Wooster Insiders’ Summit
April 21-22, 2023
The higher education sector is undergoing monumental changes. Changing demographics, tightening budgets, and a reduced available workforce are complicating an already complex academic system. Fortunately, The College of Wooster is approaching these global trends from a position of strength.
Join us as we explore these topics at the third bi-annual Insiders’ Summit.
Register HereSchedule of Events
Day | Time | Event | Description | Location | ||||||
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Friday, April 21 | 8:00 am-5:00 pm | Welcome & Check-In | Gault Alumni Center | |||||||
9:00 am-4:00 pm | Senior Research Symposium | Oral presentations, demonstrations, installations, and performances highlighting senior Independent Study projects. | Various Campus Locations | |||||||
11:00 am-1:00 pm | Lunch (optional) | Lowry Center | ||||||||
6:00-8:30 pm | Welcome Reception and Dinner | Kittredge Dining Hall | ||||||||
Saturday, April 22 | 7:00-8:30 am | Breakfast (optional) | Experience first-hand what students enjoy daily | Lowry Center | ||||||
9:00 am | Keynote Address | Sue Cunningham, President and CEO of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) | The Alley, Lowry Center | |||||||
9:45-10:15 am | Break & Transfer to Lowry Center | |||||||||
10:15 am | From the President's Perspective | Learn how budgets, markets forces, and community expectations shape the daily Wooster experience. Presented by Interim President Wayne Webster. | The Alley, Lowry Center | |||||||
11:15 am | Tartan Talks | Four 15-minute presentations on key Wooster initiatives | ||||||||
12:30 pm | Lunch | |||||||||
1:15 pm | Industry Experts Panel | |||||||||
2:15-3:00 pm | Volunteer Breakout Groups |
*Times and locations subject to change
Keynote Speaker
Sue Cunningham
President & CEO, Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
Sue Cunningham
President & CEO, Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
Sue Cunningham is President and CEO of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), which supports over 3,100 schools, colleges and universities worldwide in developing their integrated advancement work (alumni relations, communications, fundraising and marketing operations). As CASE President and CEO, Ms. Cunningham provides strategic and operational leadership for one of the largest associations of education-related institutions in the world with members in over 80 countries.
Read Full BioIndustry Experts Panel
Lindsey Interlante
Executive Director, Five Colleges of Ohio
Lindsey Interlante
Executive Director, Five Colleges of Ohio
The Five Colleges of Ohio organization focuses on issues and opportunities of mutual concern, creating joint programs that enhance member institutions. This foundation of trust stimulates us to challenge the status quo and imagine how we might be better off both collectively and individually. The College of Wooster is a proud member of the Ohio Five.
Read Lindsey’s BioTodd Jones
President & General Counsel, Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of Ohio
Todd Jones
President & General Counsel, Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of Ohio
The Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of Ohio (AICUO) seeks to strengthen student financial aid programs and bring about a greater understanding of the benefits and contributions of Ohio independent colleges and universities. At the same time, the association works to promote the well-being of Ohio higher education as a whole, with special regard for the dual private/public nature of the responsibility to serve the educational, social, and cultural needs of the state and the nation.
Read Todd’s BioMickey McDonald
President, Great Lakes Colleges Association
Mickey McDonald
President, Great Lakes Colleges Association
The GLCA takes actions that will help strengthen and preserve our colleges; and by being a leading force on behalf of education in the tradition of the liberal arts and sciences. Rich in tradition, GLCA will continue to enhance our colleges by leading as new areas of opportunity and challenge emerge.
Read Mickey’s BioMeret Nahas '10
2022 – current
Weston, Massachusetts
Career: Senior Associate Director of Development for External Relations, The Rivers School
Scots in Service: GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Trustee in 2017 and 2018, Class President, Fighting Scots Career Connections network advisor, The Wooster Fund
Interim President Wayne Webster
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You may also register for the Insiders’ Summit by April 14 by emailing the Office of Alumni and Family Engagement at alumni@wooster.edu or by calling 330-263-2533.
A limited amount of hotel rooms are available at these locations. When booking, ask for the Insiders’ Summit room rate.
Hampton Inn
4253 Burbank Rd.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-345-4424
St. Paul Hotel
203 S. Market St.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-601-1900
Best Western
243 E. Liberty St.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-264-7750