October 3, 2019
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
A Call to Action: Leveraging Funding for Student Success
This 7-hour HSI/MSI symposium is organized to advance opportunities for Nevada residents to benefit from programs associated with HSI and MSI designations (Title V designation). Invited national speakers and congressional delegates will address leveraging funding and partnerships for HSIs and MSIs to advance opportunities for students in Nevada. This event is hosted by the NSHE HSI Task Force and will take place on the College of Southern Nevada’s North Las Vegas Campus in the Horn Theater.
9-9:20 Check in and continental breakfast
9:20-9:25 Welcome from Nicola Opfer, Chair, Nevada Student Alliance
Invocation: Reverend Dr. D. Edward Chaney, Founder and Senior Pastor of the Renaissance Fellowship of Las Vegas and Chair of the Nevada Commission on Minority Affairs
9:25-9:30 Welcome from Board of Regents Chair Geddes
9:30-9:30 Welcome from NSHE Chancellor Thom Reilly
9:35-9:40 Welcome from Cultural Diversity Committee Chair Regent Sam Lieberman
9:40-9:50 Land Acknowledgement: Geo Saucedo, Vice President, UNLV Native American Student Association
9:50-10:20 “Mapping Minority Serving Institutions: Advancing Equitable Outcomes for Our Nation’s Learners” (Introduction by CSN President Federico Zaragoza)
• Dr. Andres Castro Samayoa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Boston College and Director for Assessment and Strategy at the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions
10:20-10:35 NSHE Closing Achievement Gap Overview (Introduction by TMCC President Karin Hilgersom)
• Theo Meek, Research Scholar, NSHE Academic and Student Affairs
10:35-10:45 NSHE Institutional Data Overview
• Clarissa Cota, Vice President & Provost, CSN North Las Vegas Campus
10:45-10:55 BREAK
10:55-11:40 AAPI Panel Discussion (Introduction by NSC President Bart Patterson)
“System-Level Change to Support Underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander Students”
• Dr. Noel Harmon (moderator), President, Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF)
• Dr. Robert Teranishi, Professor, Social Science & Comparative Education, UCLA
• Dr. Federick Ngo, Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology & Higher Education, UNLV
• Angela Sanchez, Program Officer, College Success, ECMC Foundation
• Dr. Edith Fernández, Vice President of College and Community Engagement, Nevada State College
11:40-12:15 LUNCH
12:15-12:30 Address by U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (TX-20) (Introduction by CSN President Federico Zaragoza)
12:30-1245 Presentation (Introduction by Eloisa Gordon-Mora, UNR Diversity & Inclusion Officer & EDIC Co-Chair )
• Christopher McCaghren, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education, U.S. Department of Education)
12:45-1:30n Workforce and Education Panel (Introduction by LCC)
• CSN President Federico Zaragoza (moderator)
• Christopher McCaghren, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education, U.S. Department of Education
• Beatriz Ceja, HSI Division Director, U.S. Department of Education
• Dr. Andres Castro Samayoa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Boston College and Director for Assessment and Strategy at the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions
1:30-140 Remarks by United States Senator Jacky Rosen
1:40-1:50 Presentation of award to honor Senator Harry Reid – Chancellor Reilly, with NSHE Regents and Presidents
1:50-2:40 Heritage Panel (Introduction by UNLV President Marta Meana)
• Dr. Nancy Brune, Executive Director, Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, Nevada (moderator)
• Cynthia Alcantar, Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership, University of Nevada, Reno
• Laura Huerta Migus, Executive Director, Association of Children’s Museums
• Tony Gladney, MGM, Vice President of Community Engagement
2:40-2:55 BREAK
2:55-3 Video from United States Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (Introduction by her Chief of Staff Rey Benitez)
3-4 Nevada Congressional Delegation Panel (Introduction by Nicola Opfer, Chair, Nevada Student Alliance )
• NSHE Chancellor Thom Reilly (moderator)
• U.S. Representative Steven Horsford (NV-4)
• U.S. Representative Susie Lee (NV-3)
• U.S. Representative Dina Titus (NV-1)
4- 4:05 Closing Remarks: Clarissa Cota, Vice President & Provost, CSN North Las Vegas Campus & HSI Task Force Chair
4:30-6 Closing Reception/Exhibitor Hall