We now have the schedule of events, with all of the workshop sessions available. There are many helpful choices, and we won't take it personally if you choose the financial literacy workshop.
However, if you missed the registration deadline, please take a moment RIGHT NOW and contact Illinois CAN by e-mail at illinoiscollegeaccessnetwork@gmail.com or by calling Renee Tucker Martinez at 773-244-5575
Please invite your friends and colleagues to be a part of this event.
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Illinois
College Access Network
5th
Annual Mini-Conference
Wednesday,
August 6, 2014
8:00 am
to 2:00 pm
8:00 – 8:30
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Registration and
Continental Breakfast
(Hamming Hall)
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8:30 – 9:00
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Welcome and Opening
Remarks
Mike Dessimoz, ICAN Chairperson
(Hamming Hall)
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Room C-33
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Room C-34
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9:15 – 10:15
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Best Practices in Supporting Students Through
College
John
Horan, President, North Lawndale College Prep Charter High School
Khair
Sadrud-Din, College Years Counselor, Link Unlimited
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ACT/SAT Testing Updates: A Collaborative
Presentation
Marc Geslani, Senior Education Manager, The College Board
George Schlott, Client Relations Account Executive, American College
Testing Program
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10:30 – 11:30
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Effective Transitioning to College for Students
with Disabilities
Tanya Cox, Director of Special Needs, Malcolm X College
Raynette Clark-Gully, Disability Director, Olive Harvey College
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Creating the Framework for Institutional
Marketing Success
Leslie Millenson, President, The Millenson Collaborative
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11:45 – 12:45
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Social Media Basics for the College Access
Professional
JP Paulus, President, Do-Gooder Consulting
Rusty Wimberley, Web Consultant, Severity Design
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Financial Literacy: Managing Student Loan Debt
Russ Goeltenbodt, Financial Literacy Experts
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12:45 – 2:00
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Lunch and Keynote Address with Q&A
(Hamming Hall)
Courtney Logan
Author, Attorney, and ICAN Alum
Author of Shaped by Fire:
My Escape from Poverty’s Pit, Mr. Logan will speak of his youth in East
St Louis, and how his experience in
ACI’s College Readiness
Program helped him reach for greater heights and beat the odds.
Stay for a book signing
after lunch with this impressive young man seeking to bring support to the
college access cause.
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The conference fee is $50 for Illinois CAN
members and $100 for non-members.
Annual memberships ($75 for individuals, $150
for organizations) can also
be paid (check or cash) on August 6th; the discounted fee will then
be applied to the conference charge.
Free
parking is available in the lot at the southeast corner of Foster (5200 north) and
Kedzie (3200 west). The conference will take place in building #12, Hamming
Hall.
For
a campus map please follow the link below:
North Park University * 3225 W Foster Avenue * Chicago, Illinois
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