AGPA Conference 2018: Breaking Barriers
Thursday, July 12 | 9:00am-4:30pm
The Association of Graduate and Professional Administrators (AGPA) is a professional network of administrators involved with graduate and professional education at The Ohio State University. AGPA invites our colleagues from Ohio State and institutions across the state of Ohio to our 2nd AGPA Summer Conference: Breaking Barriers. This all day conference will take place in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at the Ohio Union on The Ohio State University’s campus. The conference will include a full day of breakout session presentations as well as a presentation by our keynote speaker Dr. Valerie Robinson, Assistant Dean of Graduate Admission at Miami University.
Conference Theme: Breaking Barriers
This year’s conference focuses on identifying barriers to student success and addressing strategies for overcoming these obstacles. Intentionally broad, this theme will allow professionals from diverse backgrounds to bring their unique ideas and experiences to the event. What sorts of barriers (institutional, sociocultural, fiscal, etc.) have you encountered in your efforts to support students and/or develop your program? How have you or your team overcome these barriers? Did you work across units to overcome an obstacle? Did you face resistance? The conference will address these topics and more.
Call for Proposals
AGPA is seeking proposals from our colleagues at OSU and other institutions across the state as a way to enhance graduate and professional education statewide by sharing best practices that promote cross-unit collaboration, applying current research in our approach to supporting graduate and professional education, and promoting individual professional development. You are encouraged to submit a proposal, and to share this call with contacts at other institutions.
Conference Proposal Submission Deadline: May 14, 2018 May 28, 2018
Submit your proposal: Complete the Presentation Proposal Form.
We welcome unique topics and presentation formats! On the proposal form, you’ll provide information about the presenter(s), presentation format, topic area, title, description, and learning objectives. Each presentation should last approximately 50 minutes. Proposals will be evaluated based on content and relevance to the conference theme and audience.
Presentations can take the form of one of the following:
- Interactive Symposium
- Research Discussion
- Skills Development Workshop
- General Interest Presentation
Topic Areas include:
- Themes and Trends in Graduate and Professional Education
- Identifying Areas of Improvement and/or Implementing Change
- Best Practices in Building Community within Graduate and Professional Education
- Professional Development for Higher Education Administrators
Conference Registration
Conference registration will open in late April, with early bird registration pricing of $40 available until June 1.
Registration includes a full day of breakout sessions, featured keynote speaker, breakfast and lunch, and free professional headshots.
If you have any questions about the conference or submitting a proposal, please contact the conference chair, Jacquelyn Monnin, at monnin.69@osu.edu.
We look forward to seeing you in July for a great day of professional development!
Sincerely,
AGPA Conference Planning Committee