Schedule of Concurrent Sessions

September 16, 2023 – Cullowhee Campus

Students are required to attend one (1) Community Partner Sessions, one (1) Campus Partner Skill Session, and one (1) session of choice (in no particular order). Log your attendance and participation in the sessions using your CURE Passport.

Plan Your Experience

CURE ’23 is designed for students to engage, connect, and act.

Be intentional in selecting your schedule of concurrent sessions – attend sessions that strike your interests, passions, and goals; have back-up options!
Collaborate and lean in – network with community partners and presenters; form groups/teams to serve; stop and reflect with yourself and others!
Commit to action and service – at the end of CURE have a plan for your service experience; schedule your service experience (as required for USI 101).

CURE 2023 Conference Schedule Overview

Time	Activity	Location
8:30-9:00	Presenter Check-in Student Check-in (CURE Passport provided at check-in)	Enter through “back” entrance at the UC Theater Third floor (Mail center side of UC)
9:00-9:30	Opening Plenary and Keynote Address	UC Grand Room Third floor
Transition to Forsyth, Coulter, and UC for Concurrent Sessions
9:40-10:30	Concurrent Session 1	Forsyth, Coulter, & UC
10:40-11:30	Concurrent Session 2	Forsyth, Coulter, & UC
11:40-12:30	Concurrent Session 3	Forsyth, Coulter, & UC
12:40-1:00	Closing Plenary & Passport Pledge	UC Grand Room Third floor

Schedule of Community Partner Sessions

Focus Area	Community Partner Representatives	Location	Presentation Times
	The Community Table Paige Christie, Executive Director United Christian Ministries of Jackson County, Inc. Joyce Pope, Director of Outreach & Jess Mrugala, Board President Uncomplicated Kitchen Cate Briand-West, Volunteer Coordinator	Forsyth 301	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
	Haywood Pathways Center Julie Cloninger, Volunteer Coordinator HOMEBASE Jim Dean, Executive Director & Sydney Young, HOMEBASE Assistant	Forsyth 302	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
	WCU University Participant (UP) Program Dr. Kelly R. Kelly, Professor & UP Director The Arc of Haywood Todd Barbee, Executive Director	Coulter 102	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
	Cullowhee United Methodist Church Adam Mottershead, Cullowhee UMC Development Director	Coulter 103	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
	Vecinos, Inc. Marianne Martinez, Executive Director	Coulter 205	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
	Cherokee Center Sky Sampson, Executive Director	UC 226	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
	Sylva Pride Sarah Steiner, Vice President Sylva Belles Drag Beulah Land, Show Director THEM in STEM Sara Rivera, Creator	UC 232	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
	NAACP of Jackson County Enrique Gomez	UC 309	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
	Center for Domestic Peace Wesley Myers, Executive Director & Marissa O’Brien, Outreach & Prevention Advocate REACH of Macon County Jennifer Turner-Lynn, Assistant Director	UC 215	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
	Mountain True Anna Alsobrook, French Broad Watershed Science & Policy Manager Environmental Action Community Kathy Odvody, Co-Chair of EAC	Coulter 202	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
	ARF Humane Society of Jackson County Mary Adams, President & Jane Finneran, Canine Trainer	Forsyth 304	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
	North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) Todd Vineyard, Communications Director	Forsyth 101	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
	Circles of Jackson County, Inc. Dawn E. Neatherly, Executive Director WestBridge Vocational Chris Stuckey, Community Engagement Specialist Rolling Start Cliff Faull, President & Amelia Thompson, Program Coordinator	Forsyth 115	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm
	Jackson County Department of Social Services Cris Weatherford, Director Pisgah Legal Services Jessi Stone, Regional Director West, WNC Health & Economic Opportunity Program	Forsyth 114	Concurrent Session 1 9:40 am – 10:30 am Concurrent Session 2 10:40 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session 3 11:40 am – 12:30 pm