UPCEA

2016
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SEPTEMBER 28-30
Albuquerque, NM

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The Future of Professional, Continuing & Online Education

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RISING TO A NEW HEIGHT
The Future of Professional, Continuing & Online Education

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Welcome
Imagine
The gas burner hisses and flames shoot sky high. The colorful giant globe begins to rise,
tucking at the basket impatiently. Any minute now, it will take to the sky.
The West region conference planning committee is firing up the burners and excited to take
the UPCEA 2016 West Region Conference to a new height!
In 2016, the professional, continuing and online education field is poised to be a strategic
player in addressing key issues rising to the top of a national discourse around the future of
higher education: access, affordability, flexibility, accountability driven by data, alignment
with industry-recognized competencies and more.
We want to know the amazing work you, our members, have done and the lessons learned
along the way.
We want to help you connect with the kindred spirits who share your passion for
transforming education.
With the return of popular segments such as the Emerging Leader program, the
Newcomers Session and the Deans Panel, we want to engage you before, during, and after
the conference so the sharing extends far beyond.

Jump in the basket with us.

Tell us your journey.
See you high up in the sky
Vicki Brannock
of Albuquerque.
2016 West Region Co-Chair

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Shelly Wang

2016 West Region Honorary Chair

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Amy Ginder

2016 West Region Co-Chair

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At-A-Glance Schedule
Wednesday, September 28
8-9am
9-11am
11am-noon
Noon-1pm
1-1:30pm
1:30-2:30pm
2:30-2:45pm
2:45-3:45pm
3:45-4pm
4-5pm
5:15-6:30pm
6:30pm

Networking Breakfast
Emerging Leaders Pre-Conference Program
Newcomers Welcome Session
Welcome Luncheon
Exhibit hall open, networking
Concurrent Sessions I
Exhibitor showcase, networking
Concurrent Sessions II
Exhibitor showcase, refreshment break, networking
General Session
Opening Reception and Hawks Aloft Presentation
Dinner on Your Own/Optional Dinner Groups

Ambassador & Registry

Roxy
Roxy
Ambassador & Registry
Galleria
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Galleria
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Galleria
Wurlitzer & Regal
Ambassador & Registry

Thursday, September 29
8-9am
9-10am
10-10:30am
10:30-11:30am
11:45am-1:15pm
1:30-2:30pm
2:30-3pm
3-4pm
4-4:30pm
5-9:30pm

Networking Breakfast
Keynote General Session
Exhibitor showcase, networking
Concurrent Sessions III
Awards Luncheon
Concurrent Sessions IV
Exhibitor showcase, refreshment break, networking
General Session
Prize Drawing and Announcements
Offsite excursion and dinner

Ambassador & Registry

Ambassador & Registry
Galleria
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Ambassador & Registry
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Galleria
Ambassador & Registry
Ambassador & Registry

Friday, September 30
8:45-9:45am
West Business Breakfast Meeting
10-11:15am
Deans Panel
11:15am-noon
Wrap-up and Grand Prize Drawing
Noon Adjourn

Ambassador & Registry

Ambassador & Registry
Ambassador & Registry

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Emerging Leaders Program

Wednesday, September 28

9am-11am

This years UPCEA West Emerging Leader Session brings together a well-recognized group of
seasoned, expert leaders whom we all admire. Each will be facilitating a table discussion on
one of the following topics. Participants will have a chance to speed date through a few of
the table topics of their choice and come away with templates, processes, and more, in addition to building a network of leaders to reach out to throughout the year.
Topic

