NICE 2013 National Institute on Cooperative Education Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA July 27-31, 2013 DRAFT Conference Program (subject to minor revisions) ** Saturday and Wednesday Airport Shuttle Service arranged by: the Virginia Cooperative Council, Allen Melton and Phil Miller ** Campus Points of Interest: Hahn Horticultural Gardens Lane Stadium Cassell Coliseum University Bookstore Squires Student Center 4/16 Memorial Duck Pond (All times are local to Blacksburg, Virginia Eastern Daylight Time) Saturday, July 27, 2013 ** Dress code for Saturday is comfortable and casual attire that is tasteful and appropriate. See official dress code for more information. ** Conference Headquarters Office is located in the Ag Econ Departmental Conference Room on second floor Hutcheson Hall (217-I). It will serve as the strategy room for all cooperative simulation computations, STUCO headquarters, conference storage, and the conference office. 1:00-6:00 pm Conference Registration NICE Dorm: New Hall East (540 Washington Street SW, Blacksburg, VA 24060) Conference packets and sling bags distributed by assigned team Room keys distributed at front desk of New Hall East Individual sign-up for youth attendees to assist with various conference aspects: News of the Day Conference Photos Sunday Morning Devotional
2:00, 3:00, and 4:00 pm Campus Tours Campus tours will be repeated every hour from 2:00 until 4:00 pm. Tours will begin and end at the New Hall East lobby. Tours will be led by a VT Ambassador and will consist of a one-hour walking tour of various sites on the VT Campus. All tour participants must complete an information sheet prior to the tour. 6:00-6:15 pm Welcome & Orientation Hillcrest Dining Room...... Phil Miller (All NICE participants to attend) 6:15-6:30 pm Youth Scholar Ice Breaker Hillcrest Dining Room and Vicinity..... Jennie Gentry 6:30-8:30 pm Pizza Party and Get Acquainted Exercises Hillcrest Dining Room... Jennie Gentry approx. 7:15 pm Adult and Student Worker Orientation Hillcrest Lounge...Phil Miller (required for all adult and student leaders) Phil Miller will discuss the role of adult and student leaders, explain rules and roles, and will recognize group leaders and volunteer assignments for each of the following (smallgroup meetings possible): STUCO Cooperative Case Studies: Patsy Whitehead & Mary Lou Mays Monday Box Lunch Cooperative Simulations: Adam Shiflett and Eric Stogdale Conference Photos Sunday Morning Devotional: Allen Melton Outstanding Youth Scholar Competition: Martha Arterburn Airport and Weather-related Transportation 8:30-9:00 pm All You Need to Know about Cooperatives Part I Hillcrest Dining Room.Turner Gravitt An overview of the essential cooperative principles 9:00 9:45 pm Introduction to STUCO Hillcrest Dining Room... Phil Miller. Youth scholars will be assigned to groups to form a student cooperative that will operate to earn a profit over the coming days 9:45-10:15 pm Introduction of SongFest/Talent Show Activity Youth Leaders will be assigned to groups to assist and answer questions 10:15 pm State Meetings (on your own) All NICE conference participants will meet with their individual state leaders.return to New Hall East 11:00 pm Lights Out
Sunday, July 28, 2013 ** Dress code for Sunday is comfortable and casual attire that is tasteful and appropriate. See official dress code for more information. ** Outstanding Youth Scholar Interviews will take place in assigned rooms as scheduled. 