Monthly, 60-minute virtual conversations where 20 participants can connect with featured leaders, ask questions, and learn alongside fellow higher ed professionals
Next Conversations Event
Peer Mentoring
Tue. Jun. 30 @ 1:00 PM ET ─ Zoom
Brie Jutte, representing DU’s 4D Peer Mentor Program
Jennifer Bebergal, representing Florida Atlantic University’s Learning Assistant (LA) Program
Previous Events
May 2026 ─ Wellbeing in the Classroom
Jennifer Woolard, Professor, Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Director of CAS First Fellows Program, Georgetown’s Engelhard Project for Connecting Life and Learning
Megan Kennedy, director of the UW Resilience Lab
March 2026 ─ Formative Education
Nathan Webb, Vice President and Susan Pendleton and L. Gregory Jones Chair in Formative Education
Deoksoon Kim, Professor, Director of Transformative Education Lab
February 2026 ─ Character Education
Liza Johnson Ed.D., Director of the Wendt Center for Character and Leadership
Aaron D. Cobb, Senior Scholar of Character for the Educating Character Initiative
January 2026 ─ Mindfulness in College
Sara McDermott, Be REAL Program Manager, Center for Child & Family Well-Being
The Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults
Holly Rogers, M.D., co-founder of The Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults
December 2025 ─ Purpose-driven Career Exploration
Bates College
Marianne Cowan, Senior Associate Director for Exploration and Curricular Design, Purposeful Work and Visiting Lecturer in the Humanities
Bentley University
Rebecca Jimenez, Associate Dean of Wellbeing & BentleyPlus
November 2025 ─ Engaging First-Year Students in Big Picture Questions
The Great Questions Project
Ted Hadzi-Antich Jr., MA, The Great Questions Project at Austin Community College
University of Florida
Alison Reynolds, Ph.D., UF Quest
October 2025 ─ Experiential Learning
Bill Whitney, Ph.D., Assistant Vice Provost for Experiential Learning Programs and Michelle Spada, MBA, Program Manager, Lehigh 360, Office of Creative Inquiry
Elizabeth Paul, Ph.D., University President
