Advancing the Frontier of LGBTQ+ Leaders in Higher Education
Leadership Institute
October 18-20, 2023
Early Arrivals Reception
Get your registration materials early and enjoy the company of your peers.
New Haven Hotel
229 George Street
Lobby
Day One
Building self-knowledge of leadership, with attention to the ways identities influence choices and approaches to leadership. Plus career development!
Setting the stage
…with playful and improvisational leadership. See the full schedule.
And learning from history
Day Two
Building contextual knowledge of leadership, with attention paid to current challenges and crises in higher education and the lgbtq+ community. Plus career development!
And building on our work.
Help plan the future of LGBTQ Leaders in Higher Education.
LGBTQ Leaders Board of Directors and Council of Presidents meetings
Tuesday, October 17
6:00-8:00 pm New Haven Hotel, Lobby
Wednesday, October 18
Morning sessions and lunch in Grand Ballroom and Foyer
8:00 First-time Attendees Breakfast
8:30 Breakfast for All
9:00 Welcome and Opening Address
9:45 Setting the Stage: Playful and Improvisational Leadership
The opening workshop invites all institute participants to engage in an interactive, embodied experience using applied improvisation techniques (don’t worry – no one will be asked to act out a scene!). The conversations and activities will promote reflection on our leadership styles and values, foster connections with institute participants, and get us warmed up for the conversations ahead.
Facilitator: Jonathan P. Rossing, Ph.D. (he/him/his)
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Communication Studies
Gonzaga University
11:45 Lunch
1:30 Mentoring Sessions and CV Consultations
These sessions are arranged in advance. To sign up for an on-site mentor, or to have your cv (or application letter, etc.) evaluated, please email to info@lgbtqpresidents.org
3:45
Concurrent Sessions
A (room)
Title
B (room)
Title
C (room)
Title
5:30 Reception, Foyer
6:30
Dinner and Presentation
LGBTQ History Time-Travel with Eric Marcus
Eric Marcus, creator and host of the Making Gay History podcast, draws on his decades-old audio archive of rare interviews with LGBTQ champions, heroes, and witnesses to history to bring the history of the LGBTQ civil rights movement to life through the voices of the people who lived it. The presentation includes audio clips from interviews with both the well-known and the long-forgotten.
Thursday, October 19
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Workshop: Addressing Attacks on LGBTQ Rights, CRT, and Higher Education
This session will focus on empowering LGBTQ+ higher education leaders to enhance their advocacy skills and effectively respond to attacks on the LGBTQ+ community within higher education. The presenters, all from the HRC Foundation, will discuss strategies for leveraging the invaluable resources and support the Human Rights Campaign can provide to drive positive change within our institutions.
Ted Lewis, Director of Youth and Family Programs; Kate Oakley, Deputy Legal Director; Leslie Hall, Director of HBCU Program; HRC Foundation
11:30 Lunch
Lunch
1:45 Concurrent Sessions
A (room)
Media Matters
B (room)
Financial Wellness for All Career Stages
3:00 Mentoring Sessions and CV Consultations
These sessions are arranged in advance. To sign up for an on-site mentor, or to have your cv (or application letter, etc.) evaluated, please email to info@lgbtqpresidents.org
4:30 Closing Session
Mapping the Future of LGBTQ Leaders in Higher Education
This session serves as the Annual Meeting of the LGBTQ Leaders in Higher Education. Everyone registered for the Institute is welcome to attend, as are members who are not registered for the Institute. Only members of the organization are allowed to vote on items on the agenda.
Friday, October 20
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Council of Presidents Inaugural Meeting
by invitation
11:00 LGBTQ Leaders in Higher Education, Board of Directors Meeting
Alumni Room