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  • Wednesday, April 24, 2024
  • 8:00 AM – 6:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Pre-Summit Institute
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    BioGAP Chapter Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    CAGAP Chapter Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    CAPGAP Chapter Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    JGAP Chapter Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    MAGAP Chapter Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    NEGAP Chapter Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    NYGAP Chapter Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    PAGAP Chapter Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    SEAGAP Chapter Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    TXGAP Chapter Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Leadership Academy Final Workshop
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Strategic Partnership Council Meeting
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    First Timers Session
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Welcome Reception
  • Thursday, April 25, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibits Open
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration
  • 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • 8:15 AM – 8:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Awards Presentations
  • 8:45 AM – 9:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    KEYNOTE: Limitless and AWARE: Flipping the Script on Graduate Enrollment Management Challenges
  • 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Break
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Centering Self and Service in Professional Leadership: Applying the Social Change Model to our Work
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    From Classroom to Boardroom: Amplifying Graduate Success with Alumni Engagement
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Help Wanted! Unlocking the Power of GEM Partnerships
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Hit this One Out of the Park: Best Practices for Small Office Success
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Mastering the Graduate Market: Trends, Insights, and Strategies for Success
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Organizational Models in Graduate Academic Units
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Supreme Court Decision
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    The Carnegie Prospective Grad Student Survey
  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch on Your Own
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Artificial Intelligence 101: From Science Fiction to Core Competency
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Centralized Graduate Admission Offices - Tailoring your Role to your Schools Needs
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Evaluation of a Competitive Graduate Admission Process
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    From Prospective Students to Successful Alumni: Best Practices for Recruiting and Retaining International Graduate Students
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Implementing a Graduate CRM (Slate) while challenged with limited resources, knowledge and support
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Meet Your New Graduate Student: Insights from 3,800+ Graduate Students—and What The Findings Mean for Your GEM Plan
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Put the ‘Fun’ in Fundraising: Soliciting Funds on a Shoestring Budget
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    SERU @ OSU: Using Insights from the Research University in Your Grad SEM Plan
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Break
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    A New IMAGE: Increasing Modalities and Access to Graduate Education
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Balance Not Burnout
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Building a Holistic Admissions Review Toolkit: Lessons Learned from Big Ten Institutions
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Creating a Win-Win for Students and Institutions in Student Success
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Data-Based Insights into Graduate Enrollment Trends
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Helping Programs Help Themselves: Recruiting Strategies for Graduate School Admissions
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    What’s Now and What’s Next in Graduate Admissions Policies: Results from the ETS/NAGAP 2024 Admissions Survey
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    With Collaboration, Great Things Happen: Strengthening Campus Partnerships in GEM
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    An Open Discussion About GEM Trends, Best Practices and Strategies for Marketing and Recruitment
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Inclusion & Belonging: Admission Policy and Practice for International Graduate Students
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Leveling Up: Transforming the Student Experience (SX) Using the Power of Peer-to-Peer
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Leveraging AI as a Strategic Partner in Graduate Holistic Review
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    The Fourteen Cs: Enhancing Graduate Student Success with an Integrated Student Services Model
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Virtual Events - Here to Stay and Here to Evolve
  • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Off-Site Event
  • Friday, April 26, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibits Open
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Plenary Session
  • 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Break
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Adapting an Old House for New Tenants: Revitalizing Your CRM and Business Process Amidst Organizational Change
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Budgets, Financial Planning, Scholarships, and Student Aid
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Developing Graduate Communities through Accelerated Pathways to Support Graduate Enrollment
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    How to Support International Students and Alleviate their Pre-Arrival Concerns
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Know ThySelf: A Self-Reliant Approach to Unlocking Enrollment Success
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Leading Policy Change for Today’s Graduate Education- from Assessment Through Stakeholder Engagement to Implementation
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Losing My Identity: A Discussion on Traveling for Work Being LGBTQ+
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Three-Year Degrees: Changing the Conversation in the International Education Space
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Campus Wide Engagement in Graduate Student Success
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Change Management and Your Career: Exploring Your Next Step
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Driving an Admissions Change Through GRE Data Analysis
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Embracing AI to Optimize Your Digital Marketing and Advertising
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Is it Strategic Sharing or Prospect Poaching? Navigating the Dynamics of Sharing Student Data Within Your Institution
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    The Off-Campus Compromise: An Exploration of Graduate Students’ Housing Decisions and the Impacts of Commuting on Mental Well-Being
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Unpacking the Graduate Student Enrollment Journey: Insights from Halda & NAGAP's Collaborative Study
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Using Third Party Vendors to Assist with Student Recruitment
  • 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Business Meeting and Lunch
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Centralizing a Decentralized Graduate Admissions Process by Leveraging a New (or Existing!) CRM
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Graduate Enrollment Management in the Context of Decentralized Budgeting
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Hitting Curveballs: A Panel of GEM Experts Fields Enrollment Marketing Challenges in Real Time
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Holistic Admissions: Guiding Faculty in the Wake of SCOTUS
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Safeguarding Academic Excellence: Seven Questions to ask of all Testing Providers
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Streamlining the Path to Graduate Education: A Case for Centralized Applications
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    The Next Phase of Alumni Engagement for Recruitment & Rankings
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Being "Digital First": Incorporating Digital Strategy into Your Overall Enrollment Management Plan
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Bridging the Brand Gap: Navigating GEM Enrollment Challenges with Social Listening Insights
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Digital Ads Are Not Enough: Covering Your Bases in Digital Enrollment Marketing
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Slate Tips and Tricks for Sharing One Instance Across Multiple Academic Units - Discussion Panel Part II
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Successfully Leading Remote/Hybrid Teams: Yes You Can!
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    The International Graduate Student Admissions Experience: Do Graduate Enrollment Management Professionals Understand the Needs of International Applicants?
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    The Yield Triple Crown: Building Community, On-demand Content, and Events
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Who Are Your International Applicants?
  • Saturday, April 27, 2024
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Beverage Service
  • 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Registration
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Building Effective Partnerships in Recruitment: A Blended Approach of Centralized and Decentralized Collaboration
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Exploring Grad School Week 101: Case studies in creating a recruitment event to fit your needs
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Feeding Two Birds with One Scone: A Framework for Designing Program Policies That Advance Program Expectations and Support Student Progress
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    I'm a Manager! Now What? Advice for New (and not so new) Supervisors
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    The Key to Powerful Storytelling: Scouting Your Audience and Adjusting Your Game Plan
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Top Ten Things Schools Need to Know about New Technology Integration
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    1 + 1 = 3: Building Functional Co-ownership of GEM Training Culture to Impact Enrollment, Student Engagement, and Staff Success
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Build Your RAFT Plan: Understanding Financial Aid and Its Role in Graduate Enrollment Management
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Challenges and Priorities for Graduate Enrollment Professionals: Guidelines for Navigating the Post-Pandemic Educational Environment
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    From Silos to Inclusion: Working with One Another
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Reduce your Risk! Learn How to Detect Fraudulent Documents
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    The Definition of Graduate Enrollment Management GEM): Updates to NAGAP’s Integrated Interdependence Model
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Brunch and The Pursuit of Happiness: Strategies to Improve Personal and Team Happiness