2022 APACS CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL MEETING

Resiliency:
Together We
Thrive

21st Annual APACS Conference and Annual Meeting
Virtual Conference

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Conference Schedule ________________________________

Welcome from the APACS President ____________________

Welcome from the 2022 Conference Chairs ______________

Conference Planning Committee Members _______________

Keynote Speakers ________________________________

Plenary Sessions _____________________________

2022 APACS Awards ?______________________________

SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE

___________________________ Wednesday, June 8 ________________________________

10:30am Log On & Welcome
11:00am – 12:15pm Keynote Speaker – Dr. Ebony McGee

12:15pm – 1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm – 2:00pm Plenary Session - Thriving as STEP & CSTEP Admins
2:00pm – 3:00pm Moderated by: Renee Mapp & Renaldo Alba

Plenary Session – STEP & CSTEP: Best Practices on
Alumni Engagement Panelist

Moderated by: Drs. Christine Veloso & Shanna
Crump

________________________________Thursday, June 9_______________________________

10:45am Log On & Announcements

11:00am – 12:15pm Keynote Speaker – Dr. Terrell Strayhorn

12:15pm – 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00pm – 2:00pm Plenary Session - Best Practices for Summer
Programming & Hybrid Programming
Moderated by: Matt DiGiovanni
2:00pm – 3:00pm Annual Meeting/ President’s Report

_________________________________ Friday, June 10 _______________________________

10:45am Log On & Announcements
11:00am – 12:00pm Keynote Speaker – Dr. Nia Nunn
12:00pm – 12:45pm
12:45pm – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm – 2:30pm Plenary Session – Journey to Graduate Degrees
2:30pm – 3:00 pm
Moderated by: Dr. Edgardo Sanabria- Valentin
NYSED Presentation

APACS Awards/ Staff Recognition

June 8, 2022
Dear Colleague:

On behalf of the APACS Officers, Executive Committee, and the Conference Committee, I welcome you to
the 2021 APACS Virtual Annual Meeting and Conference.

This past year has been a year for the ages, and certainly one that we will not soon forget. The COVID-19
pandemic, and the issues of systemic bias and racism, and police violence raised by the Gavin Floyd
murder, have presented historic challenges for our nation and the world to address these urgent crises.

Within this backdrop, I am proud of the work that we have done collectively, in our institutions to try to meet
the added burdens placed on our students and their families, and help fill educational gaps in a myriad of
ways this past year. Along with our strong advocacy efforts, I have no doubt that the care and support we
provided to the 20,000 CSTEP and STEP students in the 100 CSTEP and STEP programs played a critical
role in earning a 20% increase in our funding for 2021-2022.

Many challenges lay ahead as we enter the third year of the current five-year funding cycle. Among them,
the expansion of our programs and looking forward to the next Request for Proposals. We have redoubled
our efforts to work with the NYSED to improve the RFP's for 2026.

The year ahead will also present the challenge and opportunity to continue to grow and develop our
organization. During our conference, we will vote on the revision of our By-Laws that will better serve our
organizational needs. We continue to make progress in attaining our 501© status, and have revamped our
APACS and Step for Leaders websites. With your active participation and leadership, I know we can
continue this growth and development.

I hope this virtual conference will provide you with the opportunity to learn new strategies, techniques, and
model services and activities that you will be able to emulate on your campus. I encourage you to take
this opportunity to network with your colleagues, our presenters and State Education program staff. All of
them have much to offer, and I know we all have much to offer each other. I especially encourage our
new members to take advantage of all our conference has to offer.

I want to gratefully acknowledge our Conference Committee and its co-chairs, for their outstanding work
and effort in planning and implementing the 2021 Conference and Annual Meeting. I ask again, for your
active participation in in APACS. We need your continued support.

On behalf of our officers, Executive Committee and the Conference Committee, I wish you continued
success in the year ahead.

Very truly yours,

Michael A. Molina
President

Resiliency: 21st Annual APACS Conference
Together We and Annual Meeting
Thrive
June 8 – 10, 2022

Virtual Conference

Dear Colleagues,

Greetings and Welcome to the 21st APACS Conference & Annual Meeting!