Facilitator

Leading Distributed Teams

Reed Scull, Associate Dean, University of Wyoming

Outreach School

Project Management Principles

Alice Warren, Vice Provost for Continuing Education,

North Carolina State University

Thinking Strategically About

Managing Fiscal Resources

Wayne Smutz, Dean Continuing Education and Extension,

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

A Tactical Approach to Managing

Fiscal Resources

Joe Miera, Executive Director University of New Mexico,

Extended Learning

Stakeholder Communications
and Strategic Alliances

Melanie Mitchell, Acting Director Professional & Continuing

Education, Oregon State University

Developing and Maintaining a

Positive Climate

Rovy Branon, Vice Provost for Educational Outreach,

University of Washington

Understanding Policy &

Advocacy

Gary Matkin, Dean of Continuing Education, Distance Learning,

and Summer Session, University of California, Irvine

Staffing

Amy Heitzman, Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Chief

Learning Officer, UPCEA

Newcomers Welcome Session

Wednesday, September 28

11am-noon

Whether you are new to UPCEA or just the West Region, you can start your conference experience
off right by attending the Newcomers Welcome Session. The session is a great way to get to know
other first-time attendees and learn about the conference. At the session, you can expect to:
Learn how to fully engage and make the most of this years West Region Conference
Meet the UPCEA leadership team
Learn more about UPCEA as an organization
Discover opportunities to get involved with future conferences
Plus, a fun icebreaker!
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Agenda
Wednesday, September 28
8-9am

Networking Breakfast

9-11am
Emerging Leaders
Pre-Conference

Program (included in registration)
11am-noon

Newcomers Welcome Session

Noon-1pm

Welcome Luncheon

1-1:30pm

Exhibit hall open, networking

1:30-2:30pm Concurrent Sessions I

Extended Education Fee for Service
A Defensible Model
Leadership & Strategy
Location
Ambassador/Registry
Extended Education units come under scrutiny and some skepticism when it comes to
charging fees for services to campus partners.
Come learn how Cal State University-Dominguez Hills College of Extended and International
Education came up with a defensible model for
tuition, fees and administrative costs associated
with operating the college. The Round Table
format will also encourage discussion among
attendees on how they charge for services and
what percentage goes back to the university.

evidence based decisions regarding the wider

adoption of new technologies.
Sarah Hendrikx Montana State UniversityBozeman
Robyn Gotz, Montana State UniversityBozeman
Ensuring IT Software Project Failure
Why Organizations Dont Do the Right Things
BEFORE the Project Begins
Program Innovation
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Roxy
Enterprise-class software projects make or
break careers. Once underway, the organizations users resist the inevitable changes.
Executive sponsors, product owners, project
managers, implementation partners and technical leads clash. Amorphous requirements
abound, scope creeps ever upward, timelines
grow and budgets explode. The project moves
into the dreaded rescue mode and now everyone is watching! Volumes have been written
about best practices in IT project management.
Project management institutes and programs
flourish. Experts abound. However, what is often
overlooked by these experts are the critical
and foundational actions and decisions leaders
and stakeholders must make before the project
begins. Small investments in proactive and early
planning can have a significant and positive
return on investment months later. Join senior
leaders from the University of Washingtons
Professional and Continuing Education units,
each with decades of enterprise-class IT project
experience, as they describe the essential project pre-planning steps that can ensure peace
and harmony once the real work begins.

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Kim McNutt, California State University
Dominguez Hills

Measuring Student Engagement as a

Response to a New Technology
Online Leadership & Administration
Location
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Distance learning program managers, online
instructors and instructional designers know
that using new technology to create and present content in innovative and engaging ways in
an online class can be beneficial for learning outcomes of online students. However, when trailing
new technology, it is important to measure any
increase in engagement to assess the softwares
usefulness to the organization. This is especially important given the cost (both financial and
time) in changing platforms, or adding new
technologies, for instructor and institution alike.
Using a current project at Montana State University, which is trialing new technology (Softchalk) to develop interactive lessons in an online
science class, we will present an example of how
to set up the trial in order to measure changes in
student engagement and knowledge retention.
We are conducting trails with a split class to assess the effectiveness of these technologies on
learning outcomes. We propose that our methods could be used elsewhere to provide quantifiable metrics for distance learning staff to make

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Clark Westmoreland, University of Washington

Chris Powell, University of Washington

UNM Continuing Education

Rebuilding for the New Traditional Student
Albuquerque, NM
Marketing, Enrollment & Student Services

Location
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The future is built on thinking about the students we currently dont serve. But how do we
take those generated ideas and get the deeper
research, actionable plans and buy-in to deliver to the new traditional student? Well take
insights we gleaned rebuilding the University of
Washington Professional Continuing Education
web site to help you think strategically about a
redesign. Using anecdotes and examples from
a year-long journey, well discuss how UWPCE
approached: finding design and strategy partners; gaining deeper knowledge about the new
traditional student; fostering team collaboration and interdisciplinary thinking; planning for
more thoughtful, cohesive experiences; laying a
foundation to support long-term development,
creative execution, and governance.

