2024 WACSB Deans Conference

Sunday, October 6

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Conference check-in and packet pick, Mission Inn lobby

11:00 am - 5:00 pm | Optional Activity: California Museum of Photography/Culver Center of Arts (12:00 pm - 5:00 pm), Optional Activity: Riverside Art Museum (11:00 am - 5:00 pm)

5:00 pm | Meet in Mission Inn lobby for trip to UCR School of Business new building (15 minutes)

5:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Welcome Reception - UCR School of Business

8:15 pm | Bus departs to return to Mission Inn

Monday, October 7

7:30 am - 8:30 am | Check-in, if needed, Santa Barbara room

7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast Buffet, Santa Barbara room

8:30 am - 8:50 am | Opening remarks, Yunzeng Wang, Dean UCR School of Business

9:00 am - 10:15 am | Session I - Current Market Recruitment & Enrollment Challenges & Opportunities

10:15 am - 10:30 am | Break

10:30 am - 11:45 am | Session II - The Role of a Business School in University's Big Picture [A Panel of Provosts & a Former President]

11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Lunch Buffet & Industry Presentation, Acuity Insights

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Session III - The Nuts & Bolts of Being a Dean (or What I Learned the Hard Way)

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Break

2:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Session IV - Partnerships & Collaborations That Work

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Break

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Session V - Industry Presentation (Everspring partners)

5:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Docent tour of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture (5:15 pm - 6:00 pm) (The Cheech is next to the Mission Inn, across Orange Street), Cocktail Reception (5:15 pm - 6:30 pm), and Dinner (6:30 pm)

Tuesday, October 8

7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast Buffet

8:30 am - 9:00 am | WACSB Business Meeting

9:00 am - 10:15 am | Session VI - Turning the Tide, A Case Study in Culture Change

10:15 am - 10:30 am | Break

10:30 am - 11:45 am | Session VII - AACSB Updates and Breakout Discussions

11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Conference Wrap-Up

12:00 pm | Adjourn, boxed lunch and departure