This is our 2nd virtual gathering of STEP and CSTEP program administrators. This
year’s conference theme is Resiliency: Together We Thrive. The global pandemic has
drastically impacted the way we support and serve our secondary-school,
undergraduate, and graduate scholars, creating a time of uncertainty and challenges.
Despite these circumstances, STEP and CSTEP Resiliency programs have thrived
through this difficult time to provide its scholars with the support and guidance needed
for them to persevere and achieve their educational goals. To continue to strengthen
our programmatic goals, the conference committee has invited a selection of dynamic
keynote speakers and plenary presenters to share their expertise with us. We hope this
conference allows you to acquire new knowledge, create new relationships within your
professional network, and spark innovation to reinvigorate both our students and
colleagues lives. On behalf of the APACS 2022 conference committee, we would like to
thank the STEP and CSTEP program administrators and guests for attending our 21st
APACS Conference and Annual Meeting!

We hope you enjoy your time with us.

Sincerely,
The 2022 APACS Conference Co-Chairs:

Kenya Townsend Shanna Crump-Owens Diandra Jugmohan

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai University at Buffalo Hostos Community College-CUNY

2022 Conference Committee

Conference Committee Co-Chairs

Kenya Townsend
Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai

Shanna Crump-Owens
University at Buffalo

Diandra Jugmohan
Hostos Community College- CUNY

Conference Committee Members

Renaldo Alba Matthew G. DiGiovanni
Fordham University Nassau Community College

Renee Mapp Edgardo Sanabria-Valentin
University at Buffalo John College of Criminal College

Nkem Stanley-Mbamelu -
City College of New York Christine Veloso

Stony Brook University

The Committee Especially Thanks

JR Beckford
Binghamton University

Randell Keiler
Medgar Evers College

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Ebony McGee

“Racialized Spaces”
Wednesday, June 8 at 11:00 AM

Ebony McGee, Ph.D. is an associate professor of diversity and STEM
education at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. She investigates
what it means to be racially marginalized in the context of learning and
achieving in STEM. In particular, she studies the racialized experiences
and racial stereotypes affecting underrepresented groups of color.
McGee’s research also focuses on the effect of racialized experiences
and bias on STEM education and career by exploring the costs of
academic achievement and problematizing success. McGee
investigates how marginalization undercuts success in STEM through
psychological stress, interrupted STEM career trajectories, impostor
phenomenon, and other debilitating issues. With funding from five National Science Foundation
(NSF) grants, McGee cofounded the Explorations in Diversifying Engineering Faculty Initiative
(EDEFI; pronounced “edify”). (Visit EDEFI’s website at blackengineeringphd.org.) Recent
publications include: McGee, E. O., & Bentley, L. C. (2017). The equity ethic: Black and Latino
college students reengineering their STEM careers toward justice. American Journal of
Education, 124(1), 1–36; and McGee, E. O., & Bentley, L. C. (2017). The troubled success of
Black women in STEM. Cognition and Instruction, 35(4), 265–289.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Terrell Strayhorn

“Assessment in Higher Education”
Thursday, June 9 at 11:00 AM

Dr. Terrell Strayhorn is Professor and Founder/CEO of Do Good Work
Educational Consulting LLC. Most recently, he was on the faculty at
The Ohio State University, where he also served as Director of the
Center for Higher Education Enterprise (CHEE) and Founding Director
of the Center for IDEAS within the College of Education and Human
Ecology. An internationally-recognized student success scholar,
highly acclaimed public speaker, and award-winning writer, Strayhorn
is author of 10 books and over 200 book chapters and journal articles
and other scholarly publications.

