Conference Programs

2024 Spring Student Mini Conference Programs

 

Time Session Location
11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Registration

 Lobby of 113 West
12 p.m. to 12:10 p.m. Welcome

 Room 143

Block Session 1:
12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

 Meet Your Student Support & Outreach Team Room 137
  Careers in the Human Services and Substance Use Field

 Room 145
  Can They Say That!?: How the
First Amendment Works on a
Public Campus and Understanding your Rights in Responding to Offensive Speech

 Room 142
  Supporting Neurodivergent Students on Entering the Workforce and Starting their Career

 Room 146
Block Session 2:
1:10 p.m. to 1:55 p.m.		 A Holistic Approach to Career Development

 Room 137
  Raising Generation Beta: Our Future Leaders

 Room 145
  Navigating Your Next Steps: An Overview of CapNY Opportunities with the Albany Center for Economic Growth

 Room 142
2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Lunch 

 Room 143
2:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Alumni Panel Q&A Session

 Room 143

Block Session 3:
3:40 p.m. to 4:25 p.m.
Balancing Emotions		 Room 137
  What is Culture?

 Room 145
  Power & Strategy: Effective Advocacy and Creating Lasting Change

 Room 142
  Leadership Strategies: Moving into the Next Generation of Emergency Services Management

 Room 146
Block Session 4:
4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.		 Career and Professional Development: New in SUNY Empire Career Services

 Room 142
  What's in a Name? Does a Name Make a Difference?

 Room 145
  Effective Meeting Management

 Room 137
  Chart Your Course with a Personal Vision & Strategy Room 146
5:20 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. End Remarks Room 143

 

TIME

EVENT/SESSION

LOCATION

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Registration

M117

10:00 to 10:10 a.m.

Welcome

Room 2027/2028

10:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Concurrent Session 1:

 

 

Meet Your Student Success Coordinators (Presenter: The Student Success Coordinators)

Room 2023

 

Small Talk as a Superpower (Presenter: Mariana Ortega)

Room 2024

 

The Benefits of Social Work (Presenter: Aretha Boomer)

Room 2029

11:10 a.m. to 11:55 a.m.

Concurrent Session 2:

 

 

How to Create a Career Portfolio (Presenter: April Simmons)

Room 2023

 

Leading with Love
(Presenter: Christina Waszak)

Room 2024

 

Transferable Skills: Identifying and Using this Secret Weapon to Career Success
(Presenter: Shah Powell Scott)

Room 2029

 

Psychological Safety and Mental Health: Building a Thriving Workplace Culture (Presenter: Menzel Smith-Jones)

Room 2030

12:00 p.m. to 12:35 p.m.

Lunch & Bluebird Awards

Room M117 (student lounge)

12:35 p.m. to 1:35 p.m.

Alumni Panel Q&A Session Panelists:
Nichol King ’17;
Cecile McIntosh-Carless ’22,’24; Jawana Richardson ’16,’18,’21

Room 2027/2028

1:40 p.m. to 2:25 p.m.

Concurrent Session 3:

 

 

Welcome to your Student Government Association (Presenters: Gabrielle Lerner & Tara Moseder)

Room 2023

 

Resilience in Transition: Navigating Career Shifts with Purpose and Perseverance (Presenter: Berdine Japsi)

Room 2024

 

Human-Centered Leadership for 21st Century Leaders
(Presenter: Mariana Ortega)

Room 2029

2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Concurrent Session 4:

 
 

Toolbox to Become a Teaching Artist in New York City
(Presenter: Carmen Caceres)

Room 2023

 

RE-MAKING PUBLIC SPACE: A brief focus on current Latinx Contemporary Public Art in NYC (Presenter: Patricia Cazorla)

Room 2024

 

Career and Professional Development: New in SUNY Empire Career Services (Presenter: Anita DeCianni-Brown)

Room 2029

3:20 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

End Remarks

Room 2027/2028

Unfortunately, our Rochester Mini Conference has been canceled. Keep your eye out for information about our Fall Student Conference, happening November 1 and 2, 2024 in Albany, NY! 

Unfortunately, our Selden Mini Conference has been canceled. Keep your eye out for information about our Fall Student Conference, happening November 1 and 2, 2024 in Albany, NY! 

Contact Us

Email questions to:
studentlife@sunyempire.edu