Council for Opportunity in Education


28th Annual Conference

College Opportunity: A National Investment | September 9-12, 2009 | Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, TX

 

Backpack Power Project Success!!

 

On September 11, 2009, President Obama declared the day as a National Day of Service. The TRIO community was one step ahead. They wanted every child at San Antonio’s Roosevelt Elementary School to begin the new school year with a backpack filled with school supplies.

The Council for Opportunity in Education, with its partner Communities in Schools, challenged the TRIO community with the goal of donating 600 backpacks with school supplies. The TRIO Community was not only up for the challenge but exceeded the goal. TRIO individuals, programs, and associations from all over the nation donated more than 750 backpacks with supplies and $5,000 in financial contributions. Click here to view a brief powerpoint of the event. Click here 1 to view more pictures of the event.

 

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The Council for Opportunity in Education hosted an event at Roosevelt Elementary School where backpacks were given out to 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. A number of community members joined in the occasion and spoke to the students about the importance of education and giving back.

 

We would like to thank Richard Niemiec from the National TRIO Alumni Association; India Chumney and staff from Communities in Schools; Principal Pamela Reece and staff from Roosevelt Elementary School; Elizabeth Garza, Superintendent of the Edgewood Independent School District; Thomas Larralde from State Senator Uresti’s office; and Matthew Jones from State Senator Van Putte’s office for joining us on the monumental day. We also could not have done without the TRIO Student Support Services students from San Antonio College who came out to support the event and hand out backpacks to the children.

 

We would also like to thank Costco in San Antonio for donating 50 backpacks and Cox Radio for promoting the public service event on their radio stations.

Finally — but most important — we would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who made a donation!! Your kindness and support made this event more successful than ever anticipated.

If you would like participate in the planning of next year’s public service event that will be in conjunction with the Council for Opportunity in Education's 29th Annual Conference in San Diego, CA (September 2010), please contact either Tracy Lyons (tlyons@uab.edu) or Angelica Vialpando (angelica.vialpando@coenet.us).

 

Annual Conference Sessions

 

  • Click here Document is available for download (.pdf) to download a list of sessions from the 28th Annual Conference.

 

Thematic Strands

 

College Opportunity: A National Investment

START SMART FOR NEW PROFESSIONALS

  • The ABCs of Being a TRIO Director
  • Staffing Realities in a Multicultural World
  • What Questions Should I Ask My Program Specialist and When?
  • Stepping Up to the Plate: Taking on Leadership Roles

 

STEM—INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION

  • Preparing Students to Successfully Navigate Their First Year of College
  • The First Two Years of College: Designing an Advising Program for STEM Majors
  • Using Distance Learning and Online Learning to Engage Students
  • Creating a Safe Place: Discussing Sensitive Topics in Science — HIV/AIDS, Race, and Culture

 

RESEARCH THAT MATTERS

  • The Future of TRIO Evaluations Conducted by the Department of Education
  • Ensuring Minority Male Success
  • Transfer: Who is Doing It Right and How?
  • Using Data to Advocate for Your Program
  • How Leaky if the Health Career Pipeline? Minority Student Achievement in College Gateway Courses

 

EFFECTIVE RETENTION INITIATIVES

  • Shortening Time in Remediation for SSS Students
  • Access without Support is Not Opportunity: Positioning TRIO Programs Beyond the Status of Addition Services
  • The Practical Applications of the Moving Beyond Access Report
  • Making TRIO Count in Institution-Wide Retention Initiatives
  • Holding Institutions Accountable for Their Commitment to Access

 

21st CENTURY CLASSROOM

  • AVID and TRIO: What Do We Get for Working Together?
  • Affordable STEM Projects: Google Earth and The Dollar Store
  • Utilizing Institutional Communications to Raise Your Program’s Profile
  • Informal Science Education: Making the Most Out of Field Trips

 

COMPUTER LABS

  • Advanced PowerPoint
  • Using Flash Media to Enhance Websites
  • Developing an Upward Bound Database
  • Be Known on Facebook: A TRIO Opportunity

 

Registration Instructions and Deadline

 

Registration materials must be postmarked on or before August 19, 2009. Online registration is strongly encouraged. If not registering online, full payment or a purchase order form must accompany the registration form. Please make checks payable to the Council for Opportunity in Education. Mail check and registration form together to: 2009 Annual Conference, Council for Opportunity in Education, P.O. Box 90193, Washington, D.C. 20090-0193. Please fax purchase order and registration form to (202) 628-3726. For further questions, please contact Business & Finance at (finance@coenet.us) or at (202) 347-7430.

 

Register Online

 

Registration Fees

 

Registration fees include Conference Program and materials. No meals are included in the COE registration fees.

 

Postmark Deadlines Council Member Non-Member
Early Bird (06/10/09) $540 $625
Pre-Registration (08/19/09) $590 $675
After (08/19/09) or On Site $640 $725

 

Accommodations

 

The COE room block at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio, the conference hotel, is now sold out. The overflow hotel is the Hyatt Regency San Antonio, located at 123 Losoya Street in San Antonio, TX. The single rate is $185. Double and triple rates are available upon request. To reserve a room, call 1-800-233-1234 or go to the Hyatt Regency San Antonio website. Use group code: G-COUN. The Hyatt Regency San Antonio block of rooms does not include meal tickets. You may purchase meal tickets for any or all of the four (4) conference meal functions at the Annual Conference registration area from the Grand Hyatt San Antonio staff.

 

Ticket Sales for Meals

 

The room rates at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio for September 9, 10, and 11 include one set (single rate) or two sets (double rate) of meal tickets (valued at $216) for four (4) meal functions: the Opening Reception, Thursday's Educational Opportunity Dinner, Friday's TRIO Achievers’ Luncheon, and Saturday's Full Breakfast.

Additional meal tickets (for those not staying at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio or those who may want to bring a guest) may be purchased from the Grand Hyatt San Antonio separately or as a package at a booth immediately adjoining the Annual Conference registration desk. Times for ticket sales will be posted. Tickets may be purchased with a credit card or college/agency check payable to the Grand Hyatt San Antonio. Please see the following prices set by the Grand Hyatt San Antonio.

 

Meal Functions Price
All rates are inclusive of tax
Opening Reception
September 9		 $43
Educational Opportunity Dinner
September 10		 $90
TRIO Achievers' Luncheon
September 11		 $48
Full Breakfast and Plenary
September 12		 $35
Package
Includes all four (4) meal functions		 $216

 

For Annual Conference participants not wishing to partake of a particular meal, access to all program meal functions except for the Opening Reception is available thirty (30) minutes after the start of each event. Please see the Grand Hyatt San Antonio staff to be seated in the theater chairs at the back of the ballroom.

 

Tentative Agenda

 

Wednesday, September 9, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration
11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Exhibits
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pre-Conference Workshops
4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Moderators' Orientation
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Newcomers' Reception (By Invitation Only)
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Opening Plenary Session — Peter Sacks
8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Chair's Reception (Ticketed Event)

 

Thursday, September 10, 2009
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Exhibits
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast On Your Own
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. General Session with Dr. Arnold Mitchem
9:30a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Governmental Relations Update
10:30a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
12:00 noon - 2:30 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Corporate Hot Topics
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Reception (Cash Bar)
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Educational Opportunity Dinner (Ticketed Event)

Mason & Lifetime Achievement Awards
9:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Dance

 

Friday, September 11, 2009
6:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Fun Run/Walk/Wheel
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast On Your Own
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Exhibits
8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Plenary Session — Linda Byrd-Johnson
10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. TRIO Achievers' Luncheon (Ticketed Event)
2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Plenary Session — Eugene Garcia

 

Saturday, September 12, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Information Desk/Table of Sales
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Plenary Session and Awards — Full Breakfast

Plenary Session — Congressional Speaker (TBD)

Concluding Remarks — Deborah Northcross, Chair of the Council Board (2009-2010)

28th Annual Conference Concludes

 

 

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