2024 Schedule

Chappel Bell Photo


The Behavioral Intervention Team Standard & Best Practices Certification track* and MSU Legal Issues Conference will both take place in the Colvard Student Union.

APRIL 30

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Check-in for Behavioral Intervention Team Standards & Best Practices Certification

Outside Foster Ballroom, Colvard Student Union

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Day One - NABITA Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) Standards & Best Practices Certification*

          Linda Abbott, L.M.H.C., Consultant

          TNG Strategic Risk Management Solutions

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Check-in

Hilton Garden Inn

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Social

Two Brothers Smoked Meats

Union Photo


MAY 1

7:45 - 8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Conference Welcome & Announcements

          Dr. Thomas Bourgeois, Dean of Students

          Mississippi State University

8:45 - 10:15 a.m.

The Wild, Ever-Changing World of Higher Education and Today’s Students

          Dr. Kevin Kruger, President

          NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

          Dr. Regina Young Hyatt, Vice President for Student Affairs

          Mississippi State University

10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Day Two – NABITA Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) Standards & Best Practices Certification* 

Foster Ballroom U, Colvard Student Union

10:30 - 11:45 a.m.

Aligning Artificial Intelligence with the Ethos of Higher Education

          Dr. Jonathan Barlow, Associate Director and Assistant Teaching Professor

          Data Science Program, Mississippi State University

10:30 - 11:45 a.m.

NABITA Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) Standards & Best Practices Certification*

NABITA Risk Rubric including case studies


          Linda Abbott, L.M.H.C., Consultant

          TNG Strategic Risk Management Solutions

Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch & Program (Program begins at 12:30 p.m.)



USSS Overview: Protective Considerations & Securing Large Events


          Robert "Danny" Edwards, Assistant Special Agent in Charge

          United States Secret Service | Office of Protective Operations

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Concurrent Session I

Making it Clear - Title IX /Sexual Misconduct Policies and Investigations

          Honey Ussery, J.D., Assistant Director of EORC/Title IX Coordinator

          The University of Mississippi    

Balancing Free Expression and Inclusion

          Brett Harvey, J.D., Director, Federal Regulatory Compliance

          Mississippi State University

Confessions by a College/University President: Navigating Challenges and Shaping the Future

          Dr. Jay Allen, President

          Itawamba Community College

NABITA Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) Standards & Best Practices Certification*

NABITA Risk Rubric case studies, cont.

          Linda Abbott, L.M.H.C., Consultant

          TNG Strategic Risk Management Solutions

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45 - 3:45 p.m.

Concurrent Session II

It Depends... A Conversation with General Counsel

          Jeremy Clay, J.D., Director of Contract Administration

          Lylee Dodson, J.D., Assistant General Counsel

          Brandon Jolly, J.D., Deputy General Counsel

          Dylan White, J.D., Associate General Counsel

          Mississippi State University    

          Karen Clay, J.D., General Counsel

          Mississippi University for Women

Higher Education’s Emerging Risk

          Colorado Robertson, Director of Risk Management

          Mississippi State University    

          Jay Trimm, Director of Risk Management

          The University of Alabama System

N.I.L. – Let’s Separate Fact from Fiction

          Terry Prentice, Deputy Athletics Director & General Manager of Athlete Brand Services and Business Development

          Mississippi State University

NABITA Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) Standards & Best Practices Certification*

Psychological, Threat, and Violence Risk Assessments
 

BIT Interventions


          Linda Abbott, L.M.H.C., Consultant

          TNG Strategic Risk Management Solutions

3:45 - 4:00 p.m.

Break

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Concurrent III

Independent Decision Makers and Sanctioning

          Honey Ussery, J.D., Assistant Director of EORC/Title IX Coordinator

          The University of Mississippi

Challenges and Decisions on Disability Accommodations in Health Care Education Programs

          Chris Dallager, Director, Disability Resource Center and ACCESS

          Brett Harvey, J.D., Director, Federal Regulatory Compliance

          Mississippi State University

Immigration and the International Student Experience

          Lauren Wright, Deputy Director, International Services

          Mississippi State University

NABITA Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) Standards & Best Practices Certification*

Case Review


          Linda Abbott, L.M.H.C., Consultant

          TNG Strategic Risk Management Solutions

5:00 p.m.

Time on your own

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Live Music Social @ The Little Dooey

Photo of statue outside of the library


MAY 2

8:00 - 8:45 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:45 - 10:15 a.m.

The Market Has Changed; More Than You Think. The National Pursuit of Student Recruiting in a Modern World

          Patricia Maben, President and Co-Founder

          James (Jim) Rogers, CEO and Co-Founder

          3 Enrollment Marketing

10:30 a.m. - Noon

Clery Campus Notifications: Making Your Policies Work for Your Campus While Remaining Compliant

          Chad Clark, Ph.D., Compliance Director

          The University of Alabama

Conference adjourns