NAASS 2007
Conference Schedule
Conference-At-A-Glance | Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday
- Monday, November 12, 2007
- 8:00 AM
- Conference Registration Desk Opens
- Sign up for Affinity Group Dinners
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
- The NAASS Legacy Series 2: "Evolving Lessons: Past, Present, and Future"
- Wailuku and Kahului Rooms
- Moderator: Thomas J. Venables (Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, Camden)
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- Presenter: Thomas Kujawski (Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick)
- How has Summer Session changed in the past 30 - 40 years? We will discuss changes by the central administration, evaluating proposed summer courses and schedules, managing summer sessions courses, interacting with department chairs and faculty, benefits of statistical data, and treating students with dignity and respect. It is because of students we have a summer session.
- 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
- Panel Presentation 5: Intersession Programs
- Wailuku and Kahului Rooms
- Moderator: Jon Neidy (Bradley University)
- "Living Through Two Different Stipend Models Simultaneously, One for Winter and a Different One for Summer"
- Panelist: Beth Laves (Western Kentucky University)
- It seems that every school has a unique summer term faculty stipend policy - they seem to come in all different flavors and permutations. When we began a new winter term two years ago, we used a pro-rated faculty instructor stipend based on class enrollments. Since the summer term stipend model was different, the dichotomy has created some interesting and unexpected outcomes.
- "Best Practices in Intersession Program Development and Implementation"
- Panelist: Debbie Miller (University of Arizona)
- In this presentation we will touch on a few areas that we at the University of Arizona have found to be pertinent to a successful intersession. There are many factors to consider when implementing a shortened session, such as the availability of campus facilities and services; the appropriateness of the curriculum; faculty stipends; revenue structure; and a whole host of other variables. Our goal is to provide a few pointers that might be useful as you go about implementing an intersession program at your own institution.
- "It'll be a Cold Day in Summer Session: Lessons Learned From Starting a Winter Session."
- Panelist: Douglas (Doug) J. Lee (University Of Iowa)
- Trying to implement an Intersession Program can create campus divisions between summer session administrators, on the one hand, and faculty senate members, on the other. After experiencing these divisions first hand we will discuss what worked and didn't work for the intersessions program at the University of Iowa. You might find the lessons learned at the University of Iowa useful to those of you brave enough to try and implement an intersessions program at your own institution.
- 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
- Panel Presentation 6: When the Outside Wants to Look Inside
- Kapalua and Napili Rooms
- Moderator: Kay Moss (Illinois State University)
- "Shining Stars: Preparing For an External Administrator Review"
- Panelist: Sue Day-Perroots (West Virginia University)
- Your professional administrator reviews can be a pain to write. Unless you are very organized, the data collection alone can be extremely time-consuming. This presentation provides an example of an electronic review that has multiple purposes with shining results.
- "Instituting Change in Summer Session Format and Operations: A Case Study of Central Washington University"
- Panelists: Kevin Nemereth and Geoff Foy (Central Washington University)
- The first part of the presentation will introduce the specific structural and operational changes that Central Washington University instituted for summer sessions, with a particular focus on the administrative process that mediated the university-wide agreement concerning the changes. The second part of the presentation will cover the data pertinent to the results of the institutional changes.
- "How to Successfully Engage Your Campus in Summer Programs"
- Panelists: Kim Scalzo and Russell (Russ) Giambelluca (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
- When Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute established Summer@Rensselaer in 2005, the Summer Programs Planning Committee (SPPC) was formed to ensure this would be successful. The SPPC has evolved to become both a strategic and tactical planning group which sets the directions for summer programs, identifies challenges and opportunities in the growth of summer programs, and ensures that all campus constituents impacted by Summer@Rensselaer are engaged in the planning and implementation of summer programs. In this session, we will describe the scope, charge, and membership of the SPPC as well as how and why it was formed. We will also discuss how this committee interacts with other campus planning groups and share some of the challenges and success stories resulting from the SPPC.
- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
- Summer Sessions-On-The-Go 1: "Travel 101. Cramming Is Not Just for Exams!"
- Wailuku and Kahului Rooms
- Presenter: Carol Switzer (Arizona State University)
- This session will be crammed with information about efficient and effective luggage packing practices. Utilizing this information can increase your safety and security as well as terminate travel traumas. A demonstration of cramming three weeks of travel essentials into one medium piece of luggage will be supplemented by handouts about gizmos available to the well traveled Summer Session administrator.
- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
- Summer Sessions-On-The-Go 2: "Travel 102. What Can You Do When Airlines and Hotels Do You Wrong?"
- Kapalua and Napili Rooms
- Presenter: Harriet Abe (University of Hawai‘i, Manoa)
- As world travelers, many summer session administrators have heard the words “bumped”, “lost”, “delayed”, “overbooked”, ”too much (or too big) luggage”, “cancelled”, “no reservation”, “lost confirmation”, “no record of your request”, “bed bugs”, and the like. This workshop is a place to share “on the road” war stories and horror shows when things go awry, and explore what rights travelers actually do have when they have been wronged. Put you trays in their upright position and fasten your seat belts for this workshop—it’s guaranteed to be filled with light chop and moderate to heavy turbulence.
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
- Theresa Neil Research Fund Presentation 1: "Concentrate, Intensify or Shorten? Short, Intensive Courses in Summer Sessions"
- Wailuku and Kahului Rooms
- Moderator: Claire Cross (Southern Oregon University)
- Presenter: Howard Martin (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
- In this presentation we will review the history and literature of this long controversial issue, provide a focused bibliography, and offer suggestions on how summer session administrators can make the case for academic quality and integrity.
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
- Theresa Neil Research Fund Presentation 2: "Teaching in Summer Session: Searching for Faculty-Centered Best Practices"
- Kapalua and Napili Rooms
- Moderator: Martin Barry (Oregon State University)
- Presenter: Bill Kops (The University of Manitoba)
- The literature on the topic of teaching and learning using intensive formats supports the notion that the quality of the learning experience is comparable to when the same subject matter is taught in a longer format, particularly when the instructional quality is high. My research provides information about how faculty, known for the high quality instruction, approach teaching in a compressed/intensive format, identify how these teaching strategies and approaches may differ from those used in full-length sessions, and propose "best practices" for teaching in Summer Session.
- 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
- Regional Luncheons
- These luncheons provide an opportunity for current members to renew acquaintances with friends over lunch. For those of you new to summer session, here is a chance to meet and begin networking with colleagues from your own region. Many regions also conduct business of regional interest at the luncheons.
- Middle States Region ~ Kihei and Wailea Rooms
- Presiding: Renate H. Guilford (George Mason University)
- Members from Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
- North Central Region ~ Hana Room
- Presiding: Dennis L. Nunes (St. Cloud State University)
- Members from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
- Northeastern Region ~ Kihei and Wailea Rooms
- Presiding: Thomas K. Ingram (Oswego State University of New York)
- Members from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Rhode Island, Vermont, and England.
- Southern Region ~ Kula Room
- Presiding: Kenneth (Ken) C. Burrows (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
- Members from Alabama, Arkansas, the Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and the West Indies.
- Western Region ~ Kapalua Room
- Presiding: Kerri M. Garcia (University of Nevada, Reno)
- Members from Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Hawai‘i, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Saskatchewan, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
- 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
- Theresa Neil Research Fund Presentation 3: "Academic and Programmatic Effectiveness of the UCSB Freshman Summer Start Program: A Five-Year Study"
- Wailuku and Kahului Rooms
- Moderator: Eric Cheek (North Carolina A & T State University)
- Presenter: Ralph Gallucci (University of California, Santa Barbara)
- This research project evaluated the academic and programmatic effectiveness of the UCSB Freshman Summer Start Program (FSSP), a six-week long Summer Program designed to allow first-year students the opportunity to get an early start on their academic careers in an intellectually stimulating and socially supportive environment. FSSP helps students make a successful academic transition from high school to the University and seeks to improve first-year retention rates and decrease student time to degree.
