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2003 National Conference on Graduate Student Leadership



Schedule

Friday,
October 10

Westin Hotel, Downtown St. Louis
4:30 - 6:00 pm
Conference Registration - Main Lobby
Hospitality Room - Spruce Room, 3rd Floor
6:00
Facilitator Meeting - Landmark Room
Response Moderator Meeting - Century Room
6:30
Opening Reception - Cupples Foyer
7:00
Dinner - Cupples Ballroom, B & C
8:00
• Welcome: Dean Robert E. Thach, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, Conference Convener

• Speaker: Dr. Robert Weisbuch, President, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Responsive Ph.D. Initiative
8:30
Time for panel groups to meet
• Landmark Room - Social Responsibility & Diversity
• Century Room - Career and Professional Development &
Mentoring and Interdisciplinary Training
• Spruce Room - Graduate Student Community/Student Life & Governance/Graduate Student Representation


Saturday,
October 11

Washington University in St. Louis, Whitaker Auditorium
7:45 am
Shuttle leaves Westin Hotel Lobby
8:30
Breakfast Buffet - Whitaker Lobby
8:50
Conference Convener: Dean Robert E. Thach
9:00 am - 12 noon
MORNING PANEL SESSIONS:
9:00 - 9:50
Panel 1: Social Responsibility
10:00 - 10:50
Panel 2: Diversity
11:00 - 11:50
Panel 3: Career and Professional Development
Noon - 1:45 pm
Lunch - Charles Knight Center
• Speaker: Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, Washington University in St. Louis
2:00 - 5:15
AFTERNOON PANEL SESSIONS:
2:00 - 2:50
Panel 4: Mentoring and Interdisciplinary Training
3:00 - 3:50
Panel 5: Graduate Student Community and Student Life
4:00 - 4:50
Panel 6: Governance/Graduate Student Representation
4:50 - 5:15
Saturday Closing: Dean Robert E. Thach
5:30 - 6:30
Reception for Delegates & the W.U. Graduate Community - Whitaker Lobby
Evening
Dinner for Delegates and Deans - Whittemore House
Tables will be organized by panel topics; delegates are asked to select a topic different from their assigned panel to continue discussions with Response Moderators. Deans will be seated at their own tables to continue discussion.
8:45
Shuttle from Whittemore House back to Westin Hotel
9:00 - midnight
Hospitality Room - Spruce Room, 3rd Floor


Sunday,
October 12

Westin Hotel, Downtown St. Louis
8:00 - 9:00 am
Breakfast Meeting for Deans - Landmark Room
8:45
Breakfast Buffet - Cupples Foyer
9:15
Plenary Discussion

Response Moderator summaries of Saturday Dinner discussions
10:00 - 10:45
Brainstorm/Next Steps: What are the variety of ways graduate students can take this information back to their own campuses and to broader audiences?
10:30 - 10:50
Closing Comments/Wrap-up: Dean Robert E. Thach
11:00
Adjournment