Senate Retreat – 2016

USC Academic Senate: Fall Planning Retreat – August 16, 2016
Founder’s Room, Galen Center

(where possible, we have links to the presentations below)

Introduction and Overview

• 8:00 – 8:30 Check-in and Continental Breakfast
• 8:30 – 8:45 Welcome: Paula Cannon, Academic Senate  President
• 8:45 – 9:00 President L. Max Nikias
• 9:00 – 9:30 Senate report on last year’s activities, plans for this   year

TOPIC: Building Interdisciplinary Communities at  USC

• 9:30 – 11:00
  • Paul Rosenbloom, Viterbi/ICT Technical Communities – Computing
  • Scott Fraser, Dornsife/Keck/Viterbi Technical Communities – Biosciences
  • Brian Redline, Social Work/Keck Wicked Problems –  Homelessness
  • Antonio Bento, Price Wicked Problems –  Sustainability
  • Moderator:   Rebecca Lonergan, Gould
• 11:00 – 11:15
  • Break
• 11:15 – 11:45
  • Breakout groups and  questions
  • What other areas of opportunity are there at USC for interdisciplinary communities? What would be needed to make them   happen?
•  11:45 – 12:15
  • Reporting back
• 12:15 – 1:00
  • Lunch

TOPIC: Campus Safety – Roles and Responsibilities of   Faculty

• 1:00 – 2:15 Panel 1: Faculty Roles in  Emergencies
  • Mike Lee, Viterbi Lessons from Nice terror attack
  • Mark Littlestone, UCLA PD Lessons from UCLA shooter
  • Chief John Thomas, DPS USC experiences
  • Moderator:   Ruben Davila, Marshall
• 2:15 – 2:30
  • Break
• 2:30 – 3:45 Panel 2: Faculty Responsibilities in Crisis   Prevention
  • Ilene Rosenstein, Director of Counseling and Psychological Services
  • Lynette Merriman, Assistant Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Support and Advocacy
  • Gretchen Dahlinger Means, Executive Director, Equity and Diversity, and Title IX Coordinator
  • Moderator: Yaniv Bar-Cohen,  Keck/CHLA

Wrap Up & Next Steps

• 3:45 – 4:00 Wrap up and next  steps – Paula Cannon