Conference Program Overview

Thursday, October 11, 2007

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Check-in/Registration,
Bate Building Lobby near 1031, ECU

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Reception, Bate Building Lobby Alcove, ECU
String Duo, School of Music, ECU

Welcome: Alan White
Dean, Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences

Mike Palmer
Interim Chair, Department of English

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Awards & Keynote, Bate Building, 1031, ECU

Growth and Community:
A Few Thoughts on the Organics of Professional Communication
Dale Sullivan, North Dakota State University

Friday, October 12, 2007

7:30 am - 10:00 am Registration, Bate Lobby

7:30 am - 8:30 am Light Breakfast/Coffee/Tea,
Bate Lobby 1032

7:30 am - 5:00 pm Computer Lab Access/Hospitality Suite,
Bate 2005

8:30 am - 10:00 am Plenary Session:
Tilling the Field for Healthy Growth, Bate 1032

Digging around the garden: Change as progression, disruption, and tool
Brent Faber, North Carolina State University

Growing capacity in community and public work
Jeffery Grabill, Michigan State University

Nurturing health communication programs
Barbara Heifferon, Rochester Institute of Technology

Community plots: Field-based learning through internships and outreach
Brent Henze, East Carolina University

Cultivating cross-disciplinary symbiosis
Tyanna Herrington, Georgia Institute of Technology

10:00 am - 5:00 pm Poster Displays, Bate 2019

10:00 am - 5:00 pm Vendor Exhibits, Bate Hallway outside 2005 & 2007

10:00 am - 10:15 am Break

10:15 am - 11:15 am Concurrent Sessions I

11:15 am - 11:30 am Break

11:30 am - 12:30 pm Concurrent Sessions II

12:30 pm - 2:15 pm Lunch

Downtown Greenville (a short walk from campus) or Campus Dining

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Concurrent Sessions III

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Break

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm Concurrent Sessions IV & Poster Presentations

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Administrators' Roundtable,
Mendenhall Great Rooms 1 & 2
Moderators: Bruce Maylath & Jeff Grabill

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Cocktail Hour

7:30 pm Banquet Dinner, City Hotel & Bistro
Jazz Combo, School of Music, ECU

Saturday, October 13, 2007

9:00 am Business Meeting, City Hotel & Bistro

Afternoon Excursion (departs City Hotel & Bistro approx 11:30 am)
Fort Macon State Park/Atlantic Beach, NC (beach & ocean)
Beaufort, NC (walking, shopping, dinner)