Agenda for Illinois College Access Network 2014 conference

JP Paulus of Do Gooder Consulting will be a part of the 2014 Illinois College Access Network conference, co-leading the Social Media Basics workshop. (We made this announcement last week).

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

5^th Annual Mini-Conference

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

8:00 am to 2:00 pm

Click Here to RSVP by Friday, August 1, 2014

8:00 – 8:30	Registration and Continental Breakfast (Hamming Hall)
8:30 – 9:00	Welcome and Opening Remarks Mike Dessimoz, ICAN Chairperson (Hamming Hall)
	Room C-33	Room C-34
9:15 – 10:15	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	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
10:30 – 11:30	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	Creating the Framework for Institutional Marketing Success Leslie Millenson, President, The Millenson Collaborative
11:45 – 12:45	Social Media Basics for the College Access Professional JP Paulus, President, Do-Gooder Consulting Rusty Wimberley, Web Consultant, Severity Design	Financial Literacy: Managing Student Loan Debt Russ Goeltenbodt, Financial Literacy Experts
12:45 – 2:00	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.

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 6^th; 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:

http://www.northpark.edu/About/Locations/North-Park-Campus-Map

Click Here to RSVP by Friday, August 1, 2014

North Park University * 3225 W Foster Avenue * Chicago, Illinois

Presenting at the 2014 Illinois College Access Network conference

JP Paulus will be a co-presenter for a workshop during the Illinois College Access Network conference in Chicago on Wednesday, August 6. He will join another colleague to present "Social Media Basics", to help Illinois CAN members how to best utilize this technology.

The aim of the conference as a whole is to help those who work with youth (and adults) get them to college, and to connect resources together to help our whole state improve our college graduation rates.

There is a cost (see the announcement below). Please send an e-mail to illinoiscollegeaccessnetwork@gmail.com if you have any questions.

The conference is on Wednesday, August 6, from 8am - 2pm at North Park University, 3225 W. Foster Avenue (in Hamming Hall, connected to the gym).  Free parking is available at the lot on the southeast corner of Kedzie and Foster.



Here is the official announcement:

2014 Illinois CAN Summer Conference on August 6th

Good afternoon, colleagues.  The 2014 Conference will be at North Park University, with the usual light breakfast at 8am and program starting at 8:30.  Lunch will be served and the conference will conclude at 2pm.Interest sessions will include

•   Financial literacy for students, with special emphasis on college loan debt 
•   Mentoring students through their college years
•   Testing update from ACT and The College Board: a collaborative presentation 
•   Transitioning to higher education for students with special needs
•   Marketing for non-profits: institutional advancement
•   Social media as a marketing tool: for students and for organizational visibility 

At lunch, our keynote speaker will be Courtney Logan, attorney and author of "Shaped by Fire: My Escape from Poverty's Pit."  Mr. Logan will speak of his youth in East St.Louis and how one of our members (Associated Colleges of Illinois) assisted him through its College Readiness Program.

The conference fee is $50 for Illinois CAN members and $100 for non-members.  Annual memberships ($75 for individuals, $150 for organizations) can be paid (check or cash) and the discounted fee will be applied at the conference.  Please let me know if you need a copy of the Network application and a list of the member categories and accompanying fees

Here's the planned schedule:

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00am          Welcome and Opening Remarks, by Mike Dessimoz & Leslie Millenson

9:15 – 10:15am       Break-out Sessions:

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10:30 – 11:30am     Break-out Sessions:

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11:45 – 12:45pm     Break-out Sessions:

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12:45 – 2:00pm       Lunch& Keynote Presentation by Courtney Logan:

                                    "Shaped by Fire: My Escape from Poverty's Pit."

For more information, go to the Illinois College Access Network website.

If you are at the conference, please come to see JP Paulus. If you don't see him, call or text 872-222-8008.

We look forward to seeing you!

Where we are in March and April 2014

Here's where you can find us in the months of March and April. Call or text us at 872-222-8008 or e-mail us at  web@do-gooder.us if you have questions or would like to meet!

Illinois College Access Network

The first Illinois College Access Network Meeting of 2014 will be on Tuesday, March 4, starting at 8am,  at Roosevelt University (2nd floor,
Congress Lounge) 430 S. Michigan Av,. The topic will focus on Understanding University Success - Developing
Non-Cognitive Factors in Your Students. Please RSVP by sending an e-mail to  illinoiscollegeaccessnetwork@gmail.com     Parking information is at:
http://www.roosevelt.edu/parking.  Discount validation for some locations
can be accomplished at the 425 S. Wabash entrance.

Urban Youth Network

March 6 (Thursday) , 2014 @9am. Join fellow youth workers for fellowship & growth.
Meeting location is Wells Community Academy (high school) at 940 N. Ashland.  Free breakfast (includes doughnuts and coffee)
For more info, contact Nick Rivera at nick@gripyouth.com or see the Urban Youth Network Facebook page

Fleck's Coffee First Friday

Meet at Flecks Coffee for their First Friday networking event. See you at 343 E. 79th St., Chicago (South Side neighborhood of Chatham) on Friday, March 7 at 8am.

