VIRTUAL FORUM

Lessons in Creativity and Communications

Wednesday, August 17, 2 pm, ET | 11 am, PT

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Employers increasingly look for soft skills like creativity and communication when they make hiring decisions. To prepare graduates for a successful entry into the workforce, colleges need to find new ways to incorporate those soft skills into the curriculum.

On August 17, join our 75-minute Virtual Forum to hear how higher-education leaders are integrating creativity and communications throughout the student experience. We’ll explore big-picture ideas and practical strategies.

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AGENDA

2:00 | Welcome

2:05 | Chronicle Presentation
Why Creativity is Key

Can – and should -- creativity be taught in college? A panel of experts will take on that question and discuss how their institutions embed creativity and other soft skills into their curricula.

Panelists:

Jane Hilberry, Professor of Creativity and Innovation; Schlosser Professor in the Arts, Colorado College
Khanjan Mehta, Vice Provost for Creative Inquiry and Director of the Mountaintop Initiative, Lehigh U.
Keith Sawyer, Morgan Distinguished Professor in Educational Innovations, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hilll

2:30 | Adobe Sponsor Segment

Articulating Transdisciplinary Skills across the Curriculum for All Students

Higher education in general and the liberal arts curriculum specifically has always done the job of helping students develop the most in-demand abilities and soft-skills for a wide range of careers, but it’s arguable that we have done a good job of specifically articulating that development. The session will look at recent workforce readiness lists, from sources including the World Economic Forum and Forbes, to point out the kinds of transdisciplinary skills that our campuses collectively cultivate and the role of digital technologies in that development.
Panelist:

Todd Taylor, Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist, Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2:45 | Chronicle Presentation
The Creative Dividend

How does creativity assist students in the workplace? To find out, two recent graduates will explain how it benefits them. Plus: Speakers from the first session will return to discuss what administrators need to know to support faculty members as they embed creativity and communications skills in their classroom.
Panelists:

Cassidy Drost, Recent graduate, Lehigh U.
Alexia Preston, Program Manager at the Agility Lab, The Nature Conservancy. Recent graduate of Colorado College

3:10 | Final Notes

PANELISTS

Cassidy Drost

Public Affairs and Patient Advocacy, Sanofi. Recent graduate of Lehigh University.

Jane Hilberry

Professor of Creativity and Innovation; Schlosser Professor in the Arts, Colorado College

Khanjan Mehta

Vice Provost for Creative Inquiry and Director of the Mountaintop Initiative, Lehigh University

Alexia Preston

Program Manager at the Agility Lab, The Nature Conservancy. Recent graduate of Colorado College.

Keith Sawyer

Morgan Distinguished Professor in Educational Innovations, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Todd Taylor

Adobe Pedagogical Evangelist
Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CHRONICLE HOSTS

Beckie Supiano

Senior Writer,
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Lessons in Creativity and Communications

Employers increasingly look for soft skills like creativity and communication when they make hiring decisions. To prepare graduates for a successful entry into the workforce, colleges need to find new ways to incorporate those soft skills into the curriculum.

On August 17, join our 75-minute Virtual Forum to hear how higher-education leaders are integrating creativity and communications throughout the student experience. We’ll explore big-picture ideas and practical strategies.

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AGENDA

PANELISTS

Cassidy Drost

Jane Hilberry

Khanjan Mehta

Alexia Preston

Keith Sawyer

Todd Taylor

CHRONICLE HOSTS

Beckie Supiano

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