THURSDAY, 27th October

In-person participant arrivals throughout the day.

16:00 | Tour of the campus for early arrivals with Andrew Schlatter, AIA, Vice President for Facilities Management and Planning, Bennington College. Meet at the Center the Advancement of Public Action

(campus map here)

17:30 | Welcome reception at Center the Advancement of Public Action

You can access a campus map here.
Dinner at local restaurants hosted by Bennington administrators/faculty (attendees pay
for themselves)

FRIDAY, 28th October

08:00 – 09:00 | Continental breakfast in the Dining Hall in Commons, enter off the mainroad entrance. Opens at 8am. Tell the desk you are with the CIEL conference. 

09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome – Laura Walker, President, Bennington College

09:15 – 10:30 | Session 1: Innovative Education: Past, Present and Future

Link for remote participants here: Join via Zoom

Susan Sgorbati, Bennington College
Jeff Warren, Quest University
Ryan Derby-Talbot, Deep Springs College
Chair: Julia Cherry, New College – U. of Alabama

10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee break in CAPA

10:45 – 12:00 | Session 2: New Areas and Explorations

Link for remote participants here: Join via Zoom

Jose B. Alvarez, John Cabot University
Roger Adkins, Earlham College

Steffi Hobuss, Leuphana University (remote)
Chair: Kebokile Dengu-Zvobgo, Pitzer College

12:00 – 13:15 | Lunch in the dining hall

13:30 – 14:45 | Session 3b: Supporting Skills Building among First Gen and Low-Income

Students (Dickinson 117) – Join via Zoom

Kathleen Kelley, New College – U. of Alabama
Students from Leuphana University
Malvika Dang, Bennington College
Chair: Thomas Leddy-Cecere, Bennington College

Session 3a: Putting it all together: Innovative Student Work (Symposium)

Link for remote participants here: Join via Zoom

Barbara Alfano, Bennington College
Ellie Hill, Bennington College
Bill Hamilton, Neumann College
Erica O’Mahony, Neumann College, (remote)
Chris LeCluyse, Westminster College, (remote)
Chair: Lance Newman, Westminster College

14:45 – 15:15 | Coffee break in CAPA

15:30 – 16:45 | Session 4a: Supporting Student Mental Health and Wellbeing
(Symposium) Link for remote participants here: Join via Zoom

Kat Daley, Bennington College
Ali Tartaglia, Bennington College
Christian Gilde, The University of Montana, (remote)
Other speakers TBA
Chair, Sarah Harris, Bennington College

Session 4b: Centering Student Learning

(Dickinson 117) – Join via Zoom

Andrew McIntyre, Bennington College
Kathryn Montovan, Bennington College
Deep Singh, New College – U. of Alabama
Chair: Zeke Bernstein, Bennington College

16:45 | Break

17:00 – 17:30 | Class visit to Richard MacPike’s Patternmaking and Garment Construction (optional)

18:30 | Dinner in the CAPA Lounge, welcome by Maurice Hall, Provost,

Bennington College

20:00 | A Happening at Hill House: Jennings Halloween Music and Interdisciplinary event
(optional – information here)

SATURDAY, 29th October

08:00 – 09:00 | Breakfast in the Dining Hall

09:00 – 10:15 | Session 1: Strategic Planning
Link for remote participants here: Join via Zoom

Caskey Russell, Fairhaven College, WWU
Julia Cherry, New College – U. of Alabama
Chair: Maurice Hall, Bennington College

10:15 – 10:30 | Break

10:30 – 11:45 | Session 2: Communicating the Value of Innovative Institutions

Link for remote participants here: Join via Zoom

David Scobey, Bringing Theory to Practice
Tony Cabasco, Bennington College
Chair: Ryan Derby-Talbot, Deep Springs College

12:00 – 13:15 | Session 3: CIEL Business Meeting

Link for remote participants here: Join via Zoom

Working Lunch in CAPA

Departures after lunch

Afternoon Session for those contributing to the CIEL edited volume on
Innovation in Higher Education.