ABOUT THE MEETING

LOCATION

The University of Kansas
Jayhawk Welcome Center
1266 Oread Ave. 
Lawrence, KS  66045

2025 MEETING AGENDA

Thursday, April 24

5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Meeting Registration & Check-In, outside Sunflower Ballroom at the Oread Hotel

Welcome & Networking Reception, an informal reception at the Oread Hotel, Sunflower Ballroom

Friday, April 25

8 to 9:15 a.m.
Meeting Registration & Check-In at Jayhawk Welcome Center

Breakfast & Networking at Jayhawk Welcome Center

8:30 to 9:15 a.m.
Introductions & Icebreaker

9:15 to 9:30 a.m.
Welcome to KU
Barbara Bichelmeyer, Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor

9:30 to 10:15 a.m.
Invited Presentation: Academic Leadership in Turbulent Times
Joseph Steinmetz, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Indiana University; Executive Director, PCSAS; Former Chancellor, University of Arkansas

10:15 to 10:30 a.m.  
Q&A

10:30 to 10:45 a.m.  
Break

10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Panel Session #1: Data-Driven Decision Making
Panelists: Arash Mafi (chair), TBD

12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch Break

1:15 to 2:45 p.m.
Panel Sesion #2: The Federal Challenge to Higher Education
Panelists: Jon Gould (chair), Cooper Drury, others TBD

2:45 to 3 p.m.
Break

3 to 4:30 p.m.
Panel Session #3: Budget Deficits & Revenue Generation
Panelists: TBD

4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Return to the hotel or walk around the KU campus

5:45 p.m.
Shuttle departs from the Oread Hotel to the restaurant
Shuttle will pick-up from hotel front lobby between 5:30-5:45

6 p.m.
Cocktails & Appetizers

6:30 p.m.
Dinner
Remarks by KU Chancellor Douglas A. Girod

Presentation by Steven Prohira, Assistant Professor or Physics & Astronomy and 2022 MacArthur Fellow

8:30 p.m.
Shuttle pick-up from the restaurant and return to the Oread Hotel

Saturday, April 26

8:15 to 9 a.m.
Breakfast & Networking, at Jayhawk Welcome Center

9 to 9:30 a.m.
2026 AAU Meeting Host Discussion

9:30 to 11 a.m.
Panel Session #4: Addressing Lopsided Enrollment Between Humanities and Sciences
Panelists: Alain-Philippe Durand (chair), Amanda Murdie, Kathleen Canning

11 to 11:30 a.m. 
Celebrating Success
Each attendee will be called on at random and have one minute to share a success from their respective university. Please come ready to share your good news!

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Boxed Lunches

12:30 to 2 p.m.
Closing Discussion Time & Networking

2 p.m.
Retreat Concludes

Reception Attire: Smart casual
Meeting Attire: Smart casual
Dinner Attire: Smart casual