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Risa de Gorgue, University of Washington

Rovy Branon, University of Washington

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2:45-3:45pm Concurrent Sessions II

Operate Your CE Unit Like a Business to
Stay in Business
Leadership & Strategy
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This is a nuts and bolts view of how CE and
corporate learning leaders run their learning
units for business and academic success, and
sustainability. As higher education continues to
struggle with costs and experiment with different delivery and business models, schools
of professional, continuing and online education are on the front lines of innovation. Entrepreneurial spirit and agility make our schools
home to new program offerings and pricing
models. We can still benefit from implementing more finely-tuned business practices to run
our operations more effectively and to develop
programs that better address market need. Our
heads of learning divisions in higher education
and the corporate world will dialog on challenges both experts experience in program development and marketing learning products and
share evolving best practices around meeting
these challenges. What can we learn from each
other about ideating, budgeting, and running
the business of learning in increasingly competitive and decentralized environments? Audience
members are invited to share challenges and
solutions and to draw on the experience of our
experts to address ongoing concerns.
Lee Maxey, MindMax
Gary Matkin, University of California, Irvine
Radhika Seshan, UCLA Extension

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Engaging Faculty in Quality Online Education:

The Role of Financial Models
Online Leadership & Administration
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This session will review funding models that
effectively allocate university resources to
increase quality and incentivize faculty to
teach online. This session will discuss funding
models used by four public higher education
institutions to successfully incorporate online
education programs into their traditionally faceto-face curriculum. With the growth in online
education, university and college leaders see
such programs as crucial to their institutional missions, but gaining faculty engagement
remains a challenge. Fiscal resource support for
faculty and the programs that support them is
surely a part of the solution to that challenge.
How have sustainable funding models been
used to engage faculty at public higher education institutions in ways that increase both the
quantity and quality of online education?
Kimberly Rumford, New Mexico State University
Reed Scull, University of Wyoming

Balancing Work, Family, and a Terminal

Degree: Completion Strategies for Professional
Development Professionals
Location
Wurlitzer
UPCEA members are professional development
professionals, meaning that we advocate for
adult/nontraditional students, build structures
for their success, and cheer them on from the
sidelines. But what about members who are also
in the trenches, pursuing advanced degrees?
How best can we balance what is usually a
more-than-full-time job, a personal life, and the
demands of schoolwork? How can we transition
from professional, continuing, and online practitioners to students? What does it take to not
only survive the journey but to succeed (and
avoid the dreaded ABD)? Whether youre contemplating an advanced degree or have already
started your own path, join this lively discussion
led by UPCEA members who have recently
completed their own journeys.
Kelly Newell, Washington State University
Amy Heitzman, UPCEA
3:45-4pm

Exhibitor showcase,
refreshment break, networking

4-5pm

General Session

Jobs of the Future and the Emergence of

Alternative Credentials
Location
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A review of labor and other secondary data,
including trend reports, employer surveys and
futurist blogs, reveals major changes to job
classifications and the identification of emerging professions. These changes span many
industries ranging from healthcare to information technology to agricultureamong others.
Some of these evolving professions may not
require a traditional degree, while others may
benefit from degree holders enhancing their
education through an alternative credential.
And while the degree remains the standard of
higher education, colleges and universities need
to make informed decisions regarding the role
of alternative credentials in workforce education. This presentation and dialogue will identify
these jobs of the future and the intersection of
credentials needed for success.
Jim Fong, Director, Center for
Research and Marketing
Strategy, UPCEA

5:15-6:30pm

Opening Reception and

Hawks Aloft Presentation
(presentation hosted by the
University of New Mexico)

