Friday, November 9 - Radisson Hotel

3:00 - 6:00 PM Conference Registration - Hotel Lobby

6:00 PM Delegate Meetings (Roles and Assigned Rooms)

• Facilitators - Burley
  
• Presenters - Boone
• Reporters - Clay
  
• Response Moderators - Diamond

6:30 PM Opening Reception - Mezzanine Level

• Music provided by UofL Jazz Trio
  

7:30 PM Dinner - Ballroom #4

• Welcome Remarks

• Conference Conveners:
• Dean Ron Atlas, Graduate School, University of Louisville
• Dean Jeannine Blackwell, Graduate School, University of Kentucky
• Institutional Welcome
• William M. Pierce, Jr., Ph.D., Vice Provost (Interim) for Graduate Affairs, University of Louisville
• Kumble R. Subbaswamy, Ph.D., Provost, University of Kentucky

8:15 PM Keynote Address

• Dr. John Yopp, Associate Provost for Educational Partnerships, University of Kentucky

8:45 PM Group Photo

9:00 PM Meeting of Topic Panel Groups (Meeting areas to be assigned)

Saturday, November 10 - University of Kentucky Campus

7:30 AM Buses pick up delegates outside Radisson Hotel

8:00 AM Breakfast for Delegates, Administrative Representatives, and Organizers at Ovid's Café, W.T. Young Library

• All panel presentations in the Auditorium - W.T. Young Library

9:00 AM Panel #1 Inclusiveness

10:00 AM Panel #2 The Meaning and Role of Community

11:00 AM Break - beverages available in the Gallery

11:15 AM Panel #3 Affording a Graduate Education

12:15 PM Lunch - Wethington Health Sciences Bldg.

• Table discussions of morning topics

1:45 PM Panel #4 Balancing Graduate Student Demands with the Rest of Your Life

2:45 PM Panel #5 Making a Smooth Transition: Preparing for Life After Graduate School

3:45 PM Break - beverages available in the Gallery

4:00 PM Panel #6 Ethical Behavior and Responsibility

5:00 PM Buses return delegates to Radisson Hotel

6:30 PM Reception - Kentucky Room, Hyatt Hotel

• Music provided by UK School of Music

7:15 PM Dinner - (working dinner to discuss afternoon topics)

9:00 PM Explore Lexington (on your own, guides available)

Sunday, November 11 - Radisson Hotel

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast - Ballroom #4

• Institutional Administrators will get their breakfast and meet together in the Daniel Boone conference room
  

8:45 AM Plenary Discussion/Next Steps/Wrap-up

10:15 AM Closing Remarks by Dean Robert E. Thach, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis

10:30 AM Evaluation of Conference/Proceedings of Meeting

11:00 AM Formal Closing of Conference by Deans Ronald M. Atlas and Jeannine Blackwell