18th Annual Leadership Workshop
Faculty Success in Higher Education
AKA Leadership Workshop & Pre-Workshops
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Deadline is September 15th, 2024
REGISTER (MEMBERS)
Deadline is January 9th, 2025
REGISTER (Non-MEMBERS)
Deadline is January 9th, 2025
AKA Leadership Workshop and Pre-Workshop Descriptions:
Foundational to the success of a department are the faculty it employs. Successful faculty teach classes that attract students to major in kinesiology, conduct research that generates new knowledge and accompanying revenue through ICR, contribute to critical ongoing department functions and new initiatives, provide significant service to the profession and community at large, and actively promote a positive department culture through their words, actions, and treatment of others. Success, however, is not automatic, and not all faculty achieve success in all areas. Facilitating success requires strong department leadership and varying levels of financial resources.
The focus of the 2025 AKA Workshop, Faculty Success in Higher Education, will address topics related to successful hiring, recruiting retention, and mentoring; helping faculty achieve high research and teaching success; managing challenging people; measuring and valuing faculty through the annual review process; promoting staff success; and addressing faculty, staff, and administrator mental health and work life balance. Presenters will include university presidents, deans, department heads, and faculty. The Workshop will be highlighted by keynote speaker and award-willing and best-selling author, Mary Abbajay, President of Careerstone Group. This interactive session titled “Managing Up, Down, & Across: Working Successfully with Others” will address proven strategies and techniques to increase cooperation and collaboration between those who have different power levels, perspectives, needs, wants, and personalities. The Fireside Chat will focus on the geo-political landscape of higher education and will feature Kevin Guskiewicz, President of Michigan State University, and Gayle Hutchinson, President Emerita of California State University, Chico.
The Workshop will infuse DEI throughout all sessions, will include members of the AKA Leadership Institute, and will address the nuances of doctoral, masters, and bachelors degree-granting institutions.
The Undergraduate Education Network and Graduate Education Network will host the Pre-Workshop that will include a variety of presentations and feature a special session on artificial intelligence by Marcio Oliveira, Assistant Vice President for Academic Technology and Innovation at the University of Maryland.
2025 Workshop Program Planning Committee
Kim Graber, AKA President and Program Chair, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Brandon Alderman, AKA Undergraduate Education Network Chair, Rutgers University
Tim Brusseau, University of Utah
Michael Hemphill, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Penny McCullagh, American Kinesiology Association
Liz Mullin, AKA Graduate Education Network Chair, Springfield College
Lori Ploutz-Snyder, University of Michigan
Nancy Williams, Penn State University
The 2025 AKA Annual Leadership Workshop will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Newport Beach, California. The hotel is a short 5 minutes from Orange County/John Wayne Airport, is considered a hotel retreat, and is located adjacent to the Upper Newport Bay Nature Reserve. The hotel is pet-friendly and has 410 guestrooms, three pools, a 24-hour fitness center, an executive golf course, and a complimentary two-hour beach cruiser rental (bikes) are included in our room rate. The standard room rate will be $235 (single/double), $260 (triple), $285 (quad), balcony view $250 (single), pool view $255 (single), and bay view $285 (single). The negotiated room rates are available 3 days before and three days after the meeting should you decide to extend your stay. A mandatory resort fee has been discounted to $15 per room, per night (plus applicable tax) provides for an enhanced stay experience and includes:
- Premium Wireless Guest Room Internet for up to 6 devices
- Green Fees/Club Rentals at Back Bay Golf Course
- Beach Cruisers (up to 2 hours complimentary)
- Variety of Games including shuffleboard, ping pong, volleyball etc
- Water Slide and Splash Pad
- Fitness Center with 2 Pelotons, 24 Hour Access
- 3 Pools and 3 Hot Tubs
- 2 Bottled Water in guest room daily
- In Season-Recreation led activities at the Oasis Pool
- Beach Kits Available (includes 2 chairs and an umbrella)
- Business Center/Computer Access, Local and 800 Calls
- 24 hour text messaging service
- Electric Car Charging
- Fire Pit Experiences
After meetings, you can wind down with a stroll to the back of the resort to view the Newport Bay Ecological Reserve or walk over the bridge to picturesque Balboa Island and explore the chic coastal shops along Marine Avenue. The deadline to make your hotel reservation is January 9, 2025.
Newport Beach has many offerings besides the weather (sunset cruises, surf lessons, wine tastings, harbor-front promenades). Check it all out by clicking on the link to Visit Newport Beach.
