Join your Wisconsin private college colleagues at the WAICU Student Belonging and Success Summit to deepen your commitment to success and belonging for all students.

Scheduled for Thursday, July 17, at Alverno College in Milwaukee, this affordable one-day program will be offered in person and online. It will feature well-respected speakers, solution-focused interactive sessions, and valuable networking opportunities designed to equip you with strategies and insights to sustain and strengthen belonging and success efforts.

The day will also include a presentation on the evolving landscape of federal regulations and policies and impacts on higher education, with a particular focus on the Dear Colleague letter. The Dear Colleague Letter in light of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard issued by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights”

The $50 fee includes a full day of sessions, as well as a continental breakfast and a networking lunch. The day features the following presentations and workshops:

• Federal Update: A Perspective from the Inside – Emmanual A. Guillory, Senior Director, Division of Government Relations, American Council on Education (presentation)
• Are You a Student-Ready Leader? Our Shared Responsibility for Advancing Student Success – Dr. Tia Brown McNair, Partner, Sova (workshop)
• Hidden Voices: Student Conversations about Higher Education – Liz Gross, Founder and CEO, Campus Sonar (presentation)
• Begin with Belonging: How Thriving Colleges Approach Student Success – Dr. Joretta Nelson, Vice Chairman, Credo and Founder of Moving the Needle (workshop)

Visit the Summit website for information and registration sessions.

For more information, email WAICU Senior Project Administrator Kathy Paul.

This program/project has been funded through a Meeting the Moment grant from the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC).