CLAC Conference, 2025: Full Schedule

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11:00am EDT

Data Defenders Unite! Forging Stronger Data Governance Through Community

Thursday June 12, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

From data governance newbies to seasoned pros, join fellow CLAC data nerds from Denison, Haverford, Macalester, and Pomona to swap stories, share battle scars, and build alliances.

Speakers

Anthony Machamer

Director of Planning and Project Management, Haverford College

Kelli Van Wasshenova

Associate Director of Data Governance, Denison University

Jennifer Haas

Vice President ITS and Chief Information Officer, Macalester College

Zane W Buxton (Denison University)

Deputy CIO, Denison University

Gulal Nakati, Director of Data and Analytics Infrastructure, Haverford College

Thursday June 12, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Life Sciences & Philosophy, Room 257

Session

Theme AI/LLM, Success Stories, More fun than a barrel of monkeys!, I've got questions - YOU'VE got answers!, You've got questions - I'VE got answers!, Things the keep me up at night, TrialsTribulations & Failures, ERP/Enterprise Systems, Higher Education 'under siege'-

11:00am EDT

Empowering Student Staff: Upskilling, special projects, and structures to support growth

Thursday June 12, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Harris Center, Room 137

MHC and Colgate University share successes of project-based learning for student staff. We’ll cover topics from high-level frameworks guiding growth, to niche skills of digital fabrication and design.

Speakers

Stephanie Friedman, Senior Instructional Technologist for Emerging Technologies, Mount Holyoke College

Andrew Smith, Instructional Designer - Innovative Media, Colgate University

Thursday June 12, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Harris Center, Room 137

Session

Theme Success Stories, User Education/Training, User Experience/Campus Services, Things I brag about to my friends

1:30pm EDT

From Concept to Campus: The Journey of Implementing Amplify GenAI

Thursday June 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT

Life Sciences & Philosophy, Room 142

This conversation will cover our implementation processes for Amplify GenAI. We will share success stories and hurdles from different institutions.

Speakers

Don Vosburg, Academic Technologist, Carleton College

Academic Technologist, Carleton College

David N. O’Steen, Director, Research & Instructional Support, Wellesley College

Lisa McFall, Director, Digital Initiatives, Scholarship, and Collaboration, Hamilton College

CLAC 2025 Amplify Handout pdf

Thursday June 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Life Sciences & Philosophy, Room 142 Auditorium

Session

Theme AI/LLM, Success Stories, User Experience/Campus Services, User Education/Training, TrialsTribulations & Failures

2:30pm EDT

Hell No to Let's Go: Creating Shared Courses as Innovative Cross-Discipline Curriculum

Thursday June 12, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT

Life Sciences & Philosophy, Room 257

Presenters detail the difficult journey of creating 16 shared credits (5 courses) across programs that have helped to address the enrollment declines in Hamline School of Education and Leadership.

Speakers

Julia Reimer, Associate Professor, School of Education & Leadership, Hamline University

Jennifer Carlson, Professor - Education, Hamline University

Trish Harvey, Associate Professor - Education, Hamline University

Karen Moroz, Associate Professor - Education and Chair of ADAL Department, Hamline University

Thursday June 12, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Life Sciences & Philosophy, Room 257

Session

Theme Success Stories, Instructional Tech/Design, You've got questions - I'VE got answers!, TrialsTribulations & Failures

2:30pm EDT

LMS Evaluation That Faculty Admired

Thursday June 12, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT

Harris Center, Room 137

How our LMS Evaluation made the Sr. Assoc. Provost say “This was a model for how to initiate broad systems-level change in a collaborative, inclusive manner. I’ve learned a lot through this process.”

Speakers

James D'Annibale, Director of Academic Technology, Dickinson College

Director of Academic Technology, Dickinson College

I am the Director of Academic Technology at Dickinson College. Prior to joining Dickinson, I spent 7 years at Wilson College in a similar role. As a former classroom teacher who has an invisible disability, I am very interested in how technology can have positive impacts on student... Read More →

Thursday June 12, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Harris Center, Room 137

Session

Theme Leadership/Leadership Development, Success Stories, Instructional Tech/Design, Things I brag about to my friends

CLAC Conference, 2025

11:00am EDT

Anthony Machamer

Andrew Crawford

Kelli Van Wasshenova

Jennifer Haas

Zane W Buxton (Denison University)

Gulal Nakati, Director of Data and Analytics Infrastructure, Haverford College

11:00am EDT

Stephanie Friedman, Senior Instructional Technologist for Emerging Technologies, Mount Holyoke College

Andrew Smith, Instructional Designer - Innovative Media, Colgate University

1:30pm EDT

Don Vosburg, Academic Technologist, Carleton College

David N. O’Steen, Director, Research & Instructional Support, Wellesley College

Lisa McFall, Director, Digital Initiatives, Scholarship, and Collaboration, Hamilton College

2:30pm EDT

Julia Reimer, Associate Professor, School of Education & Leadership, Hamline University

Jennifer Carlson, Professor - Education, Hamline University

Trish Harvey, Associate Professor - Education, Hamline University

Karen Moroz, Associate Professor - Education and Chair of ADAL Department, Hamline University

2:30pm EDT

James D'Annibale, Director of Academic Technology, Dickinson College

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