2020 Joint Provost/Senate Retreat – Feb 7-8, 2020
Venue: Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Downtown, LA
This retreat will focus on student well-being and culture change. The sessions on Friday will focus on how we can develop a comprehensive approach to promoting student well-being, including rethinking our pedagogy and strategies to reduce student stress. On Saturday, we will focus on how USC can effectively implement culture change on a practical level, to embed our desired culture in everything that we do.
Friday, February 7, 2020
Welcome & Introductions
2:00 PM: Check-in and Registration (Catalina Foyer)
3:00 PM: Welcome by Academic Senate President Rebecca Lonergan (Avalon)
3:05 PM – 3:20 PM Opening Remarks by Provost Chip Zukoski
Session 1: Student Wellbeing: A Comprehensive Approach to “De-Stressing” Our Students (Avalon)
3:20 PM – 3:35 PM: Introduction by Aniko Imre, Professor of Cinematic Arts (Avalon)
3:35 PM – 4:00 PM: Presentation re: Trauma-Informed Pedagogy (Avalon)
Brenda K. Ingram, Director RSVP, Clinical Assistant Professor, Keck Department of Psychiatry
4:05 PM – 5:00 PM: Student Panel presentations & discussion: (Avalon)
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- Trenton Stone, USG President
- Mahin Tahsin, USG Vice President
- Randi Anderson, USG Senator
- Ben Rosenthal, USG Senator
- Sam Cwalina, GSG President
- Alexis McDonald, GSG Director of Social Programming
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5:00 PM – 5:30 PM: Open Discussion with students & Professor Ingram (Avalon)
Moderated by Professor Imre
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Update and Q&A with President Carol Folt (Avalon)
6:00 PM: Cocktails (Catalina Foyer)
7:00 PM: Dinner (Emerald Bay)
Saturday, February 8, 2020
8:30 AM: Continental Breakfast (Emerald Bay)
Session 2: Working Together Toward Culture Change (Avalon)
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM: Introduction by Paul Adler, Co-Chair Culture Working Group (Avalon)
9:05 AM – 9:25 AM: Remarks by Provost Chip Zukoski (Avalon)
9:25 AM – 10:15 AM: Presentation re: Key Themes from the Culture Survey (Avalon)
Stacy Giwa, Co-Chair Culture Working Group
Nick Foster, 1-degree Inc, Executive Consultant
10:15 AM – 10:25 AM: Break (room changes)
10:25 AM – 11:00 AM: Four breakout groups to discuss, through a faculty lens,how we can apply the desired cultural values and develop practical recommendations for changes
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- Group A: Accountability – facilitator Nick Foster (Santa Monica A)
- Group B: Transparency – facilitator Sabrina Pasztor (Santa Monica B)
- Group C: Collaboration – facilitator Stacy Giwa (Santa Monica C)
- Group D: Diversity – facilitator Mark Venner (Santa Monica D)
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11:00 AM – 11:10 AM: Break
11:10 AM – 12:00 PM: Report back by group facilitators & discussion using PollEverywhere – moderated by Paul Adler (Avalon)
12:00 PM – 12:10 PM: Closing Remarks by Senate President Rebecca Lonergan (Avalon)
12:15 PM: Lunch (Emerald Bay) and Departure
Questions? Contact Connie Roque at croque@usc.edu.