January 22, 2009
Retreat Program-at-a-Glance

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All Events at the SF State Downtown Campus
Westfield San Francisco Centre
835 Market St, 5th and 6th Floors

7:30 a.m. Registration Opens (5th Floor Rooms 553/554)
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (5th Floor Rooms 553/554)
9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Session I - Breakout Sessions
10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Session II - Plenary
11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
(Bring SF State ID for discounts at participating restaurants)
1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Session III – Breakout Sessions
2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Session IV – Breakout Sessions
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Closing Reception
5:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m Evening event for registered attendees in the rotunda, 4th floor of the Westfield Shopping Centre.

Visit the Retreat Resource Room and Lounge Area for information on important University news and light refreshments in rooms 664 & 665. Literature and representatives from across campus will be available throughout the day from Human Resources, Registrar’s Office, Center for Teaching and Faculty Development, the One Laptop per Child program, DPRC, and others.

Session

Title

Room

I – 1

The Changing Role of HR: Building Sustainable Programs to Bridge Generations

Presenters: Lori Gentles, Michael Meeks, Kamyar Marashi, Corinne da Cunha, Henry McCoy, Marcia Allsopp, Michael Martin

612/613

I – 2

J Paul Leonard Library, Speeding down the information highway

Presenters: Pam Howard, Mira Foster, Chris Mays

556

I – 3

SMART: Stress Management And Rejuvenation Techniques Applied to Life, Employment & Classroom Settings

Presenter: Richard Harvey

673

I – 4

Challenges in the Classroom: Strategies for Addressing Troublesome and Disruptive Behaviors

Presenters: Pat Davis, Taghi Amjadi, Donna Cunningham

674

I – 5

How I Stopped Worrying and Started Living: How Universal Design for Learning Changed My Life

Presenters: Amy Love, Pamela Vaughn

607

I – 6

Running a Red Light: Consequences of Overlooking Accessibility

Presenters: Bill Grubaugh, Avi Chandiramani, Wiebke Mueller

610

I – 7

Support for International Students in Academic Writing

Presenters: Mina Kim, Daniel Meier, Barbara Henderson

618

I – 8

Double Feature: Teamwork and Technology

Presenters: Theresa Roeder and Antoaneta Petkova; Sameer Verma

668

I – 9

Guiding and Assessing Undergraduate Research in the College of Science and Engineering

Presenters: Leticia Marquez-Magana, Nilgun Ozer

558

I – 10

Human Subjects Research & IRB Reviews - How it works and what faculty should know

Presenters: Mary Richards, Suzanne Holguin, Humaira Mahi

619

I – 11

Sustaining Socially-Responsible Design in Our Emerging Society: Designing for a Majority World

Presenters: Ricardo Gomes

557

I – 12

Innovative Research Through Centers and Institutes: Opportunities for Faculty to Get Involved

Presenters: Gerald Eisman, Charlotte Ferretti, Jessica Fields, Toby Garfield, Shawn Ginwright, Cynthia Gomez, Colleen Hoff

667

I – 13

Creating a Culture of Excellence: Matching Promising Students With Graduate Fellowships

Presenter: Joy Viveros

608

I – 14

Archiving Our History for the 21st Century: Digitizing Film Footage of the 1968 SF Student Led Strike in DIVA

Presenters: Andrew Roderick, Alex Cherian, Chris Read

555

2 – PLENARY

Educating for the 21st Century: Help Design the New Baccalaureate Requirements at SF State

Presenters: Susan B. Shimanoff and other members of the Graduation Requirements Task Force

609

+607, 610, 612, 613, 618, & 619

III – 1

Implementing the Undergraduate Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) at SF State

Presenters: Mary Soliday and members of the Committee on Written English Proficiency (CWEP)

609

III – 2

For Front Office and Other Staff: Strategies for Dealing with Difficult and Disruptive Student Behaviors

Presenters: Pat Davis, Taghi Amjadi

607

III – 3

Making Cultural Connections In Public School: Supporting Middle Eastern and Islamic Students through Curriculum Development

