A calendar page showing Monday, January 12, 2026, with the event Professional Development scheduled for all day.

2026 Professional Development Days is Underway

2026 Professional Development Days are here!  Please start the event off by joining the Professional Development Committee for breakfast from 8-9am, then catch our keynote speaker Kristen Peterson from Buffalo State University’s Creativity and Change Leadership program.  All Monday’s events are listed below

Professional Development Days Schedule for Monday, January 12, 2026

All sessions are in person.  Sessions also available online via Teams are denoted with an asterisk*.  Teams link that reads ‘Join Event’ are found in individual session event pages.

Time

Session Title

Room

8-9am

Full Breakfast in the Dining Commons

Dining Commons

9-10:30am

Keynote: Creative Collaboration

Dining Commons

1030am-1pm

Advising Excellence: DegreeWorks, Best Practices & Advising for Pre-Nursing/Rad Tech *

D-303

11am-12:30pm

Movie Screening & Discussion – Everybody’s Work: Healing What Hurts Us

C-163

11am-1pm

The Autism Project Presents: Exploring Autism: A Deep Dive

C-161

12-12:50pm

Reading Matters Book Talk: Frank Bruni’s “The Age of Grievance” *

FRCAE Large Conference Room

12-1:30pm

Lunch in the Dining Commons

Dining Commons

2-4pm

The Autism Project Presents: Supporting Executive Functioning in the Classroom

C-161

2:00-2:50pm

How About Some More Pickleball?

H-110

3:00-3:50pm

Unlock Your Entrepreneurial Potential with the SBDC *

E-202

Title II in Action: Updates, Student Training, and Closing the Accessibility Blind Spots