Flecks is near 79th (#79 bus route) and King Drive (#3 bus), and short walk from the 79th stop of the Red Line, as well as the 79th street exit of the Dan Ryan (I-94, south side of Chicago).

From the event's Facebook page:

Jump Start Your New Year and Your Business at First Friday @ Flecks Cafe 79th & Calumet Friday March 7th at 8:00am Sharp! Join the most high powered group of successful business owners and soon to be's for one-to-one networking and business building information exchange. Make It Your Business to Be Here! It Works, When We Work It! Let's Work It, TOGETHER! — at Flecks Coffee Company, Inc. hosted by Bruce Montgomery of Technology Access Television and Lyoness USA.

 

Chicago RELOAD:Urban Youth Workers conference

For those who don't know, Reload has been going on for several years. It is a 1 day conference for Urban Youth workers, set in cities throughout the US and Canada.  It is sponsored nationally by the Urban Youth Workers Institute. Locally in Chicago, North Park University's Center for Youth Ministry Studies has been at the forefront of Reload.

If you have been touched by the KingdomWorks/CompassionWorks conferences that were annual events in Philadelphia and other cities in the 1990's, then you will appreciate Reload.

For more information go to northpark.edu/reload

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I have personally been blessed by it. We will post more information next week.

November 14 = Illinois College Access Meeting

From an e-mail from Illinois College Access Network:

 

The November Illinois College Access Network Meeting will be on Thursday, November 14th in the same location as the May  meeting -- 2nd floor atrium of National Louis University, 122 S Michigan in Chicago.

*Agenda*
 

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8:00-8:40       Light Breakfast and Conversation
8:45-10:00     Early College Program at City Colleges of Chicago

                      Attendees will learn about several opportunities to earn

                      college credit while still in high school - at little or no cost.

                      Focus will be on Dual Enrollment, but speakers will also

                      cover an expanded Dual Credit initiative and Articulated

                      Credit for Prior Learning.  Outcomes of all 3 can be less 

                      time and lower costs to achieve 2 and/or 4 year degrees. 

                      Student success rates for those participate and later

                      matriculate in college will be presented.
10-10:30        Announcements and Networking

 

 RSVP:  illinoiscollegeaccessnetwork@gmail.com

NOTE: a new application for membership and accompanying fee
            structure will be available prior to or at the November meeting.

 

Illinoi CAN has some great FREE breakfast. They are also restructuring, and implementing a new membership system, though at this time, non-members are welcome to attend select events for free. This is an opportunity that only happens every few months. Please consider being apart of it.

 

See you on Thursday, November 14!

Join us August 1 for the FREE Illinois College Access Network Conference @ North Park University

JP Paulus will be a co-presenter for a workshop during the Illinois College Access Network conference in Chicago on Thursday, August 1. He will join Jeremy Barahona of PURSUE Scholars to talk about "Developing Faith-Based College Access Partnerships", based on our experience with churches, nonprofits and networking.

The aim of the conference is to help those who work with youth (and adults) get them to college, and to connect resources together to help our whole state improve our college graduation rates.

Other presenters, perhaps familiar to our readers, include Professor Daniel White Hodge from North Park's Center for Youth Ministry Studies.

The conference is free, but they ask that you RSVP, in order to plan for the FREE continental breakfast and lunch. Simply send an e-mail to illinoiscollegeaccessnetwork@gmail.com with basic details (i.e. how many are going, what organization you are with, if any)

The conference is on Thursday, August 1, from 8am - 2pm at North Park University, 3225 W. Foster Avenue (in the Carlson Tower building).  Free parking is available at the lot on the southeast corner of Kedzie and Foster.


Here's the schedule:

Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

8:30 – 9:00am          Welcome and Opening Remarks, by Mike Dessimoz & Leslie Millenson

 

9:15 – 10:15am       Break-out Sessions:

·      Non-Academic Factors in College Readiness, by Anne Deeter, Dominican University

·      Developing Faith-Based College Access Partnerships, by JP Paulus, Do-Gooder Consulting

 

10:30 – 11:30am     Break-out Sessions:

·      Transitional Experiences of Illinois Males, Dr. Lorenzo Baber, University of Illinois

·      Three Years Later: Findings from the ISAC Corps, by  Illinois Student Assistance Commission

 

11:45 – 12:45pm     Break-out Sessions:

·      Hip Hop Culture and the Aspirations of Youth, by Dr. Daniel White Hodge, North Park University

·      Professional Development on a Budget, panel presentation on creative& cost-effective staff development

 

12:45 – 2:00pm       Lunch& Keynote Presentation by The College Board:

                                    “The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color”

For more information, go to the Illinois College Access Network website.

If you are at the conference, please come to see JP Paulus. If you don't see him, call or text 872-22-8008.

We look forward to seeing you!