The Behavioral Intervention Team Standard & Best Practices Certification track* and MSU Legal Issues Conference will both take place in the Colvard Student Union.
APRIL 30
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Check-in for Behavioral Intervention Team Standards & Best Practices Certification
Outside Foster Ballroom, Colvard Student Union
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Day One - NABITA Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) Standards & Best Practices Certification*
Linda Abbott, L.M.H.C., Consultant
TNG Strategic Risk Management Solutions
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Check-in
Hilton Garden Inn
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Social
Two Brothers Smoked Meats
MAY 1
7:45 - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Conference Welcome & Announcements
Dr. Thomas Bourgeois, Dean of Students
Mississippi State University
8:45 - 10:15 a.m.
The Wild, Ever-Changing World of Higher Education and Today’s Students
Dr. Kevin Kruger, President
NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
Dr. Regina Young Hyatt, Vice President for Student Affairs
Mississippi State University
10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Day Two – NABITA Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) Standards & Best Practices Certification*
Foster Ballroom U, Colvard Student Union
10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Aligning Artificial Intelligence with the Ethos of Higher Education
Dr. Jonathan Barlow, Associate Director and Assistant Teaching Professor
Data Science Program, Mississippi State University
10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
NABITA Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) Standards & Best Practices Certification*
NABITA Risk Rubric including case studies
Linda Abbott, L.M.H.C., Consultant
TNG Strategic Risk Management Solutions
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch & Networking
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Concurrent Session I
Making it Clear - Title IX /Sexual Misconduct Policies and Investigations
Honey Ussery, J.D., Assistant Director of EORC/Title IX Coordinator
The University of Mississippi
Balancing Free Expression and Inclusion
Brett Harvey, J.D., Director, Federal Regulatory Compliance
Mississippi State University
Confessions by a College/University President: Navigating Challenges and Shaping the Future
Dr. Jay Allen, President
Itawamba Community College
NABITA Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) Standards & Best Practices Certification*
NABITA Risk Rubric case studies, cont.
Linda Abbott, L.M.H.C., Consultant
TNG Strategic Risk Management Solutions
2:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 - 3:45 p.m.
Concurrent Session II
It Depends... A Conversation with General Counsel
Jeremy Clay, J.D., Director of Contract Administration
Lylee Dodson, J.D., Assistant General Counsel
Brandon Jolly, J.D., Deputy General Counsel
Dylan White, J.D., Associate General Counsel
Mississippi State University
Karen Clay, J.D., General Counsel
Mississippi University for Women
Higher Education’s Emerging Risk
Colorado Robertson, Director of Risk Management
Mississippi State University
Jay Trimm, Director of Risk Management
The University of Alabama System
N.I.L. – Let’s Separate Fact from Fiction
Terry Prentice, Deputy Athletics Director & General Manager of Athlete Brand Services and Business Development
Mississippi State University
NABITA Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) Standards & Best Practices Certification*
Psychological, Threat, and Violence Risk Assessments
BIT Interventions
Linda Abbott, L.M.H.C., Consultant
TNG Strategic Risk Management Solutions
3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
Break
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Concurrent III
Independent Decision Makers and Sanctioning
Honey Ussery, J.D., Assistant Director of EORC/Title IX Coordinator
The University of Mississippi
Challenges and Decisions on Disability Accommodations in Health Care Education Programs
Chris Dallager, Director, Disability Resource Center and ACCESS
Brett Harvey, J.D., Director, Federal Regulatory Compliance
Mississippi State University
Immigration and the International Student Experience
Lauren Wright, Deputy Director, International Services
Mississippi State University
NABITA Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) Standards & Best Practices Certification*
Case Review
Linda Abbott, L.M.H.C., Consultant
TNG Strategic Risk Management Solutions
5:00 p.m.
Time on your own
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Live Music Social @ The Little Dooey
MAY 2
8:00 - 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 10:15 a.m.
The Market Has Changed; More Than You Think. The National Pursuit of Student Recruiting in a Modern World
Patricia Maben, President and Co-Founder
James (Jim) Rogers, CEO and Co-Founder
3 Enrollment Marketing
10:30 a.m. - Noon
Clery Campus Notifications: Making Your Policies Work for Your Campus While Remaining Compliant
Chad Clark, Ph.D., Compliance Director
The University of Alabama
Conference adjourns