Friday, March 13

Registration Opens

3 p.M. — Crossroads

Welcome and Overview

3:30 p.M. — Tomson 280

Susan Rundell Singer, President, St. Olaf College
Beth Cady, Senior Program Officer, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Elizabeth Leer, Chair, St. Olaf Department of Education

Opening Keynotes

4 p.M. — Tomson 280

Nathan Grawe, Carleton College
Tony Pipa, Brookings (virtual)

Moderator:
Eric Jolly, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, retired

Networking Activity

5 p.M. — Tomson 280

Networking activity and transition to dinner location.

Dinner

6 P.M. — Kings Dining Room

Saturday, March 14

Breakfast

8:30 A.M. — Kings Dining Room

Welcome

9 A.M. — KINGs DINING ROOM

Susan Rundell Singer, President, St. Olaf College

Overview and reactions to NASEM report

9:15 A.M. — KINGS DINING ROOM

Eric Jolly, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, retired
Jeff Granrud, Howard Lake-Waverly Winsted High School

Networking break

10:15 A.M. — KINGS DINING ROOM

Panel Presentation

10:45 a.m. — KINGS DINING ROOM

Preparing Educators for Work in Rural Areas

Tiffany Neill, University of Central Oklahoma and OpenSciEd (committee co-chair)
Becky Hammack, Purdue University (committee member)
Emily Mohl, St. Olaf College

Moderator:
Doug Paulson, AIR

Lunch

12 p.M. — Kings DiNING Room

Presentation

1 p.M. — KINGS DINING ROOM

Rural Health Initiatives

Kevin Crisp, St. Olaf College
Miles Greenberg ’26, St. Olaf College

Moderator:
Susan Rundell Singer, President, St. Olaf College

Panel Presentation

1:30 p.M. — KINGS DINING ROOM

Ecosystems for Rural Workforce Development

Brad Barker, University of Nebraska Lincoln (committee member)
Matt Hillmann, Northfield Public Schools
Annette Parker, South Central College, retired
Tina LeBrun, Southern Agricultural Center of Excellence

Moderator:
Susan Rundell Singer, President, St. Olaf College

Group Reflections

3 p.M. — KINGS DINING ROOM

Final group reflections and call to action

Adjourn

4 p.M. — KINGS DINING ROOM