- 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
- Theresa Neil Research Fund Presentation 4: "Show Me the Money: Revenue Sharing Schemes and Their Purpose and Effectiveness Within a Summer Program"
- Kapalua and Napili Rooms
- Moderator: Martin Barry (Oregon State University)
- Presenter: John LaBrie (Simon Fraser University)
- Based on a survey and follow-up interviews of summer session offices, the research project was designed to better understand the scale and pervasiveness of revenue sharing plans within summer session operations. Other purposes of the study were to develop a lexicon by which these various schemes can be discussed; examine the overall motivations, intent and purpose of revenue sharing schemes; and provide summer session administrators a "policy tool chest" to design revenue sharing plans that will have positive outcomes for the university and the summer session operation.
- 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
- The NAASS Legacy Series 3: "The Sources of your Power"
- Wailuku and Kahului Rooms
- Moderator: Bill Kops (The University of Manitoba)
- Presenter: James (Jim) Murphy (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
- As an administrator for summer sessions, how do you manage, control, direct, and change the summer term? Where do you get the power to do any of that? The speaker will reflect on some of the sources of power that he has experienced.
- 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
- Hands-On-Workshop 3: "Becoming EXCELlent"
- Kihei and Wailea Rooms
- Moderator: Annette E. Day (St. Cloud State University)
- Presenters: Harriet Abe (University of Hawai‘i, Manoa) and Irene Pearce (University of California, Santa Barbara)
- We communicate with numbers and statistics, prepare budgets, and report our finances using those all-too-pervasive Excel spreadsheets. Have you ever wondered what you can use Excel for besides adding up columns of numbers? Have you ever fully realized the power of Excel spreadsheets to help you make better projections, fee-making decisions, or generated distribution shares for your revenue sharing plan? Although this is not a workshop intended for first - time Excel users, one part of the workshop will provide those familiar with some of the features of Excel with a more powerful tool to carry out their day-to-day work. Another part of the workshop will focus on some formatting tricks and routines to help you produce better-looking reports with greater oomph. You must bring along a laptop computer to the session (with an installed Excel application) or make prior arrangements to share one with another workshop attendee.
- 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
- Hands-On-Workshop 4: "Summer Session Secret Weapon: Forming Strategic Alliances with Campus Representatives"
- Wailuku and Kahului Rooms
- Moderator: Beverly Kalinowski (The College of New Jersey)
- Presenters: Peter Perkins (State University of New York Institute of Technology and Russell (Russ) Giambelluca (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
- While summer is an important academic activity on most campuses, there are often many apparent impediments to planning and delivering a successful and rewarding summer program. In this session you will be grouped with your colleagues to discuss some of the key impediments to successful execution of a summer program and focus on how strategic alliances or campus collaboration might be used to mitigate or eliminate those impediments. You will be given an opportunity to share your own experiences and to learn from others who have successfully engaged other campus offices to actively support summer programs. In addition, the co-leaders of this session may incorporate role-play to help visualize how this strategy can be implemented.
- 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
- Hands-On-Workshop 5: "A Summer Sessions Life-Saving Survival Tool Kit"
- Kapalua and Napili Rooms
- Moderator: Shirley Douglas (North Carolina A & T State University)
- Presenter: Kenneth (Ken) C. Burrows (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
- Sisyphus' futile battle trying to roll his stone up the mountain only to watch it roll down again is child's play compared with our yearly challenge to put on the definitive summer program. Even if the new and inexperienced summer session manager's lot is not so mythic, it can be ruinously stressful and frustrating. We will share some absurdity - transcending, despondency-triumphing, even job-saving ideas and strategies, and have some fun while we're doing it. Participants should bring tersely phrased solutions or stratagems they have used successfully in managing stressful situations gracefully; or pleas for effective responses to particular frustrations. (Summer Sessions-related, examples only, please—time will not allow us to address personal, domestic, and/or family issues.)
