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Track 1

Keynote Address
Dr. Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH
President and Founder, Arts & Healing
Spon...
Jeremy Nobel (President and Founder of Art and Healing)Jeremy Nobel
120 min

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Developing Digital Literacy with AI Writing Tools at the Student Learning Center
Lead Coordinator of the Otis Student Learning Center (SLC), Timea Sipos, will sh...
Timea Sipos (Lead Coordinator,  Student Learning Center at Otis College of Art and Design)Timea Sipos
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Keynote Address

Wednesday Jun. 14 - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (120 min)

Dr. Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH
President and Founder, Arts & Healing
Sponsored by Pharmedix & Pryamed

Dr. Nobel is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine. He currently serves on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. Jeremy is also a poet, an author, a photographer, and a teacher—a practitioner of both the humanities and sciences.

Wednesday Jun. 14 - 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM (30 min)

Developing Digital Literacy with AI Writing Tools at the Student Learning Center

Wednesday Jun. 14 - 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (60 min)

Lead Coordinator of the Otis Student Learning Center (SLC), Timea Sipos, will share her research on current AI writing tools (from basic programs like citation generators and Grammarly to more complex software like ChatGPT, Sudowrite, and Quillbot) and propose ways the SLC can help students integrate these technologies into their lives in ways that preserve human creativity and originality.

Track 2

Black Creatives Institute: Designing a Program for Black Student Success
This session will provide an overview of the programmatic structure of Otis Coll...
Nicholas Negrete (Associate VP, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Otis College of Art and Design)Nicholas Negrete
Cole James (Assistant Professor, Foundation Department at Otis College of Art and Design)Cole James
60 min

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Black Creatives Institute: Designing a Program for Black Student Success

Wednesday Jun. 14 - 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (60 min)

This session will provide an overview of the programmatic structure of Otis College’s Black Creatives Institute. Presenters will discuss creating student centered workshops, along with program assessment outcomes. Finally, presenters will reflect on successes as well as areas for growth.

Track 3

The University at Play
This workshop will explore the benefits of play therapy interventions for studen...
Preya John (BIPOC Clinical Fellow, Counseling Center at University of the Arts)Preya John
Miranda Wang (Assistant Director at University of the Arts Counseling Center)Miranda Wang
Beth Couture (Director of the Counseling Center at University of the Arts)Beth Couture
60 min

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The University at Play

Wednesday Jun. 14 - 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (60 min)

This workshop will explore the benefits of play therapy interventions for student artists and explore the UArts Counseling Center’s work in this area and plans for incorporating more play into our engagement with our students. The audience will have an opportunity to experience play therapy interventions and share their responses.

Track 4

Using A Career Planning Checklist and Career Services Council to Guide Students
Career Services can bridge the gap between Student Affairs and Academic Affairs....
Sylvia Bier (Employer Relations/Internship Specialist at Otis College of Art and Design)Sylvia Bier
Talon Billow (Student Employment and Department Coordinator at Otis College of Art and Design)Talon Billow
Julia Bingham (Executive Director, Career Services at Otis College of Art and Design)Julia Bingham
Valerie Diaz (Assistant Director of Career Education at Otis College of Art and Design)Valerie Diaz
Brenda Routa (Student Employment HR and Payroll Assistant at Otis College of Art and Design)Brenda Routa
60 min

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Using A Career Planning Checklist and Career Services Council to Guide Students

Wednesday Jun. 14 - 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (60 min)

Career Services can bridge the gap between Student Affairs and Academic Affairs. Learn how Otis College of Art and Design provides structure and collaboration in guiding students toward career development over the course of their program with a Career Planning Checklist and Career Services Council.

Track 5

Strategic Planning for Students Centric Education
Starting in the spring of 2022, CCS began the process for building our next stra...
DLDan Long
60 min

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Strategic Planning for Students Centric Education

Wednesday Jun. 14 - 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (60 min)

Starting in the spring of 2022, CCS began the process for building our next strategic plan. Through an open and collaborative process, CCS arrived at a strategic direction focused on student or learning centered education. Concepts of agility, innovation, and transparency are core to the plan and its success.

Track 6

How Extension Re-Defines the Higher Education Model: Creating Access and New Pathways to the Creative Economy
In this panel, members of Otis College of Art and Design’s Extension Depar...
60 min

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How Extension Re-Defines the Higher Education Model: Creating Access and New Pathways to the Creative Economy

Wednesday Jun. 14 - 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (60 min)

In this panel, members of Otis College of Art and Design’s Extension Department will present on the way Extension programming strategically re-defines the higher educational model effectively working to support college-wide DEI initiatives and broaden access to the creative economy. The presentation will begin with individual presentations by program panelists, followed by a moderated discussion between panelists, and will conclude with Q&A.

Steph Smith (she/her/they/them), Program Manager
Terry Nauheim (she/her), Assistant Dean of Extension
Inez S. Bush, Assistant Dean of Extension
Nia Mayes, Program Coordinator
Otis College of Art and Design
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