6:30pm

Dinner on Your Own/

Optional Dinner Groups

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8-9am

Networking Breakfast

9-10am

Keynote General Session

Future Proofing Your Course for Students with

Disabilities
Online Leadership & Administration
Location
Wurlitzer
When building an online course there are simple
things you can do to make sure the experience
will be welcoming and accessible to all students.
Supporting accessibility for students with disabilities is an important legal requirement and
a best practice that provides greater usability
for all students. Retrofitting an existing course
to become accessible requires time and energy.
Instead of waiting to be told that you need to
make your course accessible, this session will
help you prepare your course materials so that
they will be ready from day one for any students who comes into your classroom.
Christopher Phillips, Utah State University

A Personal Journey of Leadership

and Service
Location
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Mr. Canfields address to the UPCEA conference attendees will include his personal history
as it relates to his Native American background
including:
The unique education route he has taken
and how important continuing education
has been in his journey.
Understanding and responding to the
diverse needs of individuals who choose
nontraditional education paths.
Harnessing the power of continuing
education to impact and improve our
communities.
Michael Canfield, President and CEO of the
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

Meet the Post-Traditional Learners &

Institutions of Tomorrow
Marketing, Enrollment & Student Services
Location
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Nearly 8.7 million adult learners are enrolled in
higher education, says Eduventures, and that
population is expected to hit 10 million by 2022.
This shift in learner demographics is impacting
the programs institutions offer, the way they
offer them, and the way they manage them.
Keeping pace with the students of tomorrow
means institutions must advance academics and
operations, adopting new technologies, data
analytic processes, and even Online Program
Management (OPM) strategies. From degree
completers to career advancers, adult learners
of tomorrow are challenged to balance work,
life and school. As institutions try to keep pace
with evolving student demographics, they are
challenged to deliver meaningful experiences
that support students across the student life cycle and optimize the cost of graduation. We will
explore: differentiation, importance of program
strength and value/cost ratio, personalization,
enterprise OPM approach, flexible partnership,
cost savings.

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10-10:30am Exhibitor showcase, networking

UNM Continuing Education

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10:30-11:30am Concurrent Sessions III

Understanding the CE Organization:

Most Efficient Structure and Duty Delegation
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Stay competitive, become efficient, and grow
your programs into thriving profit centers.
Determine the most efficient use of your staff
time to meet your programming, revenue,
and enrollment goals. It is important for each
person in your organization to fully understand
and achieve their individual and departmental
objectives. Even though every CE department is
unique, the optimal organizational structure and
assignment of duties tends to be similar. In this
session, we will discuss how an organizational
chart is set up and how to ensure the right person is doing the right job to bring you the most
efficiency to focus on your goals.

Cherron Hoppes, Helix Education

Jelena Kelleher, Golden Gate University
11:45am-1:15pm Awards Luncheon

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Joe Miera, University of New Mexico

Meni Sarris, Jenzabar
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Whats in a name? Getting to Why

Leadership & Strategy
Location
Wurlitzer
Continuing Education divisions change names
more than any other units on campus. Such
changes are a reflection of the ever-evolving
role we play. Extension, Adult and Continuing
Education, Division of Continuing Studies, are
among the many names we call ourselves. The
University of Washingtons Educational Outreach unit will take on a new name this fall: UW
Continuum College. A name is, however, much
more than an opportunity to rebrand. It is a
chance to really explain why you exist and not
just what you do and how you do it. Learn
how the University of Washington Continuum
College is using Simon Sineks Golden Circle
to give campus partners, external constituents,
and most importantly, our own staff a new
reason to believe. Join the Vice Provost for UW
Continuum College, Dr. Rovy Branon as he takes
you through our journey to a new identity.
Rovy Branon, University of Washington
Best Practices in Instructor Training
Online Leadership & Administration
Location
Roxy
Over the last two years, UCLA Extensions instructor training has undergone iterative change
based on review and feedback. It has gone
from dividing instructors into separate tracks
based on course format, to creating a single
track, and now assuming once again a more
differentiated format. Throughout this process,
the instructional design team has evaluated the
strengths and drawbacks of each approach. In
the current phase, we are once more taking into
account the needs of academic departments
and instructors to differentiate instruction into
Refresher, Standard, Advanced, and Custom
training courses. In this round-table discussion,
we will share our experiences with instructor
training. Our goal will be to prompt vibrant
reflection on how best to support, cultivate, and
retain instructors.
Kevin Gordon, UCLA Extension
Naat Jairam, UCLA Extension
Professional Development for the 21st Century:
Digital Badges for Educators
Program Innovation
Location
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Collaboration between the Center for Professional and Continuing Education at the University of the Pacific and PD Learning Network,
LLC created an innovative partnership offering digital open badge credit for K-12 teacher
professional development. Learn how these two
very different entities joined together, with the
successes and pitfalls along the way, and implemented a new approach within a thriving field.
Kyle Harkness, University of the Pacific
Lloyd Curtis, University of the Pacific