- 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
- Summer Sessions-On-The-Go 3: "Travel 103. Geek Gadgets for Globetrotters"
- Wailuku and Kahului Rooms
- Presenter: Carol Switzer (Arizona State University)
- Receiving "geek" magazines and purchasing electronic items always gives pause to someone who's VCR always blinked 12:00. Technolust, combined with the desire to travel light, heightens the consuming quest for unique and easy-to-use electronic devices. How many adaptors do you travel with? This session will enlighten or entice participants with hands-on examples and discussion on how summer sessions administrators and staff can utilize the plethora of blueberries, blackberries, raspberries or pea pods to the best advantage for yourself and your institution. (Step 1 - they are not edible).
- 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
- Summer Sessions-On-The-Go 4: "Travel 104. Combating Jet Lag"
- Kapalua and Napili Rooms
- Presenter: Loy Lytle (University of California, Santa Barbara)
- Now that you've arrived in Maui -- a place some consider paradise, or the next best thing to it -- all you feel is fatigue and irritability exacerbated by a headache and/or stomach ache. You can't stay awake during exciting conference sessions like this one, but also can't fall asleep at your usual bedtime. Desynchronosis (jet lag) is common among people making rapid transits across several time zones. Although this session will probably not help you much if you experience jet lag traveling north to south in the same time zone, it will provide you with some tips and tricks you might try to ease east-west and west-east rapid time-zone shifts. (You might be surprised to learn that alcohol and caffeine may worsen the symptoms of desynchronosis.)
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
- Plenary Session: "Hawai‘i – Past, Present, and Future"
- Wailuku and Kahului Rooms
- Moderator: Velma Panlasigui (University of Hawai‘i, Manoa)
- Speaker: Roselle Keli'ihonipua Bailey (Kumu Hula, Kahiko Halapa'i Hula Alapa'i)
- Ms. Bailey is the founder of Ka 'Imi Na'auao 'O Hawai‘i Nei (Institute Seeking Enlightenment of Hawai‘i). A Maui born resident, Ms. Bailey has touched many lives with her heartfelt wisdom about Hawaiiana and cultural values. Her life's work focuses on teaching and preserving the Hawaiian culture, and she travels the world to help foster peace among people and its communities. Together, she and her husband have conducted international cultural exchanges throughout the world. In 2005, Ms. Bailey was nominated by 1000 Peace Women Across the Globe for the Nobel Peace Prize due to her commitment to perpetuating Hawaiian cultural traditions and healing ethnic and culture divisions among Hawaiians and between people of all cultures. In 2007, she has been selected as one of Kaua'i's Living Treasures as a tribute to her involvement with resurrection of Kaua'i's premier Hula temple, Keahualaka, the island's museums, historical societies, and chamber of commerce for over two decades. On Maui, she continues to be actively involved in various community planning endeavors [such as Ka'anapali 2020; Na Wai 'Eha (a group sought to protect water rights among communities); and Ka Ipu Kukui Fellows, a collaborative effort by Maui Community College focused on planning and working with tomorrow's community leaders].
- 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
- Plenary Speaker Reception Anuenue Lawn
- 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
- NAASS Administrative Council Meeting
- 7:30 PM
- Affinity Group Dinners
- Join other NAASS members for dinner at restaurants in Whaler's Village or Lahaina. Look for sign-up sheets at the conference registration desk to select a restaurant. Catch the hotel shuttle or a conference van to transport you to the restaurant of your choice in Lahaina. Network and visit with colleagues and friends while enjoying the best of the surrounding restaurants and their cuisine.
