Annual Conference
Conference Speakers & Features
Invited Speaker
Ed Cabellon has spent the last 14 years working in Higher Education, specifically Student Affairs departments such as Residence Life, Student Activities, and currently as the Director of the Campus Center at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. Each day, he builds a campus community (both in-person and online), develops current and future leaders, and actively participates in social media to professionally share and grow.
His passions for leadership, technology and education have enabled him to build “LTEConsulting“, serving colleges, universities, and small businesses (Speaking Information and Bio). He is currently developing a blog, where he will be sharing his thoughts on the intersection of emerging Social Media technologies and Higher Education, especially Student Affairs offices, as well as other random topics of interest, like GOLF! Mr. Cabellon is also a regular contributor on The Student Affairs Blog.
Originally born and bred from New England, with Filipino heritage, he currently resides in southeastern Massachusetts with his family. He is an avid golfer and shares this passion by coaching the Stonehill College Golf Team each fall and spring! Finally, he is a passionate Boston sports fan; avid Fantasy Football commissioner/player; and vertically challenged.
Please feel free to comment on his site, email, or follow him on Twitter.
Keynote Speaker
Kristen Renn is Associate Professor of Higher, Adult, & Lifelong Education at Michigan State University. She was a student affairs professional for 12 years before joining the faculty. Her research focuses on issues of identity in higher education, including studies of mixed race identities, LGBT students, and leaders of identity-based student organizations. She is associate editor for international research and scholarship of the Journal of College Student Development and chair of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Higher Education. With support from the Spencer Foundation, she is currently conducting an international study of women’s higher education institutions. http://www.msu.edu/~renn