9:30 to 9:45-- Welcome from Dean David Hodges
9:45 to 10:00-- Words of welcome and facilitation of the introduction of new faculty and staff by department chairs by Asst. Dean Marsha Lupi
10:00 to 10:20 Sharing our progress and shifting the ground: an NCATE progress review of where we've been and where we are going from Deb Eldridge
10:20 to 11:00 Defining ourselves: A participatory activity involving the conceptual framework
11:00 to 11:30 Knowing each other: An consciousness raising event.
11:30 to 12:30 Lunch and committee commitments