FACULTY & STAFF AGENDA

Focus on Community, Content, and Care
Spring 2026


FRIDAY

3:30 – 5:30 – Arrival & Check-in (Harrell Center Auditorium)

5:30 – 6:45 – Dinner (Terrace Hotel Dining Room)

7:00 – 7:30 – Welcome to the Sullivan Foundation:
Sullivan Team (Shackelford Hall)

9:00 – 10:00 – Fire & S’mores with Students (Optional, Patio outside Shackelford Hall)


SATURDAY

7:30 – 8:45 – Breakfast (Terrace Hotel Dining Room)

9:15 – 10:45Rapid Prototyping and Customer Discovery for Design Thinking

Dr. Ian Norris, Berea College

10:45 – 11:00 – Break

11:00 – 12:15Reaching the Changemaker Within: Teaching for Self-Awareness and Social Impact:

David Harkins, Belmont University

12:30 – 1:30 – Lunch (Terrace Hotel Dining Room)

1:45 – 3:15Faculty invited to observe Fellows or Ignite Retreat Programming

3:15 – 3:30 – Break

3:30 – 5:00Sullivan Campus Liaison Meeting:

Jody Holland

5:00 – 5:30 – Break

5:30 – 6:45 – Dinner (Terrace Hotel Dining Room)

7:00 – 8:00Keynote Speaker: DT Shackleford
Shackelford Hall


SUNDAY:

8:00 – 8:45 – Breakfast (Terrace Hotel Dining Room)

9:00 – 10:00Faculty invited to observe Fellows or Ignite Retreat Programming:

10:00 – 11:00 – Faculty invited to observe Year 3 Fellows Leadership Talks

11:00 – 11:30Faculty invited participate in Year 3 Fellows Pinning Ceremony

11:15 – 11:45 – Pack-up & Leave