• IEEP Southern California E commerce and Logistics Summit

    2020 Southern California E-commerce & Logistics Summit: Goods movement. Essential to business. Essential to life. Now in a three part summer series from July - August, attendees have the option to purchase the entire series at a discounted rate or separately in an a la carte model. Deadline to purchase the series at a discounted...

  • BRIDGING EQUITY AND ENGAGEMENT GAPS IN THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

    Every student needs a sense of belonging to excel in class. Unfortunately, the strategies that successfully engage students in physical classrooms often do not work in the digital environment. Last semester’s sudden transition to virtual teaching left even veteran professors struggling to build a community for their students—but students’ ongoing struggles with technology, food, income...

  • Democratizing Entrepreneurship

    Are you interested in growing your entrepreneurship ecosystem? Do you desire to connect traditional, top-down economic development approaches with grassroots, bottom-up and community driven environments in which entrepreneurs can thrive? To get all entrepreneurs and communities closer to their goals, we will explore and share some of the values, programs, and tools that have been...

  • Where Does the Money Come From? Financing International Terrorism

    What is the source of the money stolen or laundered by terrorists used to run their organizations and militant operations? Since they are often moving, how do these terrorists keep their money safe and available? If you said banks, you are correct. Laws and financial regulations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, have proliferated...

  • Fresno Higher Ed. Engagement Hub: Systemic Barriers & Anti-Racist Solutions to Access & Success

    Please join for a conversation about anti-racism, systemic barriers, and policy solutions within higher education. Two panels of Fresno community and higher education leaders will reflect on the following questions: What are the current policies, practices, and local realities that present barriers to students of color accessing and succeeding in higher education? What is the...

  • What Does This Mean for Our Status?: Accreditation as a Catalyst & Lever for College Completion

    Accreditation agencies are critical in shaping the institutional environment of learning and social support of students in the higher education ecosystem. In today’s climate, campuses, systems, and states are in the midst of making numerous decisions related to COVID-19 and the heightened national demand for racial equality and economic mobility. A large-scale concern is the...

  • Improving the Lives of Marginalized Students Through Latinx Educational Leadership

    This session will be a Q&A with Dr. Victor Rios, Associate Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Professor Rios has worked with local school districts to develop programs and curricula aimed at improving the quality of interactions between authority figures and youths. Using his personal experience...

  • 2020 Gateway Peer Learning Virtual Conference: Reflecting on 20 Years of Service

    As we celebrate the class of 2020, we recognize the incredible contributions, innovative evolution, and tireless determination over 20 years of early college programming for a surprising population. And, as we look forward to an uncertain fall semester, we will strategically prepare to leverage the power of dual enrollment and early college programs to address...

  • Boosting Resilience During a Pandemic: Trauma Informed Strategies

    Collective Trauma, such as the coronavirus pandemic, exacts a profound toll on populations, straining people’s ability to regulate overwhelming emotion and to prevent the development of trauma effects and other physical health symptoms. This interactive session will integrate information about the neurobiology of trauma and the inner workings of the human nervous system with practical...

  • 2020 Gateway Peer Learning Virtual Conference: Concurrent Sessions

    Concurrent Sessions Boosting Resilience During a Pandemic: Trauma Informed Strategies (Part 2) Gateway to Career: Moving Work-Based Learning Online Using Data for Advocacy and Program Improvement Gateway to College 101: The Power of Post-Secondary as a High School Completion Strategy

  • Summer Book Study: How to Be Anti-Racist

    Beginning in July, join the "Summer Book Study: How to Be Anti-Racist" webinar every Monday for five weeks,. July 27th Ch. 6-7: Guest Speaker Dr. Delores and Randall Lyndsey