WACUBO 2008 Annual Meeting - The Program

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Mark your calendar for May 4th through the 7th and be ready to open your minds for “Connecting Campus Cultures” at WACUBO’s 70th Annual Meeting.  This year’s meeting will be held in Phoenix, Arizona on the Gila River Reservation at the beautiful and enchanting Wild Horse Pass Resort. 

The Program Committee has put together a unique, educational, inspirational, and thought provoking program, featuring keynote presentations by the first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation and powerful Native American Leader, Wilma Mankiller; noted psychiatrist, educator, author and healer Dr. Carl Hammerschlag; inspirational speaker Greg Bell; and leadership expert Laree Kiely.  In addition there will be General Session addresses from Dr. Michael M. Crow, President of Arizona State University and Dr. David McClain, University of Hawaii System President. Biographies of each speaker and a synopsis of their presentations are listed below

Complementing the Keynote and General Session speakers will be sixteen concurrent sessions, including the always popular “Tales from the Front” presented by our own WACUBO members.  Concurrent sessions will include topic of Sustainability, Responding to Campus Violence, Emotional Intelligence, Immigration Issues, Customer Service, Accounting and Auditing Standards, Leadership, Ethics, Legal Issues, and IT Security and Disaster Recovery. 

If you need to pay by check, please download this registration form (pdf) For credit card registrations please click on the registration tab, above.

If you need to cancel an existing registration, please click here to read our refund policy and then contact
Patricia Oliver
poliver@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-7430

Dennis Klaus, Program Committee Chair
Vice President, Business Services
Salt Lake Community College
PO Box 30808
4600 South Redwood Road
Salt Lake City, UT 84130
Phone: (801) 957-4250
Dennis.Klaus@slcc.edu

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Transportation from Airport to Hotel

We have arranged discounted transportation through SuperShuttle. Reservation and contact information as follows.

SuperShuttle
WACUBO
Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort
RECEIVE $2 OFF ROUNDTRIP IF YOU BOOK ONLINE!!

To book online go to: www.supershuttle.com and enter your discount code: URR8Y

Arrival SuperShuttle Shared-Ride Van Service

1. Claim your luggage.
2. Proceed outside Baggage Claim at each terminal to sign marked “ Shared Ride VAN SERVICE.”
3. Guest Service Representative will arrange SuperShuttle service to your destination. Identify yourself to the SuperShuttle agent / Driver with your reservation confirmation number.

Departure SuperShuttle Shared-Ride Van Service

Please be ready at your hotel designated shuttle/taxi pick up location. Please ask the front desk if you do not know.
SuperShuttle will arrive within the 15 minutes of the pick up time selected when booked online.
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Keynote and General Session Speakers:
Wilma Mankiller: Wilma Mankiller served for two years as the first female elected deputy chief and for ten years as first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.  Her areas of expertise include governance, community development and the conceptualization and development of an extensive array of projects ranging from basic infrastructure and enterprises to health clinics and programs for children and youth.
She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Freedom Forum and the Board of Directors of the Newseum, a $400 million museum of the news in Washington, D.C.  She also serves as an external diversity advisor to Merrill Lynch. 
Wilma was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, the International Women’s Hall of Fame, the Minority Business Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame, and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.  She has l8 honorary doctorates from universities, including Yale, Dartmouth and Smith Colleges.
 She was a Chubb Fellow at Yale and a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth.  She served as the Morse Chair Professor of Law and Politics at the University of Oregon in the fall of 2005.  She has presented more than l00 lectures at universities and published more than a dozen papers in journals and newspapers. She is one of a handful of Native American recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
She co-edited “A Reader’s Companion to the History of Women in the U.S., Houghton-Mifflin, co-authored, Mankiller:  A Chief and Her People, St. Martin’s Press, and her newest book, Every Day is a Good Day”  was published by Fulcrum Press in the fall of 2004. 

Presentation Title: “What does it mean to be an indigenous person in the 21st Century”

Synopsis: There is enormous diversity among indigenous people across the globe and in the United States.  Each group has its own distinct system of governance, history, culture, and life ways.  Yet many share common values such as a sense of interdependence with each other and with the land and an understanding that their lives play themselves out in a set of reciprocal relationships.  Many indigenous people believe it is the values that have sustained them thus far and it is the values that will sustain them well into the future.
Indigenous people face an enormous set of challenges in the 21st century, including all the issues associated with poverty, including attaining educational equity.  Within the last three decades, the tribal college movement has dramatically changed the educational landscape of tribal people in the U.S. and more and more tribes are assuming control of the education of their own people.

Dr. Michael M. Crow: Michael Crow became the sixteenth president of Arizona State University on July 1, 2002.  He is guiding the transformation of ASU into one of the nation’s leading public metropolitan research universities.  Under his direction the university pursues teaching, research, and creative excellence focused on the major challenges and questions of our time, as well as those central to the building of a sustainable environment and economy for Arizona.  He has committed the university to global engagement and to setting a new standard for public service.  During his tenure ASU has marked a number of important milestones, including the establishment of major interdisciplinary research initiatives such as the Biodesign Institute, the Global Institute of Sustainability, and the Flexible Display Center; an unprecedented research infrastructure expansion, adding more than one million square feet of new research space; a dramatic increase in federal research awards; and the announcement of the four largest gifts in the history of the university.  Prior to joining ASU, he was executive vice provost of Columbia University, where he oversaw Columbia’s research enterprise and technology transfer operations.  A fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, he is the author of books and articles relating to the analysis of research organizations and science and technology policy.

Presentation Title: "The New American University: A Concept to Advance Colleges and Universities, Both Public and Private, Nationwide"

 Synopsis: Arizona State University is leading an effort both to reconceptualize the nation's youngest major research university and to establish a new paradigm for public higher education through the creation of a prototype solution-focused institution that combines the highest levels of academic excellence, inclusiveness to a broad demographic, and maximum societal impact.  Predicated on excellence, access, and impact, the "New American University" now emerging is a comprehensive knowledge enterprise committed to discovery, creativity, and innovation.  The model has relevance for colleges and universities, both public and private, nationwide.

Dr. David McClain: David McClain was appointed president of the 10-campus UH System in March 2006; he has served as the system’s chief executive officer since June 2004.
McClain previously served as vice president for academic affairs for the system from 2003 to 2004 and as dean of the UH Manoa College of Business and First Hawaiian Bank Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Management from 2000 to 2003. He first joined the Manoa campus in 1991 as the Henry A. Walker Jr. Distinguished Professor of Business Enterprise and professor of financial economics and institutions.
After receiving a BA in economics and mathematics from the University of Kansas, McClain joined the U.S. Army, completing his service as a first lieutenant in Vietnam. He earned a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a tenured faculty member and department chair at Boston University and founding director of its Management Development Program–Japan. He has taught at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and at Universidad Gabriela Mistral in Santiago, Chile, and has been a visiting scholar at Keio and Meiji Universities in Japan. He also served as senior staff economist on the Council of Economic Advisors to President Jimmy Carter and as head of global economic information services for Data Resources, Inc.
McClain has headed the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Management Network and is on the board of advisors for Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan. He is a director of ML Resources, the managing partner of ML Macadamia Orchards, and First Insurance Company of Hawai‘i, a joint venture of CNA and Tokio Marine Nichido. He is the author of Apocalypse on Wall Street (Dow-Jones/Irwin) and hundreds of scholarly articles and columns on economic issues. He is married to Wendie McClain; they have three children and two granddaughters.

Presentation Title: "Connecting Campus Cultures: The Leadership Imperative" 

Synopsis: Developing a high performing university requires vision and execution.
Both must be responsive to the numerous cultures that interact on a
Campus: scholars and gardeners; athletes and nerds; undergraduate and graduate students; scientists, artists, humanists, and professionals; the rainbow of ethnic and gender identity groups; professional and amateur politicians and the apathetic or apolitical; the young and the old; alumni, current students and prospective students, and more.
What are the leadership essentials for engaging campus constituencies and catalyzing their energies in pursuit of the university’s vision?
This question no doubt has many answers; this presentation offers the experience and insights of the leader of the public higher education system, and former dean of its business school, in a state with a rich multicultural tradition, and a unique place in the world’s geography and history.

Dr. Carl Hammerschlag: Dr. Carl Hammerschlag is a distinguished, Yale-trained psychiatrist, healer, best-selling author, columnist and faculty member at the University of Arizona Medical School.  He is one of the early pioneer leaders in mind-body-spirit medicine (or psychoneuroimmunology) and an expert in integrating its practical applications. 
He worked for over 20-years with Native American communities, most as Chief of Psychiatry at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center.  He has authored three critically acclaimed books, in which he describes his journey from doctor to healer.  Most recently, Dr. Hammerschlag’s life was portrayed in the hit TV series, Northern Exposure, through the character of Dr. Fleischman.
In 1998, the Caring Institute selected Dr. H, from more than a quarter million nominations, as “one of the 10 most caring adults in America.”
These are challenging times: access to healthcare; globalization and its impact on national economies; an ‘Age of Terror’ where no place on earth is immune from its violence. He is an expert on how people and organizations thrive in rapidly changing times who understands the importance of sustaining connections and building community.

