Agenda from 2nd Annual Conference

Time

Program Event

Location

All Day

Participants arrive

Marriott

5pm

Walk to campus - Meet in hotel lobby

Hotel Lobby

5:30-6:30pm

Welcome and Introductions

University Club

6:30-7

Session I
“I Was Here Last Year”
Sentiments of students who participated
in 2007 conference and successfully got into graduate school (Sue Rodriguez, Lauren Robinson, Andrea Vest)

University Club

7-8:30pm

Dinner and Discussion
Rick Fabes, Director

University Club

Saturday September 27th

Time

Program Event

Location

8-9 am

Breakfast

Marriott

9-9:20am

Walk to campus - Meet in hotel lobby

Hotel Lobby

9:30-11am

Session II
“Tips on Applying to Graduate School: What Programs Look For”
Hear from faculty who sit on graduate admissions committees and what they look for when they evaluate applications.
(Professors Menjivar, Updegraff, Spinrad, and Hanish)

SS 109

11-11:30am

Q&A of panel

SS 109

11:30am-12:30pm

Lunch

SS Courtyard

12:30-1:45pm

Session III
"Getting Into and Getting Ready for Graduate School"
Panel of new and seasoned graduate students will talk about how they successfully applied to and developed into successful graduate students.

Panel A: Perspectives from Graduate Students (Aaron Foley, Karen Kochel, Nels Paulson, Casey Sechler, Jodi Swanson, Niki Weller)

Panel B: Professor Jenny Trinitapoli - retrospective view of graduate school from someone who recently completed graduate school and is now a faculty member

SS 109

1:45-2pm

Q&A of panels

SS 109

2-2:45

Tour of Campus or Meet with Faculty/Grads

2:45-4:45

Round Robin Breakout Sessions
Meet in small groups to meet different faculty and hear about different areas and topics of cutting edge research in family/child sciences. Each 30 minute period will be in a different topic area:

• Infant/Child/Adolescent Development (Professors Ladd, Simpkins, Eisenberg)
• Families, Marriage, and Parenting (Professors Hayford, Dumka, Christopher)
• Social Dynamics and Networks (Professors Hanish, Schaefer, Shapiro)
• Population and Health Studies (Professors Agadjanian, Glick, Trinitapoli)
• Race, Ethnicity, and Culture (Professors Roosa, Umaña-Taylor, Menjivar)

SS 109

4:45-5:15

Closure and Time to Talk
Get some time to talk to professors and students you
met during the day

SS 109

7pm

Dinner in small groups with graduate students

Hotel Lobby

Sunday September 28th

Time

Program Event

Location

8-9am

Breakfast and Hotel Checkout

Marriott

9-9:30am

Elective Session:
“Clinical Programs in Family/Child Sciences”
(Professor Keith Crnic)

Marriott

9:45-11am

“Entering The Right Program for You”
Once accepted, get tips on selecting and preparing for
the right graduate program?
(Professors Crnic, Fabes, and Jahromi -and Graduate Students Sherri Gosney and Matt Didonato)

11-11:30am

Closing and Goodbye
Rick Fabes