Convention Schedule
Thursday, June 16
12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
2014 Society Board of Directors Meeting
Kendall College of Art and Design, FSU (Grand Rapids campus)
12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Pre-convention Workshop – The Future is Yours to Create: A Look at Life and Leadership (Nancy Hunter Denney)
GVSU – Kirkhof Center, Room 2263
12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Registration and housing check-in
GVSU – Niemeyer Complex
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Exhibitor lobby open at GVSU
GVSU – Niemeyer Complex
3:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Convention Orientation
GVSU – Niemeyer Complex Multipurpose Room
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Rehearsal for Parade of Circles
GVSU – Outside of the Cook Dewitt Auditorium
5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Opening Celebration with Derreck Kayongo & President Christakis’ State of the Society
GVSU – Cook DeWitt Auditorium
6:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Parade of Circles
GVSU – Pew Library Lawn
6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Welcome Reception & Dinner
GVSU – Pew Library Lawn
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Late registration check-in
GVSU – Niemeyer Complex Lobby
8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Evening Program – Cornhole Tournament, Games, & Snacks (Hosted by GVSU ODK Circle
GVSU – Niemeyer Complex Lobby, Multipurpose Room & Courtyard
Friday, June 17
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
2014 National Advisory Council Breakfast Meeting
GVSU – Kirkhof Center, Room 2201
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Convention Orientation Breakfast
GVSU – Niemeyer Center, Multipurpose Room
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Registration & Exhibitor Lobby open at GVSU
GVSU – Kirkhof Center Lobby
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Speaker: Tom Bowen, Athletics Director, University of Memphis
GVSU – Cook DeWitt Auditorium
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
First Plenary Session
GVSU – Kirkhof Center Grand River Ballroom
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Open Spaces Discussion
GVSU – Kirkhof Center Grand River Ballroom
12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Leadership Luncheon featuring Bree Boyce
GVSU – Kirkhof Center Pere Marquette Room
2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Pillars of Leadership Panel moderated by Dr. Kevin Kruger
GVSU – Cook DeWitt Auditorium
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Service Projects in Honor of Our Fifteen Founders
Allendale, Mich.
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Faculty Officer Reception
GVSU – Kirkhof Center, Pere Marquette Room
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Circle Showcase & Meet the Candidates
GVSU – Kirkhof Center Lobby (first floor)
7 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Awards Dinner and Dancing (including Laurel Crowned Circle Award Presentation)
GVSU – Kirkhof Center Grand River Ballroom
Saturday, June 18
6:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
GVSU – Niemeyer Complex Multipurpose Room
7 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
Bus travel to Hope College
Allendale – Holland
8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
ODK 5K and Fun Run at Hope College
Hope College
8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Faculty Officer Conversations
GVSU – Kirkhof Center
8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Registration desk open at GVSU
GVSU – Kirkhof Center Lobby (first floor)
8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Exhibitor lobby open at GVSU
GVSU – Kirkhof Center Lobby (first floor)
9 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Circle Networking and Open Spaces conclusion
GVSU – Kirkhof Center
10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Leadership and Ethics with Dr. John Knapp (Scholarship)
GVSU – Cook DeWitt Auditorium
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Plenary Session II
GVSU – Cook DeWitt Auditorium
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Officer Installation Lunch and Speaker: Dr. Ann Marie Klotz, Developing Your Own Leadership Brand (Media)
GVSU – Kirkhof Center Grand River Ballroom
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Presidents’ Panel moderated by Dr. Klotz
GVSU – Cook DeWitt Auditorium
3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Convention Sessions I
GVSU – Kirkhof Center
4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Convention Sessions II
GVSU – Kirkhof Center
4 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
New Foundation Board of Trustees Orientation Program
Amway Grand Hotel, Pearl Room
5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
2016-18 Society Board of Directors Meeting
Amway Grand Hotel, Pearl Room
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Closing Reception at the GRAM
Grand Rapids Art Museum
8:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
A Night on the Town in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids – Downtown
10 p.m. – 12 a.m.
Buses leave Grand Rapids for GVSU
Grand Rapids to GVSU Campus
Sunday, June 19
8 a.m. – 9 a.m.
2014 and 2016 Foundation Board of Trustees,
2014 and 2016 Society Board of Directors Breakfast
Amway Grand Hotel, Pearl Room
8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
2016 National Advisory Council Breakfast Meeting
GVSU – Kirkhof Center, Pere Marquette
8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Check out and departures
GVSU – Niemeyer Complex
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
2014 and 2016 Foundation Board of Trustees Meetings
Amway Grand Hotel, Pearl Room