
Lakeside Meeting Rooms, 213 and 214
3 to 3:15 p.m. — Break
Lakeside Meeting Rooms, upstairs hallway
3:15 to 4:55 p.m. — Cross-institutional group work resumes
Working groups in same nearby locations throughout main campus
- Institutional Leadership Synergies, Belk Library 102
- Sustainable Models and Designs, Belk Library 113
- Campus Integration, Koenigsberger Learning Center 12
- Signature Mentoring Programs, Moseley 216
- Overall Student Success, Moseley 217
- Faculty Engagement and Development, Sankey 104
- Training and Skills Development, Sankey 204
- Assessment, Sankey 304
- Cultural Capital and Access, Sankey 216
- Infrastructure Recognition, Sankey 316
5 p.m. — Cocktail reception with live entertainment
Provided by the Queen Bees, three North Carolina-based multimedia artists: musician and journalist Molly McGinn on guitar and vocals; creative producer and musician Kate M. on violin, vocals and drum; and electronic music producer and anthropologist Quilla on keys, beats and vocals.
Student Engagement Area, Moseley Center
6 to 6:25 p.m. — “Carolina Dinner” Buffet by Harvest Table
McKinnon Hall, Section F, Moseley Center
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. — Provost Fireside Chat: Rebecca Kohn, Elon University provost and vice president for academic affairs
- Laura Furge, Provost, Muhlenberg College
- Lisa Johnson, Chief Academic Officer and Vice President of Instruction, Alamance Community College
- Pamela Scott-Johnson, Provost, Spelman College
McKinnon Hall, Section D and E – Stage
The Inn at Elon
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. — Wind down with coffee, decaf, tea, water and light snacks
Engagement opportunities
Mullin Terrace and Lutz Colonnade fire pits
Wednesday June 26, 2024
The Inn at Elon
7:30 a.m. — Breakfast Buffet
Replogle Gallery
8 to 8:45 a.m. — Poster Walk
Ballroom, Salon A
9 to 10:30 a.m. — Institutional Change: How Do We Build Relationship-Rich Cultures?, Leo M. Lambert, Elon University president emeritus and Peter Felten, assistant provost for teaching and learning and executive director of the Center for Engaged Learning
Main Ballroom, Salons B and C
10:30 to 10:45 a.m. — Break
10:45 to 11:30 a.m. — Identifying key takeaways and themes
Poster revising and sharing out: best practices for building sustainable mentoring and relationship-driven cultures in higher education
Main Ballroom, Salons B and C
11:30 to 11:45 a.m. — Closing Remarks: Rebecca Kohn
Main Ballroom, Salons B and C
11:45 a.m. to noon — Checkout
Main Lobby
Boxed lunches available
Replogle Gallery