- Keynote Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel CardonaDateMon, Sep 16 2024, 8amWho
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona
WhatKeynote Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona
WhenMonday, Sept. 16, 8 a.m. ET*
*Time is subject to change*
WherePhiladelphia Marriott
Salons A-F
1201 Market St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Excellence in Innovation and Collaboration Acknowledgements Presentation and Scholars Recognition CeremonyDateMon, Sep 16 2024, 1:30 - 2:30pmWhoCBS New York Journalist Jessi Mitchell – Welcome remarks
White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Excellence and Opportunity through HBCUs Executive Director Dietra Trent
WhatExcellence in Innovation and Collaboration Acknowledgements Presentation and Scholars Recognition Ceremony
WhenMonday, Sept. 16, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. ET*
*Time is subject to change*
WherePhiladelphia Marriott
Salons A-F*
1201 Market St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where Excellence and Opportunity Meet: The Administration and HBCUsDateTue, Sep 17 2024, 9 - 10:15amWhoGlenda Glover, vice chair, President’s Board of Advisors for HBCUs
Tomikia LeGrande, president, Prairie View A&M University
Yolanda Page, president, Stillman College
David Wilson, president, Morgan State University
Damara Hightower Mitchell, chief executive officer, Center of Excellence for Educator Preparation and Innovation, Voorhees University
Bernadine Futrell, deputy assistant secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Roslyn Holliday Moore, deputy director for programs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Roderick Chappell, lead - Partnerships and Sustainability - Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), NASA
WhatWhere Excellence and Opportunity Meet: The Administration and HBCUs
WhenTuesday, Sept. 17, 9 - 10:15 a.m. ET*
*Time is subject to change*
WherePhiladelphia Marriott
Salons A-F
1201 Market St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Quarterly MeetingDateThu, Sep 19 2024, 10:30 - 11:30amWhoPresident's Board of Advisors on HBCUs
James Kvaal, under secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Dietra Trent, executive director, White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Excellence and Opportunity through HBCUs
WhatPresident’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Quarterly Meeting
WhenThursday, Sept. 19, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. ET*
*Time is subject to change*
ACCESS:
Members of the public may join this open meeting via Public Access: https://events.intellor.com/login/507130 or by phone only at (202) 735-3323, access code 7347197#.
PRESS:
Members of the media interested in attending are requested to RSVP to pressRSVP@ed.gov.
WherePhiladelphia Marriott
Liberty Ballroom
1201 Market St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The annual National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week Conference—the nation’s premier convening of college and university executive leadership, faculty, students, and supporters—will take place Sept. 15-19, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will deliver keynote remarks at the official opening session of the conference on Sept. 16. This year’s theme is “Raising the Bar: Where Excellence and Opportunity Meet.”
This year’s conference is implemented under the leadership of the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Excellence and Opportunity through HBCUs (the Initiative), in consultation with the Executive Office of the President and the U.S. Department of Education. The objective of the conference is to identify and target tangible opportunities that will connect federal and private resources to the HBCU community while showcasing HBCU excellence. This year’s event, with over 2,500 registrants, provides a unique occasion for federal agencies, private-sector companies, and philanthropic organizations to participate and provide useful information and successful models to improve instruction, degree completion, and federal engagement to ensure the sustained elimination of systemic inequities.
The conference will feature sessions grouped into the following paths of engagement:
- Career Pathways and Economic Mobility: This track is designed to maximize programs, resources, and initiatives that support the recruitment of HBCU talent, human capital, and career advancement opportunities.
- Research and Innovation: This track is designed to expand research capacity and opportunities within federal agencies and private and nonprofit organizations for HBCUs. It is an opportunity to showcase innovation through partnerships that involve HBCUs, their faculty and students.
- Economic Development: This track will provide information on how HBCUs can leverage partnerships that advance opportunities to promote the economic wealth of these institutions and the communities they serve.
- STEAM: This track will explore evidence-based tools and innovative practices in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics.
- Infrastructure: This track addresses ways to broaden access to resources that provide equitable support to mitigate, enhance, and sustain physical and technological infrastructure.
- Emerging Leaders: This track is formulated for students and entry to mid-level professionals.
- Executive Leadership: This track includes engagements for HBCU presidents, chancellors and invited executives.
The full conference schedule can be found here: