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SUMMARY:CSPEN 11th Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:\nPlease join us for CSPEN’s 11th Annual Conference being held at the Marriott Myrtle Beach Resort & Spa Grand Dunes. You won’t want to miss the opportunity to hear from topic experts, network with fellow school representatives and explore products and services that can help make your school, students and community reach even greater success. \n\n\n\nAs in past years, we strive to bring you not only the highest level of timely and relevant topics and speakers, but provide everyone with the best networking experiences you’re going to find! And, this year, we’re bringing you to the ocean front and Golf Capitol USA!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConference Registration\n\n\n\nHotel Reservations\n\n\n\nSponsor & Exhibitor Info ( mailto:jeri@centralstatesedu.com?subject=Interested in Exhibiting and Sponsorship Information&body=Hi Jeri. Please contact me with information.%0AName%3A%0ACompany%3A%0Aemail%3A%0APhone%3A )\n\n\n\nGolf Sponsorship\n\n\n\nConference Agenda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Us For Two Informative, Interactive Pre-Conference AI Workshops\n\n\n\nComplimentary for Registered Conference Attendees\n\n\n\nMonday, September 8th | 1-4 pm Sponsored by Conext\n\n\n\nA Real Live AI WorkshopEveryone is talking about it, many are claiming to be experts, but who’s actually using it and what impacts are being seen? This workshop is going to give you immediate takeaways that you can put to use immediately and take back to your school for results. Roll up your sleeves and get ready to dig into some solid AI strategies and best practices for every department in your school.\n\n\n\n1. AI for Everyone: Demystifying the BuzzWhether you’re a die-hard fan or still wondering what a “prompt” is, this session will help you build a solid foundation. In just 60 minutes, we’ll explore what AI really is, how it’s already embedded in your daily life, and why it matters. Come curious—leave confident.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Voice AI: When Machines Speak HumanPrepare to be amazed as you hear real conversations handled by AI voice agents. These human-sounding systems can make and receive calls, schedule appointments, guide students through the FAFSA, process payments, and even verify employment. See what’s possible when AI picks up the phone.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. AI-Powered Staff: Building Internal Support SystemsAI isn’t just for students, it can transform your team, too. In this session, we’ll walk through how internal AI agents can support your departments, streamline workflows, and amplify productivity. Learn the best practices and actionable ideas to make your staff faster, smarter, and more effective.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. AI in EducationIn the last hour, we’ll share real, ready technology that can make an immediate impact in your school operations across all departments. We’re inviting the companies that are at the forefront of AI technology and trends for an hour of “show and tell”. Prepare to be amazed! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday, September 9th | 8am to Noon Sponsored by Macmillan Learning\n\n\n\nThe Human Algorithm: Empowering Students in AI-Enhanced ClassroomsHuman-centered teaching, tech-enabled learningJoin Us for a Transformative Workshop on AI in the Classroom\n\n\n\nWe are excited to invite you to a dynamic and thought-provoking workshop that explores the evolving role of artificial intelligence in education. The future of teaching is not artificial—it’s augmented. This workshop blends faculty perspectives, research insights, and practical tools to help you build GenAI-ready classrooms that don’t compromise human connection. From rethinking academic integrity to using Student Reactions and AI tutors for better engagement, you’ll leave with real strategies for reaching more students, more meaningfully.\n\n\n\nWe’ll begin with a compelling panel discussion:“Belongingness in an AI-Driven Classroom”Our panel of experts will delve into the critical relationship between student belonging and academic success, explore common faculty concerns about AI, and offer insights into what it means to foster a truly student-centered learning environment in the age of AI.