Lifetime of Learning

Poverty Education, Engaged Learning, and Community-University Partnerships

Friday, October 24, 2014
Faulkner University, Montgomery, AL

Featuring Keynote Address by
Bi l l Mus e , PhD
Presi dent , Nat i onal Issues Forum
Ret i red Presi dent , Auburn Uni versi t y

and Breakout Sessions Discussing Best Practices at APs Higher Education Members

Sponsored by Alabama Possible and Faulkner University. CEUs available.
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PLEASE CHECK A BOX ! Student/VISTA $75 ! Conference Presenter $85 ! Community Partners $125 ($150
after October 10) ! Faculty & Staff from AP Higher Education Partnership Member Institutions $125 ($150 after October
10) ! Faculty & Staff from Non-Member Institutions $150 ($175 after October 10)

AP Members: Alabama DPSE Alabama State University Athens State University Auburn University Auburn University
Montgomery Birmingham-Southern College Calhoun State Community College Enterprise State Community College Faulkner
University Jacksonville State University Judson College Lawson State Community College Northeast Alabama Community
College Northwest-Shoals Community College Samford University Shelton State Community College Troy University University
of Alabama UAB University of Montevallo University of West Alabama

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LIFETIME OF LEARNING
Poverty Education, Engaged Learning & Community-University Partnerships

AGENDA

8:30 REGISTRATION

9:00 WELCOME & MORNING KEYNOTE
Dr. Billy Hilyer
President, Faulkner University

Ralph Foster
AP Higher Education Task Force Chair
Director, Office of Public Service, Auburn University

Dr. Stephen Monroe
Assistant Dean, College of Liberal Arts, The University
of Mississippi

10:40 BREAKOUT SESSION ONE

1. Combined Session
Making Student Involvement Work For Your
Partnership: The 57 Miles Experience
Benjamin Burkeen, Student Director of Community
Engagement and Henry Downes, Student Director of
Advancement, 57 Miles Partnership, The University of
Alabama

Promoting College/Community Partnerships and
Engaged Learning: The Blueprints College Access
Initiative and Honors in Action
Dyllan Bailey, Phi Theta Kappa Vice President of
Scholarship, Northwest Shoals Community CollegePhil
Campbell; Tyler Jenkins, Phi Theta Kappa Vice
President of Leadership, Northwest Shoals Community
CollegePhil Campbell; Markisha Spearman, Phi Theta
Kappa Vice President of Service, Northwest Shoals
Community CollegePhil Campbell; Erica Valdez, Phi
Theta Kappa Vice President of Fellowship, Northwest
Shoals Community CollegePhil Campbell.

2. Developing Rigorous, Culturally Responsive and
Class Conscious Learning for K-12 Students
Dr. Courtney Bentley, Associate Professor of Teacher
Leadership, Coordinator of Leadership Programs,
University of Montevallo

3. Storytelling In the City: Incorporating Public Work
Into First-Year English Courses
Dr. Cassandra M. Ellis, Assistant Professor of English,
University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Dr. Nichole
Lariscy, Assistant Professor of English, University of
Alabama at Birmingham

4. Alabama Possible Board Meeting




11:30 LUNCH
Dr. William Muse, President National Issues Forum and
Retired President, Auburn University


1:00 BREAKOUT SESSION TWO

1. Combined Session
Exploring the Relationship Between Poverty,
Hunger, and the Natural Environment: A
Collaborative Research Model for Student Groups
Cheyenne Higdon, Phi Theta Kappa Alabama Regional
President; Vickie Murphy, Phi Theta Kappa Alabama
District 1 Vice President; Christopher Pattillo, Phi Theta
Kappa Alabama District 2 Vice President; and Jena
Freese, Phi Theta Kappa Alabama District 3 Vice
President

Becoming Allies Beating Hunger: How The
University of Alabama and West Alabama Food
Bank Work to Fight Food Insecurity
Courtney Chapman Thomas, Center for Sustainable
Service & Volunteerism Director, The University of
Alabama; Addie Bunn, Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Action
Team Leader, The University of Alabama


2. Hands on History: Trading the Classroom for
a Time Machine
Dr. Christopher Thrasher, Instructor of History
Calhoun Community College

3. Summer Harvest: Creating Community Connections
through Service Learning
Dr. Jill A. Wicknick, Associate Professor of Biology,
University of Montevallo; Dr. Meredith Tetloff, Assistant
Professor of Social Work, University of Montevallo; Dr.
Hollie C. Cost, Professor of Special Education, Service
Learning Coordinator, University of Montevallo


2:00 GENERAL SESSION
Christopher H. Spencer, Director of Community
Development, Center for Community-Based
Partnerships, The University of Alabama

Felicia Jones, Executive Director, Black Belt Community
Foundation


3:00 FINAL REFLECTION


3:30 ADJOURN