Presentation Title: "Taking Care of Spirit While Taking Care of Business"

Synopsis:These are rapidly changing times in higher education; from demographics, to curriculum, financing, government regulations and an unbelievably burgeoning technology, we are deluged by requirements and numbers. The demands of our multi-tasking, technological world so emphasize the accounting stuff, that we sometimes lose sight of the soul of higher education; meeting people face to face, getting to know them, and helping them find ways to succeed. This is the stuff that makes us come to work with joy, and we need to nurture it.

Greg Bell: Greg Bell helps individuals and organizations thrive by improving their relationships and communication (and making them laugh in the process). With his lively spirit and humor, he is an inspirational resource for motivational speaking and practical hands-on training. Greg has developed a series of customized programs that give people the skills they need to succeed in today’s diverse and change-driven world. The programs and tools he provides have been utilized by companies, organizations, and conferences of all sizes and disciplines. Greg’s own skills come from 20 years’ experience in business, law and athletics. He earned a bachelor’s and law degree at the University of Oregon, where he competed in college basketball and was consistently named Inspirational Player of the Year. For the National Association of Basketball Coaches, he helped launch the Coaches vs. Cancer campaign, an ongoing program that has raised millions of dollars for cancer research. Simply put, Greg knows how to build relationships and motivate people.

Presentation Title: "Effective Communication in a Diverse Environment"

 Synopsis: How do you put people first and respect cultural differences while still focusing on the bottom line? How do you take a group of people with no common culture and turn them into a functioning team?
This session includes in-depth coverage of the GregBell Curve®, a patented research-based four-stage model for creating effective relationships and a more inclusive culture.  Universally applicable, straightforward and practical, the GregBell Curve® assists participants in their approach to personal and organizational communication, relationships and inclusion.  The presentation is engaging and provides a principled way of working that preserves everyone’s integrity.

Dr. Laree Kiely: Dr. Laree Kiely, President of The Kiely Group--Organizational Effectiveness Consultants--also served for 15 years as Professor on the faculty of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, where she taught in the graduate programs, Executive MBA, executive education, and facilitator and trainer programs.  She has 25 years' experience consulting, facilitating, and teaching organizational behavior in the US, Canada, Australia, the Czech Republic, and the People’s Republic of China. 
The Kiely Group has helped such clients as Daimler-Chrysler, The Center for Telecommunications Management, NBC, Paramount, The National Sports Management Institute, Toyota, IBM, Xerox, Arco, Allergan, Siemens, Southern Cal Edison, Sun Microsystems, TRW, Hughes, Raytheon, BW/IP, Email (Australia), Martin-Marietta, Honeywell, The Singer Company, Kraft Foods, Kaiser-Permanente, Bell Canada, various police and fire departments, city bureaus, hospitals and health care organizations, The American Bar Association, The Young Lawyers Association, The Asian Business Association and the National Latino Coalition.  
Prior to joining the faculty at USC, Dr. Kiely directed Technology Services at First Interstate Bank.  She received Her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Colorado and her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California.   
Dr. Kiely is the recipient of several teaching awards including the USC Marshall School of Business “Golden Apple” Award for Teaching Excellence and the “Teacher of the Year” Award from the USC Food Industry Management Program.  Her Distance Learning Course called “Leading the Global Workforce” was awarded the Best Distance Learning Program by the International Distance Learning Association.  She has also been awarded the “Most Significant Contribution by an Individual to Distance Learning” award; the overall “Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching”; and her course on “Negotiation:  Plays, Ploys, and Pitfalls” was granted the Best Distance Learning Program for Corporate Development.  In 2000, the International Society for Performance Improvement presented Dr. Kiely with the “Best Instructional Product or Intervention” award. 
 
Presentation Title: "Building and Sustaining Campus Relationships"

 Synopsis: In the world of a campus environment…establishing relationships can be difficult…sustaining them can prove to be even more difficult.  The good news is: knowing the subtle influences that drive people can be learned, practiced and applied to any campus culture without eating up a lot of time. The purpose of this session is to give you the necessary tools and skills to move people and ideas, to lead through influence.  Join us for a highly applied, interactive, practical session that will help you build and sustain relationships while making a positive, observable difference.

Concurrent Sessions:

Complementing the above Keynote and General Session speakers will be sixteen concurrent sessions, including the always popular “Tales from the Front” presented by our own WACUBO members.  Concurrent sessions will include topics of Sustainability, Responding to Campus Violence, Emotional Intelligence, Immigration Issues, Customer Service, Accounting and Auditing Standards, Leadership, Ethics, Legal Issues, and IT Security and Disaster Recovery.