TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017 – BREAKOUTS

1:00–2:30 p.m.

(1)Associate Level Programs: Pathways to Success

(2)Teaching 9/11 at the Threshold of Remembrance (3)Engaging and Serving Students: Using Online Simulations to

Teach Incident Command and Disaster Response Concepts to Students, Alumni and Emergency Management Personnel

(4)Really Bridging Theory and Practice: Incorporating Practical Projects into the Classroom

(5)Homeland Security Starts at Home: How the Citizens of Pennsylvania Perceive Core Missions and the Whole-Community Approach to Fostering a Resilient Nation

(6)Synergy Course Update

Discipline Focus Group Report 2:30–3:00 p.m. Break

3:00–5:00 p.m.

(1) Bachelor Level Programs: Keeping it Real (2) Cultural Competence in Emergency Management and

Homeland Security Higher Education: Where Are We On The Cultural Competence Continuum?

Dealing with Diversity: A Necessary Component for Meeting the Needs of Communities

(3) Building the Next Generation of Emergency Managers (4) The Disaster Research Center’s E.L. Quarantelli Resource

Collection: What Can It Offer You? Business and Disaster: A Synthesis of Research

(5) Challenge Met: Graduate EMHS Curriculum and Assessment Development Validating the Next Generation Core Competencies: A Survey of EM Professionals

(6) National Qualification System: How Emergency Management Higher Education Might Contribute

5:00–7:00 p.m. Posters/Share Fair/Cookout – Building B

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2017 – BREAKOUTS

1:00–2:30 p.m.

(1) Graduate Level Programs: Building a Future Executive Workforce

(2) How to Get Published: Tips, Tricks and Mistakes

(3) Teaching to the Touchstones: The National Standards as the Ideal Foundation for Emergency Management Program Pedagogy

Survey of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the Emergency Management Field

(4) ReadyCampus: A Student-Focused Emergency Prepared-ness Program for Institutes of Higher Education

(5) Exploiting Human Misery: How Do Disasters Contribute to Human Trafficking?

(6) Creating Exercise Objectives for Senior Officials 2:30–3:00 p.m. Break

3:00–5:00 p.m.

(1) Distance Learning Programs: Building Online Education for Emerging Emergency Management Leadership

(2) Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Building Opportunities in Emergency Management for the Minority Serving Institutions’ Community

(3) Approaches to Interprofessional Education: Integration Into New and Established Emergency Management Programs

(4) The Importance of an International Academic Collaboration Between Two Graduate Emergency Management Programs: The Malaga-NYC Experience ISAC’s and Emergency Management

(5) Key Themes in Disaster Preparedness Research for Older Adults

(6) Discerning Measurable Behaviors for Student Assessment of EM Core Competencies

6:00–7:30 p.m. NETC Library Open House – Building N

THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2017 – BREAKOUTS/SIGS

1:00–2:30 p.m.

(1)FEMA’s Homeland Security National Training Program/Continuing Training Grants (CTG)

(2)National Training Capability Strengths and Gaps (3)Effective Utilization of Our Training and Education

Pathways (4)Teaching Emergency Management With and Without

Textbooks (5)Accreditation Special Interest Group

Unity of Effort Special Interest Group

(6)How Section 508 Applies to You 2:30–3:00 p.m. Break

3:00–5:00 p.m.

(1)Jobs and Internships Special Interest Group

(2)Inter-Organizational Matters in Emergency Management Special Interest Group

Virtual Resources and Simulation Special Interest Group

(3)Research Methods Special Interest Group

(4)Science & Technology Special Interest Group

(5)Service Learning and Leadership Special Interest Group

International Emergency Management Special Interest Group

(6)2018 Symposium Planning Special Interest Group

6:30–9:00 p.m. Movie Night “American Blackout” Screening-Building K–302

PLENARY SESSIONS

Tuesday, June 6, 20177:00–8:00 Symposium Registration (Building E, 1st Floor Hallway)8:00–8:10 Presentation of Colors/National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance …………………………….…..MD State Police, Lillian Virgil, Wendy Walsh8:10–8:35 Welcome and Opening Remarks …..………………………Tony Russell, CEM, Paul Butki, Lillian Virgil (invited)8:35–8:55 Update and Perspectives from FEMA National Preparedness Assessment

Division.………………..…………………………...…Katherine Fox(invited) 8:55–10:05 Education as Part of a Broader National Preparedness System Moderator..…………….…………………………………….Kay Goss, Ph.D. 10:05–10:20 Break10:20–11:35 Crisis Leadership: The Joplin School Story...……….…...…..C.J. Huff, Ed.D.11:35–11:45 Instructions for the week……………………………..………....Wendy Walsh11:45–1:00 Lunch – Building K, Cafeteria

Wednesday, June 7, 20177:00–8:00 International Breakfast (Building K, Cafeteria)8:00–8:10 Welcome Back and Recapping....................................................Wendy Walsh8:10–8:20 Poster Award............................................................Carol Ciwak, J.D., Ph.D.8:20–8:35 Blanchard Award and Tom Phelan Award..................................Wendy Walsh8:35–9:20 EM Higher Education Community Update................Dee Dee Bennett, Ph.D.

Data Collection Focus Group Activities and Call to Action.......Kevin Mickey9:20–10:00 Higher Education Program Update……………………………..Wendy Walsh10:00–10:15 Break10:15–10:30 NETC Library………………………………………………… .Edward Metz

10:30–11:45 Discipline Focus Group Overview ……………. Claire Knox, Ph.D., Jessica Jensen, Ph.D., Steven Jensen, Ph.D.

Oral History Review………………………………....Robert McCreight, Ph.D.Program Accreditation Overview………………………...…….Daryl SpiewakFocus Group Integration Overview……………….....Carol Ciwak, J.D., Ph.D.

11:45–1:00 Lunch – Building K, Cafeteria

Thursday, June 8, 20178:00–8:05 Welcome Back and Recapping…………………………………..Wendy Walsh8:05–8:20 IAEM President’s Message……………………….………..……Nick Crossley8:20–9:00 Jobs and Internships Update…………..Tim DePalma, Ph.D. & Joe Arsenault

NTTX Panel……………………………………………… Stacy Willett, Ed.D.Development of Internships………………………....Sandy Smith, RN, Ph.D. & Caroline Hackerott, Ph.D.

9:00–9:55 Financial Literacy: Promoting Inclusivity and Strengthening Diversity………………………………………………………………John Hope Bryant

9:55–10:10 Break10:10–10:55 Bridging Emergency Management and the Private Sector

......................................................................................... Andrea Davis, CEM10:55–11:45 Closing Remarks and Next Steps.....Wendy Walsh & Dan Paulette-Chapman11:45–1:00 Lunch – Building K, Cafeteria

EVENING EVENTS

TuesdayPosters/Share Fair/Cookout

WednesdayNETC Library Open House

ThursdayMovie Night “American Blackout” Screening

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

DR. C.J. HUFF

ANDREA DAVIS, CEM

JOHN HOPE BRYANT

SAVE THE DATE20th Annual Emergency Management

Higher Education SymposiumJune 4–7, 2018

FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Programhttp://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/eduSymposium Hashtag – #EMhighered 

Emergency Management Institute

19th AnnualEmergency Management

Higher Education Symposium“Meeting Community Needs”

BREAKOUT & PLENARY SCHEDULEJune 5–8, 2017

EMMITSBURG, MD

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