\n\n\n\nNext, engage in an immersive, hands-on session:“Teaching and Learning with Generative AI”Led by Lisa Blue, PhD, Director of Artificial Intelligence Strategies at Eastern Kentucky University, this interactive segment will guide participants through a series of practical and forward-looking activities, including:\n\n\n\n\nGenAI Primer\n\n\n\nGenAI and Pedagogy: What’s Changing\n\n\n\nRedefining Academic Integrity\n\n\n\nAssignment and Policy Design\n\n\n\nAI Fluency and the Future\n\n\n\nBuilding Your GenAI Teaching Roadmap\n\n\n\n\nWe’ll wrap up the workshop with a live demonstration of powerful, accessible AI tools currently available to support student success through AI engagement.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConference Registration\n\n\n\nHotel Reservations\n\n\n\nSponsor & Exhibitor Info ( mailto:jeri@centralstatesedu.com?subject=Interested in Exhibiting and Sponsorship Information&body=Hi Jeri. Please contact me with information.%0AName%3A%0ACompany%3A%0Aemail%3A%0APhone%3A )\n\n\n\nGolf Sponsorship\n\n\n\nConference Agenda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCSPEN 2025 Agenda\n\n\n\n(subject to change)\n\n\n\nMonday :: September 8, 2025\n\n\n\nTimesSession/EventDetails12:00 pm – 4:00 pmGolf at the exclusive Dunes ClubGolf Registration1:00 – 5:00 pmWorkshopAI For Everyone – Demystifying The Buzzcomplimentary workshopSponsored by Conext5:00 – 7:00 pmPoolside Networking Reception\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday :: September 9, 2025\n\n\n\nTimesSession/EventDetails7:30 am – 1:00 pmCSPEN Annual Golf Tournament Barefoot Resort’s famous Fazio CourseGolf Registration8:00 am – 12:00 pmWorkshopThe Human Algorithm: Empowering Students in AI-Enhanced Classroomscomplimentary workshopSponsored by Macmillan Learning12:30 – 1:00 pmBreak in Exhibition Hall1:00 – 2:00 pmBreakout Sessions1. Budget Reconciliation Act: Impact on the Students and your Institution presenters: Carrie Cathey with International Salon and Spa Academy and Sally Samuels and Ibis Chow with FAME 2. Infusing Wellness into Your Continuous Improvement Cycle presenters: Dr Jenna Sage with Ultimate Medical Academy and Taryll Connolly with Franklin Covey3. Thinking Outside the Checkbox – Cultivating Genuine Connections with Distance Education Studentspresenters: Kelly Washington and Amber VanKirk with Miller-Motte College4. Making the Move: A Practical Guide to M&A Strategy and Approval in Higher Edpresenters: Eileen Keller with SST Accountants and Consultants, Brandon Sherman and Michael Gold with Saul Ewing, LLP and Chris DeLuca with Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C.2:00 – 3:00 pmBreakout Sessions1. Navigating in the Unknown World of ED’s Financial Responsibilitypresenters: Michael Wherry and Tom Wilson with McClintock and Associates2. Beyond the Basics: Strategically Aligning Support Services for Student Impactpresenter: Raye Mahlberg with Nightingale College3. Let Us Get All Up in Your Spacepresenters: Daron Rodriguez with West Coast University, Michele Bechtold and JP Smith with Celsius Marketing4. Student and Employee Anxiety in the AI Agepresenters: Susan Pailet with American Career College and Valerie and David Mendelsohn with Mendelsohn Solutions3:00 – 3:30 pmBreak in Exhibition Hall3:30 – 5:00 pmWelcome General SessionThe Urban Institute Takes A Look At Earnings Growth of At-risk Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment Programs Over A Five-Year Periodpresenters: Eric Bing with The College of Health Care Professions, Todd Greene with The Urban Institute and Tom Netting with CSPEN5:00 – 7:00 pmOpening Reception in Exhibition HallSponsored by Ancora\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday :: September 10, 2025\n\n\n\nTimesSession/EventDetails8:00 – 9:00 amBreakfast in Exhibition Hall9:00 – 10:00 amGeneral Session10:00 – 10:30 amCoffee BreakSponsored by Alvarez Mendoza LaBounty10:30 – 11:30 amBreakout Sessions1. Legal Currents: Litigation Shaping Higher Education Nowpresenters: Ben DeGweck with Education Affiliates and Anna Knouse and Evan Moltz with Thompson Coburn LLP2. Enhancing Faculty Onboarding, Training, and Retention in Healthcare Programspresenter: Dinez Swanson with Elsevier3. The Tool Belt Generation – Why Trade Schools Are Rising Over Traditional 4-year Universitiespresenters: Joy McClure and Chris Sheppard with Tricoci University of Beauty Culture4. Knocking at the College Door: Trends and Implicationspresenters: Sophia Harris and Colleen Falkenstern with The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)11:30 am – 12:30 pmBreakout Sessions1. The New Website Marketing Playbook: Strategies for Lasting Impactpresenters: Leila Ertel with Rocky Mountain College of Art and Brian Curtain with Education Dynamics2. Do You Know Your Risk For Loss of Title IV Funding? presenter: Mary Lyn Hammer with Champion Col-EDGE Solutions3. Redefining “Regular and