Rural Community College Alliance
Annual Conference
October 5-7, 2008
Beau Rivage in Biloxi, MS
*The year’s Rural Community College Alliance (RCCA) Annual Conference is pleased to offer employees of RCCA member institutions a special track led by the Council for Resource Development (CRD) with a focus on building the capacity of rural community college development professionals. Rural community college development officers have unique opportunities and challenges based on place. This track will provide information and inspiration to those that serve rural and remote locations. As indicated in a recent survey of development professionals, there is a great need for training and professional development in order to leverage resources from the communities in which the colleges reside and the alumni which they served. RCCA has received a grant from the Lumina Foundation for Education to cover the cost of conference registration and two nights lodging for a limited number of participants. To be eligible the employee’s college must be a member of RCCA and cover the cost of travel. The participant must attend each session of the CRD track to be considered for an additional training opportunity.
Please complete the on-line registration form and indicate your interest in this unique opportunity by selecting Pre-Conference Session #3 and the CRD Fee Schedule from the drop-down menu. You will be contacted by RCCA with further information re your eligibility.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
9:30 a.m. RCCA Board Meeting
12:30 – 5:30 p.m. Registration
1:00-3:00 p.m. ARC meeting
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Pre-session workshops (PS)
1:00-3:00 PSA: RCCI Roundtable, Scaggs
3:00-5:00 PSB: Canadian and US Presidents Roundtable: The Role of Presidents in Community Economic Development, Boyles and Smith
3:00-5:00* PSC: CRD - Leveraging influence and affluence for college success in resource development: Foundation, Grants and Advocacy, Binns (See description and eligibility enumerated above)
5:15 p.m. Opening Session
Jill Kramer, Lumina Foundation For Education
Gen. Russell Honore’, Ret.
Autry Award
6:00 p.m. Opening Reception
Mr. Ovid Vickers, Southern Folklorist
Monday, October 6, 2008
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Opening Plenary Session
Speaker: CRD - Dr. Marsha Drennon, President, State Fair Community College, MO; We’re Not in Kansas Anymore
8:45 a.m. Break/Exhibitors
9:00 a.m. Break-out Sessions (BO)
BOA: Eco Dev – Building Great, Good Places: A Cook’s Tour (WAEM, Scaggs)
BOB: Disaster Recv - Emergency Service Degree Program
(Warren, MCC)
BOC: Disaster Recv – 911 Crises, NIMS Compliance and NCHERM (Graham and Scaggs, MGCCC and Kpbler, MSU)
BOD: CRD - Building the Successful Foundation Board, Part A
10:00 a.m. Break/Exhibitors
10:15 a.m. Break-out Sessions
BOE: Eco Dev – A Case Study of One College’s Involvement (Bigelow, NWCCD)
BOF Disaster Recv - Psychological Responses (Hassan, AFA), (Sparks, HCC)
BOG: General – College Goal Sunday: Access to Education (Campbell & Weston, NASFAA)
BOH: CRD - Building the Successful Foundation Board, Part B
11:15 a.m. Plenary Session
Governor Haley Barbour (R) Mississippi
12:15 p.m. Break
12:30 p.m. Tour of Two Colleges Impacted Differently by Hurricane Katrina (sack lunch)
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gulfport, MS
Pearl River Community College, Poplarville, MS
2:00-3:30 p.m. Break-out Session
BOI: CRD - Building the Successful Grants Office
3:45-5:00 p.m. Break-out Session
BOJ: CRD - Building the Successful Development Function
7:00 p.m. Banquet at Beau Rivage
Dr. Kenneth York, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00-10:00 a.m. CRD - Making It Happen
8:00 a.m. Break-out Sessions
BOK: Eco Dev – Successful Bond Issue Campaign (Noel, NICC)
BOL: Disaster Recv - Increase Preparedness of Disadvantaged Communities (Rausch, MDC)
BOM: General - NISOD
BON: CRD – Making it Happen (see 8:00)
9:00 a.m. Break
9:15 a.m. Closing Session
Business Meeting
Wrap-up