MSC SCOLA 36 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Time

Thursday, April 4th, 2024

Location

3-4pm Delegate Check-in Bethancourt Ballroom
4-4:15pm Opening Remarks Bethancourt Ballroom
4:15-4:30pm MSC SCOLA Student Welcome Bethancourt Ballroom
4:30-5:15pm Keynote Speaker: Sandra de Castro Buffington Bethancourt Ballroom
5:15-5:45pm Meet & Greet Bethancourt Ballroom
5:45-6pm Entertainment: Reveille Bethancourt Ballroom
   

Time

Friday, April 5th, 2024

Location

9:30-10am Delegate Check-in (Breakfast provided) Bethancourt Ballroom
10-10:15am Welcome Bethancourt Ballroom
10:15-11:15am Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jose Luis Zelaya Bethancourt Ballroom
11:15-11:30am Roundtable Session #1 Bethancourt Ballroom
 11:30-11:45am               Transition to Workshops  

Workshop Session 1

 
11:45am-12:30pm Workshop #1 “The Stars Will Align: The Power of Networking and Creating One’s Own Path” (Student Government Association; Diversity Commission) MSC 2404
Workshop #2 “Rising Phoenix: Reborn From The Ashes of Self-Doubt” (TAMU MS Entrepreneurial Leadership/Department of Management) MSC 2406A

Resource Fair

12:30-2:30pm Resource Fair (Box lunch provided) Bethancourt Ballroom
   

Workshop Session 2

 
2:45-3:30pm Workshop #4 “Diversity, Education, Integrity, and How SB-17 Affects Students” (Hispanic Presidents’ Council) MSC 2404
Workshop #5 “Hispanic Leaders Network: Breaking Down Barriers To Defy Expectations” (Hispanic Leaders Network) MSC 2406A
 4-5pm                             Aggieland Mariachi  

Time

Saturday, April 6th, 2024

Location

10-10:30am Delegate Check-in (Breakfast provided) Bethancourt Ballroom
10:30-10:45am Welcome Bethancourt Ballroom
10:45-11:30am              Keynote Speaker: Sonia Nazario
11:30-11:45am Roundtable #2 Bethancourt Ballroom
11:45-12:00 pm Transition to Workshops
 

Workshop Session 3

 
12:00-12:45pm Workshop #7 “Reach For The Stars: Journey To Graduate School” (TAMU Higher Education Administration) MSC 2404
Workshop #8 “Bending But Not Breaking: The Struggles of Higher Education Facing Latinx Students” (The Council of Minority Student Affairs) MSC 2406A
Workshop #9 “Great Dreams Start WIth A Dreamer: Intersectionality And Its Effects in the Latinx Community” (TAMu Educational Administration & Human Resources) MSC 2406B

Lunch

12:45-2pm Lunch (Box lunch provided) Bethancourt Ballroom
1-2pm Group Discussion Bethancourt Ballroom
2-2:15                              Transition to Workshops  

Workshop Session 2

 
2:15-3pm Workshop #10 “Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Unraveling The Obstacles of Graduate School” (TAMU Graduate & Professional School) MSC 2406A
Workshop #11 “From The Darkness of Stigmas: Shedding Light on Mental Health Latinx Communities” (TAMU Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences/TAMHSC School of Medicine) MSC 2404
Workshop #12 “In The Classroom: What Bilingual Education Looks Like for Latinx Generations” (TAMU Bilingual Education Student Organization” MSC 2406B
3:15-5:25pm                  Dismissal to prepare for Gala
5:25-5:30pm Gala Introduction Bethancourt Ballroom
5:30-6:30pm                 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Carlos Martinez-Cano  
6:30-7pm                       Dinner  
7-7:15pm Closing Remarks MSC SCOLA Chair Bethancourt Ballroom
7:15-10:30pm Jorge Villalba – Opera Singer & Open Floor Bethancourt Ballroom