2:30-3pm

Exhibitor showcase,
refreshment break, networking

3-4pm

General Session

Diversity and Inclusion in Online Education:

A Panel Discussion
Location
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Designing programs for an increasingly diverse
student audience provides both challenges and
opportunities for educators. A panel of senior
instructional designers will utilize this session to
broaden an understanding of what diversity and
inclusiveness means, how best to design inclusive programs, and pitfalls to avoid.
Panelists:

Melody Buckner, PhD

Director of Digital Learning and
Online Education
University of Arizona

Melody Buckner oversees

instructional design, graphic design, video production and quality assurance for the UA Online Campus. She
came to UA eight years ago as an Instructional
Designer to help faculty create online courses
that reach out and engage students in an online
UA experience. Her educational background
includes a Bachelor of Science from the College
of Architecture at Arizona State University and
a Masters in Educational Technology at Northern Arizona University. She recently graduated
with a Ph.D. in Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies at the University of Arizona. Her
informal education consists of living in over 40
different places including several countries in
Europe.
Anne Guptill, PhD
Director, M.S. Ed, option in Online
Teaching and Learning
California State University East Bay
Anne is a graduate of the
masters program she currently
directs at Cal State University
East Bay and her doctoral dissertation was on
Universal Design for Online Learning: A Conceptual Model. She has been dedicated to technology-based training and education since 1998.
Christopher Phillips
Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Coordinator
Utah State University
Christopher Phillips leads the
efforts to provide training
towards creating a more accessible university experience for students
with disabilities. His professional background
in instructional design, web development and
special education provide a unique perspective
on designing online learning experiences that
are accessible to all learners.

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Igor Akpovo
Instructional Designer, Outreach
Credit Programs
University of Wyoming
Igor Akpovo is a Ph.D. Candidate
in the college of Education at
the University of Wyoming, and
a Fulbright Alumnus. He possesses graduate degrees in TESOL and in TEFL/TESL. His research
explores the experiences of foreign-born faculty
in the US, specifically how they construct academic identities. He is passionate about educational technology and ESL (English as a Second
Language). He has been an ESL instructor at the
University of Wyoming since 2011.
Becky Adams, Ph.D.
Director, Faculty Services and
Online Course Development
University of New Mexico
Becky Adams holds a PhD in
Education specializing in Instructional Technologies, and a
minor in Educational Administration, as well as
a Technical Coordinator Certification with the
State Department of Education. She has taught
online for almost ten years and her combination
of educational and technical background, as
well as experience as an online student, course
designer and online instructor, assists her in
managing the increasing demand of online
courses. She works with her staff to facilitate
the design and delivery of UNM Online Courses
for Main Campus, ensuring quality day-to-day
support for online faculty and students, as well
as training services for faculty and students
utilizing the UNM Learning Management System and academic applications. Becky served
on the New Mexico Learning Networks Statewide initiative for online learning, chairing the
sub-committee for Best Practices. She is also a
Quality Matters Master Reviewer, her OI&LS online course is Quality Matters Certified and she
received a 2012 Directors Choice Blackboard
Catalyst Exemplary Course Award.

