Fall Convocation
Date and Time
Friday, August 22, 2025
8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location
This is an online and in-person event.
Online Information
In-Person Information
Contact
CRC Center for Professional Development
crcprodev@crc.losrios.edu
(916) 691-7303
Website
Theme: Designing With Disabled and Neurodiverse Learners in Mind
The morning Convocation program will be livestreamed via YouTube for our employees whose job duties prevent them from participating in-person.
Schedule:
8:00 to 8:30 am: Morning refreshments
8:30 am to 12:00 pm: Convocation Program
- Land Acknowledgment
- Welcome Address by Board President, Trustee Kelly Wilkerson
- Welcome Address by Chancellor King
- Senate President’s Announcements:
- Student Senate President, Emaan Qamar
- Classified Senate President, Clarissa Correa-Hamilton
- Academic Senate President, Lauren Wagner
- College President’s Address
- Dr. Edward Bush
- Intermission
- Keynote Introductions by Dr. Lesley Gale
- Supporting Neurodivergent Students through Universal Design: Practical and Applied Strategies
- Keynote speaker: Dr. Christine Moody
- CRC’s Students’ Stories How to be a DSPS Ally, DSPS Faculty
- Peace, Love and Universal Design: Everyday Habits for Implementing Universal Design
- Timi Ross Poeppelman
- Closing Remarks and Acknowledgements
- Melaine Huyck-Aufdermaur and Dr. Tanika Byrd
12:00 to 1:00 pm: Lunch in the Cafeteria
1:00 to 4:00 pm: CAC meetings