Stories + Insights

In the fall of 2017 I had the opportunity to attend the 31st Annual Conference of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU).  The conference theme was “Championing Hispanic […]

BASES/FEPSAC, November 2017 I had the privilege to attend this conference which was the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and European Federation of Sport Psychologists first collaborative conference. […]

At the end of October, 2017, a group of professors and administrators went to San Diego to participate in the 31st Annual Conference of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and […]

The SACNAS 2017 National Diversity in STEM Conference was three full days of cutting-edge science, professional development, training, and mentoring for students and scientists at all levels. Dulce Campos, Biology student […]

I presented two papers at the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and the American Academy of Religion (AAR), which met together late November (as they always do). This year they […]

There’s a sense in which Christmas came early for me in 2017. That’s how blessed I was to represent Vanguard University this past November at an important academic conference in […]

I attended and gave a presentation with Dr. Jinhee Kim (Kennesaw State University) at the largest early childhood education conference in the world, the 2017 NAEYC (National Association for the […]

PRESIDENT BRAIN (Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference Meeting) I, along with four other students, Rhys Carpenter, Megan Jeske, Carla Keith, and Liana Rizkalla, traveled to Washington D.C. to attend the […]

I attended The Pacific Sociological Association’s 88th Meeting in Portland, Oregon from April 6 to April 9. This was a particularly exciting year for me for two reasons: This was […]

Costume College, hosted by Costumer’s Guild West, is an annual event attracting attendees and teachers from around the globe.  This year’s theme was “The 60’s—Vintage Daydreams”.  I attended the event […]