Program Agenda Thursday, February 8, 2018 Morning Session at The Clyde Muse Center, Rankin Campus, Hinds Community College 7:30 a.m. Shuttle Service begins from hotels. Travel time 7-10 minutes. 7:30 a.m. Registration Continental Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Call to Order and Welcome Colleen Hartfield, 2018 WHEMN State Coordinator, Executive Assistant to the President, Hinds Community College 8:45 a.m. Entertainment Montage Theater of Dance Tiffany Jefferson, Director of Montage Theater of Dance, Hinds Community College 9:00 a.m. General Session I - Gender Equality in the Workplace Panelists: Patricia Bennett, Dean, School of Law, Mississippi College Amy Whitten, Principal Partner, The Whitten Group Carolyn DuPré, Vice President, Finance and Administration, Alcorn State University Moderator: Tracy DeVries, Executive Director, Women s Foundation of Mississippi 10:00 a.m. Networking Break Dr. Gay Saxon, Dean of Fun and Director of Workforce Training, Hinds Community College 10:15 a.m. General Session II Aspiring to Leadership Panelists: Dr. LaQuala M. Coleman, Dean of Students, Jackson State University Tara Dunn, Dean of Students, Northwest Mississippi Community College Dr. Mitzi Norris, Executive Director for Academic Effectiveness and Professor of Health Administration, University of Mississippi Medical Center Dr. Jackie Smith, Associate Vice President Academic Affairs, Athens State University Moderator: Dr. Erin Vaughn Jones, Director, Intervention and Instruction Equals Retention and Graduation, Utica Campus, Hinds Community College 11:15 a.m. Networking Break 11:30 a.m. Lunch and Keynote Address Encore Careers Finding the Right Fit Kimberly L. Campbell, Esq., State Director, American Association of Retired People (AARP) Mississippi 1:00 p.m. Travel to Two Mississippi Museums Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum 1:30 p.m. Arrive at Museums Behind every successful woman is a fabulous pair of shoes.
Walk through Mississippi s History WHEMN s Thursday afternoon outing includes free admission to Two Mississippi Museums. The Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum two new interconnected museums that take visitors through the sweep of Mississippi history and the state s role as ground zero in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. The museums combine interactive visitor experiences with exhibits showcasing artifacts including a 500-year-old dugout canoe discovered submerged in mud on the bank of a lake and the doors of the Bryant Grocery that 14-yearold Emmett Till walked through before the fateful encounter with the shopkeeper that led to his murder in the summer of 1955. These museums are telling the stories of Mississippi history in all of their complexity, said Katie Blount, director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, which operates the two new museums. We are shying away from nothing. Understanding where we are today is shaped in every way by where we have come from in our past. More than 50,000 visitors have viewed the museums since the December 2017 opening the culmination of Mississippi s bicentennial celebration. The two new museums expand the way the state s history is presented, from prehistoric times to the Civil Rights Movement and beyond. Both museums use Mississippi s rich tradition of storytelling to showcase the compelling lives of ordinary people who made extraordinary contributions to the state and the nation. Mississippi s former history museum was closed after Hurricane Katrina ripped apart its roof in 2005. The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is the only state-operated civil rights museum in the nation. WHEMN will host a reception, 4 to 5 p.m., in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium. Two Mississippi Museums, 222 North Street, Jackson, MS DIRECTIONS from Muse Center Take Country Place Parkway to Airport Rd., turn right, merge on to I-20 West. Take Exit 46 to I-55 North to North Jackson. From I-55, take Exit 96A for Pearl Street. Use the right two lanes to travel to the State Street intersection. Take a right on State Street traveling past the Old Capitol Museum. Take the first right onto Amite Street. Take the first left onto North Street. The Museum will be on your right, just past the Winter Building. Street parking is available on North Street. The museum s free Parking Garage is accessed from Jefferson Street between Amite and Mississippi Street. The elevator is on the second floor of the Parking Garage. 3 It s not easy to be in somebody else s shoes.
Thursday, February 8, 2018 (continued) 1:45 p.m. General Session III Notable Women in Mississippi History Anne B. McKee, Humorist, Historian and Storyteller Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium 2:30 5:00 p.m. Tour Museums Save your ticket it is valid Friday afternoon. 4:00 5:00 p.m. Wine and Cheese Reception Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium 5:15 p.m. Shuttle service, from Two Museums to Muse Center and hotels. Friday, February 9, 2018 The Clyde Muse Center, Rankin Campus, Hinds Community College 7:30 a.m. Shuttle Service begins from hotels. Travel time 7-10 minutes. 7:30 a.m. Registration Continental Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Call to Order and Welcome Colleen Hartfield, 2018 WHEMN State Coordinator 8:45 a.m. General Session IV Hair on Fire: How to Think and Speak - on Your Feet! Mandi Stanley, Certified Speaking Professional 9:45 a.m. General Session V Sexual Misconduct on Campus Panelists: Dr. Stacy Carmichael, Associate Vice President of Administration, Title IX Coordinator, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Angela Cockerham, Mississippi House of Representatives, District 96 Dr. Becky Malley, Title IX Coordinator, University of Southern Mississippi Moderator: Joycelyn Washington, Deputy Title IX Coordinator and Director of Student Services, Nursing/Allied Health Center, Hinds Community College 10:45 a.m. Networking Break 11:00 a.m. General Session VI If the Shoe Fits Cyndi Grace, Cyndi Grace Ministries 11:45 a.m. Networking Break 12:00 noon Awards and Business Luncheon WHEMN 2018 Leadership Award Presentation Business Meeting Conference Evaluation 2:00 p.m. Adjournment. Shuttle back to the hotels.
WHEMN Shuttle Schedule Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 7:30 a.m. Pick up from hotels* and transport to Muse Center 8:00 a.m. Pick up from hotels and transport to Muse Center 1:00 p.m. Shuttle from Muse Center to Mississippi s Two Museums** 4:00 p.m. Shuttle from Museums back to Muse Center for guests to get their vehicles; then transport remaining guests back to hotels in Pearl, MS 5:00 p.m Shuttle from Museums back to Muse Center for guests to get their vehicles; then transport remaining guests back to hotels Friday, Feb 9, 2018 7:30 a.m. Shuttle from hotels to Muse Center 8:00 a.m. Shuttle from hotels Muse Center 12:00 p.m. Shuttle from Muse Center to hotels 1:45 p.m. Shuttle from Muse Center to hotels *Hotel pick up includes Pearl Courtyard by Marriott (415 Riverwind Dr., Pearl, MS 39208) and Fairfield Inn & Suites (407 Riverwind Dr., Pearl, MS 39208). The shuttle will pick up guests who are waiting at the front entrances of the hotels. **There is a free parking for the museums located at 222 North St., Jackson, MS 39201. For WHEMN members who leaving the WHEMN reception and going immediately to dinner, it may be more convenient to drive personal vehicles. Directions to the museums are included in the conference program. Hinds personnel are asked to drive personal vehicles, so we may reserve Shuttles for our guests.