Substantive Interaction” in the Age of AI: A Unique Window of Opportunitypresenters: Ken Styron with Columbia Southern University and Yolanda Gallegos with Gallegos Legal Group4. Reporting of Tip Income, The “Bare Minimum Rule,” Earnings Assessment & Youpanel discussion12:30 – 2:00 pmLunch in the Oleander BallroomSponsored by EdwardsSchoen2:00 – 3:00 pmBreakout Sessions1. The Blueprint for AI Digital Transformation: Inside the Columbia Southern University Journeypresenters: Jason Lokkesmoe with Columbia Southern University and Evan Burr and Patrick Van Gorder with Level2. Unlocking Student Success through Belongingnesspresenters: Deb Postlewait and Marcy Baughman with Macmillan Learning3. Civil Rights (Title IX and more) and Clery Compliance Considerations for Clockhour Programspresenter: Emily Stark with Paul Mitchell 4. Washington Update: Advocates Discuss the Outcome of Budget Reconciliation and What Lies Aheadpanel discussion moderated by Tom Netting with CSPEN3:00 – 3:30 pmBreak in Exhibition HallSponsored by Level3:30 – 4:30 pmBreakout Sessions1. Institutional Change in Ownership: How to clear the hurdles to the finish linepresenters: Andrea Snow with Pima Medical Institute, Jessica Sanders with Ancora and Michael Wherry with McClintock and Associates2. The Importance of Stories and Reels: Showcasing Student Lifepresenters: Darryl Mattox and Lisa Olmedo with Gragg Advertising 3. Redefining Work Culture: Building Tomorrow’s Workplace Todaypresenter: David Rodriguez with California Intercontinental University4. Proprietary School Audit Guide Update & Discussionpresenters: Amy Bales and Mark Priebe with the Department of Education4:30 – 5:30 pmGeneral Session Department of Education Keynote5:30 – 7:00 pmReception in Exhibition Hall\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday :: September 11, 2025\n\n\n\nTimesSession/EventDetails8:00 – 9:00 amBreakfast in Exhibition Hall9:00 – 10:00 amGeneral Session10:00 – 10:30 amCoffee Break in Exhibition HallSponsored by Portico10:30 – 11:30 amBreakout Sessions1. Utilizing Social Media to Expand Your Brandpresenters: Melissa Soderberg and Mellinda Renteria with Charter College2. Risk and Insurance Considerations in M&A and Beyondpresenters: Russell Gibson with Centura College and Andy Davenport and Daniel Kusmin with CAC Group3. The 6 Working Geniusespresenter: Aaron Clark with Delta College4. Early Alerts, Real Results: Retention-Focused Interventions Across the Student Lifecyclepresenters: Julia Steiner with Allied Health College and Eleni Lalios Manikas and Jackson Batchelder with Portico11:30 am – 12:30 pmBreakout Sessions1. What Keeps You Up at Night?executive panel moderated by Josh Swayne with Charter College2. Reshaping College Affordability: Exploring New Ways to Pay for Collegepresenters: Tony Comstock with Ancora Education and Micaela Pearson with CareerEdge3.TBD4. Now We’re Talking – Are You Listening?lobbyist panel discussion12:30 – 1:00 pmConference Wrap Upwith Jeri Prochaska and Tom Netting, Co-Executive Directors with CSPEN and Josh Swayne, Chairman of CSPEN\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCSPEN Annual Conference Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiamond Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n	brandt@adduro.io ( mailto:brandt@adduro.io )\n	\n\n	\n	\n	jeri@conext.me ( mailto:jeri@conext.me )\n	\n\n	\n	\n	tom@tengovtstrategies.com ( mailto:tom@tengovtstrategies.com )\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRuby Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n	aarone@edwardsschoen.com ( mailto:aarone@edwardsschoen.com )\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSapphire Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n	scott.murphy@ancoraeducation.com ( mailto:scott.murphy@ancoraeducation.com )\n	\n\n	\n	\n	josh.muskin@level.agency ( mailto:josh.muskin@level.agency )\n	\n\n	\n	\n	ngleason@porticoedu.com ( mailto:ngleason@porticoedu.com )\n	\n\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmerald Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n	jsmith@celsiusmarketing.com ( mailto:jsmith@celsiusmarketing.com )\n	\n\n	\n	\n	a.blanchette@elsevier.com ( mailto:a.blanchette@elsevier.com )\n	\n\n	\n	\n	lbw@fadavis.com ( mailto:lbw@fadavis.com )\n	\n\n	\n	\n	ankita.tandon@leadsquared.com ( mailto:ankita.tandon@leadsquared.com )\n	\n\n	\n	\n	mwherry@mcclintockcpa.com ( mailto:mwherry@mcclintockcpa.com )\n	\n\n	\n	\n	alex@mdtmarketing.com ( mailto:alex@mdtmarketing.com )\n	\n\n	\n	\n	tim.gaber@sikich.com ( mailto:tim.gaber@sikich.com )\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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