Extraordinary Lives Colloquium
OUR 2010 EVENT HAS CONCLUDED! THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST! STAY TUNED FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE 2011 EVENT, COMING SOON.
For your convenience and information, we have kept the information from our 2010 event posted here.
Join The Commons June 7-8, 2010, for the inaugural Extraordinary Lives Colloquium. This experience will allow participants to delve more deeply into the concepts and constructs that make up Positive Student Development. Speakers from across the country will come together to help educate our participants on the constructs including hope, curiosity, zest, compassion (altruistic love), and persistence. Small discussion groups will allow the constructs to be applied and for participants to become meaningful contributors to the growing movement of Positive Student Development.
When: June 7-8, 2010
Where: The Worthington Renaissance Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas
(**A limited number of rooms have been blocked for our event! Make your reservation today to ensure you receive the discounted room rate for your stay at the Worthington!**)
Who: Educators, student affairs professionals, and more!
Colloquium Registration: Available online: Extraordinary Lives Colloquium Registration
Colloquium Cost: $195.00
Colloquium Schedule
(Subject to change)
Monday, June 7, 2010
8:45 a.m. Welcome & Colloquium Opening:
Developing the Extraordinary Lives of Students
Eileen Hulme, Ph.D.
9:30 Collaborative Session One: Creating Extraordinary Lives
10:00 Break
10:15 Keynote Address:
Curiosity: The Heart of Academic Engagement
Todd Kashdan, Ph.D.
11:15 Practical Application:
Developing Curiosity as a Learning Objective
Frank Shushok, Ph.D.
11:25 Collaborative Session Two: Developing Curiosity in our Students
12:15 p.m. Book Signing & Lunch at area restaurants
1:30 General Session:
Understanding the Complexities of Hope
Eileen Hulme, Ph.D.
2:30 Practical Application:
The Wild Hope Project
Eva Johnson and Amber Dehne
2:45 Collaborative Session Three: Building Hope in our Students
3:30 Break
3:45 Keynote Address:
Developing Compassion through Mindfulness
Rod Hetzel, Ph.D. and Kelsie J. Tatum, M.S.
4:30 Collaborative Session Four: Building Mindfulness in Students
5:30 An Extraordinary Lives Happy Hour
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
8:30 a.m. Opening Session:
Developing Zest and a Growth Mindset
Eileen Hulme, Ph.D. and Rishi Sriram, Ph.D.
9:15 Keynote Address:
Appreciative Advising
Jennifer L. Bloom, Ed.D.
10:15 Break
10:30 Practical Application:
Momentum: Using Technology to Develop Character Strengths
Karin Klinger, M.S.
11:00 Practical Application:
Strategic Futuring
Priscilla Goodman
11:30 Collaborative Session Five: Where Do We Go From Here?
12:00 Closing Remarks
Eileen Hulme, Ph.D.
Strategic Futuring* Schedule
(*Separate registration required)
(Subject to change)
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
1-5:00 Strategic Futuring Part I
6-8:00 Strategic Futuring Part II
The Commons Group, in collaboration with The Genysys Group, invites you to experience Strategic Futuring beginning with a half-day workshop after the Colloquium. You may participate in the full program as a part of exploring your opportunities and choosing your own future, or to expand your capacity as an educator and administrator. Through the two-phase process you will become certified to facilitate Strategic Futuring with students in or out of the classroom. Experience how this process helps develop hope by envisioning and choosing to move toward an inspiring and attainable future. Learn more about Strategic Futuring.
Please note that a separate registration is required to participate in the two-part Strategic Futuring components of the Colloquium.
Keynote Speakers
Todd Kashdan, Ph.D.
Dr. Todd Kashdan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at George Mason University. He has been active in the positive psychology movement since 2000, when he taught one of the first college courses on the science of happiness.
Dr. Kashdan's clinical work and scholarly research has included positive emotions, gratitude, purpose in life, personal strengths in operation in everyday life, social relationships, and fostering and sustaining happiness and meaning in life. Author of Curious?, Kashdan's work has been celebrated as one review stated, "it excites and fuels curiosity, which in turn creates new energy, inspires exploration and discovery, and facilitates the search and identification of meaning and purpose."
Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D.
Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D. is a Staff Psychologist and Coordinator of Clinical Training in the Department of Counseling Services at Baylor University. He holds a faculty appointment as Part-Time Instructor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and the Department of Educational Psychology. He is a Licensed Psychologist in Texas and New York, and maintains an independent psychotherapy practice in Waco, Texas.
Dr. Hetzel’s clinical and professional work has focused on the application of positive psychology theory and research to psychotherapy, spiritual formation, and college student mental health. His most recent work has focused on sacred emotions, including compassion, as a core component of mental health and well-being in college students. He is the Past Chair of the Positive Psychology Section of Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, and has delivered invited presentations on positive psychology at meetings of the International Positive Psychology Summit, American Psychological Association, and Christian Association for Psychological Studies. Dr. Hetzel is an Editor of an upcoming book from Oxford University Press entitled Positive Psychology on Campus.
Kelsie J. Tatum, M.S.
Kelsie J. Tatum, M.S. is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program at Baylor University. She currently works as a Graduate Assistant Counselor at the Baylor University Counseling Center and a Psy.D. Trainee at the Baylor University Psychology Clinic. She earned her bachelor's degree in Psychology and Education from Occidental College, where she also worked as the Student Director of the Clinical Psychology Laboratory in the Department of Critical Theory and Social Justice. Her professional interests include gender studies, self-compassion, art therapy, and social justice.
Jennifer L. Bloom, Ed.D.
Jennifer L. Bloom is a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Master’s degree program in the Higher Education & Student Affairs Program at the University of South Carolina. Prior to her appointment at the University of South Carolina in August, 2007, she served as the Associate Dean for Student Affairs & the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Bloom was elected to serve as the 2007-08 President of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). Dr. Bloom has co-authored two books - The Appreciative Advising Revolution (2008) and Career Aspirations & Expeditions: Advancing Your Career in Higher Education Administration (2003).
Eileen Hulme, Ph.D.
Dr. Eileen Hulme has developed a new approach to student growth and progress through her extensive research and study of positive psychology: Positive Student Development. As Positive Student Development has gained more followers and practitioners across the country, Dr. Hulme has been called upon to educate Student Affairs professionals and faculty from community colleges to large, research universities. Dr. Hulme is the founder and President of The Commons Educational Design Group and a faculty member at Azusa Pacific University.