Presenters: Josephine Arce, Santhi Kavuri-Bauer, Hafez Modirzadeh, Lucia Volk

558

III - 4

May I have your Attention: Engaging Students in the Classroom

Presenters: Erik Rosegard

673

III - 5

Access Resource Overview Workshop

Presenters: Julianne Tolson, Wendy Johnson, Jeannie Cheng, Kevin Kelly, Christopher Read, Ya Wang, Geoff Brown, Shawn Whalen

612/613

III – 6

The Changing SF State Student Population

Presenters: Linda Buckley, Jo Volkert

619

III – 7

SF State in Motion: Innovations in Transportation for the 21st Century

Presenters: Jason Porth, Wendy Bloom

668

III – 8

Innovative Approaches to Community Engagement at ICCE

Presenters: Gerald Eisman, Piper McGinley, Perla Barrientos, Marc Krizack, Gail Weinstein

667

III – 9

The Creative Campus

Presenters: Kurt Daw, Carma Zisman

674

III – 10

"Breaking Barriers": An SF State film Showing Non-Traditional Students on Study Abroad - With "Before", "During" and "After" Perspectives

Presenters: My Yarabinec, Maria Flores

556

III - 11

Poverty and Sustainability: Social Justice in the Business Curriculum

Presenters: Gerardo Ungson, Bruce Paton

610

III – 12

Finding Research Collaboration Opportunities in a Time of Climate Change

Presenters: Toby Garfield, Krista Kamer

618

III – 13

Universal Design @ SFSU

Presenters: Ricardo Gomes, Phil Evans

557

III – 14

Engaging in Praxis: Integrating Teaching, Research, and Service in Global Social Work

Presenters: Jocelyn Clare R. Hermoso, Candy Madrigal

608

IV – 1

Budget Advocacy Strategies

Presenters: Derek Aitken, Ramon Castellblanch, Russell Kilday-Hicks, Lisbet Sunshine, Shawn Whalen

609

IV – 2

Surviving and Thriving the Daily Challenges: Strategies for Academic Program Office Managers

Presenters: Caroline Alcantara, Kathleen Baker, Miriam Knof, and Cray Tubbe

608

IV – 3

How to Manage Student Concerns: The Informal Grievance Process

Presenters: Gene Chelberg, Evelyn Hooker, Bridget McCracken

607

IV – 4

Integrating Critical and Ethical Thinking Into the Curriculum

Presenters: Meg Gorzycki, John Blando

668

IV – 5

Reality Check: Is SF State Ready for Accessibility in the Classroom?

Presenters: Laurie L. Meschke, Geoff Brown

610

IV – 6

Faculty Roundtable Discussion: Access and Equity - Assessing the Campus Climate for LGBT students and how to best meet the needs of LGBT students at SF State

Presenters: Mary Cavagnaro, Michael Ritter, Shannon Ulrike, Rick Nizzardini. Bita Shooshani, Andreana Clay, Sarah Bauer

618

IV – 7

Designing Writing Assignments: the View from Student Perception Research

Presenters: Mary Soliday and members of the Committee on Written English Proficiency (CWEP)

619

IV – 8

Navigating the Digital Landscape with SF State's Net Generation

Presenters: Lisa Ho, Mig Hofmann

667

IV – 9

Improving Students' Library Research Skills

Presenters: Kendra Van Cleave, Athena Nazario

558

IV – 10

Metro Health Academies: Where Academic Success Meets Social Change!

Presenter(s): Mary Beth Love

557

IV – 11

Infusing Sustainability Across the SF State Curriculum

Presenters: Carlos Davidson, Connie Ulasewicz, Ricardo Gomes, Murray Silverman, Heidi Dunkelgod

612/613

IV – 12

Sneak Preview: Interdisciplinary Research Clusters and How They Can Be Formed at SF State

Presenters: Jaylan S. Turkkan

673

IV – 13

The past and future of SF State and Ethnic Studies through the lens of the values of the 1968 Strike

Presenters: Roger Alvarado, Jason Ferreira, Dan Gonzales and Ken Monteiro

556

IV – 14

Combining Research and Service: Examining Business Research on Consumer Welfare

Presenters: Humaira Mahi

674

Resource Room

Resource room: Participants and topics include Human Resources, DPRC, CTFD, Registrar’s Office, Academic Honors and Fellowships, One Laptop per Child

664-665

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