Overall: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

8:30 am Doors open

9:00 am Conference starts, President DeGioia & Co-chair Megan Fisher opening remarks

9:15 - 10:50am Session I & Panel I (4 speakers + Q&A)

• 9:15 am Session I Intro: Daniel Mok

• 9:15 am Speaker 1: Keisha Brewer (CEO, The PR Alliance LLC)
  • “It's Not Manipulation, It's Strategic Communication”
• 9:35 am Speaker 2: Seth Owen (COL ‘21)
  • “Really, How Are You?”
• 9:55 am Speaker 3: Rebecca Zaritsky (COl ‘ 20)
  • “A Hidden Cost of Shame”
• 10:15 am Speaker 4: Diana Acosta (Program Associate at the Beeck Center)
  • “The Power of Comunidad”
• 10:35 am Panel I Moderator: Rachel Tao

11:00 am - 12:30 pm Lunch (Riggs Library) & Brand Expo (Healy Foyer)

12:45 - 2:25 pm Session II & Panel II (4 speakers + Q&A)

• 12:45 pm Session II Intro: Sandra Puetate

• 12:45 pm Speaker 5: Lukas Pietrzak (MPP ‘ 21)
  • “United We Stand, Disconnected We Fall: Stories from the Digital Divide”
• 1:05 pm Speaker 6:  Elizabeth Gleyzer (COL ‘20)
  • “Why Creativity and Countercultural Communities Matter”
• 1:25 pm Speaker 7: Meghan Ogilvie (CEO, Dog Tag Bakery)
  • “Purpose Drives the Journey”
• 1:45 pm Speaker 8: Haley Sacks (Mrs. Dow Jones)
  • “FINANCE IS COOL”
• 2:05 pm Panel II Moderator: Eman Rahman

2:25 - 2:40pm Break

2:40 - 4:05 pm Session III & Panel III (4 speakers + Q&A)

• 2:40 pm Session intro: Lucia Santos

• 2:45 pm Speaker 9: Herron Gaston (Admissions Director, Yale Divinity School)
  • “From Jail to Yale: Challenges and Adversities in One's Life”
• 3:05 pm Speaker 10: Eriana James-Bell (COL ‘20)
  • “Getting Lost in Another Story Until I Embraced My Own”
• 3:25 pm Speaker 11: Matthew Henry (COL ‘20)
  • “Being Grateful, Helping Someone, & Reaching Out: How I Managed My Depression”
• 3:45 pm Speaker 12: Prof. Sarah Stiles (Sociology Professor, Georgetown University)
  • “Flourishing into the Future”
• 4:00 pm Panel III Moderator: Lily Xu

4:20 pm Co-chair Ulie Xu closing remarks

4:30 pm Ending

Attendees do not need to stay all day, but please arrive at the start of the session you plan on attending and plan to stay throughout the session.

Riggs Library may be accessed through the southwest tower staircase of Healy Hall, 4th floor

Healy Foyer is the first floor in Healy Hall, entering behind the John Carroll statue (Healy Circle)

On the day of our conference, our team of volunteers will happily provide assistance in guiding you to these locations.