8:00-9:00 am Breakfast Dietrick Food Court 9:00-9:15 am on your way to Hillcrest Dining Room 9:15-9:30 am Welcome and Conference Overview Hillcrest Dining Room... Phil Miller 9:30-10:30 am Keynote Address Hillcrest Dining Room... Matt Lohr 10:30-11:00 am All NICE Participants must attend their choice of the following sessions: Non-Denominational Devotional Hillcrest Dining Room... Allen Melton Get-Acquainted Session Part II Hillcrest Lounge.... Phil Miller 11:00-11:30 am Break & Team-Building Exercises Hillcrest Dining Room... Jennie Gentry 11:30-12:00 am All You Need to Know about Cooperatives Part II Hillcrest Dining Room..Turner Gravitt 12:00-12:45 pm Lunch Dietrick Food Court 1:00-1:30 pm All You Need to Know about Cooperatives Part III Hillcrest Dining Room Phil Miller 1:30-2:30 Introduction of the Cooperative Simulation Hillcrest Dining Room... Adam Shiflett and Eric Stogdale 2:30-3:15 Refreshment Break and STUCO Co-op Meetings Hillcrest Dining Room 3:15-4:30 Cooperative Simulation, Decision #1 Hillcrest Dining Room... Adam Shiflett and Eric Stogdale 4:30-5:30 pm Cooperative Case Study Introduction Hillcrest Dining Room...Patsy Whitehead and Mary Lou Mays 5:30-6:30 pm Dinner, Dietrick Food Court 6:30-7:00 pm Break (on your own) 7:00-7:45 pm Cooperative Case Study Continued Hillcrest Dining Room... Patsy Whitehead and Mary Lou Mays 7:45 9:45 pm Cooperative Challenge #1: Team Building Hillcrest Dining Room... Jennie Gentry 9:45 10:15 pm Ice Cream Social Hillcrest Dining Room and Vicinity
10:15 pm State Meetings All NICE conference participants will meet with their individual state leaders..return to NICE Dorm: New Hall East 11:00 pm Lights Out Monday, July 29, 2013 ** All NICE participants should wear their official conference t-shirt (received during registration) and comfortable pants and shoes that are appropriate for walking. Buses will be boarded for Natural Bridge and local historical sites immediately following the morning sessions. There will not be time to return to the dorm before departing for the tour. Except for notebooks and workshop supplies, students and leaders should only bring items to Hillcrest Dining Room that they plan to take on the tour. Notebooks can be left in Hillcrest Dining Room during the tour. Personal items should not plan to be left in Hillcrest Dining Room during the tour. 7:15-8:00 am Breakfast Dietrick Food Court 8:00-8:15 am on your way to Hillcrest Dining Room 8:15-9:30 am Cooperative Simulation, Decision #2 Hillcrest Dining Room... Adam Shiflett and Eric Stogdale 9:30-10:30 am Cooperative Case Study Continued Hillcrest Dining Room...Patsy Whitehead and Mary Lou Mays 10:15-10:45 am Boxed Lunch Team Prepares for Departure 10:30-10:45 am Board Buses for Natural Bridge and local historical sites ** All participants receive box lunch w/drink as they enter the bus 11:00 8:00 pm Tour of Natural Bridge and local historical sites ** Dinner at local restaurant at end of tour 8:00 pm Buses Depart for return trip to Blacksburg 10:30 pm State Meetings All NICE conference participants will meet with their individual state leaders..return to New Hall East 11:00 pm Lights Out Tuesday, July 30, 2013 ** Dress code for Tuesday is comfortable and casual attire that is tasteful and appropriate. See official dress code for more information. 7:15-8:00 am Breakfast Dietrick Food Court 8:00-8:15 am on your way to Hillcrest Dining Room 8:15-8:45 am Megatrends in Agriculture and the Role of the Next Generation Hillcrest Dining Room... Dr. Dave Kohl
9:00-9:15 am An Overview of Virginia Agriculture and Opportunities Through Virginia tech Hillcrest Dining Room... Dean Alan Grant 9:15-10:00 am Cooperative Case Study: Presentations Hillcrest Dining Room... Patsy Whitehead and Mary Lou Mays 10:00 10:15 am Break Hillcrest Dining Room 10:15-12:00 pm Cooperative Challenge #2 Hillcrest Dining Room... Jennie Gentry 12:00-12:45 pm Lunch Dietrick Food Court 12:45 2:00 STUCO sales 2:00-2:30 STUCO closing meeting Hillcrest Dining Room...Phil Miller. 2:30 3:30 Employment and Education Opportunities Hillcrest Dining Room..Panelists 3:30 pm All STUCO inventory, reports and revenue to be turned in 3:30-4:30 pm Cooperative Simulation, Decision #3 Hillcrest Dining Room... Adam Shiflett and Eric Stogdale 4:30-4:45 Return to New Hall East 4:45-5:45 All youth and adults to prepare for Banquet **The dress code for the banquet is formal, church-type attire. See official dress code for more information. 