He has given hundreds of invited keynotes and lectures at more
than 500 universities and conferences across the globe. Dr. Strayhorn
maintains an active and highly visible research agenda focusing on major policy issues in
education: student access and achievement; issues of race, equity and diversity; impact of
college on students, and student learning and development. His most popular book, College
Students’ Sense of Belonging: A Key to Educational Success, has won a book award and
sold record copies nationally. Known for using the hashtag #DoGoodWork on social media,
Strayhorn was named one of the country’s top diversity scholars by Diverse: Issues in Higher
Education in 2011, one of Business First’s “Top 40 under 40,” one of the “Top 20 to Know in
Education,” and became the youngest full professor in Ohio State’s history in 2014. He has
been quoted in major news outlets including the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside
HigherEd, Huffington Post, and newspapers across the nation. Prior to Ohio State, Strayhorn
was Special Assistant to the Provost at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and Research
Associate at the Council of Graduate
Schools (CGS) in Washington, DC. Strayhorn received a bachelor’s degree (BA) from the
University of Virginia (UVA), a masters degree (MEd) in educational policy from the Curry
School of Education at UVA, and doctorate (PhD) in higher education from Virginia Tech. He
is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated and a native of Virginia Beach,
Virginia. Dr. Strayhorn is the 2021 recipient of the APACS Dr. David Ferguson Educational
Visionary Award.

WORKSHOP PRESENTER

Dr. Nia Nunn

“Strategies for Navigating Burnout”
Friday, June 10 at 11:00 AM

Dr. Nia Nunn wears multiple head-wraps as a mother, artist, educator, speaker,
activist, and community leader. Dr. Nia Nunn
completed her Ph.D. in school psychology
at Michigan State University in 2011 and a
B.A. in Early Childhood Education at Clark
Atlanta University in 2003. Currently, an
Ithaca College Associate Professor of
education and psychology and Board of
Directors President of Southside
Community Center, Dr. Nia is the creator
of programs and research designed to
empower and uplift the voices of youth,

particularly young Black women and girls. Her Black consciousness work centers
on anti-racist and abolitionist frameworks that honor a Black femme oral and visual
tradition. She is committed to teaching and engaging audiences creatively, intensely,
and gracefully. A mother to 3 boys, a poet, dancer and yogi, Dr. Nia is
the embodier of radiance, empowerment, and permission.

PLENARY SESSIONS

Thriving as STEP & CSTEP Administrators
Moderated by: Renee Mapp & Renaldo Alba
Mrs. Barbara Jones-Jones - STEP & CSTEP Director | Mercy College
Mrs. Richards - ? Title| ? College
John Brown - ? Title | ? College

STEP &CSTEP Panel: Best Practices for Alumni Engagement
Moderated by: Christine Veloso & Shanna Crump
Darshini Roopnarine- ?| ? College
Anymore panelist?

Best Practices for Summer Programming & Hybrid Programming
Moderated by: Matt DiGiovanni
Missing List of Panelists?
Journey to Graduate Degrees

Moderated by: Dr. Edgardo Sanabria-Valentin
Leonilde (Leo) Colon, Jr. – CSTEP Coordinador |College of Staten Island
Renee Mapp, ABD - STEP & CSTEP Program Coordinator? | University of Buffalo

Kim S. Overrocker, Ed.D. - Associate in Higher Education Opportunity| NYSED
Joann Santos - CSTEP & STEP Director| Monroe Community College

Melissa Teixeira, Ed.D., M.S. Ed. HEOP, STEP, Upward Bound Executive Director
|Vaughn College

2022 APACS AWARDS ???

Dr. David Ferguson Educational Visionary Award

Dr. David Ferguson was a Distinguished Service Professor of
Technology and Society and Applied Mathematics and Statistics
at Stony Brook University. Previously, he was chair of the
Department of Technology and Society. His research and
teaching were intertwined and focus on issues of Quantitative
reasoning; Problem solving; Use and assessment of educational
technologies; Technology in mathematics, science and
engineering education; and Decision Making.

Dr. John Staley Award for Outstanding Service

Dr. John Staley served as Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty
Affairs, Associate Vice President for Public Service and Urban
Affairs, and Headmaster of the Cora P. Maloney College, among
other professional responsibilities, at the University at Buffalo until
his retirement in 2008. He co-chaired the President's Task Force
on the Status of UB Women, which helped establish the Institute
for Research and Education on Women and Gender, and a North
Campus site for the UB Child Care Center. Dr. Staley was a
tireless advocate for policies that addressed the inequalities of
underrepresented students in higher ed, as well as improving
women's salary disparities through career advancement.

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