Agenda

FULL ACCESS: Student Summit for Career Exploration
September 21 – 22, 2008
Produced by COSD
Sponsored by The AT&T Foundation
Holiday Inn Select Opryland / Airport, Nashville, Tennessee

Sunday, September 21, 2008

11:30 – 12 noon Terrace
Summit Name Tag Pick-up

12 noon – 1:15 pm Cheekwood and Belle Meade Rooms
Welcome Luncheon

Welcome from Mr.Alan Muir, Executive Director, COSD

Keynote Address
Mr. Olegario “Ollie” D. Cantos VII, Special Counsel to the Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice

1:15 – 1:30 pm Break

1:30 – 2:15 pm Hermitage Room
Networking Activity

2:15 – 4:45 pm Hermitage Room
Training for Students

2:15 – 3:00pm Self-Disclosure and Workplace Accommodations
Ms. Crystal Gilreath, COSD Career Gateway

3:00 – 3:45 pm Preparation to be Competitive in the Career Search
Ms. Sarah Helm, The University of Tennessee

3:45 – 4:00 pm Break

4:00 – 4:45 pm Campus Career Services Office, Career Gateway and Other Resources
Mr. Alan Muir, COSD

4:45 – 6:00 pm Time on your own

6:00 – 8:00 pm Cheekwood and Belle Meade Rooms
Dinner with Students and Employers

Welcome from Mr. Colin Petheram, VP External Affairs, AT&T
Ms. Laura Sanford, Executive Director of The AT&T Foundation (invited)

Dining Etiquette Training
Ms. Mary Jean Billingsley of Johnson County Community College

Formal and Informal Networking

Monday, September 22, 2008:

8:00 – 9:00 am Cheekwood and Belle Meade Rooms
Full Breakfast
Brief Remarks and Outline of Day – Alan Muir, Executive Director, COSD

9:15 – 10:15 am Boardroom, Parlor 223, Parlor 1409, Cumberland, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ocoee, Harpeth and Hickory Rooms

Small Group Facilitated Discussions – Part One
One employer with up to six students and one facilitator

10:15 – 10:30 am Break to change rooms

10:30 – 11:30 am Boardroom, Parlor 223, Parlor 1409, Cumberland, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ocoee, Harpeth and Hickory Rooms

Small Group Facilitated Discussions – Part Two
One employer with up to six students and one facilitator

11:45 – 12:15 pm Hermitage Room
Wrap-up, Next Steps and Adjournment for Students

Students, Lunch on your own

12:30 – 2:00 pm Tennessee Room
Employer Only Lunch and Debrief with COSD Staff