2025 Conference Schedule

“50 Years of CIC/BTAA: Looking Back and Looking Ahead”

Wednesday, September 24: Kellogg Center

  • 5:00 - 6:00 PM - Check-In / Badge Pick-Up (outside Auditorium)

  • 6:00-8:00 PM - Opening Reception (Lincoln Room) 

    • Hors D’Oeuvres, Cash Bar, Musical Entertainment

    • **Remember to wear your school colors! 

  • 8:00 PM - Post-Reception Social Outings (on your own) 

Thursday, September 25: Kellogg Center 

  • 8:00-9:00 AM - Continental Breakfast (Auditorium Entrance)

  • 9:00-9:15 AM - Welcome and Introductions 

    • James Forger, Dean, MSU College of Music 

    • Singing Spartans, directed by Dr. Stuart Hill 

  • 9:15-10:45 AM- Plenary Session I: What has the BTAA Been and What Might it Be?

    • Keith Marshall, Executive Director of the BTAA 

    • Marie McCarthy, University of Michigan

    • Peter Webster, Emeritus Northwestern University and University of Southern California (Zoom) 

    • Joanne Rutkowski, Emeritus Penn State University (Zoom)

  • 10:45-11:00 AM- Break

  • 11:00-11:45 AM - Breakout Groups 

    • Room 1: Doctoral Education (103a)

    • Room 2: Research (103b)

    • Room 3: Teacher Education (104a)

    • Room 4: Future Pathways/Collaborations (104b) 

  • 11:45 - 12:00 - Reconvening (Auditorium)

  • 12:00-1:30 PM - Lunch (on your own)

  • 1:30 PM - Musical Presentation (Auditorium) 

  • 1:40-2:40 PM - Plenary Session II: The Future of DEIB in K-12 and Higher Education

    • Dr. Jabbar Bennett, MSU 

    • Dr. Genyne Royal, MSU

    • Dr. Terah Chambers, MSU

  • 2:40-3:20 PM- Breakout Sessions 

    • DEIB, DCLs, executive orders affecting education (room 103)

    • Budget cuts/financial situation in higher education (room 104) 

  • 3:20 - 3:30 PM – Break 

  • 3:30-4:30 PM - Graduate Student Research Talks (Room 103/104)

    4:30 - 4:45 PM - Break

  • 4:45-5:45 PM - Graduate Student Poster Session (Lincoln Room)

  • 7:00 PM - Banquet Dinner (East Patio/Red Cedar Room) 

  • 9:00 PM - Post Banquet Events (Your Choice)

    • Location 1: Lansing Duckpin

    • Location 2: TBA

Friday, September 26

  • 8:30-9:15 AM - Continental Breakfast (Auditorium Entrance)

  • 9:30 AM – Musical Performance: KIVO Saxophone Quartet (Room 103/104)

  • 9:45 - 10:30 AM - Institutional Reports (Room 103/104)

  • 10:30 AM – Wrap/Up and Goodbyes 


**10:00 AM: Start of New Directions Conference in Auditorium


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