Join us virtually on Monday, May 18 for the Adult Learner Institute!
Adults have different needs and expectations than ‘traditional’ students who are enrolling right after high school. What are those needs? How do we as faculty and staff meet those needs? Learn from experts and each other regarding ways to best serve our adult learners. Explore proven methods to increase access, facilitate success, and remove barriers so your students can achieve their goals! We invite faculty and staff from higher education institutions throughout Minnesota and beyond to join us.
Sessions will be available in these tracks:
- Developing Adult-Based Programs
- Collaborating with Workforce Service Providers
- Advising Adult Learners
- Promoting Credit for Prior Learning (CPL)
- Teaching the Adult Student
- Focusing on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Innovating with College Readiness
- Developing Corrections/Reentry Programs
- Supporting the Needs of Veterans
Learn from experts and each other how to best serve adult learners. Explore proven methods to increase access, facilitate success, and remove barriers to your students achieving their goals!
Registration is now CLOSED.
If you have registered, you will receive Zoom login instructions soon.
Agenda Monday, May 18th, 2020
All times based on Central Time Zone (CDT)
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Time | Description | Presenter |
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8:30 – 8:45 a.m. | Welcome | President Michael Berndt |
Housekeeping | Brenda Lyseng & Kendrah Pearson | |
8:45 – 10 a.m. | Keynote Address: Inclusive Teaching Strategies to Promote Non-Traditional Student Success
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Malissa Adams |
10:10 – 11 a.m. | Breakout Session 1
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11:10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Breakout Session 2
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12 – 12:30 p.m. | Lunch on your own. Don’t forget to wash your hands! | |
12:30 – 1:20 p.m. | Breakout Session 3
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1:30 – 2:20 p.m. | Breakout Session 4
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2:30 – 3:30 p.m. | Student Panel Student Panelists: Rita Begum, Draven Dugal, Nate Haleen, Marni Hurt, Sandy Loney, Stephanie Norfleet, and Sarah Sandstrom. |
Jess Lee Niebuhr (moderator) |
3:30 – 3:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks & Evaluations | Monica Ibarra |
4 p.m. – Whenever you’d like! | Birds Of a Feather & Networking
Options include:
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Various |
Navigation Assistance
Troubleshooting Audio Issues in Zoom
Committee
Planning Committee Members:
- Brenda Lyseng, Title III Grant Project Director
- Monica Ibarra, Title III Grant Coordinator
- Aria Kronebusch, Title III Grant Coordinator
- Marie Lindloff, Title III Graduate Assistant
- Kendrah Pearson, IHCC/DCTC Credit for Prior Learning Director
- Jan Austad, Associate Dean of Career Programs, IHCC
- Mary Beth Lakin, CPLAN Director, Metropolitan State University
- Jess Lee Niebuhr, Senior Manager for Strategic Partnerships and “All Learning Counts” Director, Minnesota State
- Shelly Auldrich, MN Reconnect Program Manager, Minnesota State
- Eva Scates-Winston, Career and Technical Education Equity Specialist, Minnesota State
Sponsors
We want to acknowledge the various partners that are making the Adult Learner Institute possible:



