DMV Academic Ombuds Network Event Registration

Please join us on Friday, September 27, 2024, for the second annual DMV Academic Ombuds Network Event. This event is open to all academic ombuds who work in K-12, community college, university or related academic settings. Registration will begin at 8:30 am at the Historic Douglass High School, located at 407 E. Market St., Leesburg, VA, and the event will conclude at 4:00 pm. A group of interested ombuds will continue to network over dinner, and hotel accommodations are plentiful within a mile of the venue. Breakfast and lunch will be provided, and there will be no charge for this event. Documentation will be submitted to the IOA for potentially 2 CO-OP certification points. Please fill out this registration by Friday, September 20th.

Please reach out to Carey Williams, [email protected], with any questions. 

 Tentative Agenda

8:30 am – 9:15 am:     Registration/Breakfast/Networking (Gymnasium/Conference Room)
9:15 am – 9:45 am:     Introductions, Backgrounds & Skillsets – What do you bring to the table?
9:45 am – 10:00 am:   Break/Transition to the Community Room
10:00 am – 10:55 am: Visitor Experience (presentation with Q&A) – Tanneh Kamara, NVCC
11:00 am – 11:55 pm: Working with the Self-Absorbed (presentation with Q&A) – Nina Brown, ODU
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm:   Lunch (provided)
                                       Gallery Walk (bring swag, reports, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to share)
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm:     Sector Meetings (K-12/Community College/University)
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm:     Takeaways from the September Symposium (whole group)
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm:     Closing and What’s Next?
4:30 pm – ???:               Dinner at The Loudoun Kitchen and Bar

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