Schedule
Morrill Act Reception
October 23, 2009 | 6:00–9:00 PM
Business Instructional Facility
515 East Gregory Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
6:00 PM
Reception Starts
6:30 PM
Keynote Speaker:
Richard Durbin, U.S. Senator, Illinois
7:00 PM
Reception Continues
7:30 PM
Panel Speakers:
Vernon Burton, Coastal Carolina University; Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David von Drehle, TIME Magazine
Bruce Levine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Peter Wallenstein, Virginia Tech
Adam Green, University of Chicago, Associate Professor, Department of History
Eileen Mackevich (Moderator), Executive Director, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
During the reception, participants will have an opportunity to visit the Morrill Act Exhibition at the Krannert Art Museum (500 East Peabody Drive, Champaign). Please use the Kinkead entrance.
Conference
October 24, 2009 | 8:00 AM–5:30 PM
Illini Union
1401 West Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Attendees will have the opportunity to view a Jonathan Baldwin Turner Display at the Illini Union at this time.
Details of the day’s events:
8:30 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speakers:
Richard Herman, Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Eileen Mackevich, Executive Director, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
M. Peter McPherson, President, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)
Jim Leach (Keynote Speaker), Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities
9:15 AM
Session I: The Morrill Act: What Has Expanded Access Achieved?
Speakers:
Bill DeLauder, President Emeritus, Delaware State University; Executive Director, Commission on Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship program
Stanley Ikenberry, Interim President Designate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Molly Corbett Broad (Moderator) President, American Council on Education (ACE)
10:30 AM
Break
10:45 AM
Session II:
Expanded Access to Public Higher Education: Challenges for the 21st Century (President Obama’s Call for More College Graduates and Surge of Lifelong Learners)
Speakers:
Martha Kanter, Under Secretary, Department of Education
William English “Brit” Kirwan, Chancellor, University System of Maryland
Charles Reed (Moderator), Chancellor, The California State University
12:00 Noon
Lunch
Keynote Speaker:
"Challenges in Higher Education"
Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister of India with a rank of Cabinet Minister on Information, Infrastructure, and Innovation
1:30 PM
Session III: A Framework for Revitalizing the Land Grant Mission: An Illinois Perspective
Speakers:
Ilesanmi Adesida, Dean, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Dean, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert E. Easter, Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wynne Sandra Korr, Dean, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John Unsworth (Moderator), Dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:45 PM
Break
3:00 PM
Session IV: Expanded Access to Public Higher Education: Challenges for the 21st Century
Speakers:
Michelle Asha Cooper, President, Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)
Colien Hefferan, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Robert F. Rich (Moderator), Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4:15 PM
Session V: Public Higher Education for Societal Purposes: Responding to the Challenges for the 21st Century (Knowledge Creation to Address Key Societal Issues)
Speakers:
George Wright, President, Prairie View A&M University, Texas
M. Peter McPherson, President, APLU
Peter Nardulli (Moderator), Director, Center for the Study of Democratic Governance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5:30 PM
Wrap-up and adjourn. Attendees will have the opportunity to visit the Morrill Act Exhibit at the Krannert Art Museum at this time. Please use the Peabody Drive entrance.
Banquet
October 24, 2009 | 6:30 PM
Memorial Stadium
Colonnades Club
200 East Florida Avenue
Champaign, IL 61820
Excerpts from the show Abraham Lincoln in Song by Chris Vallillo, with guest, Rocky Moffat. Guests enter Memorial Stadium via Gate 18. Guests press button #6 to the Colonnades. Parking is available in the ARC (E24) parking lot (meters not enforced on weekends).
