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Friday, February 19, 2010
8:00 – 8:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 – 9:30 Welcome and Opening Statements
9:30 – 10:20 Plenary: Dr. Carol Archer—Managing a Multi-Cultural Classroom
10:30 – 11:20 Plenary: Dr. Mikyong Minsun Kim—Korean Culture and its Impact on University Teaching and Learning
11:30 – 12:30 LUNCH
12:30 – 1:20 Plenary: Dr. Mary Atwater— Research and Practices from an African American Perspective
1:30 – 2:20 Plenary: Dr. Swathi Nath Thaker—The Hindu Philosophy and its Views on Learning
2:30 – 3:00 Coffee/Tea/Drinks Break
3:00 – 3:50 Plenary: Dr. Juan Lira—A Look at Latinos in Higher Education through a Psychosociocultural Framework
4:00 – 5:30 Breakout Faculty small group discussion/synthesis
5:30 – 6:00 Break
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner and Entertainment
Saturday, February 20, 2010
8:00 – 8:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:35 Plenary: Dr. Sulayman Nyang—Muslim Beliefs, Practices, & Traditions & their Impact on Teaching
& Learning
9:45 – 10:35 Plenary: Dr. Qi Sun— Transformative Learning in an International Context: A Confucian Perspective
10:45- 11:10 Coffee/Tea/Drinks break
11:10-12:00 Plenary: Dr. Helen Fox – How Culture Affects Writing
12:15-2:00 Working Lunch Breakout discussions and Synthesis Sessions
2:00 – 2:45 Plenary: Speaker Panel: Integration of thoughts from the Symposium, Questions, Answers and Comments
2:45 – 3:00 Closing Remarks
Version: Nov. 19 2009