Schedule

This schedule is current as of February 22, 2008. For a printable version, click here.


Friday, March 14, 2008

3 p.m. – Staff Orientation, Portsmouth Room

4 - 6 p.m. Regional Art Awards Set-Up, Granite State Ballroom

4 - 7 p.m. – Registration, Salon A Foyer

5 p.m. – Transfer Fair Registration & Set-Up, Amherst & Merrimack Rooms

7 - 9 p.m. - Welcome Reception, Granite State Ballroom

Saturday, March 15, 2008

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. – Registration, Salon A Foyer

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast, Granite State Ballroom

8 – 10 a.m. – Transfer Fair Registration & Set-Up, Amherst & Merrimack Rooms

8:45 a.m. – General Session I, Granite State Ballroom

We Are All One, Liana Ciaglo, Director of the Performing Arts, Bay Path College

11 a.m. – Workshop Session I

  • How to Run an Effective Meeting, Presented by: Raymond Puchot, Bristol Community College, Salon E
  • Stress Management, Presented by: Beth Blankenstein, New Hampshire Community Technical College, Salon F
  • Marketing Your Chapter/Recruitment of Members, Presented by: Liz Alcock, Bristol Community College & Michelle Nickerson, Regional Southern Vice President, Salon G
  • Five Star Program, Presented by: Katie Paska, Regional Northern Vice President & Mahmedein Mahmedein, International Vice President – Division III, Salon H

12 p.m. – Lunch with Convention Sponsors, Granite State Ballroom

1 – 2 p.m. – Polling for Regional Officer Election, Outside Portsmouth Room

1 – 3 p.m. – College Transfer Fair, Amherst & Merrimack Rooms

2 - 3 p.m. – Advisors Roundtable, Granite State Ballroom

3:15 p.m. – Workshop Session II

  • Civic Engagement, Presented by: Brooke Bohannon, Regional Central Vice President & Mahmedein Mahmedein, International Vice President – Division III, Salon E
  • Effective Communication Skills, Presented by: Marie Cifelli, 2006 – 2007 New England Regional President, Salon F
  • Tips to Gain Administrator’s Support, Presented by: Laurie Sherman, Community College of Rhode Island Advisor, Salon G
  • Planning for International Convention, Presented by: Diane Hutchins, NERA President, Salon H

6 p.m. – Dinner & Awards Banquet, Granite State Ballroom

Readers Theater, Bristol Community College
Mr. Kimmie Weeks, Founder of Youth Action International

Sunday, March 16, 2008

7:30 - 9 a.m. – Breakfast, Courtyard Café

9:30 a.m. – General Session II, Granite State Ballroom

Peak Oil & the Fate of Industrial Society, Dr. Nancy Lee Wood, Professor of Sociology, Bristol Community College

12:00 p.m. – Regional Officer Transition Meeting, Salon E