Friday, September 30
8:45-9:45am West Business Breakfast Meeting
10-11:15am

Deans Panel

Join us for the final session of the conference as

we bring back the thought leaders who facilitated the pre-conference Emerging Leaders session. The conversation will center on your questions and the topics discussed at the Emerging
Leaders session and throughout the conference.
During the conference you will have a chance to
post your questions on the board located in the
Ambassador/Registry general session room.
11:15am-noon Wrap-up and Grand Prize
Drawing
Noon Adjourn

UPCEA 2016-17
West Regional Leadership
Honorary Chair
Shelly Wang
California State University, Fullerton

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Amy Ginder
University of Nevada, Reno
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Vicki Brannock
Brandman University
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Secretary
Saralyn Smith
Pacific Lutheran University
smithsm@plu.edu

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Treasurer
UNM Continuing Education
Melissa Nakamura
University of Hawaii
Albuquerque, NM

Prize Drawing and

4-4:30pm
Announcements
5-9:30pm
Offsite Excursion and Dinner
(Included) Hosted by the

University of New Mexico
Enjoy an after-hours exhibit tour of Route 66:
Radiance, Rust and Revival on the Mother Road
at the Albuquerque Museum, followed by an
authentic New Mexican themed dinner at the
Church Street Caf, and a presentation on hot
air ballooning and the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. You will have some free time
to explore Old Town Albuquerque.

Melissa.nakamura@hawaii.edu

Regional Representative
Joe Miera
University of New Mexico
jmiera@unm.edu
Membership Coordinator
LaNelda Rolley
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Lanelda.rolley@unlv.edu

Transportation included. Buses will depart in

front of the hotel at 5pm and 5:30pm, and
return participants to the hotel at 9pm and
9:30pm.
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Planning Committee
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
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Kate White, California State University, East Bay

Balvinder Kumar, California State University, East Bay

Cabinet Mentor

Amy Ginder, University of Nevada, Reno

Committee Members Alicia Fan, California State University, Fullerton

Kara Andrews, California State University, Fullerton

Jon Matsuda, University of Hawaii

AWARDS
Chair

Denelle Pankratz, California State University, Fullerton

Cabinet Mentor

Melissa Nakamura, University of Hawaii

Committee Members Carol Howard, Brandman University

Dan Miles, Oregon State University

Rebecca Cook, University of Arizona

Regina Cash, California State University, Long Beach

Charlene Ashton, California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona

Jon Matsuda, University of Hawaii

Julie Kang, Univerity of Washington

Namrata Shukla, San Jose State University

Lupita Villalobos, University of California Riverside

MARKETING
Chairs

EVENTS

Eleni Mastorakos, University of California Riverside

Kristie Rickerd, Linfield College

Sarah Hendrikx, Montana State University, Bozeman

Karen McKinley, California State University, Fullerton
Cindy Nathan, California State University, Long Beach
Anna Behar-Russel, California State University,
Long Beach
Eric Santa Ines, California State University, Fullerton
Rosalind Grenfell, University of Wyoming

Vicki Brannock, Brandman University

Amy Ginder, University of Nevada, Reno
Deborah Kastman, University of New Mexico

Chair

Maralie BeLonge, University of New Mexico

Cabinet Mentor

LaNelda Rolley, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Committee Members Joe Miera, University of New Mexico

Marian Ladenburg, Oregon State University

Regina Cash, California State University, Long Beach

NEWCOMERS
Chair

Saralyn Smith, Pacific Lutheran University

Committee Member

Denelle Pankratz, California State University, Fullerton

BUDGET
Chair

SPONSORSHIPS
Chairs

LEADERSHIP

Melissa Nakamura, University of Hawaii

Vicki Brannock, Brandman University

Joe Miera, University of New Mexico

Chair

Nancy Salzman, Brandman University

Cabinet Mentor

Vicki Brannock, Brandman University

Committee Members Sheila Thomas, California State University System

Jenni Murphy, California State University, Sacramento

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Institutional Sponsors
Institutional sponsors of the 2016 UPCEA West Region Conference make a vital
contribution to our association by helping us provide this outstanding professional
development opportunity for leaders in continuing education.
Thank you for your sponsorshipyour generous contribution highlights your
leadership in our association and helps keep costs down for the general
membership, so that West Region institutions large and small can participate in
the regional conference.

College of Extended & International Education

Exhibit Sponsors
Thank you to the following corporate sponsors who are supporting the 2016
UPCEA West Region conference.

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