Schedule & Agenda

January 27-29, 2022

Important: All visitors to campus must complete the Lion Health Check prior to their visit. Please note, some places of business in Los Angeles require hard-copy or digital proof of vaccination in order to utilize their services.

Thursday, January 27, 2022

  • 4:00 p.m.  Hotel Check-in
    Hotel June
    8639 Lincoln Blvd.
    Los Angeles, CA 90045

  • 5:30 p.m.  Shuttle to Reception
    Hotel June Main Entrance
    For those walking, driving in, or using a taxi/Uber/Lyft, please contact Amber Gadd (amber.gadd@lmu.edu) to arrange for visitor access and parking/drop off instructions.

  • 5:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.  Cocktail Reception
    Howard B. Fitzpatrick Pavilion, School of Film and Television

  • 6:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.  Shuttle tour to dinner
    Upper Campus Flagpoles 

  • 6:45 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.  Dinner
    Von der Ahe Family Suite, William H. Hannon Library, 3rd floor
    For those driving in or using a taxi/Uber/Lyft, please contact Amber Gadd (amber.gadd@lmu.edu) to arrange for visitor access and parking/drop off instructions.
    Presentation: Welcome to LMU and 25 Years of Leadership in Public Opinion
    Presenters:
    • Tom Poon, Executive Vice President and Provost, LMU
    • Timothy Law Snyder, President, LMU
    • Fernando Guerra, Director for the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles and Professor of Political Science

  • 8:45 p.m  Shuttle to June Hotel

Friday, January 28, 2022

  • 7:45 a.m.  Shuttle to LMU
    Hotel June Main Entrance
    For those walking, driving in, or using a taxi/Uber/Lyft, please contact Amber Gadd (amber.gadd@lmu.edu) to arrange for visitor access and parking/drop off instructions.
  • 8:00 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.  Open Registration/Breakfast
    3rd Floor Skyway, University Hall

  • 8:40 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.  Welcome, Logistics, and Introductions
    McIntosh Center, University Hall (3rd Floor)
    Presenter
    • Tom Poon, Executive Vice President and Provost, LMU
    • 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Deep Dive #1 - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
      McIntosh Center, University Hall (3rd Floor)
      Goals: To understand shared DEI challenges, identify campus actions, share lessons learned, and develop an action plan of next steps.
      Moderators
      • Kimo Ah Yun, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Marquette University
      • Pamela Zarkowski, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Detroit Mercy
      • Tom Poon, Executive Vice President and Provost, LMU

        Pre-work:  Please come to the meeting with the following:
        1. Three DEI Goals your university is pursuing
        2. Three DEI Challenges that you are facing
        3. Two Lessons that you have learned while advancing DEI on your campus

    You will be asked to move your thoughts from however you have them to sticky notes at the start of our session. So…make sure you think about how to succinctly express your answers so they fit on a mid-sized sticky note.

    For those of you who are unable to attend the meeting and would like to provide your answers so that it can be part of the session, feel free to send your answers directly to me and I will merge them into a single document and make it available at the meeting. I will need your answers to later than Wednesday at noon.

    Deep Dive Breakdown
    9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m.  Session I: Understanding the Landscape
    9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.  Session II: What Are We Doing?10:45 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Break
    11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  Session III: Engaging an Action Plan

    • 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Tour of Playa Vista and Lunch
      University Hall Flagpoles and LMU Playa Vista Campus

    • 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Shuttle back to Westchester Campus and Break
      12105 E. Waterfront Drive, Suite 200, Playa Vista, CA 90094
    • 2 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Deep Dive #2 – The Higher Ed Landscape: An Ignatian Reflection and Response
      McIntosh Center, University Hall (3rd Floor)
      Goals:  To engage in guided reflections that spur conversation around the landscape of higher education, especially as it pertains to our individual institutions, our network of Jesuit institutions, and our sector of higher education. We will also consider how our roles have changed as chief academic officers.
      Moderators
      • Steven Herbert, Provost and Academic Vice President, John Carroll University
      • David Quigley, Provost and Dean of Faculties, Boston College

      Pre-work: Airplane reading: see attached or via McKinsey website

      Deep Dive Breakdown
      2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.  Reflection I: What is this moment?2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.  Reflection II: Do we believe that we need to change?
      3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.  Reflection III: How do we respond to the changing higher ed. market      expectations?
      4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.  Closing Reflection: The changing role of the academic leader?

      • 4:45 p.m. Shuttle to June Hotel (opportunity to freshen up before dinner)
        University Hall Flagpoles and LMU Playa Vista Campus

      • 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Shuttle to cocktail reception and dinner
        Hotel June Main Entrance

      • 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Cocktail reception and dinner outdoors
        Alma Backyard Farm, 801 E Redondo Beach Blvd, Compton, CA 90220
        (Dress warmly. Forecast is for high of 76° F and low of 50° F.)
      • 9:00 p.m. Shuttle to June Hotel

      Saturday, January 29, 2022

      • 7:45 a.m.  Hotel Check-out and Shuttle to LMU
        Hotel June Main Entrance
        For those walking, driving in, or using a taxi/Uber/Lyft, please contact Amber Gadd (amber.gadd@lmu.edu) to arrange for visitor access and parking/drop off instructions.
      • 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.  Breakfast + Speed Q&A + What I wish I knew as a new provost/CAO
        McIntosh Center, University Hall (3rd Floor)
      • 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.  General Business Session
      • 10:15 a.m.  First Shuttle to LAX (Estimated airport arrival time: 10:45 a.m.)
        University Hall Flagpoles
      • 10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m.  Small group meetings
        McIntosh Center, University Hall (3rd Floor)
        Opportunity for CAOs to work in small groups on open topics and conversation.
      • 11 a.m. Boxed lunches available for eat-in or take away
        McIntosh Center, University Hall (3rd Floor)
      • 11:30 a.m. Second Shuttle to LAX (Estimated airport arrival time: 12 p.m.)
        University Hall Flagpoles