5:45-6:00 on your way to the Bowman Room adjoining Cassell Coliseum 6:00-7:30 pm Banquet Bowman Room 7:30-8:00 pm Return to New Hall East to prepare for dance 8:00-11:30pm SongFest/Talent Show, Karaoke, Dance and Refreshments Hillcrest **Refreshments will be provided compliments of the Virginia Cooperative Council. **Dress code for the dance is comfortable, casual attire that is tasteful. 11:30 pm Dance concludes.return to New Hall East State Meetings. All NICE conference participants will meet with their individual state leaders. 11:59 pm Lights Out Wednesday, July 31, 2013 ** Dress code for Wednesday is comfortable and casual attire that is tasteful and appropriate. See official dress code for more information. 7:15-8:15 am Breakfast Dietrick Food Court 8:15-8:30 am on your way to Hillcrest Dining Room
8:30-9:30 am Cooperative Simulation Decisions, Discussion, Results Hillcrest Dining Room... Adam Shiflett and Eric Stogdale 9:30-10:30 am Keynote Address Hillcrest Dining Room... Robert Mills 10:30-11:00 am Closing Session... Phil Miller Final Remarks Lunch is on your own ** All rooms should be vacated and all room keys must be returned to the front-desk of the dorm by 1:00 pm. There is a $50.00 fee for each room key that is not returned. ** All linens provided by the NICE Conference must be returned to the front lobby at check out. Any linens not returned will be charged to the appropriate state delegation at cost. ** All trash must be placed in dumpsters beside the dorm nothing is to be left in the room. Dress Code: The dress code and behavior of all NICE Conference participants should reflect a high level of integrity, taste and respect. Comfortable and casual attire that is tasteful and appropriate is accepted. Pants and tops should not be revealing in any way. Khaki pants and tops with collars are preferred. Conservative shorts, jeans and attractive T-shirts are acceptable. Short-shorts, mini-skirts, baggies, ripped and torn clothing, low-cut pants or tops, halter tops, tube tops, strapless tops, bra-less tops, spaghetti straps, vulgar, obscene, suggestive or revealing clothing (no bare midriffs) are not appropriate clothing for adults or students at NICE. Caps will not be permitted inside facilities. Participants wearing clothing deemed inappropriate by conference leaders will be asked to change. For the Tuesday night banquet, all conference participants (adults and students) are asked to wear more formal, church-type attire (sport coat and ties, long pants, button-up shirts for males; skirts, dressy pant suits, or dresses for females). Participants will be allowed time to change into casual clothes before the dance on Tuesday night. All conference participants will be provided with an official t-shirt to be worn on Monday for the trip to Natural Bridge and local historical sites. Parking: Vehicles (automobiles, vans, buses, etc.) parked on the VT campus and not displaying a proper parking permit will be fined or towed at the owner s expense. NOTE: Parking permits are NOT required on Sat. and Sun. So, park as close as you can to New Hall East upon arrival. Vehicle info will be collected at registration, and you will be issued parking permits for Mon. Wed. Telephone and Cell Phones: Students bringing cell phones to NICE need to keep phones in their rooms during all sessions and activities. Please do not use cell phones unless during free time. Any youth bringing a cell phone must remember that if it is lost or stolen, it is their responsibility and not that of NICE. Portable Wireless Devices (CD Players//iPods/Blackberrys): It is understood that some youth like to use these items for traveling and free time purposes. These items MUST stay in your rooms during conference activities! Please also know that they are your responsibility and not NICE s if lost or stolen. Visiting in the dormitory is permitted in the lobby and in the common areas only of floors. NO boys in girls rooms and NO girls in boys rooms.